Fooscade replaces rods and minifigs with custom-made controller that has mini boots for your fingers

The ball’s deep in the opponent’s half, and I’m sliding the rods left and right in a frenzy, trying my best to get little Messi to score a winner. Foosball, really hooks you in! Hours slip by on a weekend without realizing the time. And when I’m not at the table, I’m glued to FC25 on the PlayStation. Basically, it’s all about football: plastic or pixelated, doesn’t matter. Adding to this collection will soon be the Fooscade, an arcade-style take on the game we love so much.

Of course, there is an inspiration behind the Fooscade, which requires you to put two fingers into the little boots of the controller and then play. The inspiration is the Pong game that has been combined with some nuances from foosball to bring football to the table without the rods and minifigs. This controller lets you play the game like air hockey, minus the physical contact and a puck.

Designer: Hong Hua & Yixuan Liu

According to the designers, Fooscade pays homage to the soccer styles from the 1990s to the early 2000s – the golden era with its geometric patterns and bold color combinations. All of the components of the game are virtual. The two cleats, a puck for a ball, and the air hockey-like gameplay. All you have handy is this controller, which has two mini football boots you put your index fingers in and control the elements on the table-esque display. We have in the past seen many clever alternative controllers, but this iteration is going to be a different experience, and absolutely unique gameplay for football enthusiasts.

The controller can be used to slide and spin – to mimic the movement and footwork of a player in a real game – which creates a very interesting experience that’s not seen before in arcade-style gaming. So, the Fooscade controller is like an arcade version of a foosball table. By moving the finger left and right or rotating the controller, you can change the distance between the virtual feet. It can be challenging to adjust in the beginning, but once you get used to it, it should make for an interesting game of football.

The controller is 3D printed from PLA filaments and based on aluminum rails. The display is based on an acrylic board surface and the electronic components are pretty raw and visible at the moment. This is surely not the final version. We are definitely going to see someone’s modification (suggested through trials and testing) before the final version rolls out in the market. However it may turn out, the objective of the Fooscade is simple (as is with other football game alternatives): maneuver the ball using the custom-made controller and beat the opponent by scoring more goals. Each game lasts only two and a half minutes, so you better sharpen your fingers before competing!

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