diff --git a/.erp b/.erp
index e1236d6..d57c2fc 100644
--- a/.erp
+++ b/.erp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <resetOnSceneChange>false</resetOnSceneChange>
   <debugMode>false</debugMode>
   <EditorClosed>true</EditorClosed>
-  <LastTimestamp>1677885521</LastTimestamp>
+  <LastTimestamp>1677887423</LastTimestamp>
   <LastSessionID>2115309888051293429</LastSessionID>
   <Errored>false</Errored>
 </ERPSettings>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Assets/Scenes/GaneScene.unity b/Assets/Scenes/GaneScene.unity
index e9fda99..ebdb3b6 100644
--- a/Assets/Scenes/GaneScene.unity
+++ b/Assets/Scenes/GaneScene.unity
@@ -6779,6 +6779,8 @@ GameObject:
   m_Component:
   - component: {fileID: 848339331}
   - component: {fileID: 848339332}
+  - component: {fileID: 848339334}
+  - component: {fileID: 848339333}
   m_Layer: 5
   m_Name: GameStartCountdownUI
   m_TagString: Untagged
@@ -6796,7 +6798,7 @@ RectTransform:
   m_LocalRotation: {x: 0, y: 0, z: 0, w: 1}
   m_LocalPosition: {x: 0, y: 0, z: 0}
   m_LocalScale: {x: 1, y: 1, z: 1}
-  m_ConstrainProportionsScale: 0
+  m_ConstrainProportionsScale: 1
   m_Children:
   - {fileID: 665722096}
   m_Father: {fileID: 1955192637}
@@ -6820,6 +6822,39 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   m_Name: 
   m_EditorClassIdentifier: 
   countdownText: {fileID: 665722097}
+--- !u!225 &848339333
+CanvasGroup:
+  m_ObjectHideFlags: 0
+  m_CorrespondingSourceObject: {fileID: 0}
+  m_PrefabInstance: {fileID: 0}
+  m_PrefabAsset: {fileID: 0}
+  m_GameObject: {fileID: 848339330}
+  m_Enabled: 1
+  m_Alpha: 1
+  m_Interactable: 1
+  m_BlocksRaycasts: 1
+  m_IgnoreParentGroups: 0
+--- !u!95 &848339334
+Animator:
+  serializedVersion: 5
+  m_ObjectHideFlags: 0
+  m_CorrespondingSourceObject: {fileID: 0}
+  m_PrefabInstance: {fileID: 0}
+  m_PrefabAsset: {fileID: 0}
+  m_GameObject: {fileID: 848339330}
+  m_Enabled: 1
+  m_Avatar: {fileID: 0}
+  m_Controller: {fileID: 9100000, guid: 9d9369ef6465eb747bbfabd3f6b33449, type: 2}
+  m_CullingMode: 0
+  m_UpdateMode: 0
+  m_ApplyRootMotion: 0
+  m_LinearVelocityBlending: 0
+  m_StabilizeFeet: 0
+  m_WarningMessage: 
+  m_HasTransformHierarchy: 1
+  m_AllowConstantClipSamplingOptimization: 1
+  m_KeepAnimatorStateOnDisable: 0
+  m_WriteDefaultValuesOnDisable: 0
 --- !u!1 &879897164
 GameObject:
   m_ObjectHideFlags: 0
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/Counters/PlatesCounter.cs b/Assets/Scripts/Counters/PlatesCounter.cs
index e13d934..16b978e 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/Counters/PlatesCounter.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/Counters/PlatesCounter.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class PlatesCounter : BaseCounter
         {
             spawnPlateTimer = 0f;
 
-            if (platesSpawnedAmount < platesSpawnedMax)
+            if (GameStateManager.Instace.IsGamePlaying() && platesSpawnedAmount < platesSpawnedMax)
             {
                 platesSpawnedAmount++;
 
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/DeliveryManager.cs b/Assets/Scripts/DeliveryManager.cs
index edf0e8d..07948e7 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/DeliveryManager.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/DeliveryManager.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class DeliveryManager : MonoBehaviour
         {
             spawnRecipeTimer = spawnRecipeTimerMax;
 
-            if (waitingRecipeSOList.Count < waitingRecipesMax)
+            if (GameStateManager.Instace.IsGamePlaying() && waitingRecipeSOList.Count < waitingRecipesMax)
             {
                 RecipeSO waitingRecipeSO = recipeListSO.recipeSOList[UnityEngine.Random.Range(0, recipeListSO.recipeSOList.Count)];
 
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/SoundManager.cs b/Assets/Scripts/SoundManager.cs
index 4504f00..2d3e2ec 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/SoundManager.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/SoundManager.cs
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@ public class SoundManager : MonoBehaviour
         PlaySound(audioClipsRefsSO.footstep, position, volume);
     }
 
+    public void PlayCountdown()
+    {
+        PlaySound(audioClipsRefsSO.warning, Vector3.zero);
+    }
+
     public void ChangeVolume()
     {
         volume += .1f;
diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/UI/GameStartCountdownUI.cs b/Assets/Scripts/UI/GameStartCountdownUI.cs
index a043b8f..f099dbd 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/UI/GameStartCountdownUI.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/UI/GameStartCountdownUI.cs
@@ -6,8 +6,18 @@ using UnityEngine;
 public class GameStartCountdownUI : MonoBehaviour
 {
 
+    private const string NUMBER_POPUP_ANIMATION = "NumberPopup";
+
     [SerializeField] private TextMeshProUGUI countdownText;
 
+    private Animator animator;
+    private int previousCountdownNumber;
+
+    private void Awake()
+    {
+        animator = GetComponent<Animator>();
+    }
+
     private void Start()
     {
         GameStateManager.Instace.OnStateChanged += GameStateManager_OnStateChanged;
@@ -30,7 +40,18 @@ public class GameStartCountdownUI : MonoBehaviour
 
     private void Update()
     {
-        countdownText.text = Mathf.Ceil(GameStateManager.Instace.GetCountdownToStartTimer()).ToString();
+        int countdownNumber = Mathf.CeilToInt(GameStateManager.Instace.GetCountdownToStartTimer());
+        if (countdownNumber != previousCountdownNumber)
+        {
+            previousCountdownNumber = countdownNumber;
+
+            animator.SetTrigger(NUMBER_POPUP_ANIMATION);
+
+            countdownText.text = countdownNumber.ToString();
+
+            SoundManager.Instance.PlayCountdown();
+
+        }
     }
 
     private void Show()