PLAYCALLER: Roguelike Football

Draw every route, score touchdowns, and don't turn the ball over.

You are the offensive coordinator. Every play starts blank.

Drag a line from a receiver and that is his route. Send a man in motion. Tell a lineman to stay in and block. Then take the snap, read the coverage, and put the ball somewhere only your guy can reach it.

One drive. One shot. A turnover ends the run.

DRAW EVERY PLAY Nothing is pre-canned. You draw the routes with your finger, set option branches that break off mid play, and motion receivers before the snap to see whether the defense follows. The coverage is different every down, and it is reading you back.

THROW IT RIGHT Touch matters. Float one over the middle and a safety will jump the route. Fire a bullet into traffic and a corner gets a hand on it. Pick your window, lead your man, live with it.

KEEP THE PLAY ALIVE Break a tackle. Stiff arm a linebacker into the turf. Juke, spin, or swipe backward to pitch the ball and gamble on a lateral, because a lateral on the ground is live for everybody.

THE SCRIPT WRITERS HAVE SPOKEN Every few downs the game deals you modifier cards. Greasy hands. Crooked chains. A shorter play clock. Take the curse and the score multiplier that rides along with it, or burn a reroll and hope for kinder writing.

CHASE THE BOARD Rookie to learn it. Pro to compete. Elite to find out how good you actually are. Separate global leaderboards for each, all time and weekly.

FEATURES

• Finger drawn routes, pre-snap motion, and option routes that decide mid play
• Broken tackles, stiff arms, jukes, spins, laterals, fumbles and dogpiles
• Field goals with a launch angle you have to judge yourself
• Roguelike modifier draft with rarities and score multipliers
• Three difficulty tiers, each with its own global leaderboard
• Custom jersey colors and numbers
• 1985 broadcast presentation with an optional CRT filter
• Neon Mode, a full retro arcade makeover of the stadium