From 99d22d6f42957ae4bab4c248a670f95b4e1f41b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fernando Castellanos <35811031+fernacas-dev@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:45:29 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Add return statement after pausing the game

After Pause mode kicks in, we don't need to run the rest of this function. I was hitting a crash because the checks below this part were still executing
---
 .../snippets/gamescene/checkgamepadinput.cs                    | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/articles/tutorials/building_2d_games/20_implementing_ui_with_gum/snippets/gamescene/checkgamepadinput.cs b/articles/tutorials/building_2d_games/20_implementing_ui_with_gum/snippets/gamescene/checkgamepadinput.cs
index 0654bb9e..f1049dc2 100644
--- a/articles/tutorials/building_2d_games/20_implementing_ui_with_gum/snippets/gamescene/checkgamepadinput.cs
+++ b/articles/tutorials/building_2d_games/20_implementing_ui_with_gum/snippets/gamescene/checkgamepadinput.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ private void CheckGamePadInput()
     if (gamePadOne.WasButtonJustPressed(Buttons.Start))
     {
         PauseGame();
+        return;
     }
 
     // Existing gamepad input code
-    // ...
\ No newline at end of file
+    // ...