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In the third blog of the series, we’ll be looking at some of the season-related screens available in the game, and talking a bit about screen navigation and how to get things done.
We have taken an approach to the user interface where we have tried as far as possible to incorporate elements of a board game experience into the program. Obviously it is still a PC program, but you should find that PC Replay Baseball looks a bit different.
The opening screen sets the scene with the ability to select seasons by clicking on the yearbook image. A series of icons (explained through optional tooltips) enable you to access other features of the program, all things which are not season specific.
On clicking the yearbook, you are presented with the main season screen, where the inspiration has obviously come from other games in the Replay stable.
The schedule screen controls game play, allowing you to manually or automatically play games. You can also view box scores by clicking on a completed game. Clicking on the date allows you to navigate directly to a specific day.
The summary screen displays 4 pages of leaders, which can be filtered by conference.
The statistics screen gives you access to both the statistical reports and the individual team pages. Game highlight categories will appear when a particular highlight has been achieved during the season.
When a report is displayed, you can sort by clicking on a column header – if a stat requires a qualifying number of IP/AB, then the qualifiers will be displayed first.
Clicking on a player’s stat line will display his game-by-game performance. Clicking on any game from that display will take you to the box score.
The main team screen is accessed by clicking any of the team tabs. Here you can view team specific stats (Hitting, Pitching and Fielding), control player usage and availability (Batters and Pitchers – as explained in a previous blog), view player photos and view the team’s schedule.
The roster tab allows you to view all players on the roster and their Replay cards, as well as pre-setting lineups for use when playing a game.
Next time we will have a look at how to go about playing a game.
