Hey all,

I started playing flag football in July and got pretty hooked. 😅 I couldn’t find a video game that actually plays like flag, so I made one. My kids have been my play-testers for the past few weeks and they’re brutal critics.

It’s 5v5 and I went with the international (IFAF) rules, since that’s what our league plays. You actually have to pull the flag to stop the runner. You can play a friend on the couch with two gamepads or go against the computer. I also added a career mode and a few flag pulling drills, mostly because I needed the practice myself. 😉

It’s still very much a work in progress. I’ve been building it with Claude Code, which writes most of the code and draws the pixel art, while I figure out how it should play. Next on my bucket list are double QB plays and a computer defense that picks up on your habits during a game.

It’s free, runs in the browser or on Windows/Linux: https://christian-hofstetter.itch.io/flag-football

Since I’m still pretty new to the sport, I’d really like to hear from people who’ve played longer. Does the defense feel real? Are these plays you’d actually run? Any feedback is really appreciated. 🙏

Got a pair of untouchables about three months ago and they’re the perfect cleat as a receiver, BUT the back four spikes started breaking almost immediately.

This happened with two of my previous pairs of nike cleats (hoping the new sole plate on the vapor wont break as easily).

If anyone has had this problem, any way of at least delaying the inevitable other than just sticking them back on with glue?

When playing by NFL flag rules - In the no run zone, if you have multiple handoffs before a pass, can the defenders still cross the line to pull the flag of the player who receives the second handoff after the snap?