r/GameWritingLab

[Web] Hoops GM — free NBA-style GM sim with a live match engine, no download

I've been building Hoops GM — a free basketball franchise manager that runs entirely in your browser (desktop + mobile, no sign-up).



You run the front office: trades, the draft lottery, free agency, the salary cap — then coach live games on a real possession-by-possession engine, with an owner who tracks your record and can fire you.



Extras: pick a "franchise idol" to build around, blitz games at up to MAX speed, chase a Hall-of-Fame dynasty across seasons.



Play (free): https://hoops-gm-chi.vercel.app

Would love any feedback on the first 5 minutes.

u/omitousi — 5 days ago

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How i figured out marketing in a week

I lanched My game 2 weeks ago and started to post it on reddit, it gave an unbeliveble traffic of 5000 visitors a day.

Even though it started a controversy of spamming and lp discussions it really gave me the traffic that i needed in the launch.

Now the traffic looks stable and it looks like it can sustain itself.

Of course i will also list it in the app store and android play and other distribution like pix.

But i think the hardest part it is the day you launch.

Hoops-gm.com

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u/omitousi — 3 days ago

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Are you playing into stereotypes too much if you make the pharmacist in your game Jamaican?

Am I? Is it lame and cringe? It's not like he's selling you dope talking about Reggae. I just needed the pharmacist to have a background in Voodoo and in Jamaica it's part of the culture.

Would love to hear you opinions on stereotypes in character writing. Do you consciously avoid it? Do you work with it? Or do just not care?

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u/flirtfatale — 10 days ago

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I Quit my job of 10 years to create the game i believe in

just wanted to say i quit my job of 10 years just to do what i like and is to create games.

my first launch went pretty well with 200 registered users with saved games on its first week.

it is completley free- later on i will open up donations.

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u/omitousi — 11 days ago