Pro Boxing Manager
Pro Boxing Manager is a work in progress.
The latest demo allows you to try an early version of the game. Please bear in mind that it almost certainly needs lots of balancing.
This version should be playable on mobile devices (thanks to @samuelbromley for the hint about using Touch not Mouse!), although it's not currently easy to play on a phone due to some of the font sizes. This version also boasts a SHOP where you can buy tonics (of questionable legality) or a sponge, plus gym ownership and THE TONIC INSPECTORS! You can also Load games but the game won't prompt you if you're about to start a new game over a saved game - careful now. And you can name your boxer! Mine's called Badger Bogger. Suits him.
The boxers' attributes work like this:
Strength dictates how much damage a punch will inflict and also helps with recovering Stamina between rounds and after a KO. Getting up after a KO costs a boxer in Strength.
Stamina is an indicator of how much damage a boxer can endure before he's knocked down. It's restored (sometimes) between rounds. A good trainer can help a boxer recover Stamina between rounds. The less Stamina a boxer has, the slower he moves around the ring.
Skill is used to calculate how often a boxer can land a punch (compared to his opponent's skill). Punches to the head deal more damage than punches to the body (and score more points too). Skill can be reduced by injuries.
The boxer sprites are some cheap (but quite good) animations that I paid for. The other graphics are AI-generated at the moment. I've now commissioned a brilliant artist to create some boxer animations for me - should be ready by the end of May!!! He hates the UI I've created (with good reason, I feel) so we'll also be working on improvements there too.
Music and SFX from Epidemic Sound.
Pro Boxing Manager is a rewrite of my Spectrum game Boxing Manager, written about 40 years ago! You can still play it on an emulator - the ROM for the original Willysoft UK release is here:
https://www.retrostic.com/roms/zx-spectrum/boxing-manager-38331
Other links:
Spectrum emulator (PC): https://www.spectaculator.com/ (There are lots of other Spectrum emulators around but I know this one works OK.)
Original Boxing Manager review in Crash! magazine: https://www.everygamegoing.com/larticle/Boxing-Manager-000/21013
The D&H Games/Cult Games version of Boxing Manager on the Spectrum (they changed the game a bit): https://www.worldofspectrum.org//pub/sinclair/games/b/BoxingManager(CultGames).t...
Updated | 3 days ago |
Status | In development |
Platforms | HTML5 |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings) |
Author | subjunctivesoftware@gmail.com |
Genre | Sports |
Made with | Construct |
Development log
- Progress! v0.25 days ago
- New playable demo! (v0.115)7 days ago
- First demo!21 days ago
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ah i should have read the instructions below.
just lost my 3rd bout against Sergio Ortiz. It was just like being a kid when i was waiting for the points decision against him. I lost 37 points to 39 and it was a scandal i tell you!!!
I'm sure the judges were being scrupulously fair! :D
Let me know which instructions were useful - it helps me formulate hints and tips in the game.