Switch blocks swap black and white bits when you hit them. White are pass-through and black are solid, so now you can create gates and stuff. I might add another type that swaps with red.
I originally had it so that when other players hit the switch it would also affect your game, but I decided it was too confusing (a player somewhere else in the level could be messing you up, and it would sometimes get out of sync).
When you enter a level or die, the switches and bits reset back to their original state.
Timer will probably be done by having goomba walk into a trigger. What is 2-Extra?