Playground

Games and toys to enjoy with everyone who has the mod, on any server: Tag, Hide and Seek and a swing set, with more on the way.

This mod was created with the assistance of AI.

Tag

1. Click the little star button on the left of your screen (or press J) and choose Start a round of Tag. Drag the button to put it wherever you like.
2. Everyone nearby with Playground gets a notice and has 10 seconds to join by pressing Y.
3. Everyone who joined is sent back to spawn and a 5 second countdown begins.
4. One player is picked at random to be it. A glowing white star floats above their head, and they run 30% faster. "It" has to wait out the countdown, so everyone else gets a head start.
5. Touch someone to make them it. You can't tag back the player who just tagged you for 3 seconds.
6. After 3 minutes the round ends and everyone sees how long each player was it. Least time wins.

You can leave a round any time from the J menu. If whoever is it leaves, someone else is picked.

Hide and Seek

1. Open the Playground menu (the star button, or J). Tick or untick Found hiders join the seekers, then choose Start Hide and Seek.
2. Everyone with Playground has 10 seconds to join with Y. Everyone who joins is sent back to spawn.
3. One player, picked at random, is the seeker. Their screen goes dark and they can't move for 45 seconds while everyone else hides.
4. Then the search is on, for 5 minutes. When a seeker gets close to a hider, F Found! appears over them. Press F to find them.
5. Found hiders either join the seekers and help hunt, or are out and watch. Whoever started the round picks which.
6. Seekers can't see the hiders' name tags, so names don't give anyone away.
7. Find everyone and the seekers win. If anyone is still hidden when time runs out, the hiders win. Everyone then sees who was found, when, and by whom.

Swing set

1. Open the Playground menu and choose Place a swing set. It goes up right in front of you, facing you. Choose Pick up your swing set to take it down. Everyone can put up one.
2. Walk up to a seat and press E to sit. There are two seats, so bring a friend.
3. The swing sways a little on its own. Press Space right at the top of each swing, front or back, to pump and go higher. A bar at the bottom of the screen lights up when it's time. A press at the wrong moment costs a little height.
4. At full height, press Space at the top of the forward swing to let go and fly across the sky, just like a blue mushroom.
5. Press E to get off.

Players with Playground see the swing set. Players without it still see you sitting and swinging, just in mid air.

Good to know

• Only players with Playground take part or see the star. Everyone else sees nothing unusual.
• Everything goes through the Steam lobby, so it works on any server and needs nothing from the host.