Press.
Writing about FLATBOY? Here are the facts, the logo, renders of the table and some of our game boxes. Take what you need.
Fact sheet
A game table that lies on the coffee table, with two people leaning over it from each end. Made for the nights that were never online.
“Your table. Your games. Your rules.”
“Flatboy isn't corporate. Flatboy is yours.”
- What it is
- A two-player game table for the living room. Players sit at the two ends, face to face; every game turns to each player.
- Size
- 90 × 42 cm, 5.7 cm thin
- Screen
- 27-inch portrait screen, 1080 × 1920
- Finish
- Real American walnut finish; black tray, bezel, buttons and stick tops
- Controls
- Sanwa joysticks with quick-release tops, six buttons a side, a walnut spinner, flipper buttons on both sides
- Inside
- Raspberry Pi 5, stereo speakers
- Players
- Two at the table; phones join as extra controllers (board games for up to six, one phone can be shared)
- Software
- Flatboy OS: a TV-style lobby (Home, Library, Market, Flatlabs, Search, System), set up with a phone. No app, no account.
- Games
- 15 of our own games included: FLATLEAGUE, FLATRALLY, FLATMONSTER, FLATMOTO, FLATCLASH, FLATFIST, FLATPIRATES, board games like LUDO, JATSI and SJAKK, and more
- The Market
- Games made by people, shared between Flatboys, with play, tinker and remix licences
- Flatlabs
- Make a game by talking to it from your phone. Three sizes: Quick, Arcade, Studio. It quotes the credits first, then builds and tests the game on the table.
- The net
- An accessory: clips onto the table, black felt hangs onto the screen so each player sees only their half, for hidden-information games
- Arcade classics
- Arcade games are not included. Owners can add only games they own or hold a licence for.
- Founders Edition
- The first 50 orders, at the same price
- Flatboy Slim
- The lighter 20-inch sibling, same OS and games, beige top
- Ships
- to be announced
- Made by
- A father and daughter in Norway; the daughter has a BA in game design.
Renders
Twelve views of the table, as JPG, 2400 px on the long side.
These are renders, not photos. Every one is made in Blender from the real 3D model of the table, with our own games on the screen. We'll add photos of the production table when we have them.
Logos
The capsule is the logo: copper on egg white, or egg white on dark. The F mark is for small spaces.
Please keep the capsule as it is: no stretching, no new colours, no other typeface for FLATBOY. Copper is #9A4F22, egg white #F3EEE3.
Game boxes
A few of the box fronts of our own games. Every game on the table is ours: our own universe, no licences.
Talk to us
Interviews, questions, more pictures: write to the two of us. Press email: to be announced