30 June 2011 Update

[dabo]

Hello,

Time for a well overdue update. In this update I have both good and bad news to write about; let's start with the bad news.

Since the last update the development team has lost one member in Forward and are now down to two. Forward left the project due to personal problems and me and jatahati support his decision and wish everything works out well for him and maybe our roads will cross again in the future. Meanwhile the two remaining developers are still very much determined to move this project forward although perhaps not as quickly as we would have liked now that we are only two again. As a result I am seriously considering recruiting more developers in a near future if we can find qualified and dedicated people.

In other news, both me and jatahati have been busy lately, and speaking for myself, lacking motivation so not much has been done since the last update. At around the same time we found out Forward was leaving the project me and jatahati sat down and discussed more in detail what we should do moving forward to a first release. In short what we decided was that the first release is gonna be a basic one consisting of core functionality only which will help us move forward with a well tested and solid foundation. This also means that features such as trading, player development etc. will need a couple of versions until the outcome is at the level that we want it to be while plenty of features of course will be left out entirely. More information regarding this will be released at a later point in time.

Some good news is that starting last week I slowly continued with the player development part of the game. When it comes to the attributes affected by practicing I am starting to reach a point where I am satisfied enough with the first draft to move on to other parts such as how “non-practice” attributes should improve and by how much, how attributes should be affected by injuries, player performance, natural decline etc. Without promising too much I might be able to show some screenshots of the player development simulator and how I have been working with it in the next update.

Finally, I am happy to announce that DHM will be/is featured at gmgames.org; we believe this is a great opportunity to generate more interest around the project and not only from hockey fans but also from fans of other sports. Cv81 has done a great job during the short period of time gmgames.org has existed and we are excited about this partnership moving forward. Apart from showcasing our project I expect to also write articles about experiences aquired during the development; so make sure to visit gmgames.org every once in awhile.

Have a nice summer everyone!

[Xalfen]

Great to hear some news !

[archibalduk]

As a result I am seriously considering recruiting more developers in a near future if we can find qualified and dedicated people.

I'm sorry to hear Forward has left. If I can help with recruitment in any way then let me know.

Apart from showcasing our project I expect to also write articles about experiences aquired during the development; so make sure to visit gmgames.org every once in awhile.

More articles about your experiences sound great! Will you also be posting these in the DHM News Forum for the benefit of all those users on TBL who have helped develop ideas and research the data?

Good luck with the player development stage.

[dabo]

As a result I am seriously considering recruiting more developers in a near future if we can find qualified and dedicated people.

I'm sorry to hear Forward has left. If I can help with recruitment in any way then let me know.

I will be looking into it more in a near future, thanks.

Apart from showcasing our project I expect to also write articles about experiences aquired during the development; so make sure to visit gmgames.org every once in awhile.

More articles about your experiences sound great! Will you also be posting these in the DHM News Forum for the benefit of all those users on TBL who have helped develop ideas and research the data?

As long as the founder of gmgames.org doesn't mind, I don't see why not. Perhaps a couple of days after though but I am not sure. My first plan was to write and publish it by the end of this month, but the fact that I move to a new apartment and I want to finish what I am implementing right now will most likely lead to a slight delay.