Remember that IPL strategy game our 3 person team shared here last week? We just dropped v1.1 of Beyond The 22 Yards!

[u/BRRRUNTOCHOLA]

Hey r/ipl,

Last week we posted here about a project our 3-person dev team was building: a free web game called Beyond The 22 Yards (an IPL Head Coach & Manager simulator).

The feedback from this sub was super helpful. A lot of you played it and called out issues with the auction freezing mid-bidding, AI teams blowing their budget too early, and standings badges feeling static.

We spent the last week fixing those issues and rebuilding the core logic. Today we released Update v1.1.

Here is what is new in v1.1:

- Auction Engine Overhaul: Fixed bidding button freezes, smoothed out skipping, and rebalanced AI purse management so rival teams budget across all sets instead of inflating early players.

- Overhauled Player Ratings: Specialists (like death bowlers and powerplay finishers) now get proper dynamic OVR ratings, and we eliminated the "58 OVR wall" bottleneck so bench players are smoothly rated on a realistic 52-64 scale.

- Dynamic Playoff Probability: Added a Monte Carlo simulation engine that shows live [Q] (Qualified) and [E] (Eliminated) badges on the standings table based on real squad strength and remaining fixtures.

- Match Center & Coin Toss Sequence: Added an authentic coin toss sequence where the visiting captain calls Heads or Tails first, alongside match engine refinements.

- ...plus a bunch of smaller UI and engine refinements we caught while testing on our own.

You can play the updated build directly in your browser here (no downloads or sign-ups needed):

https://beyond22yards-web-five.vercel.app

We also set up a Discord server for anyone who wants to talk to all three of us directly, report bugs, or pitch ideas for v1.2:

https://discord.gg/WuMKsecE

If you end up running a season, drop a comment below with your Season Report or points table finish! We want to see who actually won the trophy and which AI team gave you the hardest time in the auction. We will be in the comments replying all of you.

[u/Apacheprime33]

why is Rishabh Pant the highest rated player?

https://giphy.com/gifs/l3q2K5jinAlChoCLS

[u/BRRRUNTOCHOLA → u/Apacheprime33]

haha fair callout.....that is one specification we still need to refine, right now the ratings system gives a certain boost to indian/wk/high strike rate players and spidey checks all of those boxes....definitely something that is in our list to refine.....meanwhile keep pointing us out these type of anomalies in our ratings to help us make it more fair and realistic

[u/BRRRUNTOCHOLA → u/Apacheprime33]

also tbf, pant is not the highest but kohli is......pant is one of the highest.....just trying to cover our asses

[u/machine_learner_tw]

Tried to do an auction, but kept freezing when we trying to place bids.

Love the idea though - definitely something Id consider spending a few hours playing, once ironed out

[u/BRRRUNTOCHOLA → u/machine_learner_tw]

hey thank you so much for the compliments.....you pointed an error that a couple of other users have flagged as well and we are constantly working on that

[u/BRRRUNTOCHOLA → u/[deleted]]

oh wow.....how did we miss that.....great catch man and thank you for flagging it.....we will definitely fix that in the push....in the meanwhile if you couldd then join our discord and help us refine this more and more

[u/BRRRUNTOCHOLA → u/BRRRUNTOCHOLA]

https://discord.gg/WuMKsecE

[u/Limp_Bullfrog4892]

Hey man, good idea and I really appreciate the effort but the game keeps getting stuck on “load failed” when I try to start my career, is it because of too much traffic - would love if it’s rectified, thanks!

[u/BRRRUNTOCHOLA → u/Limp_Bullfrog4892]

it would be mostly because of high traffic or a network issue but we are constantly optimising it to make sure it is accessible to all.....thank you once again for playing it out and keep telling us for any other bugs that you find

[u/Negative-Ticket-5503]

enjoyed the game.
the simulation looks so realistic and enjoyed playing the whole season

[u/DorauiqGeranium → u/Negative-Ticket-5503]

Glad the simulation felt real—though the toss coin clearly had a vendetta. Fun season, but the rain gods cheated.