Bomb.cs

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class Bomb : MonoBehaviour
{
    //a holder for our Animator
    Animator anim;
    //a public float for the explosion radius
    public float explodeRadius = 1f;
    private GameObject bomb;

    GameObject objToSpawn;
    // Use this for initialization
    public Collider2D[] colliders;
    void Start()
    {
        anim = GetComponent<Animator>();
        bomb = GameObject.Find("bomb");
    }

        // Update is called once per frame
        void Update()
    {
        //code no worky?
        
            if (anim.GetCurrentAnimatorStateInfo(0).IsName("bombdead"))
            {
            
            Vector3  v1 = new Vector3(0, 0, 0); //changes the location of the actual explosion (destroying of colliders) and visual

            //destroy all the objects in a radius unless they are tagged Player or hand
            //Collider2D[] colliders = Physics2D.OverlapCircleAll(transform.position + v1, explodeRadius);
            colliders = Physics2D.OverlapCircleAll(transform.position + v1, explodeRadius);
            //Debug.Log(colliders.Length);
            foreach (Collider2D col in colliders)
                {
                //Collider2D temp = col;
                    if (col.tag != "Player1" && col.tag != "hand" && col.tag != "navbar" && col.tag != "Player2" && col.tag != "Immune")
                    {
                    
                    col.gameObject.SetActive(false);
                    }
                    
                }
                //Destroy(this.gameObject);
            
                //Destroy(GetComponent<Collider2D>());
            }
    }

    
}

This script allows the bomb objects in my game to destroy the pencilline and platforms on which the players run, but do not destroy the players.