I figured this would be a good idea, an option to set a time limit as to how long you want to play osu! before automatically quitting. You would choose a timer when you open osu! (say, for 1 hour), then after you've been playing osu! for an hour and the timer expires, the following would happen:
If your time runs out in the middle of a song, nothing (but a flag is quietly set), when you finish the song, you cannot select retry (or it would at least nag you that your time is up). You could save a replay, but view it later.
If your time runs out on the menu screen, or in an editor, it will just quit normally (prompt you to save or discard any changes). If you are editing, you could snooze the timer for 5-10 minutes to finish something you are working on.
Motivation: Let's face it, Osu! is addictive. It can eat all your time, and then you haven't got your homework done, or didn't get done any other things you planned that day. I find myself deciding to play osu! for an hour or two, and then looking up at the clock, but nevermind the clock, the sun has already come up and I haven't gone to bed o.o
I think this would be a handy time management tool, and allow those of us with lots to do in the day actually be able to play for just a set time, and then go do something else. It doesn't even need to be as heavy-handed as I suggested, maybe put a snooze and/or cancel button on the dialog when time runs out. (Though some of us may need to be dragged away from the computer kicking and screaming
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Download: Nana Takahashi & 709sec. - The World is All my loving (Tenshi-nyan) [Impossiblexu's Easy].osu
If your time runs out in the middle of a song, nothing (but a flag is quietly set), when you finish the song, you cannot select retry (or it would at least nag you that your time is up). You could save a replay, but view it later.
If your time runs out on the menu screen, or in an editor, it will just quit normally (prompt you to save or discard any changes). If you are editing, you could snooze the timer for 5-10 minutes to finish something you are working on.
Motivation: Let's face it, Osu! is addictive. It can eat all your time, and then you haven't got your homework done, or didn't get done any other things you planned that day. I find myself deciding to play osu! for an hour or two, and then looking up at the clock, but nevermind the clock, the sun has already come up and I haven't gone to bed o.o
I think this would be a handy time management tool, and allow those of us with lots to do in the day actually be able to play for just a set time, and then go do something else. It doesn't even need to be as heavy-handed as I suggested, maybe put a snooze and/or cancel button on the dialog when time runs out. (Though some of us may need to be dragged away from the computer kicking and screaming
)Download: Nana Takahashi & 709sec. - The World is All my loving (Tenshi-nyan) [Impossiblexu's Easy].osu