DT: Basketball

Devlog

• Trading is Open (again)
  March 24, 2025 by JayteeGameDev

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  A little history, this really is not the first launch of trading. If you look at my YouTube , I enabled it back when the game is an application. I remember how complicated it was because it uses both... Continue reading

  
• Server Backup Improvements
  March 17, 2025 by JayteeGameDev

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  It’s about time to quicken the backup process as user data increases in size. From averaging 20 players, the game is now up to 100+ daily! Here are the history of how I backup server data: Copy past... Continue reading
• Batch Saving
  February 04, 2025 by JayteeGameDev

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  #Batch-saving, #2025

  I have implemented a new saving process on the server to improving the speed and efficiency when handling multiple updates. Previously, to make sure user updates are properly saved, each request is pu... Continue reading

  
• Spring cleaning in January
  January 11, 2025 by JayteeGameDev

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  Just deleted so much “ghost” rows on my server. It was about time since it’s getting bloated already. Records Count 1. Current: 2758 2. Valid teams: 1131 > merged teams: 172 > to merge teams... Continue reading
• Post-Merger: Success & What's next?
  January 07, 2025 by JayteeGameDev

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  #Merger-day

  Merger Success Last night's Merger was a success! A little hiccup at the start but an immediate fix was implemented and it continued and completed smoothly. Thank you to everyone that participated on... Continue reading

  
• Merger Day! 🎊 🎉 🥳
  January 06, 2025 by JayteeGameDev

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  #Merger-day

  The first major event and update of 2025! I have planned about this for months and now it is happening. This will pave way for much easier feature implementation such as Trading (reopening), reducing... Continue reading

  
• Pre-merger day thoughts (1)
  January 05, 2025 by JayteeGameDev

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  #Merger-day

  Holy crap my anxiety is off the charts! This will be the first time I have set a date for an update/event that I really am going to meet. And I’m so nervous lol. As part of my 2025 resolution, I wil... Continue reading

  
• Merger Day 2025!
  December 31, 2024 by JayteeGameDev

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  #Merger-day

  Happy New Year DT Community ! Let's kick off 2025 w/ Merger Day! This will be at Jan 6, 2025! What is Merger Day? - All email accounts will now have 1 team. If your account has more than 1 slot, you w... Continue reading
• It is my Birthday.
  November 20, 2024 by JayteeGameDev

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  One year ago this month, I finally decided to share my progress of my recreation of this beloved game & created this itch.io page. It started slow, it had just 300 views in its first month of 2024 whe... Continue reading

  
• Time for a change...
  August 10, 2024 by JayteeGameDev

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  #announcement, #upcoming-update

  Early Days In the early days of developing this game, I was fascinated by how efficient localStorage was. It allowed me to quickly implement features. The initial features were built around this, maki... Continue reading

  
• My first original feature
  June 24, 2024 by JayteeGameDev

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  #test-feature, #original-idea

  I took a little turn and applied my original feature to this game to speed up the simulation. Game simulations takes 4-5 mins but sometimes the AI opponent is not that strong to require users to strat... Continue reading

  
• Here’s what is next
  June 03, 2024 by JayteeGameDev

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  #update-incoming, #upcoming-update

  Yesterday, Sunday, I took a well-needed break from development and did not touch my computer, which I haven't done in a long time. I sat on my comfy couch and watched movies all day. My movie watchlis... Continue reading

  
• NEW UPDATE: Trading is here!!!
  April 24, 2024 by JayteeGameDev

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  #2024, #major-update, #server-update

  Trading is one of the key multiplayer features of the original DT game, a PvP experience to test their skills to get the better result of the trade. Coding this was a challenge, other than thorough te... Continue reading

  
• Upcoming core MULTIPLAYER feature
  February 27, 2024 by JayteeGameDev

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  #major-update, #update-incoming

  Trading is one of the main features of this game where users predictions and wits are challenged. One can be the winner or the loser of the trade or maybe both will be. This will be the first feature... Continue reading
• NEW UPDATE: team names, items inventory, user rankings!!!
  February 02, 2024 by JayteeGameDev

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  #major-release, #first-update-2024, #happy new year

  Happy February 2024! The first update of the year and it's a great step up for this early access! This update focuses on user identity, item inventory, user rankings, and revamped team creation. These... Continue reading

  
• Happy New Year! (300+ views & 100+ downloads!!)
  January 02, 2024 by JayteeGameDev#happy new year, #2024

  Happy New Year everyone! Thank you for checking out this game. For old players that knew the original DT game, stay tuned for more updates (very soon!) Here's to the continuous development of my favor... Continue reading
• Draft Hall is LIVE!
  December 24, 2023 by JayteeGameDev#major-release, #update, #merry-christmas

  Merry Christmas! First of all, my apologies for the delay of release. I know I announced a date but I didn’t anticipated how I needed to restructure most of my code to make this work. With that said... Continue reading

  
• MAJOR update is coming!
  December 08, 2023 by JayteeGameDev

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  #update, #major-release, #early-access

  I'm excited to announce a new feature that will be added: Draft Hall . It is like your free agent list but has way more players to choose from. It also has a competitive aspect as you will be picking... Continue reading

  
• Bug fix
  November 25, 2023 by JayteeGameDev

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  #bug-fix

  A player reported that their game simulation was stuck and unable to end. This was a major bug, and I'm glad someone found it. The user said they tried to call a timeout near the end of the sim (4th q... Continue reading
• New build released!
  November 20, 2023 by JayteeGameDev

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  #new build

  New build release: v5.7.6.6 Whats new? - Music and Sound added - Water Cooler refills now after 1 hour (12hr before) I forgot to add music/sound effects before because I was so used to not having it o... Continue reading
• Dream Team is back!
  November 10, 2023 by JayteeGameDev#first release, #offmychest

  I've been playing this game solo for a year now and I feel like old players of the original game would enjoy it as much as I do. So, I'm sharing it. It has been stable for a while now and offers great... Continue reading