Community Football Manager - Game for the Gamers

Hi r/gmgames-guys

While EA Sports continues to turn Ultimate Team into the ultimate cash machine and professional football is becoming increasingly soulless, we have started a counter-movement in Thuringia. Operating out of an office in Jena's Intershop Tower (Germany's tallest building in 1972), we're trying to bring football management gaming back to its roots.

We – Sascha and Johannes – have known each other since completing our civilian service together at Jena University Hospital. Frustrated by the stagnation and commercialization of the major football management games, we decided to build FootballManager.io in our spare time: a community project created by fans, for fans.

Our guiding principles are:

Football Romance Instead of Pay-to-Win
There are absolutely no real-money advantages in our game. Success is determined by tactics, not by the size of your wallet. The game is completely free to play and contains no in-game purchases.

Community First
Our roughly 150 registered users from around the world (including the USA, South Africa, India, and many others) actively shape the game. Features such as in-game substitutions and the introduction and distribution of TV revenue were proposed and discussed by the community in our forum before being implemented by us. Our time-to-market is virtually unmatched (see case study below).

From Jena to the World
Despite being a two-man passion project developed after work, managers from South Africa, the USA, Romania, India, and other countries now compete together in a shared fantasy football world. Matchdays take place twice a day.

Game Structure

• Season length: approximately 3 weeks
• Two matchdays per day (currently Season 7)
• Additional cup competitions

Platforms
Browser, iOS & Android
https://footballmanager.io

Case Study

Less than 48 hours passed between a community proposal regarding TV revenue distribution and the feature being fully implemented in the game.

We would love to see more managers enjoying the competition :)

Best, Sascha & Johannes
FootballManager.io