FunOrb - Kickabout League

The developers have emerged from beneath the mountain of feedback gained during the beta, and FunOrb’s latest offering, Kickabout League, is ready for everyone to play.

Kickabout League is a very ambitious project for FunOrb, using lots of new technology to bring you our first, fully real-time, online multiplayer game in the browser. On the surface, it’s five-a-side football, but at heart has more in common with arcade games than any real sport.

Customise your team, choose your kit, buy a pitch and get ready for action. The game also contains an online auction system allowing you to trade footballers with other FunOrb players. When you’re prepared, head to the multiplayer lobby to pummel, dodge and foul your opponents to win games and work your way to the top of the Diamond Division!

A fundamental limitation of real-time online interaction is that lag will always affect gameplay. This is mainly caused by the distance between the server and your computer. During the game, you can monitor your connection by pointing your cursor at the “lag-o-meter” bars next to player names in the bottom-right corner of the screen. A number below 150ms is recommended for the best experience; if this number gets above 200ms, things will start to deteriorate and your character will jump around other players’ screens.

Over the coming weeks, we’ll do our best to minimise this problem and improve the game in any way we can. Please leave lots of juicy feedback on the forums and, as always…have fun!