Devlog May 2026

02. June 2026

This month 4 versions have been released. Well, actually only 2, because the second one was a hotfix and the last one a balancing update.

• 0.7.5 custom team logos
• 0.7.6 hotfix
• 0.7.7 first tactics and feedback
• 0.7.8 goal balancing

16k downloads

In just 2 months the game got over 16k downloads on Google Play. With over 100 ratings and 80 reviews making a total score of 4.6 stars. This is a huge success for me and shows the true potential of the game. I also got a lot of feedback from mobile users and that helps a lot to improve the game further. Overall the Android release was a big win for the game and the community. Let's see if the game keeps this rapid user growth over time.

F-Droid progress

I made some progress on the reproducible builds for F-Droid, but still without success. If it doesn't work the next month, it will be released without reproducible builds on F-Droid. Any help with this is very appreciated on Gitlab.

Financial situation

I'm working now full time on this game for 21 months, since September 2021. This whole time I'm living on my personal savings, without any funds from third parties. Until now I made just a few hundred Euros with the game with Steam sales. With taxes and all other fees, I will probably close the second year in negative.

Now my savings are slowly shrinking and the game is still very far from a financial success. Said that, probably next year I will have to do some freelance work again, to earn some money. The goal is to release v1.0 by the end and then keep working on this and other sport editions. But probably only part time, while doing other work to pay my bills. So be assured that I will continue working on the 99Managers series also next year.

If you want to make it possible that I keep working full time, consider buying the game on Steam. Or if you need an experienced Godot developer, feel free to contact me!

In the next weeks I might add an payed but empty donation DLC to Steam. There will also be an payed but empty "Thank you Simon" app on the Google Play Store. So there are more ways to support me financially, without relying on ads or in-app purchases.

Every feedback is welcome

Feel free to write me an email at info@99managers.org and comment on Mastodon.

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