Makinggamesthatarefuntoplay

An independent studio founded by Paul Goad — AAA roots, building joyful, competitive experiences players come back to.

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The studio

Gameplay first. Depth that brings you back.

Funatic Games was founded by Paul Goad to bring “Fun To Play” to the forefront — joyful, competitive experiences shaped by decades of AAA craft and an indie appetite for invention.

About Paul Goad

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Titles Paul Goad has helped build

21 titles · 30+ years of craft

2002 FIFA World Cup
Age of Empires IV
Captain America: Super Soldier
Company of Heroes 3
FIFA Football 2003
FIFA Football 2005
James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire
Jungle Speed
Luigi's Mansion 3
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
Metroid Prime: Federation Force
MotionSports: Adrenaline
Need for Speed: High Stakes
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
Scarface: The World Is Yours
Spider-Man: Friend or Foe
Squad
Starship Troopers: Extermination
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Total Club Manager 2004
Transformers: Cybertron Adventures

Games/Experiences

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Released 20263D Destruction Authoring / Simulation Tool

Sunder

Sunder is a native destruction-authoring application for fracturing 3D assets, directing rigid-body simulations, and baking the results for real-time engines and DCC software. It combines procedural destruction with artist-friendly control.

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Released 2026Music · Interactive Web Experience · 3D / WebGL

Record Room

Record Room is an immersive online music discovery experience built around albums, vinyl culture, and tactile browsing in the browser. Instead of flattening listening into a feed, it turns crate-digging, cover art, and playback into a spatial ritual you can walk through.

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In DevelopmentDexterity / Sports

FlicKick Table Soccer

A physics-based digital soccer game that blends nostalgic tabletop flicking with modern competitive play. Aim, flick, and outsmart your opponent.

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In DevelopmentReal-Time Strategy

Nova Terra

A browser-first real-time strategy experience focused on resource management, map control, and clean competitive play — anytime, anywhere.

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In DevelopmentInteractive comic / narrative sports archive / football simulation-lite

Poolhaven

Poolhaven is an original interactive comic universe inspired by northern English football in the 1970s — a tribute to Hartlepool United and the clubs whose stories live on in match programmes, scarves, and memory. It combines a moody digital archive with playable match simulation, a full season campaign, and unlockable collectibles.

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In DevelopmentSports management simulation / hockey tactics

Run For The Cup

Run For The Cup is a hockey management sim with a top-down live match engine. You draft a roster, set lines and tactics, then push through a best-of-seven playoff campaign while form, injuries, and chemistry decide who still has something left for Game 7.

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Stories from the journey

Studio

Inside Run For The Cup: Building a Playoff Hockey Manager You Can Watch

A look at how we are building Run For The Cup: a playoff hockey manager with live rink simulation, line chemistry, and the grind of a best-of-seven run.

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Interactive comic / narrative sports archive / football simulation-lite

Introducing Poolhaven: A 1970s Football World You Can Read, Play, and Collect

We’ve started building Poolhaven — an interactive comic universe inspired by northern English football in the 1970s. Episode 1 is live, the archive is growing, and you can already simulate matches, play through a season, and unlock collectible cards.

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Studio

Building Record Room: When Music Streaming Gets a Physical Space

Record Room is a browser-based 3D listening space that treats albums and vinyl like objects you can browse, focus, and play—not rows in a feed. Here’s why we’re building it, what’s in the room today, and where it’s headed.

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Makinggamesthatarefuntoplay

Gameplay first. Depth that brings you back.

Titles Paul Goad has helped build

What we are building

Sunder

Record Room

FlicKick Table Soccer

Nova Terra

Poolhaven

Run For The Cup

Stories from the journey

Inside Run For The Cup: Building a Playoff Hockey Manager You Can Watch

Introducing Poolhaven: A 1970s Football World You Can Read, Play, and Collect

Building Record Room: When Music Streaming Gets a Physical Space

Follow the build of FlicKick, Nova Terra, and more