Made for the GMTK Game Jam 2026

Frantic Fuse is a quick bomb-defusal arcade game where you play as the bomb’s countdown timer, chirping and buzzing to guide an underqualified technician through the defusal to save your life.

You are not defusing the bomb... you are the bomb.

In Frantic Fuse, you control the countdown timer and communicate using only chirps and buzzes while a very... questionable technician handles the dangerous parts. You cannot cut wires, press buttons, or steady the gauge yourself. You can only chirp or buzz, panic internally, and hope your timing is good enough to overcome his incompetency.

Every correct move buys you more time and every mistake burns a brutal chunk of the clock (and your life). Cut the right wires, wait for the right light, hit the safe zone, stop the wrong button press, and survive as long as you can.

Controls:

Keyboard - Z to buzz, X to chirp

Controller: Trigger to buzz, A to chirp