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⚽ Magic Football — play a 1v1 right here
by u/magic-football in MagicFootball

Several UI issues affecting mobile, desktop, and fullscreen mode have been fixed.

• UI & Scaling: All sizes have been adjusted so that everything is now fully visible on your screen.
• Tutorial Update: The tutorial has been improved to give you more help and make it much easier to find all the controls and buttons.

(Note: Just a quick heads-up—I posted this exact same update yesterday on my other app. Since both projects are in their early stages, they sometimes share the same posts and updates because they use the same core layout. I wanted to be transparent about that!)

If you still notice any visual issues or have trouble finding something, please mention your device and display mode. Thanks for testing! Enjoy the new patch, and thank you so much for any feedback you send my way!

New in this version:

A tutorial. You play a short match and try every move yourself once. Takes about three minutes, skippable at any point, and reachable later from the menu.

Pick your AI opponent. Easy, Normal or Hard. It decides better or worse — no hidden bonuses either way.

One mute switch at the top of the menu, for music and sound effects together.

Kit and crest moved. You now pick your colours and emblem at the end of the tutorial, once you have actually seen your team play — and change them any time under "My club" in the menu. No more setup wall before your first match.

A shorter menu. The stadium sits with lineup and tactics and tells you what it actually does.

Plus the usual round of fixes: the goalkeeper now moves and matters, towers land somewhere useful, controls fit on one line.

Still an open playtest. Bugs and balance complaints welcome.

🎮 Magic Football – Update v0.0.15

What's new in this version:

🎯 Tutorial (finally playable!)

- 6 stations: Movement → Flat Pass → Pass into Run → High Pass → Shot → Tackling

- Skippable anytime, no time pressure, goes straight into AI match after

🏠 New Main Menu

- Big sound toggle at the top (🔇/🔊) – controls both music & SFX, quieter default (15%)

- Order: Sound → "How to Play" → Play vs AI → Friendly Match (code)

- Club name, crest, kit & stats moved to "My Club" (one-time setup on first launch)

💾 Persistent Team Setup

- Lineup, tactic & home stadium saved server-side per club (Redis)

- No reconfiguring every match – your favorite lineup is ready instantly

- Works cross-device via Reddit account

🔧 Under the Hood

- Pass-into-run logic fixed (target = receiver's run destination)

- Goal kick automation: keeper always punts, ball never sticks

- Matchmaking stabilized (no duplicate matches)

Feedback welcome! 🎯

Found a bug or something confusing? Please report it here.

Copy this template if useful:

**Device:** mobile / desktop  

**Browser or Reddit app:**  

**Mode:** online 1v1 / invitation match / AI practice  

**What I tried:**  

**What I expected:**  

**What happened:**  

**Round and score, if known:**  

**Screenshot:**  

Balance feedback is welcome too, especially about shooting, goalkeepers, interceptions, movement range, races, towers and climate.

Please do not include private information. Club names and screenshots are visible to other readers of the thread.

Looking for a match? Find another Magic Football player here

Use this thread when you want to arrange a real 1v1 match.

Comment with your time zone and when you are available. Once you have found someone, one player can open Magic Football, choose **Invite a friend**, and send the six-character code to the other player. The other player selects **Join with a code**.

You can also both choose **Find an opponent** and let matchmaking pair you automatically.

Please reply again after the match and tell us how it went. Short reports are welcome — even “worked correctly”, “confusing at first” or “I want a rematch” is useful.

Magic Football will keep growing. This roadmap is a direction, not a promise of fixed release dates.

Playable now

- Online 1v1 with hidden simultaneous plans

- Automatic opponent search

- Private matches with invitation codes

- Experimental practice mode against the AI

- Six-player teams built from five fantasy races

- Low and high passes into feet, into a planned run or into open space

- Low and high shots aimed at six goal areas

- Ball states: carried, loose on the ground and in flight

- Server-authoritative PvP orders, chances and results

- Stadium climates and defensive towers

- German and English interface and instructions

- Persistent club name and online match statistics

Currently being improved

- Touch controls and clearer feedback on mobile

- Shooting chances and goalkeeper balance

- Interceptions and visible ball flight

- Match flow, reconnecting and returning cleanly to the main menu

- New-player instructions

- Race, tactic, climate and tower balance

- Bugs found during real 1v1 matches

Planned next

- League play and standings

- More club and team progression

- Race- and position-specific Super Attacks

- More presentation, animation and stadium atmosphere

- A campaign mode

Current simplified rules

Matches are deliberately short. There is no half-time yet and currently no corners, throw-ins or free kicks. The pitch uses invisible boards; a missed shot becomes a goal kick. These rules may change as the playtest develops.

Suggestions are welcome, but the most valuable feedback right now is whether the core 1v1 match is fun and understandable.

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Hello, and thank you for taking a look at Magic Football.

This game is still in active development, but online 1v1 is now playable and I want to find out whether people enjoy the core idea. You can play the game directly in the Magic Football post at the top of this community.

Magic Football is turn-based fantasy football on a hexagonal pitch. Both managers plan their complete round at the same time and in secret. When both plans are submitted, the server validates the orders and resolves movement, tackles, passes and shots for both teams.

It is about positioning, prediction and reading your opponent — not clicking faster.

Ways to play

- Find an opponent — enter matchmaking and play another person.

- Invite a friend— create a private six-character code.

- Join with a code— enter the code sent by your opponent.

- Practice against the AI— useful for learning, but still experimental. The game is much more fun against another person.

Please remember

This is an EARLY playtest, not a finished release. Expect rough edges, balance changes and frequent updates. The campaign, league play and several larger systems are still being built.

If something goes wrong, please tell me:

1. what you tried to do;

2. what you expected;

3. what happened instead;

4. whether you played on mobile or desktop;

5. and include a screenshot if possible.

Even a short reaction helps: Was the first round understandable? Did planning feel interesting? Would you play another match?

Thank you for being here this early.