Case Study
Freestyle Academy- Gamified Skill Progression App for Freestyle Footballers
Freestyle Academy turns freestyle football practice into a game, giving players a character, a skill tree built from 155 real tricks, and a ranking system that mirrors competitive esports leagues. The concept was developed by Emil Wyoscki, a freestyle footballer with his own YouTube tutorial channel, who mapped out the entire trick progression, scoring system and battle mechanics before bringing the idea to Promatics.
Promatics is building the mobile app that brings that vision to life for iOS and Android, turning Emil's skill tree diagrams, scoring tables and UI screens into a fully working game.
The Challenge
Emil came to Promatics with an unusually complete blueprint: four skill tree branches, Lower, Upper, Ground and Sit Down, covering roughly twenty tricks per level color, a five tier color and league ranking system, a battle mechanic with different scoring for red through green levels, and more than fifty designed screens covering everything from onboarding to the shop. The challenge for Promatics was to turn that library of trick trees, scoring tables and screen designs into one coherent mobile app, one where a trick unlocked in the skill tree, a completed daily challenge, a won duel and a coin earned in the shop all stay in sync with a single player profile. That meant building a flexible progression engine that could support an unusual mix of finite tricks in the Upper, Ground and Sit Down branches and infinite repetition based missions in the Lower branch, alongside a battle system that depends on a person, or eventually AI, judging submitted videos.
Client’s Expectations
Promatics’ Deliverables
Client’s Expectations
Promatics’ Deliverables
Prominent Features
Freestyle Academy takes the structure freestyle footballers already train by, tricks, levels and duels, and turns it into a game loop that rewards daily practice as much as it rewards raw skill. Here are some of the standout capabilities.
Skill Tree Progression Across Four Branches
Every player works through four skill tree branches, Lower, Upper, Ground and Sit Down, unlocking tricks one Skill Point at a time as they move through the five color levels. Locked tricks outside a player's current range show up grayed out, so there is always a sense of what is coming next without giving away the whole tree at once. Once a trick is unlocked, its tutorial and mission become available immediately, turning the tree into both a map of what to learn and a place to actually practice it.
Outcome
Freestyle Academy is being transformed from a detailed freestyle football training and competition concept into a fully structured mobile gaming experience for iOS and Android.
Promatics has translated the client's predefined skill trees, scoring rules, progression mechanics, battle system and extensive UI designs into a unified application architecture. The platform connects skill progression, tutorials, missions, daily challenges, XP, coins, leagues, rankings, matchmaking, video submissions and rewards within a single player journey.
The solution is also being designed with future scalability in mind, including AI assisted video judging, community based verification and an expanding trick library. This allows Freestyle Academy to establish a strong foundation for competitive, repeatable and skill driven player engagement as the platform moves toward launch.
Key Achievements
Structured 155 freestyle football tricks across four skill tree branches, Lower, Upper, Ground and Sit Down, into a clear, interactive progression system.
Implemented five color tiers and five leagues per tier, along with global leaderboard, friends and matchmaking features.
Built a unified XP, Skill Point, Coin and Ranking Point economy, tied together by daily challenges and repeatable missions.
Linked tutorial videos directly to individual tricks in the skill tree.
Created the battle and video submission workflow for competitive duels, and prepared the AI assisted judging architecture to support computer vision and AI recommendations alongside human oversight.
Delivered more than 50 application screens, a shared React Native codebase for iOS and Android, and scalable media infrastructure for handling submitted videos.
Impact
Gives players a measurable way to track their skill development, with clear visibility into their current level and the tricks they need to unlock next.
Creates stronger opportunities for competitive engagement through leagues, rankings, duels and leaderboards.
Turns individual freestyle practice into a repeatable game loop that combines training, progression, competition and rewards.
Reduces the friction between learning a trick and practicing it, connecting the skill tree directly with tutorials and missions.
Establishes a foundation for AI assisted judging that can reduce manual review effort as the platform grows.
Provides a scalable technical foundation for expanding the trick library, the player community and competitive features over time.
Software &
Technologies Used
Languages we have used to create app user friendly across multiple devices without compromising the speed.
Flutter
Building beautiful apps, shaping experiences with speed and consistency
Node.js
Powering scalable backend services with event-driven, non-blocking architecture
TypeScript
Strengthening JavaScript with types, enhancing scalability effortlessly
OpenAI Vision API
Powering data integrity, scaling performance effortlessly
AWS Elemental MediaConvert
Building resilient cloud architectures for the digital world.
React Native
Cross-platform, powerful, and flexible, the foundation for building seamless mobile experiences.
Redis
Powering real-time experiences with ultra-fast data retrieval and caching
Firebase Cloud Messaging
Streamlining web development with elegant design and responsive layouts
AWS S3 & CloudFront
Storing data securely, accessible anytime, effortlessly
Computer Vision Trick Recognition
Computer Vision Trick Recognition enables intelligent visual analysis with accurate detection and real-time recognition capabilities.
Socket.io
Transforming raw data into insights, enabling smarter decisions with real-time analytics and reporting
Youtube APIs
Leveraging YouTube APIs to streamline video data, content management, and audience insights with seamless integration and real-time access
Testimonials
Promatics did an excellent job turning our vision for Freestyle Academy into a fully functional mobile platform. The team understood the complexity of the skill progression, ranking system, challenges and battle mechanics and translated them into an engaging user experience. Their technical expertise and attention to detail helped us bring the concept to life across both iOS and Android.
Emily Wyoscki
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