About This Game
Hockey Legends
is a throwback to what hockey was in the 70's and early 80's. It combines 5-vs-5 gameplay, league simulation and nostalgia with a simple game loop.
If you enjoyed Ice Hockey, Blades of Steel on the NES or NHL '94 on the SNES or Sega Genesis, this should be your thing!
Create a Season
On the first launch, you're prompted to create a season. You can change two parameters:
How many teams you want
How many matchups between each team you want
For example, choosing 6 teams and 4 matchups will pit each team against the other five teams four times, twice as visitors and twice on home ice advantage, for an overall total of 60 season games.
Creating the season rolls random teams, random players and a randomized calendar order.
You can edit teams' colors, names, logos and cities, and players' names and jersey numbers.
Playing a Season Game
Each game of the season's calendar are played sequentially, from the first game to the last.
Before each game, the player is asked what game mode they want:
Play on home ice (the Home team)
Play as visitor (the Visitor team)
Play Versus mode (1-vs-1 for two players: Two gamepads required)
Spectator (two AIs)
Simulate (skip the game and roll random results for the calendar)
After the game is played, game stats are compiled and the season stats are updated.
At the end of a season, the Playoffs start, pitting the top 8, 4 or 2 teams against each other, depending on the league size.
Controls
Gamepad controls are D-Pad to move, Main button to shoot, and Secondary button to pass or select the closest player to the puck while not owning the puck.
Keyboard controls are arrows or WASD to move, Spacebar to shoot, and X to pass or select the closest player to the puck while not owning the puck.
For one-timers, simply hold the Shoot button when getting the puck to automatically shoot.
Pause the game with gamepad's Start buttons or the P key.
Checking and Poke-checking
The game compares each player's stats to define if a player checks or p
