How do I make a script that makes a timer count down from 5?

Here you go my friend! Just create a new script and paste this in there and you should be good to go! Let me know if you have any problems with the code.

local Time = 5

function countDown()
    h = Instance.new("Hint")
    h.Parent = game.Workspace
    wait(2)
    h.Text = "Mannequin Challenge in..."
    wait(1)
    for i = Time,1,-1 do
        h.Text = i
        wait(1)
    end
    h.Text = "Stay Still!"
    wait(2)
    h:Destroy()
end

countDown()

Hello,
To count down, you could use the following code:

wait(5)
print("Five seconds have passed")

Hope this helps you in the long run.

Greetings. If you wish to display how many seconds left for the countdown timer, you may use this simple method:

local Time = 5
while true do
    print(Time, " seconds left")-- Change this line to how you want the remaining time to be displayed.
    wait(1)
    if Time == 0 then
        print("Time is up!")-- Same with this line.
        break
    else
    Time = Time - 1
    end
end

You can replace the "Time" variable with how long you want until players have to freeze and replace the two print statements with however you want to display the remaining time.

Solution

What you're looking for is a for loop. They're rather easy, there are three parameters, starting point, ending point, and increment.

for i = 5, 0, -1 do --For 5 -1 ... until we reach 0 do print i.
    print(i)
end

Hopefully this answered your question, if it did hit the accept answer button. If you have any questions, leave them in the comments section down below this post.