https://trgcollective.org/devblog/Development notes from The Retro Grid Collective.en-usA year of engine work, the growing prototype, and how I am organising Idleball next.https://trgcollective.org/devblog/back-at-the-desk/https://trgcollective.org/devblog/back-at-the-desk/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTConnecting the roster to contracts, finances, injuries and the wider season.https://trgcollective.org/devblog/building-a-franchise-one-decision-at-a-time/https://trgcollective.org/devblog/building-a-franchise-one-decision-at-a-time/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuilding out the player, roster and game views once the Godot prototype was on screen.https://trgcollective.org/devblog/when-the-numbers-became-a-football-world/https://trgcollective.org/devblog/when-the-numbers-became-a-football-world/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe first completed 50-season dynasty run, with plenty still left to improve.https://trgcollective.org/devblog/first-fifty-season-dynasty/https://trgcollective.org/devblog/first-fifty-season-dynasty/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe first successful season, and why reaching the end meant so much to me.https://trgcollective.org/devblog/first-complete-season/https://trgcollective.org/devblog/first-complete-season/Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPutting the planned player-to-roster-to-game route into the Godot prototype.https://trgcollective.org/devblog/giving-the-experiments-a-home/https://trgcollective.org/devblog/giving-the-experiments-a-home/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPreparing roster, player and game views after the first season work.https://trgcollective.org/devblog/from-engine-to-prototype/https://trgcollective.org/devblog/from-engine-to-prototype/Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTMoving from individual matchups to a roster, schedule and results that carry forward.https://trgcollective.org/devblog/a-season-with-a-memory/https://trgcollective.org/devblog/a-season-with-a-memory/Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTFollowing the first simulation results back to the assumptions that produced them.https://trgcollective.org/devblog/when-the-outcome-felt-wrong/https://trgcollective.org/devblog/when-the-outcome-felt-wrong/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTTaking the more varied player profiles into a first single-game simulation.https://trgcollective.org/devblog/first-simulation-loop/https://trgcollective.org/devblog/first-simulation-loop/Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTMaking the player generator useful before feeding its output into a game.https://trgcollective.org/devblog/more-than-ratings/https://trgcollective.org/devblog/more-than-ratings/Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTPicking programming back up after twenty years, and starting with the Player Creation Engine.https://trgcollective.org/devblog/first-players-on-the-board/https://trgcollective.org/devblog/first-players-on-the-board/Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT