How can I make my game check for players who are afk?

I've been making an Afk button in my round based PVP game, but if there are 2 players when a round starts and one is afk, the other player will automatically win and get points. The afk option works fine. So, my question is, how can I make the game check to see if there are at least 2 people who aren't Afk?

(There are 2 values, "NotPlaying" and "Playing")

Here is the script:

while true do
	
	Status.Value = "Waiting for enough players"
	
	repeat wait(1) until game.Players.NumPlayers >= 2
	
	Status.Value = "Intermission"
	
	wait(20)

	local AvailableMaps = MapsFolder:GetChildren()

	local ChosenMap = AvailableMaps[math.random(1,#AvailableMaps)]


	local ClonedMap = ChosenMap:Clone()
	ClonedMap.Parent = workspace
	
	Status.Value = "Picking a map..."
	
	local plrs = {}
	
	for i, player in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
		if player:FindFirstChild("Playing") and player then
			table.insert(plrs,player)
		end
	end
	
	wait(2)

(This is only the part of the script where it adds the players)

AnonymousJul 21, 2021

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My solution to this is to create an afk timer.

function countdown(numValue)
	while wait(1) do
		numValue.Value -= 1
		if numValue.Value == 0 then -- if the timer is done
			-- Player is considered afk
			-- Do stuff
			coroutine.yield() -- yield / pause the function (it is coroutine wrapped)
		end
	end
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local timer = Instance.new("NumberValue",player)
	timer.Name = "AFK Timer"
	timer.Value = 30 -- How long a player can be still before being 'afk', change this value if you wish
	local default_time = timer.Value -- stores the default timer length
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
		local humanoid = char.Humanoid
		humanoid:GetPropertyChangedSignal("MoveDirection"):Connect(function()
			if humanoid.MoveDirection ~= Vector3.new(0,0,0) then -- if the player moves
				timer.Value = default_time -- reset timer
			end
		end)
		local countdown = coroutine.wrap(countdown) -- create the coroutine wrapped function
		countdown(timer) -- execute the coroutine wrapped function
		local debounce = false
		while wait(0.1) do
			if timer.Value == 0 then
				debounce = true -- allow the countdown to be started again
			end
			if timer.Value > 0 and debounce then -- if the countdown can be started and the timer's value is above 0
				debounce = false -- dis-allow the countdown to be started, it is already started
				countdown() -- execute the coroutine wrapped function
			end
		end
	end)
end)

I have provided comments on almost every line to explain what is happening. Yes, in some cases it was probably not needed.

Anyway, there is a section of code within the countdown function:

if numValue.Value == 0 then -- if the timer is done
			-- Player is considered afk
			-- Do stuff
			coroutine.yield() -- yield / pause the function (it is coroutine wrapped)
		end

'-- Do stuff' should be replaced with your code to set the player as 'afk'.

timer.Value = 30 -- How long a player can be still before being 'afk', change this value if you wish

The value, as it says, can and should be changed according to what you would consider being 'afk' (in seconds).

If you wish to contact me because you don't understand something I have said, or wish to get help with something else, feel free to contact me on Discord (phxntxsmic#2021)

EDIT

As discussed in discord, this is what you were looking for (just updating my answer):

local players = game.Players
local afk = {}
for _,player in ipairs(players:GetChildren()) do
  if player:FindFirstChild("IsAFK").Value == true then
    table.insert(afk,player)
  end
end
if #players:GetChildren() - 2 >= #afk then
  -- 2 or more players are not afk
end

AnonymousJul 21, 2021Edited Jul 21, 2021Permalink

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Optionally, you could do a check in other scripts for 'player:FindFirstChild("AFK Timer").Value'. (When it is equal to 0, the player would be considered afk)

AnonymousJul 21, 2021#

How can I make my game check for players who are afk?

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