Dernoball

Devlog

• Dernoball.0.3.8c - Oops x2!
  November 10, 2025 by Hojonny

  Short one here just testing a new deployment that hopefully will run on all windows machines!... Continue reading
• Dernoball.0.3.8b - Oops!
  November 09, 2025 by Hojonny

  FEATURES uploaded the right thing I hope! FIXES shouldn't crash on launch, I hope! FINDINGS it was crashing on launch! 4644 lines of DernoCode... Continue reading
• Dernoball.0.3.8 - Make it Dance!
  November 09, 2025 by Hojonny

  FEATURES BRAND NEW splash image, now with ANIMATION! this obviously meant I had to redo all the freaking graphics lol FIXES none that I remember! Small update! FINDINGS ty Neil's Notes for teaching me... Continue reading

  
• Dernoball.0.3.7 - Unified UI and Revamped Defense!
  October 07, 2025 by Hojonny

  FEATURES Defensive maneuvers now printed in RED for readability SPEND now printed in GREEN because money added in a BALANCE METER so you have an idea of your play calling style had to fix this multipl... Continue reading

  
• Dernoball.0.3.6 - Now It's A Roguelike?!
  October 03, 2025 by Hojonny

  FEATURES user can now keep one unlocked play type per win! in implementing this I created what is far and away my most complicated if statement to date made the SPEND screen easier to read/understand... Continue reading

  
• Dernoball.0.3.5 - The Economy Update!
  September 25, 2025 by Hojonny

  FEATURES updated tutorial to address spending heat limited users to buying one play type per play (this was harder than expected) I finally got GitHub to work lol! updated field drawing routine to be... Continue reading

  
• Dernoball.0.3.4 - Spend Your Heat 2.0!
  September 24, 2025 by Hojonny

  FEATURES user can now SPEND HEAT TO UNLOCK PLAYS! Build your team in real time! this new system is gonna take time to tweak but have fun with it now! this was a lot of work but it was worth it! FIXES... Continue reading

  
• Dernoball.0.3.3 - Fixing Fate!
  September 16, 2025 by Hojonny

  FEATURES added new screenshots! fumbles and interceptions are now more reflexive to user play style user can now be SACKED if they are passing too much and unlucky` FIXES fixed fundamental issues with... Continue reading

  
• Dernoball.0.3.2 - Fate Unlocked!
  July 22, 2025 by Hojonny

  FEATURES updated HUD to be more readable also it looks COOLER now CLOCK now shows how many SECONDS left (sort of, working on expanding this functionality) added in a FATE system so player can be punis... Continue reading

  
• Dernoball.0.3.1 - SAFETIES AND TWEAKS!
  July 15, 2025 by Hojonny

  FEATURES implemented SAFETIES! Be careful near the goal lines! added in some more fun easter eggs added in custom announcer lines for PLAY ACTION plays made HEAT expenditures more explosive finally re... Continue reading

  
• Dernoball.0.3.0 - MINI MEGA UPDATE
  July 08, 2025 by Hojonny

  This is a big one! Finally had time to get back to this and have been making some good progress! You can now spend your accumulated HEAT to tilt the odds in your favor! As well as the ability to kick... Continue reading

  
• Dernoball.0.2.3 - Play Sub Types and More!
  June 16, 2025 by Hojonny

  FEATURES THANK YOU TO OUR RECENT PLAYTESTERS you gave me valuable insights! SUB TYPES have been added for both RUN and PASS! game like never before as you can decide how far to try and go on each play... Continue reading
• Dernoball.0.2.2 - Fixing the Special Teams Update
  June 04, 2025 by Hojonny

  FEATURES no surprise here the punt math was NOT GOOD lol I fixed it now still needs tweaks obvi but it's functioning at least can't stress enough how roughed in the code was punting is more complicate... Continue reading
• Dernoball.0.2.1 - The Special Teams Update
  May 07, 2025 by Hojonny

  FEATURES user can now KICK FIELD GOALS holy cow can you believe it?! will be adjusting tendencies etc once playtesters have tried it there was a frustrating looping issue that took me a while to solve... Continue reading

  
• Dernoball.0.2.0
  April 29, 2025 by Hojonny

  FIXES play yardage calculation when the run was bad no longer crashes the program had to fix this twice lol end of quarter messaging fixed no more double messaging on incomplete passes BOMB PASS perce... Continue reading
• Dernoball.0.1.9
  April 25, 2025 by Hojonny

  FIXES tendency readout now displays properly PLAY ACTION and BOMB PASS readouts now pop more HEAT UPDATES display again also they now visually match the rest of the UI high score counter colors/UI adj... Continue reading
• Dernoball.0.1.8
  April 14, 2025 by Hojonny

  FIXES readouts that I broke I have since unbroken (may have rebroken a few) did a bunch of Math.Clamp(); to clean up old code that I can't believe I wrote put /n all over the place to clean up more em... Continue reading
• Dernoball.0.1.7
  April 01, 2025 by Hojonny

  FIXES adjusted RUN maths so the outcomes are more realistic (read: the game is harder now) fixed a BANANAS piece of code I must've written drunk (that's a joke I would never code drunk) that was crash... Continue reading
• Dernoball.0.1.6
  March 25, 2025 by Hojonny

  FIXES Field Drawer routine issues the freakin header image that starts the game?! Now it makes sense and isn't dumb! updated the scoreboard to match updated field drawing routine did some behind the s... Continue reading

  
• Dernoball.0.1.5
  March 24, 2025 by Hojonny

  FIXES technically a fix! I completely broke the program several times over while implementing the new defense. Oops! All fixed now (I hope) bug where defense wasn't subbing in new packages fixed FEATU... Continue reading
• Dernoball.0.1.4
  February 27, 2025 by Hojonny

  FIXES Color fixes! Field colors now much easier to read! Field now has correct number of yard lines lol FEATURES Updated FIELD DRAWER subroutine for legibility Added new images to page featuring COLOR... Continue reading
• Dernoball.0.1.3
  February 26, 2025 by Hojonny

  FIXES None! FEATURES COLORS have been discovered by DEV and added to a few places (expect more to follow) FINDINGS None! Sorry for the lag in development... Continue reading
• Dernoball.0.1.2
  February 14, 2025 by Hojonny

  FIXES I swear this time the game does actually loop! games won is now properly tracked FEATURES DEV learned how to DEBUG thus finally solving the LOOP issue added more REDACTED (don't want to spoil th... Continue reading
• Dernoball.0.1.1
  February 14, 2025 by Hojonny

  FIXES Game loops again! I THINK I have this solved finally as long as I stop moving things lol run defense now actually works (forgot to adjust my switch statement) heat/tendencies/etc reset on loop n... Continue reading
• Dernoball.0.1.0
  February 12, 2025 by Hojonny

  FIXES cleaned up DEFENSE code bases FEATURES reworked how defensive strength was calculated for RUN and PASS FINDINGS defensive declarations happening at weird times gotta fix edge case for safeties!... Continue reading
• Dernoball.0.0.9
  February 11, 2025 by Hojonny

  FIXES infinite looping at half fixed but now there's some weird other loop issue happening, but ultimately the ball goes to the right team ok actually now this is proper fixed ngl really proud of fina... Continue reading
• Dernoball.0.0.8
  February 08, 2025 by Hojonny

  FIXES loop at end of half where it kicked off endlessly console write out of bounds fixed some pass outcomes weren't taking time off the clock clamped defensive values to avoid overrun errors FEATURES... Continue reading
• Dernoball.0.0.7
  February 07, 2025 by Hojonny

  FIXES issue where game wouldn't loop properly after a win fixed issue I created by fixing first issue made defensive stances matter more and ramp up their defensive abilities quicker tuned game for ti... Continue reading
• Dernoball.0.0.6
  January 27, 2025 by Hojonny

  FEATURES adjusted opponent tendencies to kick more field goals and punt less created HEAT GUI as a class added announcer lines for opponent drives wrote initial code laying groundwork for Defensive St... Continue reading
• Dernoball.0.0.5
  January 24, 2025 by Hojonny

  added new logo to introduction added new TOUCHDOWN graphics added a MENU (more to come here to help people understand the game) For some reason the defense punts a LOT and I'm not sure why, so for now... Continue reading
• Dernoball.0.0.4
  January 24, 2025 by Hojonny

  THINGS I FIXED heat system was fundamentally broken because of a typo.... now it's not! fixed issue where ball was always set to the 0 yard line when receiving a punt fixed issue where away team kicko... Continue reading
• Dernoball.0.0.3
  January 23, 2025 by Hojonny

  Dernoball.0.0.3 UPDATE THINGS I FIXED Fixed down and distance language added graphics for end of quarter and touchdown celebrations added "and goal" language fixed issue with printing scoreboard after... Continue reading
• Dernoball.0.0.2
  January 22, 2025 by Hojonny

  Many small fixes shipped! Fixed issues with scoreboard and reworked the HEAT system to be more dynamic (though still kinda broken)... Continue reading
• Dernoball.0.0.1
  January 22, 2025 by Hojonny

  Official "launch" of 0.0.1! Barely functions! Systems are broken! There's not much to see here! But it does mostly not crash now... Continue reading