Football, Tactics & Glory News

Players asked us if it would be possible to watch World Championship matches, even if you're managing a completely unknown amateur club. When we responded that this might be allowed, players started asking if they could also watch European Cup matches and other major tournaments. When we again responded that this was potentially possible, we got questions about whether they could watch matches between other teams in the same league as their own. Or even watch matches of a different club they support.

Well, now we are officially announcing: yes, you will be able to schedule and watch any match in any tournament without any restrictions.


A new "Watching Matches" tab has appeared on the Calendar screen.

In this tab, you can find the tournament that interests you. It could be a tournament on any continent, local or international, club or national.

In the screenshot, I selected the European Championship. The game displayed all the matches that will take place in this tournament. I can press the "Schedule" button next to the matches I wish to watch.



For example, I decided to watch all of Germany’s matches in the current European Championship qualifying tournament. To do this, just click "Schedule" next to all these matches. If you go to the "Scheduled Matches" tab, all these matches will be displayed in chronological order. If you change your mind, you can remove a match from your scheduled list.




On the match day, the calendar stops, and the first scheduled match becomes available to watch.



For example, if you’ve scheduled to watch matches in the same league in which you play, you’ll first watch those matches, and only then will you play your own.

There are three options for a scheduled match: Watch, Simulate, Cancel Watching (remove from the schedule).



You might ask: why is there a Simulate option?

Well, we have two types of match simulation: detailed and quick. The detailed one is used in the player's matches (all actions are fairly played out by artificial intelligence). The quick one simulates the actions in the match based on team formations, attributes, skills, and players' giftedness. We believe that the quick simulation is quite well done. But if the player wants certain matches to be "played out fairly" (i.e., using AI), they can schedule them to watch and then press the Simulate button.

If the player presses "Watch" the match will be shown as if you were watching a football match. That means you won’t see dice rolls or detailed information about the footballers, except for their names.


Although watching matches does not affect gameplay mechanics, this feature allows for deeper immersion into the game world and a feel for life outside your club.

We understand that some players may not find match-watching necessary. However, for many, this feature will allow for a deeper immersion into the game. Some will attend World Championship matches, others will observe their favourite clubs in continental tournaments, and some will study their future opponents. Because even though you won't see the footballers' attributes, understanding FTG means you'll be able to glean a lot just by watching who is performing which actions.


Unfortunately, we have encountered significant technical difficulties rewriting the graphical engine. We know that players who have grown to love FTG will enjoy the game as it is. But first of all, we are very ambitious and always try to exceed our expectations. Secondly, we are looking ahead. The new engine will allow us to do many things players have been asking for, but which are currently impossible.

Additionally, working efficiently during wartime is much harder than in peacetime. Therefore, development has taken much longer than expected. I would really like to enter Early Access by the end of the year. But realistically, it will be great if we manage to launch by the beginning of next spring.

In any case, your support for both the original FTG and the upcoming FTGW motivates us. Write reviews of the game on Steam, add FTGW to your wishlist, recommend the game to friends – any little bit of help keeps us moving forward.


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We are delighted to announce that our game, Football, Tactics & Glory, has sold over 100,000 copies on Steam! This doesn't include sales of the DLCs and console versions. ːnationalcupː

Thank you, players, for your support throughout all these years! You reported bugs, suggested ideas, left reviews on Steam, wrote words of encouragement, helped with localisation, advised newcomers, and, of course, enjoyed the game, which was very important to us. ːjerseyː

The concept of combining a football manager with turn-based football matches deters players, so the simultaneous sales were never high. But when players tried the game, they couldn't stop because we managed to create a football manager where players' decisions truly matter. And there is enough content for thousands of hours of gameplay. That’s why the game kept selling even 6 years after release. ːrainbowfeintː

It’s thanks to the game's sales and your support that we were able to periodically release DLCs and free updates, adding increasingly interesting and deep mechanics. This also allows us to currently work on a new game, Football, Tactics & Glory: World (add it to your wishlist). ːcannonshotː





We want to celebrate this news with a big giveaway of keys for the base game, DLCs, the Treble Deluxe version, and beta access to Football, Tactics & Glory: World! ːcleankeyː

So, we are giving away the following:

• 20 keys of the base game
  
• 3 keys of the Treble Deluxe version (this is the base game + all DLCs)
  
• 2 keys of the Football Stars DLC (for those who have the base game but no DLCs)
  
• 2 keys of the Manager's Journey DLC (for those who have the base game and Football Stars but not MJ)
  
• 2 accesses to the beta version of Football, Tactics & Glory: World (you must have the base game and both DLCs, and you must be ready to periodically play and give me your feedback on various mechanics)
  

[h3]How to participate in the giveaway?[/h3]

1. Add Football, Tactics & Glory: World to your wishlist
   
2. Subscribe to the Creoteam newsletter (we occasionally write about the most important news related to our games) and/or follow us on Twitter
   - Newsletter: https://eepurl.com/gstiyH
   - Twitter: https://x.com/Creoteam_games
3. Join our Discord server: http://discord.gg/HkT8FC7sr4
   
4. In the Discord channel #2024-giveaway, write a message in the following format:
   - The first 5 letters of your email address if you subscribed to our newsletter, or a link to your Twitter profile if you followed us.
   - Your favourite football club
   - Your favourite turn-based game
   - Which key you want to receive
   
5. For example:
   - kos@c...
   - Dynamo Kyiv
   - XCOM 2
   - Treble Deluxe
   

The giveaway will last until August 26th, 23:00 CEST. New comments after this time will not be accepted. It might take up to 7 days to give away the keys (however, I will try to make it in 1-2 days). The results will be published in the same channel of our Discord server in which you leave a message.

Among all those who want Treble Deluxe, I will first randomly select three winners. Among the remaining participants, I will randomly choose 10 players who will receive a key for the base version of the game.

Then, I will give away 2 Football Stars keys and 2 Manager's Journey keys among those who wanted these specific versions of the game. Finally, I will give away access to the beta version of FTGW (a reminder - you will need to provide feedback on the game; otherwise, I reserve the right to revoke your access to the game).

Once again, thank you all for your support!
Enjoy the game! ːkickupsː

Recently, I talked about the new scouting system in FTGW. In short, from now on you will only see the profiles of those footballers whose Giftedness is equal to or less than the average level of your scouts.

However, you will always be able to see all the footballers of your next opponent.


Players who consider themselves experts of the FTG series feel that the game is quite easy. One of the reasons for this "ease" is the ability to see the opponent's formation and footballers and adjust your tactics accordingly to exploit the opponent's weaknesses. Experienced players know that the fate of the match is decided 60-70% on the match preparation screen.

For such players, we have added a new option that can be enabled before starting a new campaign. This option does the following:

• You will not see the opponent's formation before the match;
  
• You will only see those footballers of the next opponent whose Giftedness is equal to or less than the average level of your scouts;
  
• If the next match is important to you, you can pay Glory to see the formation (this is analogous to spending your time studying your opponent thoroughly, attending their matches, etc.).
  

With this option, it will be harder to play because you will now have to guess how the opponent's footballers are positioned. As a result, matches will be more unpredictable, and you will have to adapt to the situation during the match.

In fact, guessing how the opponent has positioned their footballers is not very difficult because you will see which classes will participate in the match. For example, if you see that the opponent has a Right Forward and a Central Forward in attack, it is obvious that the Right Forward is in his right flank position, and the Central Forward is in one of the three central attacking cells. But there will be situations where the positioning of footballers will be less obvious and a bit more unpredictable. This is especially true for defence.

In this video playthrough of the beta version, you can see how match preparation happens when you do not see the opponent's formation (starting from 7 minutes 9 seconds): https://www.youtube.com/live/CL02x19bCQQ?si=1wUO75lcjZjo0_3i&t=429



Once you start the match, you will see the opponent's formation. If it turns out to be different from what you thought, you will want to change your formation to adapt.

For players for whom constant formation changes on the field are an important element of tactics, changing the position of some footballers is a common practice. As soon as the game stops (goal, corner, or free kick) your changes will be applied.

But if constant formation changes are not critical for you, and you want to make the game even more challenging, you can use an additional option that allows you to make formation changes during the match ONLY at halftime. On the substitution screen, other field cells will be blocked, as shown in the screenshot:



So, if you did not prepare correctly for the match against the opponent, you will have to wait until the end of the half to correct the mistake.

This option can make the Premier League more interesting if you have won all possible tournaments and want to maintain tension in at least some matches. Of course, you will have enough Glory to review the opponent's formation before the match. But the more prestigious the tournament, the more it will cost.

By the way, this option can be used separately from hiding the opponent's formation. Although, personally, I see the point only in the simultaneous use of these options.


I have previously written about options that make the game more difficult, making it more interesting for experienced players. With the new two options that hide the opponent's formation and prohibit changing your formation during the match, you will have more opportunities to adjust the campaign difficulty to your liking.

During game testing, I personally enjoy playing with the new options. I hope that many of you will also like these options.




First and foremost, visit the game's page and add it to your wishlist. This way, you will receive an email from Steam when the game goes into Early Access or Full Release.

Secondly, click "Follow" to be notified whenever we publish news on Steam.


The great place to get notified about news and discuss them is our Discord.
Also, to follow our news, you can subscribe to our mailing list: Email subscription.

Starting today, Football, Tactics & Glory and all its expansions also support Japanese!

One of the sources of inspiration for FTG was the Japanese game Persona 3. Therefore, I am very pleased that Japanese players will now be able to appreciate our turn-based football game.

By the way, here, I'm talking about how I was influenced with Persona 3.

We are grateful to Gabanymous for the huge amount of work he did translating the game. Additionally, he pointed out how to correct various stylistic and cultural nuances to make the game feel more natural for Japanese players. Without him, we wouldn't have been able to achieve such high-quality localisation!

He also created a thread on the forum where you can leave your feedback regarding the translation: https://steamcommunity.com/app/375530/discussions/0/4343240481093521060/

If you have any technical or gameplay troubles, write on the Steam forum, and we will try our best to help.

We wish you an enjoyable game!