Hurlstick is an arcade hurling game played with one thumb. Rise the sliotar onto your hurley, solo up the field with it balanced on the bas, and strike it over the bar for a point or under it for a goal — while the other team's backs hunt you down and the wind across the pitch pulls your strikes off line.

Every match is short and every possession is a decision. Carry it closer and the backs close in; strike early and the breeze has longer to work on the ball. Take it into the hand to steady it, but only twice — a third catch is a foul. When they have the ball, get behind their danger man and hook him as he draws, or stand goal-side and raise the hurley to block. Swing across him from the front and it's a free.

Pick a county and a club, and fight your way from the first round of the county championship to the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. Each county has its own grounds and its own wind: Pearse Stadium's Atlantic westerly, the breeze off the Lee at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, the sheltered bowl in Thurles. Teams swap ends at half-time, so the breeze at your back becomes the wind in your face.

Features:
• Real hurling skills as touch controls: the rise, the solo, hop to hand, hand-pass, the strike, the hook and the block
• Wind that changes by ground and swaps at half-time — the strike preview shows still air, so you learn to aim off the post
• Club seasons in Kilkenny, Cork, Tipperary and Galway, each with its own grounds, rivals and county cup
• A road to Croke Park: county final, provincial final, All-Ireland semi-final and final
• Named teammates with their own habits — a greyhound, an old head who reads the wind, a goal hunter, a left-sided striker — and you play as whoever you pass to
• A workshop to shape hurleys of ash: choose the blank, set the length, bas and weight, then season it, band it and grip it
• A trophy room with every match you've played: score, scorers, wind and the full match log
• Pin a match-day photo to any game from your camera or gallery
• Throw-in reminders for your next fixture, if you want them

Hurl away.