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Re: Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball

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post #99

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- will add the title bar idea to to-do list - yeh would love to mirror the backyard baseball format where it's batters box view and then whole field for play resolution

Great! Since you're taking feature requests, I'll add that it seems like sometimes lots of data comes at once and then everything gets rushed. But then nothing happens for a while. So it has a "hurry up and wait" feel. I think it'd be worth slowing down when you have receive data for multiple pitches at once, which would also mean it wouldn't feel as slowed down at other times -- even if that means at some points you…

Will take a look at this, too! The title/score feature is live today :)

Re: Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball

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post #32

I don’t watch baseball (maybe a couple games a year), but I think it could use some sound / audio, so you can have it running while doing something else. IDK if there’s an easy way for the average person to get a live audio broadcast feed from games, so maybe your target market would be listening to that instead. I’m thinking it could use some sound effects, for balls, strikes, hits, etc. I only tuned in for a couple…

give it a another try today. basic audio track and FX added :)

Re: Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball

#143
post #15

Incredible work! Do you have any plans to add sound effects synced to in-game events, or maybe even TTS-generated commentary? That could make the experience feel even more dynamic and immersive.

Added sound effects and even some 8-bit music - check it out if you have a minute!

Re: Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball

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This is so cool, man. Did you ever play Smallball back in the day? It would be sweet if instead of just simulating live baseball games, if we can actually create our own teams and train the players and then simulate games against other teams. This seems like a great starting foundation!

Re: Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball

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post #95

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fine for prototyping! good news for you is there are a lot of talented people if you are ready to commit.

Any platforms you recommend? Fivver?

i'd look around /r/gamedev and /r/gamedevclassifieds

Re: Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball

#148
post #70

This is really, really awesome. I'm going to let the folks at Pitcher List know about it!

Big fan of Nick and the team at PL. Working on a feature actually that will sync and track your fantasy team so you can drop in on them when they’re pitching or at the plate. Shown briefly here: https://youtu.be/ILgyiNxCQHE

Sorry I didn't reply sooner. I let Nick and the team know (Nick has dubbed me the Official Historian for PL), and they certainly are impressed.

This is some really great stuff.

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