You only get one touch, so make it count! - Patch 3.4.0 Notes - 08/04
One touch & heading
One touch actions changes the turn order of the game for a turn. After a one touch move, the defending team has to move first rather than the attacking team. For a one touch move, the player interacting with the ball has to make his action instantly (like the GK does with a parry). Heading is also a one touch move, which can only be used from a high pass/cross.
One touch moves are more punishing than regular moves. So if you attempt a one touch pass with low attributes, it has a higher chance of deviating. There is also an increased chance of the player missing the ball completely.
Fight for ball adjustments
The one touch and heading actions will give a 10% boost to the FFB stats of a competing player. We have also provided a 10% boost to the first player arriving at the location of the FFB.
Players will also receive a 10% boost if they are fighting for a ball with at least one teammate, against a single opponent. However, if there are multiple players from both clubs in the FFB, then no boost will be provided for any players.
Match rating
We’ve made changes to the match rating calculations for some aspects of the game. We feel like goalkeepers were getting overly punished and it was too hard to improve morale once it was low. Attacking players were getting 10.0 ratings too often.
Successful parry actions will give a net positive rating to goalkeepers, even if the parry goes to an opposition player
Conceding a goal while failing a save or parry will be less punishing than conceding a goal without interacting with the ball
Defenders now lose 0.5 rather than 0.8 match rating when a goal is conceded
Goals scored, assists & shots on target have been slightly reduced for side midfielders
Goals scored & shots on target have been slightly reduced for centre midfielders
Goals scored, assists, shots on target & successful receives have been slightly reduced for centre forwards
Player numbers
On club match lobbies, you can now hover over a player to see the shirt number.
Server upgrades
We’ve made more improvements to our server infrastructure. This was our priority for the last few weeks of the league, as we know how frustrating match freezes are!
Substitutes
Fixed a bug where substitutes would be stuck on pending, for human and bot characters.
Commentary colours
Fixed a bug with some broken colour codes on the game commentary.
R Hotkey
Fixed a bug which was preventing the R key being available to use as a hotkey.
As always, you can leave feedback in a review, through the steam forums or you can join our Discord and raise them directly to us there. You can also follow us over on Twitter to keep up to date with everything that is going on, from drop in sessions to schedules of streamers playing the game for you to watch.
A bug with the friend list on the home page was causing a memory leak when idle on the home page. We’ve made changes which should reduce the game using an increasing amount of RAM continuously.
Game commentary
We’ve improved the UI of the game commentary to include shirt numbers and the team kit colour, to help identify players much quicker.
Bot teams
We’ve fixed some bugs with the attributes of the bot players and how they fill gaps in quick match & private matches.
Skip AI phase
This option is now enabled by default, to make games with bots go faster.
System settings
The settings are now saved to a user account, rather than a local machine. You will need to redo your preferences the first time playing this patch.
Training match
Fixed a bug with the timer in training match, when the Skip AI option is enabled.
Rejoin matches
We’ve fixed a bug for rejoining and spectating tournament matches.
Trial contracts
We have fixed a bug when accepting trial contracts for bot teams.
As always, you can leave feedback in a review, through the steam forums or you can join our Discord and raise them directly to us there. You can also follow us over on Twitter to keep up to date with everything that is going on, from drop in sessions to schedules of streamers playing the game for you to watch.
Speeding up single player matches! - Patch 3.3.0 Notes - 04/14
Skip AI phase
When only AI characters are making a decision during a phase, we’ve shortened the timer to 2 seconds. This will make single player games run a lot quicker. This option is enabled by default, but can be switched off in the system settings if you’d prefer the extra time to analyse between turns.
Training drill audio
We’ve added some more audio to the training drill tutorials, to provide more tips to new players as they learn the mechanics.
Server upgrades
We’ve made significant improvements to our server infrastructure. These changes should provide smoother gameplay going forward. This may lead to a few issues in the short term, which we’ll fix as a priority
Attribute decay
We’ve fixed a bug for characters over 38yo, who weren’t losing attributes correctly. The attribute decay function has been fixed and we’ve run a script to correct these values retroactively.
As always, you can leave feedback in a review, through the steam forums or you can join our Discord and raise them directly to us there. You can also follow us over on Twitter to keep up to date with everything that is going on, from drop in sessions to schedules of streamers playing the game for you to watch.
Giving you more post game statistics! - Patch 3.2.0 Notes - 03/28
Post match screen
New layout & design for the post match stats. More information on match stats are presented, as well as the existing player stats.
Ball & Player visibility
After feedback from new users, we’ve made the ball more visible with a different colour and animated effect. If a user controls more than one character on the pitch, the characters will have a thin outline only visible to them.
Turn timer
We’ve updated the display of the turn timer in all game modes, to use the same style that we had in tutorial moments.
Player Numbers
Fixed the bug where player numbers would overlap and become hard to read.
Tutorial moments
Added a help video, to explain the turn order in more detail for new users. Fixed some minor bugs with gameplay.
Match hotkeys
Fixed a bug which would duplicate hotkeys when a large number of characters were added by the same user. Also fixed a bug with hotkeys in training match mode.
Training drills
We’ve updated the text and re-organised some of the GIFs on the 7th training drill.
Slow page loading
Resolved an issue where users without a character would load some pages slowly. Users will now be prompted to create a character first.
As always, you can leave feedback in a review, through the steam forums or you can join our Discord and raise them directly to us there. You can also follow us over on Twitter to keep up to date with everything that is going on, from drop in sessions to schedules of streamers playing the game for you to watch.
Introducing training matches and UI updates!- Patch 3.1.0 Notes - 02/08
Training Match
A new mode has been created for new users, to bridge the gap between the tutorials and online matches. It’s a single player mode and the user can pick any position to play, without needing to create a character. The user can also disable the turn timer if they’d prefer to get more familiar with the game before adding the time pressure. Of course this game mode can also be useful for our existing users, if they want to try out new positions before purchasing an additional character.
Play Screen
Competitive matches can now be accessed from the play screen, as well as the new training match mode.
Matchmaking
The UI of the matchmaking lobby has been updated. We feel this is a more intuitive way to add characters to a team.
Private match
Users can now join private match lobbies with a unique code, rather than being Steam friends. The UI of the match lobby and game chat has been updated.
Game audio
We’ve added some audio prompts during the tutorial and the background music has been updated.
GK line bug
When a goalkeeper interacts with the ball on the goal line, sometimes a goal would be given even if the GK action is successful. This bug should now be resolved.
As always, you can leave feedback in a review, through the steam forums or you can join our Discord and raise them directly to us there.
Beginning of Major UI and Tutorial Overhaul - Patch 3.0.0 Notes - 12/10
In patch 3.0.0 we bring some major changes which are outlined below, including a big update to the home screen, an overhaul of the tutorial system and there are further bug fixes too!
Home page
The layout of the home page has been updated to provide more information to users. It also gives new users more direction on what to do, as we received feedback that it was quite overwhelming. Announcements and new updates will be more visible, as well as new/helpful content we add to our Youtube channel.
Tutorial steps
We’ve optimised the tutorial steps to give users more flexibility. Some of the previous steps have been moved to later in the game.
Training drills
We’ve made some significant improvements to the first part of the tutorials. Our focus has been on user experience and feedback, so new users can understand the game quicker and more enjoyably.
Moments scenarios
Some improvements have also been made to the moments scenarios in the tutorial flow. These serve as a good transition into playing real matches. The phase timer has been simplified, so users can easily follow what is happening during each turn.
Character creation
As the final part of the tutorial, we’ve made some UI improvements to the character creation process. This is to give more visibility and information to new users.
Server decisions
When a user makes a decision right at the end of a phase, sometimes the resulting action would be mixed with the AI decision. We’ve now ensured only 1 decision will be acted upon by our server.
Attribute Decay
Resolved some issues related to footballers losing attributes as they get older. This includes how attributes were selected and the values removed.
Contract bugs
Fixed some minor contract bugs related to negotiating wages between footballers and managers.
Diving save
Fixed the commentary when a GK uses the diving save special.
As always, you can leave feedback in a review, through the steam forums or you can join our Discord and raise them directly to us there.
Joining our Discord is a great place to meet other players and find people to join your team or for you to find a team to join!
New 5 a side League starting on Monday 8th of November
We are starting a new season of our 5 a side league. Matches will be played on Mondays @ 8pm UTC. Sign your team up in game before midday on the 8th of November to get involved. If your team was involved in the league last season you will automatically be included unless you withdraw yourself in game.
First round of matches start on the 8th of November!
If you need a team you can find one in game or find people to play with on our Discord.
Good luck and have fun this season!
Fixing bugs with matches and more!- Patch 2.3.7 Notes - 10/20
Match connection
We identified the root cause of the issue, leading to players disappearing at kick off and moves not being taken. When we upgraded our Unity version, there was a knock-on effect causing this bug for users who don’t have English as their default system language.
Attribute training
Some users identified issues with attribute rounding since the Unity upgrade. There were also some inconsistencies between the attribute page and the daily training page.
Adding character bug
We fixed a bug in custom lobbies, when 2 users click the same position at the same time. It would allow both users control of the character in that specific position.
Inactive user bug
We identified a bug with the inactive user pop-up. It should give a returning user the option to continue using their character or create a new character.
Tournament prize fund
Some positions in a tournament did not receive prize money. Some other minor prize money bugs have also been fixed.
As always, you can leave feedback in a review, through the steam forums or you can join our Discord and raise them directly to us there.
Invisible moves are BACK! - Patch 2.3.6 Notes - 09/22
Custom match bug
We had intermittent server issues recently which prevented some custom matches starting, which should now be resolved now.
Movement arrow
The player movement arrows are now displayed underneath player circles again, so invis moves are back on the menu.
Linux compatibility
We have fixed the issue causing the game to be unplayable on Linux systems (since the unity upgrade).
As always, you can leave feedback in a review, through the steam forums or you can join our Discord and raise them directly to us there.
A couple of bug fixes! - Patch 2.3.5 Notes - 09/01
Tournament view
Resolved the bug with the tournament overview page not loading.
Player numbers
The bug with player numbers overlapping in a match has been resolved.
As always, you can leave feedback in a review, through the steam forums or you can join our Discord and raise them directly to us there.
