Hey David i'm glad to hear that you're in touch with several software house to make it stand alone. I've always thought that's the best opportunity for Deathball. Although i dislike the new name (supra-ball), but i understand that if you remove the "death" from the game you have to remove it either from the title of the game
By the way, Speedball 2 Tournament (new remake by Frogster-Bitmap Brothers) is something terrible, probably the wrost game ever produced. They ran it too fast, awful gameplay (20 years old speedball 2 is more playable), with many good ideas for the online game, online tournaments etc etc, but they didn't support it at all.
The first release was so, so bugged. Moreover, they did everything only for Germany, no english support, no commercials out of germany. The great potential they had, with a name behind their shoulders like Speedball, turned in a mess.
So it's true, there's nothing to compare to Deathball, but once they will play it, there will be something to compare to because Deathball is going to make it a new milestone in the Sport Game History. Just tell this to those producers...
Just a little note. If you are really removing the "death" (you know i was a sweeper and there was nothing better than killing someone in the pbox), replace it with something equally funny! The idea to get lying on the field for some seconds is great, but i think that it'd be also great if players had an energy bar or something like that, or they could get Injuried , things like that to feel the violence of the game.
Good Luck,
Your Italian,
Rino