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A 90s-style retro football manager. Pick a club in Germany, England or Turkey, negotiate transfers, set tactics, expand your stadium, survive interviews and build a 10-season career across leagues, cups and European competitions. Cloud save, online leaderboards, database editor. Free to play.

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Whistle1 v2.0.0 - The Multi-League Update

27 Mar

Whistle1 - Version 2.0.0: Multi-League Update

The biggest update yet! Whistle1 goes international: now play in Germany, England, or Turkey, each with 3 leagues, their own cup competitions, and local currencies.

New Multi-League System

3 playable countries: Germany, England, and Turkey
6 playable leagues (2 per country), with 3rd tier leagues running in the background
455 teams and over 9,500 players from all three countries
European cup qualification automatic for all three countries
Promotion and relegation between all league tiers per country
Promotion playoff for England (positions 3-6 compete for the 2nd promotion spot)
Midweek matches for leagues with more matchdays (e.g., 2nd tier England with 46)
National currencies: EUR, GBP, and TRY with realistic exchange rates
Billion shorthand for large amounts (e.g., "4.0 Billion Lira")
3 national cups: National Cup (DE), National Cup (EN), Ülke Kupası (TR)
Each cup features amateur teams and 3rd tier clubs
Relegation from the 2nd tier results in dismissal!

Match Engine

Live fatigue: stamina decreases at quarter-checkpoints during matches
Intensity affects fatigue: Brutal = +60%, Nice = -30%
Stronger teams create chances more frequently based on strength gap
Numerical disadvantage penalty: 25% strength reduction per red card
Opponent defense strength modified by their tactics
Home advantage as additive bonus rather than multiplicative factor
75% indirect free kicks (cross + follow-up) vs. 25% direct shots
Defensive errors dependent on opponent defense strength
Crosses can now lead to goals like corner kicks (header follow-up)
Offside trap with progressive decay, training only on matchdays
Libero system: experienced strong liberos grant defense bonus, weak ones a penalty
Libero reduces offside trap effectiveness by 50%
Cup finals on neutral ground: no home advantage in national and EU cup finals
Penalty shootouts with pressure buildup from round 4, progressively lower conversion rates
AI managers react to match situations (halftime, trailing, closing stages)
AI managers consider home/away advantage when selecting tactics
Players selected by strength and form weighting instead of randomly
Fatigue checkpoints also in extra time
Difficulty level affects fatigue and recovery
Referee system: 165 referees assigned by nationality and competition
Special roles: captain, penalty taker, free kick taker, and libero assignable
5 substitutions per match fixed
9 different tackling card types (shirt pulling, slide from behind, tripping, etc.)

Transfers & Contracts

Transfer market completely redesigned with touch-optimized layout
International search for cross-country transfers
Position and age filters via touch buttons
Dynamic transfer window: ends based on league size
International list with refresh on matchday 8 and 16
Approximately 30% of foreign list are free agents
24 players per transfer list (previously 20/15)
Scroll position retained after negotiations
Next update matchday displayed in purchase screen
AI teams buy and sell players independently
AI winter transfers: AI teams trade during winter break
Transfer tutorial with list update rules
Transfer market history: 3-line layout with player details, user transfers highlighted in gold
AI transfers: weak players (strength <= 5) prefer league-internal moves

Statistics & Career

Career overview as season table with position, points, record, and cup result
8 new statistic categories: league top scorers, assists, appearances, eternal tables, and more
6 new table views: home, away, first half, second half, eternal scorers, eternal appearances
Clean sheet table for goalkeepers without conceding
Historical league tables with season navigation
Cup history displayed directly under each cup line
Tier class archived per season, promotion/relegation with career points
Points history with country codes and team transfer entries
Charts completely redesigned with labeled axes
Charts show only league matchdays (excluding cup/EU weeks)
Interactive points catalog with 60+ detailed explanations
Highscore: new 2-line layout with larger fonts, team transfers as arrow symbol, cups on one line
Competition-specific statistics: goals and appearances separated by league, cup, and EU

Smartphone & News

New player database: countries, leagues, teams, squads per drill-down
Player info popup with public data in transfer market style
Player strength ranking with filters by country, league, position, and age
Market value ranking filterable by country and league
Color-coded news cards: league (blue), cup (green), player (purple), statistics (amber)
Form table and market values as new clickable cards
Cup results expandable with goal scorers and running score
Dynamic news from other leagues
Gameplay tips as separate category from developer news
All leagues from all countries accessible via selector buttons

Finances & Sponsors

Market values and salaries based on realistic benchmarks per strength
League-specific multipliers: lower tiers receive proportionally lower values
Promotion bonus for sponsors, tier system influences sponsor quality
120 sponsors for Germany (65 new fictional parody names)
Board tips: concrete recommendations based on financial situation
5 rating levels from very positive to very negative
Attendance system with 9-factor model: fan culture, league position, opponent, ticket price, derby, stadium, and more
Ticket price tolerance: fans accept higher prices with success and top opponents
David-vs-Goliath bonus: weaker home teams against stronger opposition attract up to 50% more fans
Floodlights, pitch heating, and scoreboard increase attendance
TV money, cup prizes, and ticket prices configured per country
Account balance calculated per team at team selection instead of randomly

Interviews & Events

Special interviews for championship, promotion, relegation, and playoffs
Pre-match press conference before cup finals, derbies, relegation, and playoffs
Post-match interviews after cup finals with separate questions for wins and losses
390 interview events (previously approx. 310): 80 new events on humor, tactics, fans, derbies, transfers, society
Studio interview pool doubled: blacklist system instead of whitelist, all relevant categories available
Consequence audit: unrealistic team_morale changes and amount discrepancies cleaned up
Humorous celebration reactions after answer selection
League position can be referenced in interview questions
5 training camp variants: from home base (100K) to 11 vs. Wild (2M)
Graduated effects: expensive camps provide stronger morale, form, and stamina boosts
Winter break with preview overlay before each activity
Youth talents country-specific with weighted strength distribution
Transfer and youth events display player data (name, strength, position)

Commentaries & Text Mode

Approximately 200 new atmosphere commentaries trilingual (weather, pitch, crowd, derby, humor)
Injury substitutions with 5 dedicated commentaries instead of generic text
Defensive error/backpass: narrative transition text before goal commentary
Set-piece events show executing team name
Set-piece texts describe buildup instead of telegraphing the goal
Position abbreviations for substitutions: DE (TW/AB/MF/ST), EN (GK/DEF/MID/FWD), TR (KL/DF/OA/FV)
Card flood commentary at 3+ cards in a match (5 trilingual variants)
Added time announcement as commentary bubble in text mode
Dedicated added time display for first half ("45+1'", "45+2'")
Second half starts with commentary on current score
Penalty shootout with special emotional texts on deciding shots

Database Editor

All 9 leagues editable: navigation by country and league
Cup editor for all national and EU competitions
League swap: 6 swap pairs (2 per country)
New stadium detail editor: standing/seated capacity, roof, floodlights, pitch heating, scoreboard
Attendance modifier per team editable (fan culture/tradition)
1st season cup winner per country settable
Custom player creation as dedicated scene with automatic salary calculation
165 referees editable (40 DE, 46 EN, 40 TR, 39 EU)

UI & Design

Main menu completely redesigned with news panel and options page
Unified dark green panel design across all scenes
Smartphone theme unified: central color system, larger fonts
Sponsor screen in new panel style with highlighted total line
Stadium expansion as full-screen view instead of popup
Career overview with tier class panel, cup image, and scrollable layout
Popularity overlay completely redesigned
Fictional naming: all trademarked names renamed
Cloud save system with 3-platform sync and transfer codes
Multi-delete for saves, cloud, and databases

Balance & Gameplay

Form system: bonuses no longer cumulative (anti-stacking)
Inertia system slows extreme form values from form 15+ onwards
All players pulled toward average form per matchday
Player rating at season end: assists count, starter vs. substitute distinguished
Voluntary team switch at season end possible
Contract badge: red dot when contracts expire
Win bonus league-dependent (1st league = 10k, 2nd league = 1k, 3rd league = 250)
Ticket price influences fan popularity (calculated every 5 home matches)
Survival points only from 2nd season after promotion
Contracts at game start: approx. 30% of field players start with expiring contracts
Relegation from 2nd tier results in dismissal
Form regression at season start with slight decline toward average
Stamina rotation: exhausted players (<50) automatically rotated, below <15 practically excluded
Opponent lineup recalculated before every match (no stale data)
Difficulty Normal: opponents at 105% (player has planning advantage through tactic control)
Suspension system: 5 yellow cards = suspension (league/cup), 3 yellow = suspension (EU cups)
Suspensions are competition-specific (league suspension doesn't affect cup)
AI teams generate youth players based on squad size (2 for <20, 1 for approx. 20 players)

Bugfixes

Team morale never read correctly from team data (always 4/8)
Goal scorers missing from simulated match reports
Dismissal threshold used wrong debt ratio
Timer hung on injury with 5/5 substitutions used
Text mode: events queued when pause active
Penalty shootout could enter infinite loop
Offside trap and simulation training had no effect
Own goal count: follow-up own goals assigned to wrong team
Crash on quick popup close/open
Added time accumulated between halves instead of separate
Tackle card went to wrong team
Substitution cancellation didn't reset lineup
Lineup dropdown changed score on rebuild
Player rating almost always 1 (3 separate calculation errors fixed)
Events after added time generated before halftime break
Minute display in extra time off by one
Final score from events overwrote correct score
Suspended players falsely shown as unavailable
Pause button not reactivated after goal/card animations
Whistle sound delayed instead of immediate
Text mode: card commentaries shown twice for tackles
Yellow-red card displayed without emoji
Tackle: successful tackles could falsely trigger cards
Tackle: missing commentary texts for failed tackles
Goalkeeper could swap with field player in substitution screen
No further substitutions possible in starting lineup after injury substitution

Performance

O(1) player lookups via player_index instead of O(N) squad search
Player-to-team reverse cache with automatic invalidation
Game runs smoother through various optimizations in player lookups and calculations
Loading screens at game start, cup draw, and match start
Orphaned players cleaned up at season change
Retired players archived instead of held in memory
UI remains responsive with many simultaneous matches
Transfer and finance history cleared at season start
Virtual keyboard automatically shifts view upward

Save System

New binary format (.res): save/load 70% faster than old .tres format
Gzip compression: save files up to 80% smaller
Automatic migration: old saves converted on load
Backup system: automatic backup copy before each save

Translations

English: approx. 168 corrections (coach instead of manager, match instead of game, pitch instead of field)
Turkish: approx. 130 seminar questions completely translated
Hardcoded texts replaced with translation keys (table headers, league names, position abbreviations)
Currency amounts formatted dynamically instead of fixed with Euro symbol
25 EU country names trilingual (Spain, Italy, France, etc.)
Winter break, relegation, and tier class fully trilingual
League names country-specific: England shows "League 1/2/3", Turkey "1./2./3. Lig"
Turkish special characters correct in all translations

Data

165 referees (40 DE, 46 EN, 40 TR, 39 EU)
Attendance factors per league and country adjusted to real fill rates
For name duplicates, surnames used from other pools instead of numbering
Finer strength distribution for lower league tiers

Whistle1 - Retro Football Manager

Any custom databases

I'm wondering if there is any custiom databases I can find and websites that host the mods.

SuperMarioDinosaurs

5 Apr @ 8:52am

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Anpfiff 1 - Update v2.0.0 Preview - Multi-League Update

14 Mar

Hey everyone, after working intensively on the game, I can now present the next version 2.0.0. Quite a few changes are coming your way, here's a preview list. Thank you so much for supporting the release! The overall response has been positive and the download numbers have exceeded my expectations.

Multi-League System

3 countries playable: Germany, England and Turkey, each with 2 playable leagues and a background league
455 teams and over 9,500 players
European cup qualification for all three countries
Promotion playoffs in England (places 3-6 compete for the 2nd promotion spot)
Local currencies: EUR, GBP and TRY with realistic exchange rates
3 domestic cups: Landespokal (DE), National Cup (EN) and Ülke Kupası (TR)
All trademarked names have been replaced with fictional ones

Match Engine

Live fatigue: Fitness is now drained during the match at quarter checkpoints
Effort modifier: From "Nice & Easy" (-30%) to "Brutal" (+60%) impact on fatigue
Dominance modifier: Stronger teams create chances more frequently
Man down penalty: 10% strength reduction per red card
Tactical defence modifier: Defensive wall strengthens, all-out attack weakens the defence
Home advantage switched to additive bonus
Difficulty now affects fatigue and recovery
Yellow card revoked when a dive is detected
Position abbreviations in text mode substitutions (DE/EN/TR)

Finances and Sponsoring

Tier system: Promotion = tier up, relegation = tier down — affects sponsor quality
Promotion bonus on sponsor deals
Board tips with concrete recommendations in the finance report
5 sentiment levels for finance evaluation
120 sponsors with 65 fictional parody names
TV money, cup prizes and ticket prices configured per country
Sponsor screen with new green panel design

Transfer Market

Completely new grid layout with touch optimisation
"Targeted abroad" mode for international transfers
Position and age filters
Colour-coded strength badges
Dynamic transfer window per league size
International list refreshes twice (matchday 8 + 16)
Free agents in the foreign list
Scroll position preserved after negotiation

Interviews and Events

Special interviews for championship, promotion, relegation and playoffs
12 new interview events with 3 answer options each in DE/EN/TR
Humorous celebration reactions after answer selection
Training camp: 5 camp variants (100K to 2M) with tiered boosts

Statistics and Career

8 new statistics categories (scorers, assists, appearances, fair play, attendance)
6 new table views (home, away, first half, second half, all-time lists)
Clean sheet table for goalkeepers
League filter for all statistics
Career overview with tier class panel and promotion/relegation conditions
Tier career points (class 1 = 120 points, class 5 = 15 points)
Popularity overlay completely redesigned
Points catalogue with 60+ interactive detail explanations
Line chart completely redesigned with labelled axes
Historical league tables as new statistics view

Smartphone and UI

Player strength ranking: Full-screen popup with filter and pagination
Player database with drill-down (countries → leagues → teams → squad)
Player info popup in transfer market style
Colour-coded news cards with drill-down
Background league news and gameplay tips
Unified colour system (Deep Navy + Beige) and larger fonts
Main menu completely overhauled with options page and news panel
Cup and European results expandable with tap to show scorers

Saves and Editor

Cloud save: Google Play, Steam and Custom API
Transfer codes for sharing between devices
Multi-delete with checkbox selection
Database editor: All 9 leagues editable, cup editor, league swap
165 referees (40 DE, 46 EN, 40 TR, 39 EU)
Stadium detail editor: Standing/seating, roofing, floodlights individually editable
Voluntary team change at end of season
40 new amateur teams (20 each for FA Cup and Türkiye Kupası)

Form System and Match Engine Balance

Anti-stacking for form bonuses, reduced probabilities
Matchday erosion pulls all players towards average form
Weighted player selection by strength and form
Own goal fix: Follow-up own goals now count correctly for the opposing team
Offside trap with progressive decay
Free kick system: 75% indirect vs. 25% direct
Defensive errors depend on opponent's defensive strength
Goal rating with diminishing returns
AI tactics: Dynamic adjustments from minute 25

Finance System Rebalancing

League-specific market value and salary multipliers with caps per league
Strength scale 1-8 with realistic transfer market benchmarks
Season balance calculation corrected
Board opinion: Wider thresholds, balance moderator, salary tolerance at season start

Translations

~168 English corrections (coach→manager, game→match, field→pitch and more)
Seminar questions fully translated to Turkish (~130 questions)
Hardcoded strings removed: Table headers, league names, position abbreviations now translated
~200 new ambient comments in three languages (weather, pitch, crowd, derby)
Match comments in three languages: injury time, extra time, penalties

Additional Gameplay

Winter break: Preview overlay before activities, detailed result panel
League 2 relegation leads to automatic dismissal
Player bonuses now affect form instead of just morale
Win bonus with league-dependent steps
End of season player evaluation: Assists count, starter/substitute distinction
Custom player creator as separate scene with automatic salary calculation

Performance

Orphaned and retired players cleaned up at season change
Form reset only for squad players instead of entire index
History data capped at 200 entries

Bugfixes

Team morale was never read from team data (wrong key)
Scorers missing in simulated match reports
Dismissal threshold corrected to 50%
Timer freeze on injury with 5/5 substitutions
Infinite loops in extra time and sudden death fixed
Offside trap and dive training had no effect
Own goal counting corrected
Text mode pause queue and final whistle sound timing
Statistics text overflow with long names
Results scrollbar blocked clicks
PopupManager crash on rapid close/open
Match engine injury time separated for 1st/2nd half
MobileInputManager keyboard flickering
And various other minor fixes

Full patch notes will follow with the release of the update.

Whistle1 - Retro Football Manager

Version 1.7.7

30 Jan

❓ HELP BUTTONS NEW!

📋 HELP IN 5 SCREENS:
• Office, Career, Match Prep, Lineup, Season Prep
• Unified blue circle with white question mark
• Tutorial can be reopened anytime

📋 MATCH PREPARATION + LINEUP:
• Play style, effort, training, offside trap
• Team strength formula, fitness, special roles

🎨 UI IMPROVEMENTS:
• Lineup: Buttons dark green (unified)
• Help texts with emojis and paragraphs
• DB management: Touch swipe, rename

🔧 v1.7.6: Editor popup size fixed

Whistle1 - Retro Football Manager

Erstes Feedback

Neues Spiel, erste 5 Ligaspiele allesamt Auswärtsspiele, da stimmt doch was nicht^^ Und wo ist n der Spiel beenden Button?

OttOXBerlin

14 Mar @ 8:24am

General Discussions

bug - edited player database

I edited all teams and some players. The game doesn't recognize well the position of edited players...........only forward players. Goalkeeper is not recognized at all. It's not possible to change team in the cup assignement for the database.....when you save...the teams in cup are the same....

stefanobianchi74

14 Mar @ 8:21am

General Discussions

Bugs

Hallo Insgesamt nettes Spiel. Ich bin Alt die Texte erinnern an Anstoss. Aber wenn man sich Anstoss als Vorbild nimmt. Mache niemals deren Fehler :P Erste Saison 2 Bugs die mir sehr schnell aufgefallen sind. Plötzlich ist (habe das Bundeligafile runtergelden) Standislav (Bayern )mein Torhüter in den Kommentaren, und das Elfmeterschiessen im Pokal ist endlos ohne Austrittmöglichkeit weil am Endergebnis ändert sich ja nix....

murmel

14 Mar @ 8:20am

General Discussions

Legendäres Elfmeterschießen. Leider.

Jeweils 20 Schützen treffen alle nicht. Da stimmt etwas nicht. Während ich schreibe, schießen sie weiter und versuchen es verzweifelt, aber allen Schützen versagen die Nerven. Sie schaffen nicht einmal einen Pfostenschuss. Entweder geht der Ball über oder neben das Tor. Oder der Torwart "ahnte die Ecke". Immer wieder jedoch eine "fantastische Parade!". Doch am Ende scheitern sie alle. Inzwischen sind wir beim 33. Schützen für jedes Team angekommen. Die Zuschauer scheinen immer noch im Stadion z...

Nokia

14 Mar @ 8:18am

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