All day I’ve been playing baseball in the park, and now my pitchers are all tired and worn out. So, I’m waiting for them to get their stamina back to go another round. The play interface is pretty neat, I think. I added screen shots showing what’s going on and put them on the splash page that’s up for SimYard. Here are the three new ones:
The Park – This is where you go to find games to play. Once two teams enter the dugout, they choose their starters, their lineups, and the game begins. The players on the right are all of your pitchers so you can see their status before entering a game. The pitchers highlighted in red are worn out and need the break indicated before they can pitch again. You can pitch them on short rest, but there’s a limit to it, and they won’t be as effective.
Team List – These are the teams I created so far. They’re displayed ordered by number of fans, record, and most games played. This is just for teams that aren’t in leagues, though. In leagues, those would be divisions showing each team and their placement.
1024×768 1280×1024 – Screenshots of the live games in progress at two different resolutions. The away lineup and pitchers are on the left, and the home team on the right. You can see the stats for the game next to each player. Pitchers have their pitch counts displayed also (and number of strikes).
Technically, this means I could open up the game to beta testers at any point, but I want to wait until I get some more key features in place first. I’m about to start working on some sort of draft or other distribution system for new players. This should be challenging considering there could be thousands of teams which are going to want new players.