Unless you have the EXTENSION that adds the pause button (extensions cannot be advertised on scratch) You will need to use TURBOWARP: https://turbowarp.org/1332850450 Click the yellow pause sign to see the counter go up. The projects main purpose is to detect whether it is paused or not (I think it only effects lists and variables though). If you do not have the extension or Turbowarp, clicking the stop sign will still change the variables however.