Hi guys
Just a quick update with an overview of what we are working on at the moment and when to expect it in the game.
The next update will be, by far, the biggest one we have ever done! Amongst other things it will include:
- A complete overhaul of the game interface with a completely new UI to make it look much more modern and aesthetically pleasing, as well as being inline with current UI design best practises and more intuitive to use
- Visualisation of the match experience using retro style pixel-art graphics, inspired by old-school games like Sensible Soccer and Kick Off
- Shifting the monetisation focus to be more based on customisation and cosmetics and less based on impacting gameplay
- More data-related content (stats, history, leaderboards, records, etc)
- A new training feature giving you far more influence over how your players’ attributes develop
- Changes to the transfer system and academy trials system to make them more engaging, competitive, challenging and exciting
- Club progression will be far better rewarded: higher standing within the pyramid league structure will yield significantly more benefits than it does at present
- Major update/improvements to the match engine including more tactical options
- More manager skills
- More things to do on a daily basis as part of the core gameplay loop
- Drastically improving the new user experience
- Significant improvements to the performance and responsiveness of the client when navigating around screens and data
- Various quality of life features
We have decided to release all of this in one 'big' update rather than in several smaller updates for two main reasons:
- From a development point of view this allows us to focus our time on getting more done rather than having to focus on building and testing numerous versions of the game
- We want to create the new additions and changes straight into the new game interface we are working on, rather than doing it twice. Note: this is the reason why various data-related content such as stats and history has not been implemented yet
Our best estimate at the moment is that this major update will happen at the end of August. In an ideal world we would have had this update ready much sooner than this. Unfortunately we are not living in an ideal world at the moment and the global pandemic this past year has had a very significant impact on this project and those involved in it.
We hope you are looking forward to these changes as much as we are! Thank you for taking the time to read. We will be posting monthly updates with various additional information and details about the upcoming release!