Boom or Bloom

One more scoop?

Every scoop you add makes the shell worth more. But every shell has a limit you can't see, and one scoop too many blows it up on the spot: the workbench goes flying, everyone nearby gets knocked over, and whoever was closest catches fire.

Every clue tells only part of the story

• The pressure gauge shows how much pressure is in the shell. The red zone shows where this kind of shell's limit might be.
  
• The stethoscope tells how thick the shell is - which part of the red zone its limit sits in. Only the wearer hears it, with empty hands at the clamp, so everyone else depends on what they shout.
  
• The workshop cat bolts when a shell is about to blow - unless it's napping.
  
• A smoking, shaking shell is still reacting, and the pressure keeps rising for a moment. Seal it now and it might blow right as you seal it.
  
• Shells sealed close to the limit are daredevil shells: they score the most at night, but they might burst low, veer off and hit a guest, or fizzle out.

Better with friends

• 1-4 players online: open a room and invite your Steam friends, or play over LAN.
  
• Help out: hold a shell steady so your friends' scoops are less shaky, or throw a bucket over a smoking shell to stop the reaction - it gets damp and loses 30% of its value.
  
• Or don't: shove a friend who is pouring and their hand slips - one extra scoop.
  
• Whoever catches fire drops flames wherever they run, until someone empties a bucket over their head. A slow-motion replay names the culprit - and calls out anyone who yelled STOP and then shoved. Every night ends with awards: Boom King, Saboteur, Lifesaver, Drenched, Chicken.
  
• Solo works too: same rules, a calmer craft of reading the signs.

Put on a show for the whole town

• Every shell gets a name and a credit, like "Big Multi-Break Heart". The bigger it is, the louder the crowd. Beat your best of the run for an EPIC, beat your best ever for a LEGENDARY - and the camera swoops in.
  
• Sketch mold: draw a shape inside the shell and it bursts into your drawing at night.
  
• Every night picks a "Best of the night".

How far can you go?

• 16 guided nights for 8 guests, with requests from "keep the materials under budget" to "one really big shell". Then endless nights with a grand festival every 5 nights. Miss a target and you lose one of your 3 hearts.
  
• 8 ingredients, 5 kinds of shells, 5 molds, 6 recipes, 9 firework effects and 9 workshop upgrades, stocked at random in the morning shop.
  
• 11 legendary upgrades that change how your fireworks look or bend the rules.
  
• 8 workshop signs and 6 nightly events keep every run different.
  
• Fame and 17 permanent perks, a fireworks gallery to complete, 7 ranks, Steam leaderboards and 30 achievements.