Rob Kay

Lead Designer Guitar Hero & Slope

About

I design non-violent games that are easy to pickup and hard to master. As lead designer of the original Guitar Hero, and creator of Slope (150M+ plays) it’s always my goal to spark joy and enrich lives. My new game is Kickabout - a touch controlled table football game for iPad and iPhone

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get Kickabout iOS

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Maker History

Kickabout Table FootballFoosball meets Air Hockey - 1 or 2 player (on same device)
Jun 2026
VirZOOMVritual reality that moves you
Dec 2015

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Joined Product HuntJune 30th, 2015

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5h ago

Kickabout Table Football - Foosball meets Air Hockey - 1 or 2 player (on same device)

Guitar Hero’s Lead Designer and the creator of Slope (150M+ plays) just revolutionized tabletop football. Almost all mobile soccer games use virtual joysticks (cringe) but Kickabout was designed for silky smooth touch controls and 60FPS physics from day one. There's nothing else like it. “as easy to play as table football - but far more addictive!” - POCKETGAMER “Oh my god. This game is amazing!” - thenexusisopening (reddit)