Overview
A small Windows overlay that displays a configurable spike countdown. It can start from visual detection of the planted-spike icon or a manual hotkey. Counting backwards gets harder when someone is shooting at you.
Detection
Automatic mode samples a small region near the top of the monitor. It checks red coverage, the icon's shape, and whether the normal round clock is still visible. A short confirmation period helps reject transient effects; the countdown is backdated to the first matching frame.
Manual mode captures no screen pixels. The application uses the Python standard library, does not read game memory, and does not automate gameplay.
Limitations
The calibrated layouts cover selected 16:9 resolutions. HUD changes may require retuning. Starting halfway through a plant cannot recover the elapsed time from the icon alone, so the overlay is a convenience rather than an authoritative clock.
An unofficial project, unaffiliated with Riot Games. Details and validation results are in the README.