Hi,

today, I am very excited to announce the availability of 1.4.3 on the BETA branch.

This release introduces an exciting new feature: challenge mode with online leaderboards!

In challenge mode:

• You play against up to 10, increasingly stronger, teams.
  
  
• For each match won, your score increases by the level's multiplier times the match's goal difference - the higher the level the more points per goal.
  
  
• For a draw, you gain no points and the challenge continues with the next level.
  
  
• If you loose a match, the challenge is over.
  
  
• Reaching the final level and winning the match, gains you another 300 points win bonus.
  
  
• You compete against other Steam players all around the world and can check your ranking on the leaderboards.

Please give it a try and send me any feedback about it. I am especially interested in bugs and about your opinion about its balance.

Thank you - let's compete! ːsteamhappyː

Hi,

today, I am very excited to announce the availability of 1.4.3 on the BETA branch.

This release introduces an exciting new feature: challenge mode with online leaderboards!

In challenge mode:

• You play against up to 10, increasingly stronger, teams.
  
  
• For each match won, your score increases by the level's multiplier times the match's goal difference - the higher the level the more points per goal.
  
  
• For a draw, you gain no points and the challenge continues with the next level.
  
  
• If you loose a match, the challenge is over.
  
  
• Reaching the final level and winning the match, gains you another 300 points win bonus.
  
  
• You compete against other Steam players all around the world and can check your ranking on the leaderboards.

Please give it a try and send me any feedback about it. I am especially interested in bugs and about your opinion about its balance.

Thank you - let's compete! ːsteamhappyː

I'm happy to announce a new BETA release of Natural Soccer.

If you are new to the BETA programme, please refer to this post about the BETA build.

This BETA offers the following new features:



You can now optionally turn off the game's auto-switching of the player you control and manually switch players by pushing the left shoulder button (you might have to re-run your controller setup to assign the new left button properly).



Besides slowing down the game a bit, you can now also speed it up with the new 105% - 125% game speed options.

125% game speed combined with the HARD dribbling mode make for a nice "Kick Off"ish feeling ;-)



Due to popular request, I greatly enhanced the audience sound by adding new chants and cheers.

I really hope you like the new features and am eagerly looking forward to your feedback :-) !

~ Thorsten

I'm happy to announce a new BETA release of Natural Soccer.

If you are new to the BETA programme, please refer to this post about the BETA build.

This BETA offers the following new features:



You can now optionally turn off the game's auto-switching of the player you control and manually switch players by pushing the left shoulder button (you might have to re-run your controller setup to assign the new left button properly).



Besides slowing down the game a bit, you can now also speed it up with the new 105% - 125% game speed options.

125% game speed combined with the HARD dribbling mode make for a nice "Kick Off"ish feeling ;-)



Due to popular request, I greatly enhanced the audience sound by adding new chants and cheers.

I really hope you like the new features and am eagerly looking forward to your feedback :-) !

~ Thorsten

In March 2013, Natural Soccer has been released as an exclusive OUYA launch title and quickly became one of the most popular titles on our qubic friend.

OUYA's open and quite powerful platform, its snappy feel with 60fps graphics and its support for up to 4 player controllers made it the perfect match for Natural Soccer, granting for countless hours of fun.

Only a month later, I released Natural Soccer for Android phones and tablets. Still in its infancy, missing many features of today's versions, it nevertheless grew to become on of the most downloaded arcade sports titles on both Google Play and Amazon App Store.

My personal highlight however was receiving an e-mail from "The Steam Business Team" in January 2015 that Natural Soccer got greenlit. That meant, my game could reach a much greater audience on my favorite platform, the PC.

The interaction with the community has proven to be great fun and of inestimable value for the continuous improvement of Natural Soccer, based on feedback of players all around the world. Thank you!

To celebrate the 3rd birthday of Natural Soccer, the game will be on sale for 33 days with a 33% discount from March 15th, 2016.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, NATURAL SOCCER!

In March 2013, Natural Soccer has been released as an exclusive OUYA launch title and quickly became one of the most popular titles on our qubic friend.

OUYA's open and quite powerful platform, its snappy feel with 60fps graphics and its support for up to 4 player controllers made it the perfect match for Natural Soccer, granting for countless hours of fun.

Only a month later, I released Natural Soccer for Android phones and tablets. Still in its infancy, missing many features of today's versions, it nevertheless grew to become on of the most downloaded arcade sports titles on both Google Play and Amazon App Store.

My personal highlight however was receiving an e-mail from "The Steam Business Team" in January 2015 that Natural Soccer got greenlit. That meant, my game could reach a much greater audience on my favorite platform, the PC.

The interaction with the community has proven to be great fun and of inestimable value for the continuous improvement of Natural Soccer, based on feedback of players all around the world. Thank you!

To celebrate the 3rd birthday of Natural Soccer, the game will be on sale for 33 days with a 33% discount from March 15th, 2016.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, NATURAL SOCCER!

Dear fans of Natural Soccer,

welcome to the best Natural Soccer ever, with the following new and exciting features:


There is a new dribbling mode with very tight ball control for those who find the "natural" one too "laggy". I strongly recommend to give it a try: "OPTIONS" => "GAMEPLAY" => "DRIBBLING MODE" => "EASY"


Hold right trigger/button to sprint. While giving a slight speed boost, sprinting in possession makes controlling the ball harder. Sprinting is totally optional and can be turned off in the options.

Please note that you might need to setup your controller once anew ("OPTIONS" => "CONTROLLER SETUP") to assign the correct button to sprinting.


Added optional EXTRA TIME & PENALTY SHOOTOUTS available through the "DRAW HANDLING" option.


A simple addition, but hopefully hitting the "sweet spot" for many league players.


Now there is no immediate and perfect ball control anymore when hit by a fast ball but the ball bounces away realistically uncontrollable.


Goalies are smarter than ever before.

I really hope you enjoy the new release - if so, please don't hesitate to leave a positive review on the game's Steam page ;-)

Dear fans of Natural Soccer,

welcome to the best Natural Soccer ever, with the following new and exciting features:


There is a new dribbling mode with very tight ball control for those who find the "natural" one too "laggy". I strongly recommend to give it a try: "OPTIONS" => "GAMEPLAY" => "DRIBBLING MODE" => "EASY"


Hold right trigger/button to sprint. While giving a slight speed boost, sprinting in possession makes controlling the ball harder. Sprinting is totally optional and can be turned off in the options.

Please note that you might need to setup your controller once anew ("OPTIONS" => "CONTROLLER SETUP") to assign the correct button to sprinting.


Added optional EXTRA TIME & PENALTY SHOOTOUTS available through the "DRAW HANDLING" option.


A simple addition, but hopefully hitting the "sweet spot" for many league players.


Now there is no immediate and perfect ball control anymore when hit by a fast ball but the ball bounces away realistically uncontrollable.


Goalies are smarter than ever before.

I really hope you enjoy the new release - if so, please don't hesitate to leave a positive review on the game's Steam page ;-)

Dear Fans of Natural Soccer,

I am very happy to announce the immediate availability of Natural Soccer 1.3.0.


Formations and Tactics' Balance

You can now choose from several different formations and balance your tactics to create your very own style of play. CPU teams all play different formations and adjust their tactics to whatever happens on the pitch.


Offside Rule

You can now choose to play with the Offside Rule enabled. Players will act accordingly, trying to avoid being caught offside, making it harder to create good chances and increase the game's realism.


New and Improved Set Pieces Controls

There is a whole new visual indicator to make taking free kicks and other set pieces easier and more dangerous. Still, you can always opt to ignore the visual indicator keeping the pace high.


Many More Improvements, like:

• More realistic player movement
  
• No more kit clashes
  
• Game is prepared for upcoming Editor
  
• Pre-match screen in leagues, showing the opponent and allowing to choose tactics
  
• Many many more improvments

I really hope you like this release!

Stay tuned for more things to come!

~
Thorsten

Dear Fans of Natural Soccer,

I am very happy to announce the immediate availability of Natural Soccer 1.3.0.


Formations and Tactics' Balance

You can now choose from several different formations and balance your tactics to create your very own style of play. CPU teams all play different formations and adjust their tactics to whatever happens on the pitch.


Offside Rule

You can now choose to play with the Offside Rule enabled. Players will act accordingly, trying to avoid being caught offside, making it harder to create good chances and increase the game's realism.


New and Improved Set Pieces Controls

There is a whole new visual indicator to make taking free kicks and other set pieces easier and more dangerous. Still, you can always opt to ignore the visual indicator keeping the pace high.


Many More Improvements, like:

• More realistic player movement
  
• No more kit clashes
  
• Game is prepared for upcoming Editor
  
• Pre-match screen in leagues, showing the opponent and allowing to choose tactics
  
• Many many more improvments

I really hope you like this release!

Stay tuned for more things to come!

~
Thorsten