An Offbeat Foundry game / In development

NewsNutz

The news is ridiculous.
Play along.

Bite-sized cartoon games inspired by headline absurdity. Save the hair. Raise your elbows. Try to keep things under control.

Paper-cutout politician at a podium outside Parliament, surrounded by reporters
Elbows Up! / Episode concept art

Short rounds Big reactions Questionable composure

Today's playable headlines

Public figures.
Private panic.

Different headlines. Different challenges.
The same complete lack of decorum.

Hair Force One development screen: a towering hairstyle above a press-conference podium
Development capture

01 / A presidential hair emergency

Hair Force One

The wind has an agenda. Keep an increasingly uncooperative hairstyle under control while the cameras are rolling.

Drag. Rescue. Repeat.

Elbows Up! concept: a determined politician raises his fist in front of Parliament
Episode concept art

02 / Trade tensions. Elbow tension.

Elbows Up!

Tariff trouble is flying toward the podium. Time your elbow blocks and try to keep your sovereignty intact.

Stand firm. Elbows ready.

A look inside the cartoon. Artwork and game screens may change before release.

Less doomscroll. More cartoon.

Headlines become cartoons.
You handle the fallout.

Get straight to it.

Quick challenges and simple touch controls. The situation is complicated enough.

Enjoy the spectacle.

Expressive cutout characters, broadcast bluster, and reactions bigger than the story.

Take another run.

Hold it together, watch it unravel, then try again. Composure is a work in progress.

From the launch desk

More nonsense
is on the way.

NewsNutz is in development for mobile. We'll post launch details and download links here when it's ready.

No release date announced yet. The hair refuses to comment.

A few things on the record.

Is this a news app?

No. It's a cartoon game inspired by news and public spectacle, not a source of reporting. The absurdity is intentional.

Where will I be able to play?

We're building for mobile, with iPhone first. Final platform availability and store links will be announced here.

Who's behind it?

Offbeat Foundry, an independent studio in Hamilton, Ontario, making games and playful experiments with a point of view.