The Little Man
and the FootballFollow the journey

A tiny indie game with a very big heart

One little boy.
One football.
A whole world to explore.

A family adventure game inspired by bedtime stories, footgolf, imagination and the magic of making something together.

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In development — built in public, one little step at a time.
⚽ Football adventure
⛳ Footgolf magic
✨ Built with heart
Where it began

A bedtime story that refused to stay at bedtime.

The Little Man and the Football began as a simple ritual: a dad telling his son a new adventure every night.

Each story sent the Little Man somewhere different — through fields, villages, strange places and little challenges — always with his football nearby. Eventually the obvious question appeared: what if we could play these stories?

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Explore

Wander through warm, playful places full of secrets and tiny surprises.

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Kick

Simple football controls meet satisfying footgolf-style challenges.

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Imagine

Every level feels like another bedtime story coming to life.

The dream

Make the kind of game we’d have loved to discover together.

Small enough to feel personal. Ambitious enough to feel magical. Built around delight rather than grind.

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A handcrafted world

English countryside warmth, colourful villages, unexpected places and storybook detail.

Explore every corner
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Joyful football play

Easy to understand, lovely to master — with footgolf holes, trick shots and playful physics.

Kick. Aim. Discover.
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Little adventures

Self-contained episodes, each with a new idea, place or tiny mystery to solve.

Like bedtime stories you can play
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Built with heart

A dad, a son and a small AI-assisted indie studio trying to make something genuinely special.

Human at the centre
Devlog

Little updates from the journey.

No giant marketing machine. Just the real process of making the thing.

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Art direction

The world finally has a face

We landed on the visual language for the game: bright countryside, playful 3D charm, a proper football-sized footgolf hole — and, most importantly, the Little Man himself.

Latest
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Gameplay

Turning football into an adventure

The core idea is getting clearer: simple, joyful football controls combined with footgolf-style challenges, secrets, little stories and places worth exploring.

Prototype
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Characters

Bringing the Little Man to life

We started turning our original character into a proper game hero — running, kicking, exploring and reacting to the world around him.

In progress
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The beginning

From bedtime story to game

This started as a nightly story between a dad and his little boy. One evening at a time, the world grew. Eventually we asked: what if we could actually play it?

Origin story