• Bugfix: Gamepad select screen isn't shown before [spoiler]Moon Utd match[/spoiler] in co-op Story mode.
• Bugfix: Players may be reassigned between gamepads shortly after receiving a pass in co-op.
• Bugfix: Trees sometimes flicker when camera pans quickly during Drills.
• Improvement: Upgraded LVE version to 11.5, hopefully improving performance and stability across the board.
• Improvement: Upgraded SDL version to 2.32.2, adding support for more gamepad models.
• Improvement: Improved detection for Steam Deck when applying default settings.
• Improvement: Steam Deck on-screen keyboard is automatically opened when text input is active.

If you run into any issues, bugs or crashes, please let me know in the Discord server, or email support@ruairidx.com. Ruairi --- Hotfixes:

• 1.0.17a: fixed bug where 'Back' option would incorrectly display on some gamepad select screens.
  
  [ 2025-03-09 23:58:33 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Bugfix: Game crashes when using a Story mode team with an incomplete first XI as an AI-controlled team in Quick Matches.
• Improvement: Tactics screen will show clearer warning message when players are out of position.
• Improvement: Post-match earnings show a "-" instead of "0" for sponsorship earnings after away games.
• Improvement: Spectators use CPU more efficiently when updating.

If you run into any issues, bugs or crashes, please let me know in the Discord server, or email support@ruairidx.com. Ruairi

[ 2025-02-13 03:05:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

90% of my work on Bang Average Football is currently going into the 1.1 update, which will introduce a bunch of cool new stuff when it's ready (Q1 2025). Here's a small update with some useful tweaks and fixes I've made along the way!

• Bugfix: Spectators sometimes jump in the wrong place during a pitch invasion.
• Improvement: Stands can be renamed if they've been upgraded at least once.
• Improvement: Support and font glyphs for Turkish special characters: "".
• Improvement: Some players with Polish names now use more appropriate special characters.

If you run into any issues, bugs or crashes, please let me know in the Discord server, or email support@ruairidx.com. Ruairi --- Hotfixes:

• 1.0.15a: fixed crash when entering transfers screen. Added support for additional character.
  
  [ 2025-01-15 23:26:44 CET ] [ Original post ]

A whole bunch of bug fixes and stuff!

• Bugfix: 'Weighted Passes' Drill is impossible to complete if the game is running at a sufficiently low frame rate.
• Bugfix: Unlocalised string is shown during cutscene in Horston University.
• Bugfix: Fan in pub will sometimes say 'sponsorName' instead of an actual sponsor's name.
• Bugfix: Users can be softlocked mid-match if they toggle the 'Never Use Gamepad for Player 1' setting.
• Bugfix: Players can walk on top of fences in training if 'Animated Match Entities' is enabled.
• Bugfix: The same crowd ambience can be triggered twice in quick succession if a player gives away a penalty and is sent off, with an unnatural-sounding result.
• Improvement: Substitutes will leave the field with their team if they didn't make it onto the field before half time/full time.

If you run into any issues, bugs or crashes, please let me know in the Discord server, or email support@ruairidx.com. Ruairi

[ 2024-12-07 03:01:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

A much-requested feature: you can now play Story mode matches in co-op with up to 4 players. You'll need to enable Play Matches in Co-op in the Advanced Settings menu when creating a new Story file, or you can enable the setting in the Settings menu in the Story mode pause menu to play co-op on an existing file.

• Improvement: Story Mode matches can be played in co-op.
• Improvement: improved Story mode league and fixtures menu performance.
• Improvement: improved match player AI performance.
• Bugfix: on-screen keyboard keys are too short for localised key names.
• Bugfix: typos and text errors in Spanish text.

If you run into any issues, bugs or crashes, please let me know in the Discord server, or email support@ruairidx.com. Ruairi

[ 2024-10-12 19:16:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

I'm very excited to announce that Bang Average Football now has Latin American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese localisations (by humans, not ChatGPT)! // Estoy muy emocionado de anunciar que Bang Average Football ahora tiene localizaciones en espaol latinoamericano y portugus brasileo (hechas por humanos, no por ChatGPT). // Estou muito animado para anunciar que o Bang Average Football agora tem localizaes em espanhol latino-americano e portugus brasileiro (feitas por humanos, no pelo ChatGPT)! The first time you run this version, you'll be asked to select your preferred language. You won't be asked again the next time you run the game (or any time after), but you can change the language again from the Settings menu (Ajustes // Configuraes). Full list of changes:

• Improvement: Full support for Spanish (Latin America),
• Improvement: Full support for Portuguese (Brazilian).
• Improvement: Additional support for special characters.
• Bugfix: game sporadically crashes on Windows during first Horston cutscene.

If you run into any issues, bugs or crashes, please let me know in the Discord server, or email support@ruairidx.com. Divirtanse! / Divirtam-se! Ruairi

[ 2024-09-28 18:02:59 CET ] [ Original post ]

Small but mighty patch. If you played before on an Intel Mac and noticed that achievements weren't unlocking, this should now be fixed! Unfortunately, you'll need to start a new Story mode file to unlock all achievements; sorry!

• Bugfix: Steam integration doesn't run on Intel Macs, which means achievements don't unlock.
• Bugfix: typos and text errors in Story dialog.

If you run into any issues, bugs or crashes, please let me know in the Discord server, or email support@ruairidx.com. Ruairi --- Hotfixes:

• 1.0.11a: increased macOS Steamworks backwards compatibility from Monterey to El Capitan.
• 1.0.11b: fixed crash when loading university level.

[ 2024-08-10 04:34:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

Tiny patch addressing one specific issue.

• Bugfix: match softlocks if every player for a team is sent off.
  • Matches will now be automatically forfeited if a team has 5 or more players sent off.

If you run into any issues, bugs or crashes, please let me know in the Discord server, or email support@ruairidx.com. Ruairi

[ 2024-07-08 01:26:24 CET ] [ Original post ]

Small patch with big consequences, hopefully!

• Improvement: physics and AI optimisations to reduce CPU usage
• Improvement: added support for mapping keyboard controls to numpad keys
• Bugfix: match pause menu indicates that menu can be closed with B (Xbox)/Circle (Playstation)/X (keyboard), even though this isn't possible.

If you run into any issues, bugs or crashes, please let me know in the Discord server, or email support@ruairidx.com. Ruairi

[ 2024-06-12 17:50:02 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Improvement: remappable keyboard controls!
• Improvement: actions can be mapped to L1+R1/LB+RB buttons for controllers.
• Improvement: reduced memory footprint slightly.
• Bugfix: two controllers on the same team can inadvertently select the same player.
• Bugfix: one controller can sometimes take control of a player already controlled by another human.
• Bugfix: closing speech bubble too quickly crashes game.

If you run into any issues, bugs or crashes, please let me know in the Discord server, or email support@ruairidx.com. Ruairi

[ 2024-06-02 20:04:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Bugfix: player sometimes gets stuck behind pub bar after first pub cutscene.
• Bugfix: player can't go back from tactics screen before Story Mode match.
• Improvement: easier to tell if challenges are completed or unredeemed.
• Improvement: reduced memory footprint slightly.

If you run into any issues, bugs or crashes, please let me know in the Discord server, or email support@ruairidx.com. Ruairi

[ 2024-05-26 21:15:36 CET ] [ Original post ]

• Bugfix: goalkeepers don't always retreat to their goal if they dribble the ball out too far.
• Bugfix: World Renowned achievement doesn't always unlock when players appear to have a perfect Reputation.
• Bugfix: power bar is shown for throw-ins when holding buttons for Cross or Shoot, even though players can't Cross or Shoot from throw-ins.
• Bugfix: player can clip through one of the rocks on the beach.
• Bugfix: replay GIFs render with black bars if game resolution is not 16:9.
• Bugfix: memory isn't completely freed after matches finish, and eventually starts slowing the game down after a couple of hours.
• Improvement: on-screen keyboard cursor wraps in horizontal direction.

If you run into any issues, bugs or crashes, please let me know in the Discord server, or email support@ruairidx.com. Ruairi

[ 2024-05-15 01:27:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Massive thanks to everyone who has bought and played Bang Average Football so far! This is a small update with some quality-of-life tweaks and fixes based on early feedback.

• Easy & Medium difficulties rebalanced slightly. Your own team's stats will be slightly boosted on these difficulties. This should help make it easier to score at the beginning of Story mode when your team is horrendous.
• Added dedicated Shift + Caps Lock keys to on-screen keyboard, and added a page of special unicode characters.
• Camera position in replay GIFs is interpolated more to prevent unpleasant jerking and twitching.
• Fixed a typo in some Story mode dialogue.

If you run into any issues, bugs or crashes, please let me know in the Discord server, or email support@ruairidx.com. Ruairi

[ 2024-05-12 01:00:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

The day has finally come! Bang Average Football is OUT NOW for Windows, Mac, Linux and Steam Deck! [previewyoutube=5a7oCW3LD68;full][/previewyoutube]

What is Bang Average Football?

Bang Average Football is a football/soccer RPG in which players join a washed up, rock bottom football club at the bottom of the divisions, and return them to national glory! Players can put themselves in the action, playing in exciting matches and becoming the best player in the country, all while meeting their fans, making transfers, upgrading the town stadium, and so much more.

Where can I report bugs and send feedback?

Please let me know if you run into any issues so I can try to fix them quickly for you! You can report issues in the game's Discord server, or just email support@ruairidx.com. Thanks everyone for all the support throughout the development process! I'm really excited for you to get stuck into the finished game at last! Ruairi

[ 2024-05-10 16:21:13 CET ] [ Original post ]

Bang Average Football is out May 10th! That's just SEVEN DAYS away! Get your kit washed and your boots polished, and don't forget to wishlist and check out the demo before it disappears! [previewyoutube=5a7oCW3LD68;full][/previewyoutube]

[ 2024-05-04 05:25:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

We're on the home stretch now. Just a few more weeks until Bang Average Football is finally out! Don't forget to wishlist and check out the demo before it disappears in a couple of weeks!

[ 2024-04-20 06:30:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Give your boots a polish, Bang Average Football will be released everywhere for all platforms on May 10th 2024! I'm so excited for everyone to finally get their hands on the full game. [previewyoutube=5a7oCW3LD68;full][/previewyoutube]

[ 2024-03-29 21:20:55 CET ] [ Original post ]

The demo for Bang Average Football is available to play during October 2023's Next Fest. Come see a complete playthrough of the demo's story mode!

[ 2023-10-06 19:00:15 CET ] [ Original post ]

The demo for Bang Average Football is available to play during October 2023's Next Fest. Come see a complete playthrough of the demo's story mode!

[ 2023-10-06 19:00:15 CET ] [ Original post ]