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Show HN: An 8-bit live gamecast for baseball

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

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Post by netsec1989 »

Super cool! Makes me nostalgic for my Earl Weaver Baseball fix.

The pace of events will always be a challenge with baseball (delays between pitches, missing when they do happen).

Some other mode like the Youtube TV: Catch up with Highlights, would be fantastic. Quickly replay the big events (runs scored, bases loaded strikeout to end inning. Maybe every hit and third out). It becomes a rapid-fire view. Or, similar thought, a rapid replay mode -- start from the beginning, replay each change with minimal delays between them.

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

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Post by brownrout »

daynthelife wrote: post #79

I love this! If I were to suggest any improvements: - Have a play-by-play view so users can see plays they missed - Make the "between innings" tabs clickable rather than forcing users to wait for the cycle (cycle by default, pin if user clicked a tab) - show glove on right hand for outfielders that throw LH - maybe show baserunners taking leads rather than keeping a foot on the base

This is gold - thanks for taking the time try it out and write this up.

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

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Post by vunderba »

ghostbrainalpha wrote: post #45
dylan604 wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The thing that works for baseball is how slow the game is. There's plenty of time in between pitches to make the animation simple. With sports with constant movement like a WC match would require a lot more resources. Might as well be a game engine at that point. Watching one of these live just brings home exactly how low activity a baseball match is. You can easily miss a pitch if you're not actively watching it and…

Football MIGHT be slow enough that you could animate the plays Techmo Bowl style. It would certainly be fun to attempt it. You might have to mix in some pre-defined animations for "run up the middle", that could do minimal updates like Jersey numbers.

Only if we can watch historical games from the late 80s of the LA Raiders, and then 5% of the time, it animates Bo Jackson running actual circles around the defense.

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

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Post by marknutter »

sdsdfsdfdfssdf wrote: post #65
TheGoodBarn wrote: post #46

This is so cool, I love these little scoreboard projects. The artwork is also such high quality. I am a big fan of the ESPN CDN data api and have made a few "scoreboards" of my own. Recently I polished a simple html one at: https://mlb.ope.cool/ But I will most definitely be reaching for yours and tossing it up on the TV's in the office, this is so cool

It's AI artwork.

And it looks fantastic.

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

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Post by brewdad »

brownrout wrote: post #37
dylan604 wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The thing that works for baseball is how slow the game is. There's plenty of time in between pitches to make the animation simple. With sports with constant movement like a WC match would require a lot more resources. Might as well be a game engine at that point. Watching one of these live just brings home exactly how low activity a baseball match is. You can easily miss a pitch if you're not actively watching it and…

For sure. And agree it wouldn't work as well for active sports like soccer or basketball. Have some ideas on how to make this a bit more engaging for baseball, still. But ultimately it isn't really made for active viewing or to replace a live broadcast. I think of this more for the fan who wants to keep it on in the background or on the TV while they work or multitask.

Perfect to have on while you are on a call or otherwise can’t have audio playing. If the audio isn’t a distraction, I’d rather put the radio on or a tv game with the audio lower than I’d have it if I were actively watching.

But I love this idea and it brings back memories of my first baseball video games. Someone else mentioned Earl Weaver. My friends and I spent an entire summer playing almost nothing else.

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