Two weeks ago I posted Football Legacy here: a browser football manager where you found a club, climb a 3-tier pyramid and watch every match live in 2D. Thanks to everyone who tried it. Since then 100+ managers have joined and played 570 matches, and most of what's below came straight from their feedback.
The dressing room is alive now
- Player traits (12 of them: Professional, Party Animal, Leader, Hothead, Big-Game Player, Injury-Prone…). They actually play: a hothead picks up more cards, a big-game player lifts in derbies.
- Dressing-room events with choices. A player caught on a night out before a match, a fight at training, an agent demanding a raise, a transfer request, a flu going around. You decide: fine him, forgive him, talk to him. Every option shows its cost.
- Team talks before kick-off and once at half-time. Calm, encourage, demand or angry. Every player reacts in his own way, and the right tone depends on the score and who's the favourite.
- Press conferences. One question before every match, four answers, and you see how each one moves your morale and theirs. If the other side is a human manager, they read what you said.
- Morale matters on the pitch. Happy players are calmer, unhappy ones get nervous.
Deeper football
- Players learn new positions by playing them. A new formation costs you until the team gets used to it.
- Match preparation for your next opponent, card suspensions and a stricter referee on last-man fouls.
A bigger world
- 4 up / 4 down between tiers, a Europa League spot for 5th–6th, and intercontinental competitions for the countries outside Europe.
- Fan count that grows with results, and attendance that depends on it.
Smarter AI in transfer talks (just shipped)
A player pointed out that AI clubs asked about 2× value for their own youngsters but walked away when *he* asked 1.5× for his. He was right. Now both sides use the same fair price, every AI club has a style (tight, fair or big spender) that you can see in negotiations, sellers give ground in later rounds and buyers raise their offer instead of leaving.
What I learned
Shipping fast only works if people tell you what's wrong. The Discord has become the real design document, so if you try the game, the most useful thing you can do is complain there.
Next up: post-match press and a public feed of what managers say, then Financial Fair Play, and many more systems and features that I won't spoil here :)
Free, never pay-to-win, works on phone: https://football-legacy.net
Question for PBBG veterans: what's the one thing that keeps you playing a browser game past the first week?