Snugfang

Snugfang is a physics party game for 1–4 players. You play as the Chums, swimmers scrambling in a flooding arena for a buoy with room for two. A third rider sinks it and throws everyone off. The flood rises faster each round and eventually takes everyone; the crew’s score is how long they last and who is the last head above water.

Share the air

All players use one breath meter. Drowning heads drain it, while safe riders refill it, but one survivor cannot replenish it fast enough to save the group. You have to rescue one another to stay afloat, even as you compete for the buoy and may pull someone off to buy yourself a few more seconds. Cooperation is necessary, but the round also comes down to who drowns last.

Play together or alone

Snugfang supports 1–4 players in couch co-op on a shared screen or online. When you play alone, up to three AI Chums fill the other places. Their temperaments change from round to round: some cling to the seat, some rotate you in, and some panic.

Game modes

• LAST CALL: A best-of-5 match with one champion.
• RIPTIDE: The modifier card is redrawn mid-round.
• KING OF THE BUOY: The player with the most time in a seat wins, rather than the highest head.

Modifiers and style

An 11-card deck deals a new cruel modifier each round and continues deeper into the deck on each run instead of resetting to the same cards. Modifiers include drifting currents, shrinking buoys and whirlpools. The game is built from geometry and procedural audio, with its Chums, waves and panicked heartbeats generated from geometry and synthesized sound.