The latest articles on DEV Community by QuilleTech (@quilletech_151be9ba7501cf). https://dev.to/quilletech_151be9ba7501cf https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4166135%2F12e973db-8657-456c-a9c1-f77de97b930f.png https://dev.to/quilletech_151be9ba7501cf en QuilleTech Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:45:32 +0000 https://dev.to/quilletech_151be9ba7501cf/i-built-a-free-browser-football-game-where-youre-the-sporting-director-not-the-manager-11jn https://dev.to/quilletech_151be9ba7501cf/i-built-a-free-browser-football-game-where-youre-the-sporting-director-not-the-manager-11jn <p>I'm a solo developer from France, and I've always found that football management games make you the coach. I wanted to play the person around the pitch: the sporting director who deals with the coach, the chairman, the press and the agents.</p> <p>So I built Shadow Director: a free game that runs in your browser, with no account and no download.</p> <h2> What the game is </h2> <p>You answer texts and emails (the chairman freezes your budget, the coach wants a striker, a journalist asks if your star is for sale), manage a small staff and an academy, and try to climb from assistant director to club chairman. There are four divisions and 80 clubs. There are no match-by-match tactics: it's all about decisions and their consequences.</p> <h2> How it's built </h2> <ul> <li>Frontend: React and Vite, styled with Tailwind</li> <li>Saves: local in the browser, with optional cloud save through a Google account (Supabase)</li> <li>Hosting: Vercel</li> <li>The game is available in French and English</li> </ul> <h2> What I learned </h2> <p>Building a game made of conversations is more about writing and balancing than about code. Every message has several possible answers, and I try to make sure no answer is "obviously right".</p> <h2> Try it </h2> <p>It's free here: <a href="https://shadow-director.com/en" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://shadow-director.com/en</a></p> <p>It's still early, so I'd really like honest feedback: what's missing, what's boring, and what would make you play another season?<br> <a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fduog7fi7dcflepne8laz.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fduog7fi7dcflepne8laz.png" alt=" " width="800" height="450"></a></p> frontend gamedev showdev webdev