A crown keep-away party game for up to 8 players online, or 16 on a TV with phones as the controllers.
Everyone bounces around an inflatable castle in a sunny garden, and there is one crown. Whoever wears it scores a crown second for every second they keep it. A round lasts 30 seconds, and the most crown time at the end wins it.
Everybody else is after it. Dive at the wearer with TACKLE: a hit knocks them flying and pops the crown off, and whoever touches it first wears it next.
Wearing it? Hop over the dives with HOP. You are safe for a moment right after a grab, but the crown gets heavier the longer you keep it, so you slow down.
First to three rounds wins the match.
Fewer than four of you? Bots fill the empty spots, unless you turn them off.
How to play Bouncelot
CONTROLS
Phone: the stick to run, the one button to TACKLE or HOP.
Desktop: WASD or the arrows to run, Space to TACKLE or HOP.
TV: the phone is your controller, with the same stick and button.
THE CROWN
Wear it to score: one crown second for every second you keep it.
TACKLE
Not wearing it? Dive at whoever is. A hit knocks them down and the crown pops off. Whoever touches it first wears it. Miss, and you land flat for a moment.
HOP
Wearing it? Your button is HOP. A dive passes under you while you are in the air.
SAFE FOR A MOMENT
Right after a grab you cannot be tackled for a second. Gold stars circle you while it lasts.
HEAVY CROWN
The longer you wear it, the slower you run.
THE CLOCK
Each round lasts 30 seconds. The most crown time at 0:00 wins the round, in whole seconds. A tie goes to the one wearing the crown at 0:00; if neither is, nobody scores the round.
WINNING
First to three rounds wins the match.
