I'm working on the early stages of a new football management game called SMW.
The project is still at an early stage, and rather than designing everything behind closed doors, we'd like to involve people who actually enjoy football management games and competitive multiplayer experiences.
We're looking for players who would like to discuss ideas, challenge our assumptions and help us understand what would actually be fun to play.
For example, one of the things we're currently thinking about is the structure of tournaments between human managers.
If you entered a tournament against other managers:
How long should a tournament last?
Would you prefer something relatively fast, completed in about a week, or a competition developing over a longer period?
Would you prefer direct knockout rounds or home-and-away matches?
And how much time would you want between matches to work on your squad, tactics and preparation?
These are exactly the kind of decisions we'd like to explore together with players rather than simply deciding them ourselves.
There is no finished game to promote at this point. We're building the concept and looking for a small group of football management enthusiasts interested in helping us shape it from an early stage.
We've created an SMW Discord community where we'll be discussing these ideas and gradually exploring different parts of the game.
If this sounds interesting and you'd like to take part, you're very welcome to join us:
I'm working on the early stages of a new football management game called SMW.
The project is still at an early stage, and rather than designing everything behind closed doors, we'd like to involve people who actually enjoy football management games and competitive multiplayer experiences.
We're looking for players who would like to discuss ideas, challenge our assumptions and help us understand what would actually be fun to play.
For example, one of the things we're currently thinking about is the structure of tournaments between human managers.
If you entered a tournament against other managers:
How long should a tournament last?
Would you prefer something relatively fast, completed in about a week, or a competition developing over a longer period?
Would you prefer direct knockout rounds or home-and-away matches?
And how much time would you want between matches to work on your squad, tactics and preparation?
These are exactly the kind of decisions we'd like to explore together with players rather than simply deciding them ourselves.
There is no finished game to promote at this point. We're building the concept and looking for a small group of football management enthusiasts interested in helping us shape it from an early stage.
We've created an SMW Discord community where we'll be discussing these ideas and gradually exploring different parts of the game.
If this sounds interesting and you'd like to take part, you're very welcome to join us:
https://discord.gg/WmVNMHe79z
And, of course, feedback here on FM-Arena is equally welcome.