I'm building an open-source football manager with its own 2D match engine
Hey everyone! I'm a dev and I've been working on TouchLines — think of it as something between a quick text-based manager and Football Manager. It's free and open source.
It started as a spiritual successor to Brasfoot (a Brazilian football-manager classic that stopped getting updates — the community kept it alive with mods). The idea here is to build a proper open-source replacement from day one — anyone can play it, modify it, and maintain it.
⚽ Custom 2D match engine — every player makes decisions in real time (passing, carrying, dribbling, shooting, tackling, interceptions).
🎯 Tactics that actually change the game — pressing, defensive line, play style.
🌍 Flexible player database — the goal is to keep the data really moddable, so anyone can recreate any year or league.
It's a work-in-progress prototype, so there's still a lot to polish — which is exactly why any feedback helps a ton.
🎮 Play: https://touchlinesim.com
💻 Code (open source): https://github.com/brenosss/touchlines
🎥 There's a demo video right on the landing page.
If you like it, drop a ⭐ on GitHub and let me know what you think. Cheers!