It was really by popular demand. Players of Kevin Toms Football Star* Manager, – asked me to create a World Cup game. I realised a good way would be to use the best of the gameplay of Football Star* Manager, and put it into the World Cup environment, so I did.
It is almost at launch as I write this. It presented some games design challenges, and I feel I have covered those issues, so now, it’s getting it out the door, on Android first, the following with iOS and Kindle Fire. Other platforms, well, I don’t know yet.