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Rob Kay

Kickabout League update is out now (& dev log)

Published about 18 hours ago • 1 min read

Hi,

Rob here. I'm happy to announce the biggest Kickabout update since launch just released!

I recorded a dev log for the occasion, which you can watch here.

Dev log

video preview​

What's new?

4 LEAGUES

  • English Club League
  • English Club League Mini
  • American League
  • European League

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​20 ENGLISH CLUB TEAMS

  • Manchester Blues
  • London Reds
  • Manchester Reds
  • Mersey Reds
  • London Blues
  • North East London
  • Tyneside
  • West Midlands
  • Village
  • South Coast Blues
  • Mersey Blues
  • Cottage Whites
  • South London
  • Yorkshire
  • West London Bees
  • Notts Reds
  • South Coast Cherries
  • Wearside
  • Suffolk Blues
  • Warwickshire Blues
  • Yorkshire Tigers

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​4 LEAGUE LEADERBOARDS

  • Point scores now accumulate between games
  • final season score determining leaderboard position
  • This ups the stakes & motivates raising the difficulty level (and therefore the points multiplier) to compete with the community.

GAMEPLAY TUNING

  • Shorter matches of 90 seconds (was 120)
  • Base point increase for goals and goals off post

UI IMPROVEMENTS

  • Simplified UI from tutorial to league play
  • Clarity improvements to League Home and League Results UI
  • New league logos & Shield Icon system for Club teams

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.. plus a bunch more small things!

See you out there

The update is now available worldwide on iOS, and coming soon to Android.

Bug reports, ideas, feedback, comments? Drop me an email reply.

Warm words? Please write a review / tell your friends!

See you on the (all new) leaderboards,

Rob

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Rob Kay

I'm the award winning game designer of Guitar Hero and Slope. I’ve been a soccer fan my whole life, and now I'm making a mobile soccer game as easy to play as foosball. Follow my journey!

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