(Lat/Long) Overview — Early in the game’s design, I spoke with Rob Brodhecker from Georgia Wrestling History (http://gwhnewsandnotes.blogspot.com), who triggered the thought process that would become the basis for this system. As someone who frequents many of the local Georgia wrestling shows, Rob (and the rest of the GWH guys) know that the…

Game Feature Overview — In Indy Pro ’22, players will be able to play as a part of the IWTV governing body or against it. At the start of the game, there will be at least 12 members of IWTV (see image above). The IWTV title will be defended on shows hosted by those…

Game Feature Overview — The training feature in Indy Pro ’22 is meant to provide depth to the game while also allowing the player to invest in an untrained or backyard talent that they might in order to improve that talent in the game. …

Wrestling’s Territories are Back! — When work started on Indy Pro ’22: Rebirth of the Territories, there was one plaguing question. How would the territories look in 2022? Lots of conversations took place, we fired off emails, and admittedly a few thought processes went in the wrong direction. Until a few weeks ago when the…

Easier than you might expect — Getting your project into the hands of the public is every game developer’s dream. However, for many, it can be a scary and daunting process. When I selected PC and Mac as the launch platforms for Indy Pro ’22: Rebirth of the Territories, I knew Steam was my delivery method…

When your passion project takes off, be ready! — When I decided that Indy Pro ’22 was going to be my first commercial product I was nervous. Not because I doubted my ability to create the game. I knew I could…

//A little more involved than I thought — Games like Indy Pro ’22 are heavily database driven. That is why many developers of sports management simulations opt out of using game engines for their development and instead stick with windows forms applications. This allows them to package their database with the game as a separate file in things…

//New game projects can be exciting and scary — When I started developing the idea for Indy Pro ’22 a few months ago I did so with the intent of creating a fully fictional world. That continued to be the plan up until 10 days ago while speaking to a fried who works on the independent wrestling scene (as…

//Decisions are hard to make — So the hardest thing about finally tackling my desires to become a indie game developer is picking which of the MANY projects I have roaming around in my head. I’m sure this is something every game developer faces and realizes there just isn’t enough time in the day to do…