Hardwood Basketball Manager is a basketball simulation where you build and manage a professional franchise. Set detailed tactics for every possession, scout prospects through the Foundry draft combine, negotiate trades and free agent signings, and watch it all unfold in a 2D tactical visualizer.

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About This Game

What happens between games impacts the game itself. A living news feed tracks league-wide storylines. Off-court events driven by player personalities create locker room drama. Award races build tension mid-season. Every system — morale, stats, relationships, tactics — connects to every other system.

Fully moddable from day one with Steam Workshop integration. Replace rosters, add headshots, customize teams, modify commentary.

Built by an indie developer who believes basketball deserves the same simulation depth that football has had for decades.

Key Features

  • Full season simulation (12-82 game seasons) with playoff brackets

  • 2D tactical match visualizer with defensive scheme labels and shot annotations

  • 28 player attributes across skills, scoring, defense, physical, and mental

  • Player traits: Sniper, Assassin, Lock, Sentinel, Maestro, and more

  • Player progression and aging across multi-season careers

  • The Foundry draft combine with scouting uncertainty

  • Deep tactical system: 15+ options per possession with measurable mechanical impact

  • Free agency with AI decision engine + mid-season trades + draft pick trading

  • Salary cap management and contract negotiations

  • Practice management: freshness, buffs, scrimmage, shootaround

  • Advanced analytics and full box scores with historical statistics

  • Off-court events with player personalities and real consequences

  • Living news feed tracking league-wide storylines and drama

  • AI Coach system controlling tactics, substitutions, and timeouts

  • Morale system with captain influence and emotional contagion

  • Award races: MVP, DPOY, ROY, MIP, 6MOY, COTY

  • Full mod support with Steam Workshop integration

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

As a blind developer, I use AI-assisted generative tools to bridge the gap in creatingvisual marketing assets and to ensure presentation meets modern store standards

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit (version 1607 or later)
    • Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 / AMD FX-4100 (Dual-core 2.0 GHz, x64)
    • Memory: 2048 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 / AMD Radeon HD 7770 / NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 (Vulkan 1.0 or DirectX 12 capable, 1 GB VRAM)
    • DirectX: Version 12
    • Storage: 2048 MB available space
    • Additional Notes: Single-player only. Mouse + keyboard. The game has no audio. Save files are 80–100 MB each at full season length — players who keep many saves should budget extra disk space. Uses the Vulkan / DirectX 12 renderer (Forward+).
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 11 64-bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 (Quad-core 2.5+ GHz)
    • Memory: 4096 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Any integrated or discrete GPU from the last 5 years
    • DirectX: Version 12
    • Storage: 4096 MB available space
    • Additional Notes: Single-player only. Mouse + keyboard. The game has no audio. Save files are 80–100 MB each at full season length — players who keep many saves should budget extra disk space. Uses the Vulkan / DirectX 12 renderer (Forward+).
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