Penalty Shooters 2: Who Made It and How the Cup Works

Who made Penalty Shooters 2

Penalty Shooters 2 is made by FlashFooty. The credits screen in the game says that Penalty Shooters was developed by FlashFooty, and the game's code links to FlashFooty's developer page on Google Play. The browser version runs on Scirra's Construct 2 engine: the game files include the standard Construct 2 runtime, and the league screen shows version 1.04. Penalty Shooters and Penalty Shooters X are also in our game list.

The browser build is free to play and supported by ads. A short message in the game says so: this is an ad-supported game.

Fantasy leagues and parody clubs

The first screen asks you to pick your fantasy league. The menu lists England, Spain, Italy, France, Mexico, the Netherlands, North America, Brazil (spelled Brasil), Argentina and Russia, plus a World Cup button.

The clubs are not real licensed teams. Each one has a nickname-style or parody name so you can guess the real club behind it. In the English list you will find Cannon, Devils, Cheese, Mean City, Spoors, Toffees, Reds, Magpies and Canaries. The Spanish list has Blankos, Blaugranes and Atletismo. North America has Cool Crew, NY Village, DC Units and Chic Water. Each league file holds 32 clubs, and each club has its own shirt colours on the team screen.

How the cup is built

1. Choose your team. The 32 clubs are drawn into eight groups, Group A to Group H, with four teams in each. The draw changes from one cup to the next. Pick any club and press Next.
2. Group stage. A table shows P (points), W (wins), L (losses) and GD (goal difference) for your group, with the next fixtures listed under it. You play each of the other three teams once, and every match is a penalty shootout.
3. Road to the final. After the groups, a bracket of sixteen teams leads through the quarter-finals and semi-finals to the final. A defeat here ends your cup with YOU ARE OUT OF THE CUP. Win the last match and you get YOU WON THE CUP!!

Newspaper headlines between matches

A small detail most players notice: before and after matches the game shows a newspaper with a made-up headline. Coaches say things like "We can beat anyone on our day!" or "This will be easy!", and after a defeat you can get "Referee robbed us!" or "If they hadn't scored, we would've won!". These are jokes that use your club's name. They do not change how the match plays.

Trophy Hall

The Trophy Hall keeps a record of your total matches, your top points and the cups you have won, with a separate line for each league and the World Cup. That gives you a reason to come back and win the cup with a club from a different league.

For how a single shootout works and how to aim, read our shootout strategy post.