Goofball

by tripp

GOOFBALL is online arcade football for up to 8 friends.  Line up, snap it, and throw it downfield to a critter who may or may not be looking. Every tackle, dive and stiff-arm is full-body physics, so no two hits land the same way. Most of them land badly. Watching over all of it is the zebra. He whistles every play dead, throws a flag for every hold, and walks out to explain each call to your face, hand signals and all. FEATURES  1 to 8 players online. Bring whoever you've got. Bots fill the empty spots, so two friends is a game and so is one.   Everything is physics. Tackles, dive-tackles, stiff-arms and shoulder charges are full ragdolls. When you go down, you go down in a heap.   A referee who takes this very seriously. Holding, pass interference, roughing the passer, false starts, encroachment. He catches all of it, and he'll tell you about it in a speech bubble while everyone waits.  Fumbles are a brawl.  Hit a runner hard enough and the ball pops loose. Dive on it, then mash until the zebra comes over to break up the pile.  A real playbook. Slants, smash, flood, counter and more, with your routes chalked on the grass. Don't like the call? Audible at the line.  Proximity voice chat. Your voice comes out of your critter and its mouth flaps along. Trash talk works best up close.  Call for the ball. Throw your hand up and a bot quarterback will throw it to you, whether or not that's a good idea.