We've been hard at work firming up some things, while adding a few final touches to the previously released Franchise Update!
⚠️ This update will clear out all of your data files, but don't be alarmed, your custom rosters will be saved and can be loaded from the TEAM > ROSTER DATA screen!
In summary, this follow up patch is filled with a mix of fixes, some new features and tuning the game to get the best experience into your hands. We hope everyone is enjoying the game as much as we are and we can't wait to hear how your franchise is going!
Bug Fixes & Improvements
Quarterbacks under center now move faster while dropping back in order to prevent cheese sacks from all out blitz.
AI quarterbacks no longer whiff due to moving while throwing as this was occurring way too often.
Quarterback vision distances scale from 10 yards to the entire field depending on your QB's skill level versus have vision on or off.
AI quarterbacks no longer hold onto ball on 3rd and 4th down passing targets until receivers are passed the first down line before making a decision, thus opening up chances for shorter plays that turn into first down gains.
Stiff arm success now incorporates player strength as the move was too overpowered just relying on skill rating.
New sack sound effect added when a sack occurs.
Sack popup added back instead of saying boom.
Interception rate decreased slightly.
Catching rate increased slightly.
Fixed issue where fan density settings would get ignored during franchise games.
Rookies are now highlighted in light blue on roster sheet screens.
Settings can now be accessed from Team Select for ALL modes.
Newspaper Recap events can now easily be filtered by your team to get a clean view of your team's transactions.
New Hall of Fame award added called "Golden Foot" which recognizes the best punter or kicker for that given franchise year.
New Milestone added for Winning Kicker of the Year.
Player heights and weights have been updated to better match real life players.
Fixed issue where line of scrimmage arrow image would not appear during the pre-snap phase.
Fixed issue where play art would draw underneath custom end zone text.
Season milestones no longer carry over to the following year.
Fixed milestones not being awarded when completed.
Changed a few milestones to user controlled player for things like making a tackle or interception.
Multiple milestone popups will now appear when completing more than one at a given time to better communicate things to the player.
During franchise mode, the SIM engine now takes into account facility and morale boosts to player ratings.
New Franchise settings menu created to store franchise settings as opposed to being under the gameplay section.
Franchise settings no longer "locked in" from starting settings. Instead they are based off of the current settings.
Facilities all now work as designed to give proper bonuses and risks for every facility as some were not working correctly.
Facilities now have risk of getting damaged and must be repaired at 50% of their normal price.
Thank you to all the players that participated in our private betas leading to this update. Your feedback and testing helped us so much! We couldn't have done it without everyone who participated.
If you experience any bugs or issues please report them here or more preferably in our Discord where you can chat with the community, report bugs, or give feedback on the game.
As always, if you've enjoyed the game so far and like what you're seeing out of the game it would be great if you can leave a review on Steam!
We made it! The Franchise update is here and with it our latest and most impactful patch yet! Below you will find all of the details of what we have in store for you for patch 1.0.2. Now is the time to join our awesome community of football fans and tell everyone you know to help spread the word!
Franchise Has Arrived
Franchise Mode is the meat of this update and comes with an entirely new experience where you build your team and take on the Legend Bowl league across as many years as your heart desires!
Our design philosophy for Franchise Mode was to give players the highs and lows of a franchise without forcing them to go through all of the more grueling aspects of the mode. Part of this design choice was to give as much as we could without delaying our release schedule, but we also wanted to provide an alternative for people who wanted more out of the game.
Player Wire
So what does that mean? You may be asking yourself? Well, it means you will get things like Player Wire events that will, more than likely, prompt teams with lower morale chemistry with decision choices on whether or not to keep a player asking for a higher salary. Teams only receive up to 3 chances to meet a player's demands and player morale levels fluctuate depending on the outcome of these events.
Hall of Fame
We've added a much deserved Hall of Fame mode where top teams, players, and coaches receive yearly awards at the end of each season. These awards can be viewed across every year played in your franchise and never leave your side.
Off Season Events
The Off Season is jam packed with what you'd expect during the off months of a football season. Players are presented with Retirements where you can spend funds to try and persuade to stay another year. Then comes Free Agency where teams are presented with players choices to drop or sign players to their rosters. Released players with be exchanged with lower skill players to shuffle teams and rebalance the league every year.
Next comes Player Progression where players improve or decline and age as years move on. Personality traits will fluctuate as well during this time period. Last, is the Draft where you take your team through 7 rounds of scouting players who will make your list, in hopes of improving your team.
We're super excited to hear what you guys think about this new mode and how many years you will win the ultimate Legend Bowl!
New Features & Changes
Jersey Improvements
We just love the polish this brings to the game. Player jerseys now have numbers on them everywhere and that includes on the field. We've also added league patches with things like breast cancer awareness month and super bowl touches.
Milestones
These will make each franchise an even more rewarding experience where you try and unlock all 100 milestones. Do you have what it takes to unlock them all?
Bug Fixes & Improvements
Defenders no longer dive on pass plays sometimes resulting in up huge plays.
Playoff tree teams now follow correct bracket path, instead of based on home vs away matchups.
Player numbers have been added to the game, along with the ability to fully customize colors.
NEW QB toss animation for running plays has been added to the game.
Quarterback will now go "under center" on non-shotgun formations.
Defenders now move their heads from side to side pre-snap to scan the field.
NEW milestones (100) available to unlock during every franchise you take on.
On field stat message library has increased substantially to get a wider variety of post play messages during games.
Legend Bowl jersey patches added to game with different versions for events during a season.
Defensive zone play art colors have been changed to make zone coverage assignments more prominent.
Fixed issue where selecting with or against wind during coin toss was backwards.
Fixed issue where field would essentially not flip during turnover on downs plays.
NEW Roster Sheet screen to show entire roster all in one screen.
NEW Power Rankings screen which ranks all 32 teams in a sortable list.
NEW Hall of Fame screen where you can view a history of player awards during Franchise mode.
Complete off-season (retirement, free agency, player progression, and draft).
Interceptions have been tuned to penalize less skilled quarterbacks.
Historical player and team statistics in all new franchise mode.
Fixed issue where sacks would not count during turn over on down plays.
Player Wire events popup during the season where players threaten to leave if salary demands are not met.
NEW Control All Teams setting under Gameplay to control all teams during franchise.
NEW Skip Events setting under Gameplay skips in season player wire events.
Stadium shadows removed from night games.
Domes allow for different day times now.
NEW Legend Bowl jersey patches with breast cancer awareness, bowl versions added during the season.
Fixed playoff tree scheduling issues.
Colleges have been added to player resumes.
Morale can boost or drop player skill levels during the season.
NEW QB kneel and spike added to playbook.
Various improvements and fixes made across the game.
Thank you to all the players that participated in our private betas leading to this update. Your feedback and testing helped us so much! We couldn't have done it without everyone who participated.
If you experience any bugs or issues please report them here or more preferably in our Discord where you can chat with the community, report bugs, or give feedback on the game.
As always, if you've enjoyed the game so far and like what you're seeing out of the game it would be great if you can leave a review on Steam!
We are excited to announce our new Franchise update!
In this stream, we plan on going over all of the new features included in this massive update. We'll be discussing some of our design choices for Franchise and how we got here. We'll also start a new Franchise and play some games live on air, while we chat with our fans.
Hope to see you there!
Love, SPG Team
Fantasy Draft
📢 Hey Legend Bowlers! We've added some cool stuff in this update we think you'll enjoy. Watch our video highlighting the major features and be sure to check out the notes below for all the details.
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We'll be listening to feedback on how you like this update and we hope the challenge is more improved now. Enjoy!
New menu item under Team menu called "Fantasy Draft" which allows you to shuffle ever player around in the league in one batch process.
New menu item under Team menu called "Rebuild Roster" which creates a brand new roster from scratch.
Fixed field goal stat message issue where attempts and completions were flipped.
Coach editor color choices move faster when moving from left to right now.
Noble Barns Bookshops advertisement banner added to game.
Fixed issue where field stats popup would show blank player and -1 text.
Offsides penalty no longer stops clock when clock was previously running.
Top left scoreboard no longer hides blue player hint window.
Player Overall now added to Roster screen grids where you can sort by overall now.
Defenders no longer dive to make play on ball when alone on island.
Defensive lineman swat rate decreased.
When exiting Season menu, ball menu no longer has issue where it disappears.
Winning AI team allows clock to run out when winning game instead of running a play before the game expires.
If you experience any bugs or issues please report them here or more preferably in our Discord where you can chat with the community, report bugs, or give feedback on the game.
As always, if you've enjoyed the game so far and like what you're seeing out of the game it would be great if you can leave a review on Steam!
We heard people were killing the AI using outside runs so we've added some nice play calling AI logic to the game. We also improved the blocking mechanics and balanced it out better for a more realistic run stop challenge.
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We'll be listening to feedback on how you like this update and we hope the challenge is more improved now. Enjoy!
Team AI defensive play calling IQ drastically improved to choose better formations to counter offensive play calling.
Blockers force defender to face opposite direction now.
Blocking in open field less effective to help defense cover big runs.
Blocking improved where if player pushes enough they win vs warping or overlapping opponent when engaged in a blocking animation.
If you experience any bugs or issues please report them here or more preferably in our Discord where you can chat with the community, report bugs, or give feedback on the game.
As always, if you've enjoyed the game so far and like what you're seeing out of the game it would be great if you can leave a review on Steam!
Some small updates and fixes from the previous patch release. Enjoy!
Defender missed tackles should always show a popup message to provide players with visual feedback.
Defender pass defense improved for less open field dive tackles and tackles on the ball are more accurate.
Attempt to fix issue where ball carrier scores a touchdown and continues to dive which causes game to stutter.
Updated uniforms with changes to match cover art teams more accurately.
Fixed issue where game score message doesn't take safeties into account.
Noble Barns Bookshops - A royal barnload of books! advertisement added.
If you experience any bugs or issues please report them here or more preferably in our Discord where you can chat with the community, report bugs, or give feedback on the game.
As always, if you've enjoyed the game so far and like what you're seeing out of the game it would be great if you can leave a review on Steam!
