Retro Footy

A full game of Aussie rules in 16-bit pixel art, built for one hand on a phone held sideways. Eighteen players a side on a real oval. Centre bounces, marks, spoils, tackles, handballs, throw-ins, kick-ins, goals and behinds, four quarters on a running clock. You control whichever of your players is nearest the ball and the rest look after themselves — so does the whole other side. THREE WAYS TO PLAY QUICK MATCH Pick any two of the eighteen sides, round out their kits — home, away or clash — then set the ground, the weather, the time of day, the quarter length and how hard the opposition plays. Then bounce it. COACH MODE Take a club through a full season: twenty-four rounds, byes, a ladder that means something, and finals right through the wildcard week to a premiership. You pick the twenty-two every week from a twenty-six man list and carry your injuries with you. Every match is one you…