dev diary #38 Interface Update

[TuscanSota]

Hey everyone,

 

TuscanSota here again with another update with the Interface. This is our biggest update yet, and includes a number of changes to existing functionality and with new features.

 

Link to the Interface

 

Landing Page: With the inclusion of the new basketball sim and the upcoming NBA sim, the stadium background has been removed. This is to keep the interface in scope, as this is the app football coaches and basketball coaches will use to manage their teams. At the moment, it's been replaced with a white background and new Landing Page features.

 

CFB Landing Page

 

At the top of the landing page are four buttons, each representing a sports league in the sim. Leagues that you are actively participating in will be part of this button group. For those with only a college football team or a college basketball team, you will only be able to see those two respective buttons. The request team page has been placed at the top.

 

The landing page is planned to proved users with the latest info for their team in the active season. Users will be able to view results from the previous week, their current matchup, and their existing standings.

 

The bottom of the landing page are active buttons that allow users to navigate to specific features relevant to the state of the season. These buttons will change depending on the selected league.

 

CBB Landing Page

 

The Request Team page has been updated to accommodate for all existing leagues. College Football functionality is still active for this page. Please only request teams in the CFB and CBB leagues -- NFL and NBA are NOT ready at this time.

 

 

Football Functionality

With the updated scope of the landing page, the CFB Team page has been retrofitted to provide the coach with relevant info for their team. We're going to be updating our football DB in the near future to provide teams with relevant information related to their school and team.

 

The roster page has also been revamped and has a working dropdown -- so that users can select and view other teams. Sorting and player cards will be re-implemented in the future.

 

Basketball Functionality

The current functionality available for basketball teams is the team page and the gameplan page.

 

The teams page will be used for viewing your teams' roster, and for scouting other teams. You cannot view anotehr team's minutes and gameplan allocations on this page.

 

The gameplan page is where coaches will set their proportion, pace, and minutes for their respective gameplans. There are currently two gameplans per college team, and three planned gameplans for NBA teams. These gameplans will be used for each team's Game A, Game B, and Game C games. Minutes can also be saved for each player on this page. I am only showing my gameplan here simply because these numbers aren't relevant to any of my team's current gameplans, and the minutes are for the example. I'm pretty sure the Cougs aren't making it to the tournament.

 

The save button also works. Go ahead and start saving your gameplans. They won't work in this current season, but will be planned to be functional for the next season.

 

 

This is the planned functionality at this time. Other features for basketball such as the Recruiting UI, Recruiting Board (for teams), and Stats will be later implemented as we get closer to the next season and the inaugural NBA season.

 

As for football functionality, the depth chart page, recruiting, and scheduling are the next planned steps for SimFBA.

 

For those that encounter any issues with the interface, please provide screenshots and information to the Interface Feedback thread.

The roadmap will be updated shortly.

 

Thank you again for your patience. We look forward to the start of both the CFB season and the upcoming NBA season.

 

Cheers,

Tuscan.

[subsequent]

Amazing work from Tuscan. He's been busting his ass and it's shown!

[Minnow]

Thank you Tuscan. I appreciate the updates!

[blueblud3]

Thanks so much!! Do we just request the teams in CFB and CBB we already have? I requested both but I'm not sure if I'm supposed to follow up with any of the developers or anything like that.

[Rocketcan]

I think you just have to wait for one of them to approve you for now.