"Ice Hockey Manager" is a simulation game that allows players to manage a hockey franchise. It involves hockey franchise management activities like hiring a staff, scouting players, and setting strategies for competing with other teams.
One of the key features of Ice Hockey Manager is the game controller, which is based on a game calendar. The game also features a multiuser framework, a league framework that includes playoffs and relegations, and teams with statistics and information. Players have attributes, statistics, contracts, and information, and simulated matches include generated plays and "radio" output.
Other game features include training, injuries, contracts framework, sponsoring framework based on contracts, financial framework, real impacts on teams and players, transfers in Swiss style, infrastructure framework with an arena implemented, prospects, assistants, and more. The game is written in 100% pure Java and runs under Linux and Windows and every other Java 1.5 platform. It features a Swing GUI and includes more than 200 java classes and more than 30,000 lines of code.
The latest update to Ice Hockey Manager includes various improvements such as improved sponsoring, infrastructure, and arena support. The game also now supports multiple match engines and match presentations. The accounting and bookings GUI has been improved, and new panels for sponsoring and arena infrastructure have been created, including an arena categories dialog.
Overall, Ice Hockey Manager is an excellent choice for hockey fans who want to experience managing and simulating their own hockey franchise. With its realistic play-by-play engine and customizable gameplay, the game offers hours of entertainment and immersion.
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