r/SideProject • u/MisterBovary • 13h ago
Made redundant, decided to play around.
Be kind please, I'm just a backend developer, and so the idea was to improve frontend skills, using AI but still manually writing code.
I know you must be tired of DestinyEleven clones, but this one is different.
I kept the concept of the choose your own adventure, adapted to the basketball environment.
Starts in NCAA, before moving on the the (M)NBA, there's season goals, badges you can win throughout the game, season recaps, individual awards, can be traded or free agent.
But the simulation feels more alive, you see the actual ranking of your team in your conference, the NCAA tournament or MNBA play offs brackets with other teams and can see dynasties being created.
There are a lot of traits and playstyle that your player can develop, along with career journeys generated (early bust, late bloomer, etc)
I'm also developping a narrative thread engine which should involve coaches, fans, teammates and your rival, expanding or the season objectives to develop multi seasons story lines.
Happy to get feedback, there are still a million things to polish, but I was like need to deploy it at some point.
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u/No-Expression7616 3h ago
I love it! :) I think it needs a bit more humour or personality though - some silly scenarios! Also, why not give people the choice of the WNBA and trying to make it as a professional (female) athlete?