Advanced Game Modes

Build games from stages, rounds, timers, and mode changes.

How Advanced Games Run

Advanced games launch from the Game Library and then run on the connected system, so the app does not need to stay open.
Each stage can use Turn Order, Simultaneous, Hybrid, Player Colors, Cooldown, Buzzer, or Switchback.
Stages can use Fixed rounds, Players + rounds, Each start player, Infinite, Until all pass, or Switchback repeat rules.
Patterns group adjacent stages and loop them together. Fixed patterns loop a set number of times; Infinite patterns keep looping until manually exited.
Regular Turn Order stages loop without a purple round animation; the purple round animation is reserved for Switchback, Simultaneous, and Hybrid round changes.
Stage changes show a short teal ring wipe on every beacon.
Game completion shows green pulses with color sparkles on every beacon.
While connected, the app shows game time, stage time, round count, active turn timer, player timing, and turn counts.

Turn Order stages use one active player at a time and count a round when each active player has taken one turn.
Simultaneous stages count one round when every active player has pressed once.
Hybrid stages count the active leading player’s turns while the other players confirm the cycle.
Switchback stages go forward through the turn order, play the last player twice at the midpoint, then return backward through the order.
Until All Pass stages stay in that stage until every active player has passed.
Pass order can rebuild the next stage’s turn order from the order players passed. Leave unchanged keeps the current order.
Player Colors stages are turn-order stages that show player colors instead of status colors, Cooldown stages suggest recovery steps, and Buzzer stages support quiz-style first press play.

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