Can you mastermind Sunderland Black Cat’s epic 2025 promotion from the UK’s Championship? As the coach of the Black Cats, your decisions from the touchline are everything. Boost key players and switch tactics at the perfect moment to seal the win. Prove your tactical genius in just 13k!
\nOnce you start the game:
\nCan you write your own legend in the history books of the Black Cats? The fans are waiting. No pressure.
\n","source":"michelts/black-cats-rise","stars":0,"yt":"8yzSGNtxco4","comments":[{"at":410606436,"author":"smhaaker","login":"smhaaker","gh":10542292,"text":"Interesting concept. I love myself a football manager game. I have not won a match yet though. Good job!
\n","games":["CatNFish"]},{"typ":1,"at":410742944,"re":410606436,"author":"Michel Sabchuk","login":"michelts","gh":361492,"url":"http://turbosys.com.br","text":"Thanks for the feedback! Yeah, I was struggling to find a balance, or it was too easy or too hard.
\nIn the end, once you get used to clicking the players when the ball is within theirs area of the field, things starts to progress :)
\n"},{"at":410654387,"author":"Romain Arnaud","login":"Rominou34","gh":17294713,"url":"https://osmova.com/","text":"A well executed game, the gameplay is very straightforward but still fun to play (even though I didn’t win any match), and the game is actually packed and allows you to play for a long time. The graphics are sober but very nice to the eye, I liked it.
\n","games":["Oggy's Curse"]},{"typ":1,"at":410743116,"re":410654387,"author":"Michel Sabchuk","login":"michelts","gh":361492,"url":"http://turbosys.com.br","text":"I feel I should have made the first few teams a little easier to beat so you get used to the gameplay :)
\nThanks for the feedback!
\n"},{"at":410664344,"author":"xem","login":"xem","gh":1225909,"text":"Didn’t understand much, probably because it is related to football? (my nemesis).\nStill, it’s well presented (graphics, audio) !
\n","games":["I got up on the wrong foot"]},{"typ":1,"at":410743555,"re":410664344,"author":"Michel Sabchuk","login":"michelts","gh":361492,"url":"http://turbosys.com.br","text":"Maybe playing soccer gives you extra unlucky points :)
\nThanks for the feedback!
\n"},{"at":410693715,"author":"Ryan Tyler","login":"tyler6699","gh":50468,"url":"https://carelesslabs.co.uk","text":"I need to play this more and get a win, the layout / design of UI are really great and the concept is really fun.
\nNever thought I would see a football manager in the jam!
\nCan see a lot of work has gone into the game, there are so many features included!
\nAmazing.
\n","games":["Yarn Run"]},{"typ":1,"at":410743484,"re":410693715,"author":"Michel Sabchuk","login":"michelts","gh":361492,"url":"http://turbosys.com.br","text":"I grew up playing Elifoot in my teenage years and always wanted to build something like it, but I never found a theme that really fit.
\nThis year’s theme - plus the fact that a UK team called the Black Cats just got promoted to the 1st division - finally set the stage for it.
\nThanks for the feedback!
\n"},{"at":410753779,"author":"Zang0l0tino","login":"Zang0l0tino","gh":167128079,"text":"The UI is really well done, and the music is cool too; although the theme isn’t quite fit and the gameplay is a bit hard to figure out at first, maybe consider adding an in-game explanation instead of just the description. Congratulations!
\n","games":["The Black Cat's Escape"]},{"typ":1,"at":411953660,"re":410753779,"author":"Michel Sabchuk","login":"michelts","gh":361492,"url":"http://turbosys.com.br","text":"You are right. I should have passed the game through some testers. This year I couldn’t leverage it, I only could finish the game a few hours before the deadline :D
\nI will make sure to adapt it in the director’s cut version! Thanks for playing it!
\n"},{"at":410870926,"author":"Elias Ku","login":"eliasku","gh":3038174,"url":"https://eliasku.win","twitter":"eliaskuvoice","text":"Really interesting take on a football game! On mobile whatever landscape or portrait orientation, I have no chance observe both game view and strategy buttons on the screen without scrolling, so it confuses me a lot. Great that it includes music - it was a pleasure to check out your work. Impressive how you’ve built such a rich interface and included so much text. Well done! 🙂👏
\n","games":["Cat Survivors"]},{"typ":1,"at":411953527,"re":410870926,"author":"Michel Sabchuk","login":"michelts","gh":361492,"url":"http://turbosys.com.br","text":"I see I have real state in the screen to fit mobile without scrolling! I will make sure to do it in the director’s cut!
\nThanks for the feedback!
\n"},{"at":411010203,"author":"Anthony Cosgrave","login":"anthonycosgrave","gh":1410114,"url":"https://imtoospexy.com/","text":"This was a clever take on the theme. I’ve played 5 games so far - I’ll definitely try to get through a full season - my goal difference is already dreadful, so it’ll take some magic to survive the rest of the season. The level of detail you’ve fit into the game is really impressive!
\nMy one extremely tiny issue is that I’d like a final whistle or for the music to stop even briefly to signal the end of a game.
\n","games":["Chickpocalypse Meow"]},{"at":411341023,"author":"Christoph Schansky","login":"DerBenniBanni","gh":5499976,"text":"Hmhm, so thats a fantasy soccer manager, minus the money-stuff? at least it reminded me a bit of the games i played as child an my Amiga (“Bundesliga Manager”)
\nWell, i made it through some matches, and even managed to push my team to score a couple goals, but i still dont know if my descisions had an effect on the outcome of the matches…
\nI really like the presentation, clean GUI, no flaws in the controls.
\n","games":["Miami Mice"]},{"typ":1,"at":411953886,"re":411341023,"author":"Michel Sabchuk","login":"michelts","gh":361492,"url":"http://turbosys.com.br","text":"Maybe my momentum UI indicator didn’t play so well. I attempted to demonstrate you got the control of the field with the horizontal bar bouncing to left and right.
\nStrategies and clicking players would impact your performance in the given field, but now I realize an indication of what field the ball is in would come handy!
\nThanks for the feedback!
\n"},{"at":411411025,"author":"Tiago Correia","login":"dosaki","gh":1957450,"url":"https://dosaki.net/","text":"That’s an interesting take on the theme! I did not expect a football manager type game this year.
\nI couldn’t win any matches, but I’m not very good at football-related stuff.
\nI liked the clean UI. It was very clear what did what.\nThe music was pretty good too.
\nWell done 👌
\n","games":["Black Cat's Herbs & Brews"]},{"typ":2,"at":411609447,"author":"Björn Ritzl","login":"britzl","gh":1300688,"url":"www.defold.com","twitter":"bjornritzl","text":"I’m not a huge football / soccer fan but I know enough to understand the concepts, formations, defensive/offensive strategies etc. There’s a nice bit of detail in the game, but it was honestly a bit difficult to see how much my tactical decisions made an impact on the outcome. I think it would be nice to more clearly show how my choice impacted the team during a match. Perhaps show some more numbers and how much a Man Mark or All Out Attack did to my team’s overall stats.
\n"},{"typ":1,"at":411954199,"re":411609447,"author":"Michel Sabchuk","login":"michelts","gh":361492,"url":"http://turbosys.com.br","text":"Those are all great ideas! The momentum horizontal bar should have represented how much you or the opposite team are controlling the match. I will revisit some potential ideas to make these more clear in a potential director’s cut.
\nThanks for the feedback!
\n"},{"typ":2,"at":411795254,"author":"Jedidiah Weller","login":"jedihacks","gh":996175,"url":"www.openforge.io","twitter":"jedihacks","text":"Hey Michel,
\nGood work on the submission - I could tell you put a lot of thought into this game and it shows your passion for the sport(s).
\nMy feedback for this game is that its a bit confusing for non-sports fans. I’m sure this layout makes more sense for folks who do fantasy sports, but for a mixed audience I have a feeling this game will be unintuitive. The UI presents too much information at once, and I felt myself being a bit lost on what to do and how my decisions were affecting the gameplay.
\nWith that said, I could tell you spent a good amount of time on it so good job on your submission.
\nI recorded a video review for all the games here so that you can see my initial reaction while playing, which is often quite helpful from a user experience perspective. https://www.youtube.com/live/jl6pC4OnVJA?si=hadQmN9JZB93hDUM
\nGood luck in the competition and good job!
\n"},{"typ":1,"at":411954524,"re":411795254,"author":"Michel Sabchuk","login":"michelts","gh":361492,"url":"http://turbosys.com.br","text":"Thanks for the recording! That was really helpful.
\nI see now that I should have favored a tutorial over some more complex features.
\nThanks for taking the time playing it!
\n"},{"at":411902630,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"Wow, this is like a full-on football manage sim
\nThe drum beat soundtrack was neat, but the loop a little short
\nWell done on such a comprehensive implementation, there’s a lot in your game
\n","games":["Mochi and the midnight escape"]},{"typ":1,"at":411954333,"re":411902630,"author":"Michel Sabchuk","login":"michelts","gh":361492,"url":"http://turbosys.com.br","text":"To be very honest, the music was a last minute addition. My initial plan was to make it adapted to the game momentum, to pressure you up as you are playing.
\nThanks for playing it!
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