Horse Stable Manager

Devlog

• v0.1.3 = spit and polish
  September 01, 2024 by Fox

  More niceties are added to this version: - players can now name their own stable/company instead of accepting a random stable name - small improvements to the race track images - the main menu now as... Continue reading

  
• v0.1.2 has huge QoL features
  August 18, 2024 by Fox

  Two big changes on this release - horses will now move around traffic. Doesn't sound like a big deal but it can be a game changer when your horse is trying to get the inside lane on the last corner bu... Continue reading

  
• v0.1.1 released with bot intelligence added
  August 04, 2024 by Fox

  This release includes more depth to each horse. When purchasing and betting on horses you now need to factor in their preferred racing lanes. As horses move across the board they will change lanes and... Continue reading

  
• v0.1.0 released!
  July 30, 2024 by Fox

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  This blog is slowing pace only because the updates to the code are gaining pace! The 2nd release - version 0.1.0 brings something big to this game - a playing board with moving pieces! The first relea... Continue reading

  
• v0.01 released!!!
  July 15, 2024 by Fox

  v0.01 is stable and has been play tested with four simultaneous players (multi-player). It is now stable and I couldn't find any errors. There is still more to do - much more - but it's now in a state... Continue reading
• Mega update!
  July 02, 2024 by Fox

  It's been a while since my last blog post but I've been busy coding almost every single day. I'm going to post a lot of screenshots here so you can see how this PBEM game is shaping up: You can see th... Continue reading

  
• Pre-alpha testing underway
  June 17, 2024 by Fox

  Pre-alpha testing is basically me testing the core functionality by actually trying to play the game. I've discovered bugs galore!!! It's to be expected with code this raw. My most confusing bug was a... Continue reading

  
• Redesigned the race replay
  June 13, 2024 by Fox

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  I've been alpha testing and play testing this and it's starting to feel good. There are balancing issues but that is always the case when a game is first developed. I've added some QoL features to fix... Continue reading

  
• So much meta-data
  June 09, 2024 by Fox

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  Here are screen dumps of the sort of data available to stable owners: This is a list of all horses showing age, wins, racing strength and stable owner When you click on a horse in the first list (e.g... Continue reading

  
• We're off to the races!!
  June 07, 2024 by Fox

  Even though this is a text based game, it's really hard to get excited about a race you can't watch. Because this is a PBEM game, all actions are planned in advance and all results are viewed after pr... Continue reading

  
• Events
  June 06, 2024 by Fox

  The race schedule is now coded. It's very straight forward and right now very minimalist. Th e racing calendar has several races throughout the year. The month column is on the left. I expect long cam... Continue reading

  
• Race mechanics
  June 03, 2024 by Fox

  The box on the left shows the meta-data for the selected horse. In this example, Crescendo is owned by the Purepony stable and has been selected. There are three different race lengths - 5 furlongs, 6... Continue reading

  
• Text is king
  June 02, 2024 by Fox

  A text based pbem game requires a lot of text. I've posted a screenshot of some text. :) This shows a list of horses names, their age, how many wins they have and the stable owner (company). The T1/T2... Continue reading

  
• Old school play-by-email horse racing
  June 01, 2024 by Fox

  Remember VGA Planets? No? It was a great turn based play by email game that was light on bling and heavy on strategic thinking. I've decided to try my hand at developing a play by email (PBEM) game bu... Continue reading