This is a football (Soccer) management game with online play. Featuring thousands of worlds and millions of people and players, can you guide your team to the top….or will you get the chop?
This is an Android app that is still in development. It is also available on Google Play
v0.35
Latest version (06-Apr-2025)
- Fixed typo in credits screen which caused a crash when reading credits
- Fixed issue that allowed fixed world settings to be amended on week 1 of seasons 2+
- Fixed bug which caused game to hang when checking coach employment when creating a new game
- Fixed errors in league files which had non-matching promotion and relegation slots
- Corrected typos in Birmingham league file
- Resolved issue that prevented viewing of bottom tier
- Added ‘search’ item to quickmenu on Schedule Squad screens
- Manager’s salary is now recorded in saved games
- Staff salaries is now weighted so that higher rated staff generally demand higher salary
- Updated appearance of board screen and applied colouring to represent voting on board screen
- Added code to permit skipping remaining weeks on fixtures screen (left button) if no matches left
- Finance screen now shows week in header or ‘end of season’ if showing skipped end of season weeks
- Finances for skipped weeks can be viewed on Week 1 of following season
- Tweaked finances to improve them for lower divisions
- Help screen now has an improved layout and should no longer crash if offline, displaying ‘offline’
- Resolved issue with scroller in top half of help screen
- Alternate league views moved to quickmenu
- Promotions and relegations will now work over any number of divisions
- Game world hashes now in format of XXXX-XXXX-XX
- Renamed Job Protection to Job Security
- Improvements to title menu UI including sizes of buttons and improved readability of disclaimer text
- Added shading to left (‘previous’) buttons which was missing
- Resized header texts and reduced font sizes across the app
- Also blurred background images to ensure display is clearer
- World screen now has an improved layout ready for more options to be added later
- Issue: There is a missing icon for option to skip to end of season (week 52)
v0.34
Latest version (12-Feb-2025)
- All divisions are now available to play in, not just top division
- Fixed broken ‘board’ and ‘job security’ buttons on Manager submenu
- Added red indicator to Contact menu item to show if there is an unread message from Mister Retro
- Main Menu: ‘finances’ and ‘results’ are now unavailable on week 1
- Main Menu fonts now update when changed in Settings
- Added ScoutScreen placeholder
- Improved layout of JobOffer screen; renamed jobProtection as JobSecurity
- ‘clear’ button is now orange on Received screen to differentiate from ‘return’ button
- Can now return or exit from Recruitment screen with any language selected
- Added tactic execution statistics to Analysis screen
- Improved implementation of AGCW tactics in MatchEngine so that percentages make a difference
- Increased homeadvantage in league matches
- Move to bench button on Formation screen now goes grey if any sector is zero
- Removed President from staff. They will be on the board in a future update
- Ensured ‘high’ and ‘low’ staff ratings texts are converted to correct language with different hues
- Looking at other teams will now show blocked staff slots, even if Assistant Manager is employed
- Financial balancing done on lower divisions
- Increased cash allocation to clubs when starting new game
- Finances Screen: Fixed crash when looking at finances immediately after loading saved game
- Resolved issue where Investment Director money raised message differed from value after multiplier
- Corrected misspelt ‘Medtronic’ in companies.sst league file
v0.33
Latest version (04-Feb-2025)
- Redesigned formation screen, adding a pitch layout, wing and air displays and popup sliders
- Added a mode button to settings allowing simple or advanced tactics
- Complete rewrite of MatchEngine
- Large rewrite of tactics execution. Some tactics now work over multiple locations
- Ground/Wing preferences added to tactics
- Added ‘Wing_Play’, ‘Counter_Attack’ and ‘Pressing’ tactics with temporary default icons
- Added air/wing to formation screen – only appear in advanced game modes if a coach is employed
- Injuries reworked and fixed messages: Physio reports injuries, Doctor/Medic report recoveries (if employed)
- ‘free scoring’ is now a minor Chair football type preference
- Added ‘President’ as random staff member. Chance to donate big money but takes up one staff slot
- Added scout option to Play menu (currently unactioned) on main menu
- Job offers each now have a different salary for each position
- Resolved game crash when resuming from focus loss if during game setup
- Resolved bug that could corrupt saved games containing utf-8 characters
- Corrected weekly finances that were showing annual staff salaries, regardless of salary setting
- Resized analysis screen display so that buttons are smaller at bottom #250
- Amended height of displayed messages on messages screen to make them shallower
v0.32
Latest version (18-Dec-2024)
- Improved visuals including shaded buttons, rounded icons and other embellishments
- Expanded help screen functionality (note: currently English only)
- Added missing financial text displays to language dictionary
- Uploaded to Google Play as test project
v0.31
Previous version (30-Oct-2024)
- Fixed issue where transfer windows did not function correctly
- Finances are now displayed correctly
- Prevented players aged <16 being created
- Resized staff names on Messages screen
- Resolved bug when adding staff but no slots available
v0.30
Previous version (8-Oct-2024)
- Visual improvements include: new layouts with animations; spurious headings removed; unified colours across sections; human team now yellow on league tables and fixtures; better colouring on file deletion screen
- Added dynamic selling price based on league position
- Added missing background to LeagueSelect Screen
- Increased height of messages
- Added three new fonts, selectable from Settings Screen
- Improved injury routine as was too severe
- Added Doctor and Medic staff member actions
- Fixed finances to show correct Investment Director amount and transfers made
- Added Chairman job security warnings, votes and dismissal
- League structure can now be any number of divisions up to five
- Added French league
- Work started on help screen (not yet functional)
v0.28
Previous version (18-Aug-2024)
- Improved scrolling performance on Fixtures, League, Schedule, Staff Recruitment and Squad pages
- Added Birmingham and Companies leagues
- Improved font and some icons (Tactics, Match screen)
- Corrected bug in Investment Director staff member functions
v0.27
Previous version (16-Mar-2024)
- Added trash icon to load game screen
- Clicking this gives the ability to select/deselect and then delete saved games
v0.26
Previous version (13-Mar-2024)
- Rewritten injury routine
- Added option to clear communications from misterretro
v0.25
Previous version (11-Mar-2024)
- Amended colours, and size of text for improved clarity on Message Screen
- Amended user save file location in order to retain user data after updates
- Removed ‘new’ from ‘Enter save game name’ popup
- Optimised icons and backgrounds
v0.24
Previous version (06-Mar-2024)
- Fixed bug that prevented buying of units
- Added popup if message can’t be sent on contact screen
- Added messaging for Investment Director
- Attendances reduce drastically if home team has been substantially weakened below average
- Also added chairman rebuff and job security weakening for this
- Game can now be quit via exit option on main menu
- Visibility improvements: updated tactic icons, colour hues, unit buy screen and squad faces
- Contacts, Fixtures, League, Staff and Squad screens now use the same font as elsewhere
- Fixed incorrect percentage display on analysis screen
- Corrected positioning of ‘return’ button text when reviewing results
- Added missing background for messages screen
- Match screen icons now dim and brighten correctly at half time
- Added apostrophe to display of goal times
v0.23
Previous version (24-Feb-2024)
- Added and implemented League selection screen
- Sequence of screens at start has been amended to include League selection prior to World setup
- Fixed bug where licence wasn’t stored and therefore no games were able to be loaded
- Moved seeding of random
- League files now have a colon on first column if the line holds league description information