(KTaNE) is a local co-op party game developed by Steel Crate Games where communication is the only thing standing between you and a boom [18]. One player—the "Defuser"—is trapped in a room with a ticking time bomb, while their teammates—the "Experts"—have the Bomb Defusal Manual [4]. Core Gameplay Loop The game relies on an information gap:
: A "needy" module that requires the Defuser to periodically rotate a dial to a specific position based on LED configurations [12].
is to communicate precisely to disarm all modules before the timer hits zero or you rack up too many strikes [2, 12]. Key Bomb Modules
: Projects like the Interactive Manual and the Repository of Manual Pages help Experts manage the hundreds of possible module types [6, 22].
KTaNE has a massive community on the Steam Workshop, which adds thousands of custom modules and "mission packs" that ramp up the difficulty [1, 9].