{"id":24338,"date":"2026-08-10T15:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T13:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/10\/people-in-japan-thought-we-made-footy-up-pro-jank-footy-the-video-game-taking-australian-rules-to-the-world\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T15:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T13:37:15","slug":"people-in-japan-thought-we-made-footy-up-pro-jank-footy-the-video-game-taking-australian-rules-to-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/10\/people-in-japan-thought-we-made-footy-up-pro-jank-footy-the-video-game-taking-australian-rules-to-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018People in Japan thought we made footy up\u2019: Pro Jank Footy, the video game taking Australian rules to the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Game developer David Ashby and Aunty Donna\u2019s Broden Kelly talk about their chaotic and silly sport game \u2013 involving meat pies with legs and Ford Falcons on the oval<\/p>\n<p>Try explaining Australian rules football to anyone outside Australia, and \u201cit sounds like you\u2019re making it up,\u201d says David Ashby, the multi-hyphenate comedic mind behind deeply silly spoofs such as Italian Spider-Man and Danger 5. \u201cEighteen players a side, running around on a cricket oval with a rugby ball that has to be bounced every so often and gets kicked between posts \u2013 like, what the fuck is happening?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago at a fantasy footy barbecue, Ashby had a brainwave: why not make a video game where Australia\u2019s strange national sport becomes even stranger the more you play?<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2026\/aug\/11\/pro-jank-footy-video-game-australian-rules\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/692e0b23b2ee2036406b6e3f4c3a528f8d840a77\/194_0_2915_2333\/master\/2915.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=5d98ae8a5997906ab3deed4b77ff9175\" title=\"\u2018People in Japan thought we made footy up\u2019: Pro Jank Footy, the video game taking Australian rules to the world\" \/>Game developer David Ashby and Aunty Donna\u2019s Broden Kelly talk about their chaotic and silly sport game \u2013 involving meat pies with legs and Ford Falcons on the oval<br \/>\nTry explaining Australian rules football to anyone outside Australia, and \u201cit sounds like you\u2019re making it up,\u201d says David Ashby, the multi-hyphenate comedic mind behind deeply silly spoofs such as Italian Spider-Man and Danger 5. \u201cEighteen players a side, running around on a cricket oval with a rugby ball that has to be bounced every so often and gets kicked between posts \u2013 like, what the fuck is happening?\u201d<br \/>\nTwo years ago at a fantasy footy barbecue, Ashby had a brainwave: why not make a video game where Australia\u2019s strange national sport becomes even stranger the more you play? 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