Bball Coach Blog
Simulating basketball at its core seems like a straightforward task. Players have attributes—shooting, passing, defending—and these attributes drive gameplay. You build teams from groups of players, then match these teams up to play games. Easy enough, right? But wait—basketball isn’t just numbers on a stat sheet. How do you capture the natural ebb and flow […]
Happy New Year. I hope people have been enjoying the 2024-25 season, as have I. There’s been a number of interesting trends taking place this year – most notably the increase in three-point attempts. It feels like every team is trying to make half of all shot attempts come from behind the arc. I’m looking […]
Merry Christmas. Just pushed a little Christmas update for BasketballCoach: – Added some pretty snowflakes to the homepage – more tuning for shot attempt distribution in a team Happy holidays!
Happy holidays to all. This update includes: NEW FEATURES QUALITY OF LIFE UPDATES WHAT’S NEXT As always, thanks so much for playing!
Happy belated start to the 2024-25 NBA Season. As of this writing, the Knicks are 5-5, and I am not pleased. I think they still have potential though, along with a couple of other struggling teams. This season is gearing up to be a great one, and I’m looking for Basketball Coach to be just […]
I have returned. Back from a not quite so brief hiatus. But I finally managed to create an iteration of my favorite mode ever in Basketball Coach: League Mode. Heavy emphasis on the word “iteration”, because the mode is pretty basic at the point. However, it brings a new level of immersion to the coaching […]
Gregg Popovich. Erik Spoelstra. Phil Jackson. Longtime basketball fans will likely have heard of these names at some point. These guys represent only a subset of some of the most celebrated basketball coaches in the history of the NBA, and the sport itself. In building my game BasketballCoach, my aim has been transferring as much […]
The idea always starts off simple. Basketball players have baseline player attributes, like three point ability or passing skill. You then need some grouping of these players to make up a basketball roster, then a bunch of teams to go against each other. Before you know it, we’re pretty much there! But wait? How do […]
Welcome to an in-depth exploration of team creation in basketball simulation development. Thinking about this kind of stuff has fascinated me for years, because the system can be either incredibly simple or disgustingly complicated. A while back, I made a youtube video on building a simple team model. Although we’ll be going deeper today, the […]
You can’t play basketball without basketball players. At the heart of BasketballCoach is a foundation of simulation logic, where players In this post, we’ll dive deep into the architecture of player creation in a basketball simulation game. Let’s break down the variables, classes, and structures that shape virtual athletes. Inspiration So, I’ve tried creating basketball […]