This is really cool! Would love a technical breakdown on how you put this together.
+1 even if its vibe coded, would love to hear how you tackled the project. Great stuff!
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#52You all realize this is 100% AI, right?
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#53Incredible 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.
Yes! Sound effects coming soon. Thought about an AI-generated voice commentary, but the cost would add up quickly for a free side project.
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#54This is great! Thank you for coming up with this. edit- First 2 plays I watched are back to back homers. Go Royals!
Amazing. Did the 'homerun' animations go off properly for you?
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#55This 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
Cool project! Like the scorecard style. Will check out that API, too.
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#56You even got the ballparks and the middle inning transitions!
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#57Awesome! Sometimes a thing conveys it was built with some love or intention. It's not restricted to fun/entertaining content, it can be Saas too. I'm talking more from how it looks and feels than necessarily what's going on in the backend, but I'm not really talking about graphics.
This is really kind of you. I poured myself into this project :)
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#58Best of luck with this. About twenty years ago there was a website that displayed play-by-play of games in progress with a much more minimal display than yours: just a scoreboard, balls and strikes count, and an indication of who was on base.
MLB crushed them with a copyright infringement lawsuit, claiming copyright over the plain factual description of the play-by-play. It was bullshit, of course, since simple factual descriptions aren't protected by copyright. But website guy couldn't fight MLB in federal court.
Sorry I don't remember the name of the site. I hope it turns out better for you than it did for them.
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#59This is wonderful and well done. I wanted to do something with a single NFL game using the play by play you see on websites. Do you have precise enough coordinate data or do you interpret and extrapolate from a play-by-play description? Is the feed data free?
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#60I 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…
Couldn't find a live audio broadcast to embed, but that would be ideal. Will add some sound effects soon, and also like the idea for key plays/events recap in case you miss anything.
I'm listening to the Giants on the radio, and it looks like the data feed is about one pitch behind. (I suppose for gambling reason.) It would be neat if there was some way to sync a stream with the animation.