• We’ve started the roll-out of a new menu design – We hope you like it!
• The warning text saying you’ll forfeit a match now only appears if a Quick Match has been properly started.
• An icon bug on goal kicks have been fixed.
• A bug that forced a rotation of the direction a footballer was facing, when taking a freekick, has been fixed.
• We now more accurately detect where a foul is committed. This takes care of the situation where you could get fouled inside the penalty area but didn’t get a penalty kick.

Upcoming Features
We’ve completed the first pass of the realtime 3D game and we will be shifting our focus over to the manager side of things. Some of the features you can expect in the upcoming builds are:

• Team Manager: Choose starting 11, and substitutes for next match
• Footballer Manager: Choose individual attributes for each footballer in your team
• Club colors: Customize your own club colors!

We hope you enjoy the upcoming changes, and keep providing your valuable feedback and bug reports.

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• The keeper has been vastly improved and it now takes a lot more skill to score a goal.

• A penalty mini-game has been added. The keeper can be directed to try to save a penalty kick, and the penalty taker can choose an area to aim for.

• You can now sprint! Hold down Shift to make the footballer run faster for short periods of time. After a sprint the footballer needs a little time before he can sprint again. This adds a whole new level to the gameplay where timing your runs can really make a difference.

• Throw-ins have been improved. The ball is now actually thrown instead of kicked.

• Quick match results are now recorded and stored in our rankings. If you win a quick match you earn 3 points. A draw nets 1 point for both teams and losing a match gets you 0 points. If you forfeit a quick match you will lose the match by 3 goals.

• And lots of bug fixes !

• The keeper has been updated; he can now jump and catch the ball, and sometimes it will bounce off of him. He has some weak spots and is still being worked on.
• Penalty kick has been added, but as mentioned above the keeper is not great at saving them (yet).
• The current build is now more resistant to lag and packetloss which should give a better playing experience.
• The Online activity monitor should now display ongoing matches and quick match lobbies correctly.

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• The keeper now cannot run into his own goal (You can still shoot it in)
• You now automatically lose control over the goalkeeper when he hasn’t got control over the ball
• The goalkeeper should now charge the ball more appropriately
• The player direction now stays the same when passing to another footballer

Clubs and nicknames

You can now choose a nickname when registering your club. This will be the one that is shown inside the game, instead of your first name. NOTE: All Clubs have been deleted, so you will need to re-register your club the first time you log in.

Keeper update

The keeper will now catch the ball and can run with it in his hands. Remember not to foul the keeper when he has the ball in his hands or you’ll receive a straight red card! The goalkeeper is still work in progress, so it might have become a little easier to score goals now.

Invite friends from inside the app

You can now invite friends directly into the Alpha test and they will not have to sign up and wait for access. Inside the app you’ll find a panel with a share button. Click on it to post on your wall and invite them to play with you.

Online activity

You can now see how many players are online and how many matches are being played.

New planned test periods

We’re changing the official testing periods. Please try to be online from 18:00 to 20:00 CET. If these time slots do not suit you, please let us know!

Upcoming features

• More goalkeeper tweaks: The goalkeeper will be able to throw himself after the ball and more.
• Ranking: A simple ranking system will be implemented, so you can start competing with your friends!
• Survey system: We will implement an ingame survey system so we can get much needed feedback.
• New look: We are redesigning the main screens and improving overall speed.

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Tilmelding til den første fokusgruppe test, den 25 Januar 2012 er nu åben! Testen vil foregå på Frederiksberg, kl 17 til 19. Tilmeld dig her: http://eepurl.com/h7GCs

We’ve uploaded a new build, with the following new features:

• Passing – When in control of the ball, an icon will appear under the footballer you will target for the pass. Be aware that you will still need to aim properly!
• (Very simple) Chat – You can now chat inside the game. Press enter to start typing and enter again to send.
• Version – You can now see the version number inside the game. Please use this when reporting bugs.

If you have trouble loading the game, please clear your browser cache (Ctrl-Shift-Delete in most browsers), in order to get the latest version.

Planned test periods:

During this week from 16:00 to 17:00 CET, we have planned official testing periods where the dev team will be online and available for matches. Please try and be online during these periods. If these timeslots do not suit you, please let us know!

Finding players Online:

If you have a hard time finding an opponent to play against, we suggest you use our forum to plan testing sessions, or perhaps invite a friend to play with you. We will soon enable you to directly invite your friends from inside the game.

We also recommend starting Party Games, instead of Quick Matches for now, as this allows you play up to 20 players per game and to join ongoing matches!

Next features:

During the next period of time, we will start working on the following features, and hopefully have them implemented in the next build:

• Online users – See how many players are online right now!
• Bug/Feedback forms – Improved way of reporting bugs and giving us feedback.
• Auto switch – Automatic player switching when playing.
• Goalkeeper AI – Better goalkeeper AI, and allowing the goalkeeper to take the ball with his hands.

Enjoy!

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Some of your emails were not valid on Facebook, so please ensure that you have a valid email address on your Facebook profile, to be taken into consideration for the Alpha test.

If you are in doubt, just head to the game to see if you have been granted access.

We look forward to seing you ingame, and to receive your feedback!

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Be sure to check your inbox to see if you’re among the first to get invited. If you haven’t been selected, please be patient, as more testers will be invited when needed.

The alpha will run on European servers only, so people living outside Europe can expect a poor overall experience due to lag issues.

If you haven’t signed up yet, go to World of Football and sign up for a chance to be selected!

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