diff --git a/dialogic/folder_structure.json b/dialogic/folder_structure.json
index f0685de..e7f624d 100644
--- a/dialogic/folder_structure.json
+++ b/dialogic/folder_structure.json
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
 				"timeline-1660443870.json",
 				"timeline-1660444277.json",
 				"timeline-1660454153.json",
-				"timeline-1660463789.json"
+				"timeline-1660463789.json",
+				"timeline-1660696967.json"
 			],
 			"folders": {
 
diff --git a/dialogic/timelines/timeline-1660696967.json b/dialogic/timelines/timeline-1660696967.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd5f42c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dialogic/timelines/timeline-1660696967.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+	"events": [
+		{
+			"character": "character-1660444172.json",
+			"event_id": "dialogic_001",
+			"portrait": "",
+			"text": "Oh boy! I gotta go to bed. That was tiring!"
+		},
+		{
+			"event_id": "dialogic_023",
+			"hide_dialogbox": true,
+			"wait_seconds": 1
+		},
+		{
+			"character": "character-1660444172.json",
+			"event_id": "dialogic_001",
+			"portrait": "",
+			"text": "*yawn* Ah! What a good day it is to be stranded on this moon."
+		}
+	],
+	"metadata": {
+		"dialogic-version": "1.4.4",
+		"file": "timeline-1660696967.json",
+		"name": "day_end"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/scenes/game_manager.tscn b/scenes/game_manager.tscn
index 5b81b16..3830168 100644
--- a/scenes/game_manager.tscn
+++ b/scenes/game_manager.tscn
@@ -4,3 +4,25 @@
 
 [node name="game_manager" type="Node"]
 script = ExtResource( 1 )
+
+[node name="UI" type="Control" parent="."]
+anchor_right = 1.0
+anchor_bottom = 1.0
+rect_pivot_offset = Vector2( 1024, 600 )
+
+[node name="day_timer_text" type="Label" parent="UI"]
+unique_name_in_owner = true
+anchor_left = 0.752
+anchor_right = 0.808
+anchor_bottom = 0.016
+margin_left = -67.8719
+margin_right = -68.5601
+margin_bottom = 0.199999
+rect_scale = Vector2( 5, 5 )
+text = "Time Left: "
+uppercase = true
+
+[node name="day_timer" type="Timer" parent="."]
+unique_name_in_owner = true
+
+[connection signal="timeout" from="day_timer" to="." method="_on_day_timer_timeout"]
diff --git a/scripts/game_manager.gd b/scripts/game_manager.gd
index f7b782b..41a640b 100644
--- a/scripts/game_manager.gd
+++ b/scripts/game_manager.gd
@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
 extends Node
 
+export var time_per_day : float = 600.0
+
 onready var player = get_tree().get_nodes_in_group("player")[0]
+onready var day_timer = $"%day_timer"
+onready var day_timer_text = $"%day_timer_text"
 
 func _ready():
 	player.connect("starved_to_death", self, "_on_player_starved_to_death")
+	day_timer.wait_time = time_per_day
+	day_timer.start()
+
+func _process(delta):
+	var time_left : int = day_timer.time_left
+	var minutes : int = time_left / 60
+	var seconds : int = time_left % 60
+	day_timer_text.text = "Time Left: %0*d:%0*d" % [2, minutes, 2, seconds]
 
 func _on_player_starved_to_death():
 	var node = Dialogic.start("starve")
@@ -13,3 +25,16 @@ func _on_player_starved_to_death():
 	yield(node, "timeline_end")
 	get_tree().paused = false
 	get_tree().quit() # go back to main menu when such a thing exists
+
+func _on_day_timer_timeout():
+	player.health -= 1
+	if player.health <= 0:
+		_on_player_starved_to_death()
+		return
+	var node = Dialogic.start("day_end")
+	node.pause_mode = PAUSE_MODE_PROCESS
+	add_child(node)
+	get_tree().paused = true
+	yield(node, "timeline_end")
+	get_tree().paused = false
+