Tag 2

A chase game with a fuse attached. One player starts holding a bomb, contact passes it on, and when it detonates whoever has it is eliminated — so unlike a timed tag game, the pressure is immediate and continuous rather than building toward the end of a round. That changes the behaviour completely. Holding the bomb makes you the aggressor, and everybody else is actively avoiding you, so the person with it has to corner somebody rather than simply touch them — which is a real skill in a level with multiple escape routes. Meanwhile the players without it are spread out, watching the fuse, and the safest position is near a route the holder cannot reach you through quickly. Rounds are short, elimination thins the field, and the last player standing wins — which means the endgame with two players and one bomb is the tensest part. Lobbies fill with real players, the presentation is bright and readable, and it runs on weak hardware. It plays with three inputs on a keyboard or on-screen controls, and it is noisier and faster than the timed version of the same idea.