System Requirements Document (SRD)

Cricket Career: Rise of Babar Azam

Version: 1.1.0 Date: 2026-02-27 Status: Draft — Updated

1. Introduction

This document outlines the system requirements for Cricket Career: Rise of Babar Azam, a high-graphics cricket video game centered on the career journey of Pakistan's legendary batsman, Babar Azam. The game features a deeply immersive career progression system, realistic gameplay mechanics, and stunning visual fidelity designed for modern gaming platforms.

The purpose of this SRD is to define the functional and non-functional requirements, technical architecture, visual design, and user personas necessary to guide the development team through the full game lifecycle.

This version (1.1.0) reflects the following user-initiated updates:

Addition of strong, adaptive AI opponents
Inclusion of official T20 World Cup 2026 jerseys for all international teams
Inclusion of all international cricket teams with unique stats
4K photorealistic player faces with facial expression systems
A custom game logo system

2. System Overview

Cricket Career: Rise of Babar Azam is a single-player and multiplayer cricket simulation game. At its core is a rich Career Mode that lets players step into the shoes of Babar Azam and guide his journey from humble club-level cricket all the way to international stardom.

The game includes:

Photorealistic 3D graphics with dynamic lighting, weather, and crowd systems
4K resolution photorealistic player faces powered by UE5 MetaHuman with real-time facial expression simulation
A four-stage career progression: Club → Domestic → League → International
Authentic cricket mechanics (batting, bowling, fielding, strategy)
All international cricket teams with real-world-inspired player stats, abilities, and playstyles
Official T20 World Cup 2026 jerseys for all participating international teams
Strong adaptive AI opponents that dynamically adjust tactics based on player performance and skill level
Real-world inspired tournaments, venues, and opponents
Player progression, skill trees, contract management, and training systems
A distinctive game logo identity rendered at launch and on all UI surfaces
Web-based dashboard (stats, history, leaderboard) and a native mobile companion app

3. Functional Requirements

3.1 Career Mode

As a Player, I should be able to start Babar Azam's career from the Club cricket level
As a Player, I should be able to progress from club cricket to domestic cricket after meeting performance milestones
As a Player, I should be able to advance from domestic cricket to a professional T20/ODI league (e.g., PSL-inspired) after proving consistency
As a Player, I should be able to qualify and compete in international cricket representing the national team as the career peak
As a Player, I should be able to manage training sessions to improve Babar's batting, footwork, and mental stamina stats
As a Player, I should be able to sign contracts with clubs, franchises, and national boards at each career stage
As a Player, I should be able to make key career decisions such as endorsements, rest vs. play choices, and media interactions
As a Player, I should be able to track career statistics (runs, average, centuries, strike rate) across all career stages
As a Player, I should be able to experience real-world inspired match scenarios and milestone events from Babar's journey

3.2 Match Gameplay

As a Player, I should be able to bat with full control — shots (cover drive, pull, sweep, cut, loft), timing meters, and footwork
As a Player, I should be able to bowl with pace, spin, and swing variations
As a Player, I should be able to field and take catches using on-screen prompts and reflex-based mechanics
As a Player, I should be able to choose match formats — T20, ODI, and Test matches
As a Player, I should be able to experience dynamic weather and pitch conditions that affect gameplay
As a Player, I should be able to set batting strategies (aggressive, defensive, counter-attacking) before and during matches
As a Player, I should be able to view live in-match commentary and statistics overlay
As a Player, I should be able to experience replay and highlights of key moments (boundaries, wickets, catches)
As a Player, I should be able to face all international cricket teams (e.g., India, Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Ireland, Zimbabwe, and others) with unique AI-driven playstyles and player strengths
As a Player, I should be able to see opponents wearing official T20 World Cup 2026 jerseys during relevant tournament modes
As a Player, I should be able to face strong AI opponents whose difficulty and tactics adapt dynamically based on my in-match performance and career stage

3.3 Progression & Stats

As a Player, I should be able to view a skill tree for Babar's attributes (technique, power, consistency, mental strength)
As a Player, I should be able to earn XP and in-game currency based on match performance
As a Player, I should be able to unlock special abilities, animated celebrations, and cosmetic gear as I level up
As a Player, I should be able to view a career timeline showing milestones, awards, and stage transitions
As a Player, I should be able to see a detailed stats dashboard with graphs and comparisons across career stages

3.4 Multiplayer & Online

As a Player, I should be able to challenge other players online in quick match or tournament formats
As a Player, I should be able to view a global and regional leaderboard
As a Player, I should be able to join or create online tournaments with friends

3.5 Visual & Identity Features

As a Player, I should be able to see 4K photorealistic player faces for Babar Azam and all international team players with real-time facial expression animations
As a Player, I should be able to see the official game logo rendered prominently on splash screens, menus, and loading screens
As a Player, I should be able to view all international teams in their authentic T20 World Cup 2026 kits

3.6 Admin Panel

As an Admin, I should be able to manage player accounts, bans, and reports
As an Admin, I should be able to push game updates, patches, and seasonal content
As an Admin, I should be able to monitor game analytics — DAU, match stats, revenue, and error logs
As an Admin, I should be able to manage in-game store items, pricing, and bundles
As an Admin, I should be able to configure tournament brackets and leaderboard resets
As an Admin, I should be able to update team jerseys and rosters when official kits change

3.7 Mobile Companion App

As a Player, I should be able to view my career stats and progress on a mobile companion app
As a Player, I should be able to receive match notifications and career alerts on mobile
As a Player, I should be able to access the in-game store via the mobile app

4. User Personas

Persona	Description	Primary Goals
Casual Gamer	A fan of cricket who plays occasionally for fun and story	Enjoy career story, easy match modes
Hardcore Gamer	Dedicated player focused on mastery and leaderboard ranking	Max stats, competitive multiplayer, tournaments, challenge strong AI
Cricket Fan (Babar Fan)	A passionate cricket or Babar Azam fan wanting to relive his journey	Career mode immersion, authentic scenarios, realistic player likenesses
Competitive Player	Online tournament participant	Online matches, leaderboards, ranked modes, T20 World Cup 2026 tournaments
Admin / Game Manager	Backend operator managing accounts, content, and live ops	Platform stability, content management, roster and jersey updates
Mobile User	Player who tracks progress primarily from their phone	Companion app stats, notifications
Visual Enthusiast	Player drawn in by graphical fidelity and authenticity	4K player faces, authentic jerseys, photorealistic stadiums

5. Visuals, Colors, and Theme

5.1 Color Palette

The visual identity draws from Pakistan cricket's iconic green, Babar Azam's elegance, and the drama of floodlit night cricket.

Role	Color	Hex
Primary	Pakistan Cricket Green	`#1B5E20`
Accent	Gold / Award Glow	`#FFD700`
Background Dark	Midnight Pitch Black	`#0A0A0A`
Background Mid	Deep Stadium Navy	`#0D1B2A`
UI Surface	Charcoal Glass	`#1E1E2E`
Text Primary	Crisp White	`#F5F5F5`
Text Secondary	Silver Grey	`#9E9E9E`
Danger / Alert	Red Wicket	`#D32F2F`
Success / Run	Lime Green	`#76FF03`
Jersey Highlight	T20 WC 2026 Gold Band	`#C9A84C`

5.2 Typography

Headings: Bold, wide-spaced sports-style font (e.g., Bebas Neue or Rajdhani Bold)
Body: Clean sans-serif (e.g., Inter or Nunito)
Score/Stats Overlay: Monospaced digital font (e.g., Orbitron) for match scoreboards
Game Logo Wordmark: Custom bespoke lettering — bold angular strokes with a crescent motif embedded in the "B" of Babar, rendered in Pakistan Green and Gold

5.3 Visual Theme

Photorealistic stadiums with crowd simulations, floodlights, dynamic shadows
Cinematic camera angles — slow-motion replays, low-angle batting shots, aerial drone views
Neon-accented UI panels inspired by modern sports broadcasting overlays
Night match aesthetic dominates — dark skies, glowing pitch, electric atmosphere
4K MetaHuman player faces — sweat, dirt accumulation, emotion-reactive expressions (frustration on a missed shot, joy on a six, focus at crease)
Jersey authenticity system — fabric texture rendering, sponsor logos, and number fonts all match official T20 World Cup 2026 specifications
Game logo presented as an animated 3D reveal on the splash screen: the cricket ball spins into frame, shatters into the logo letterforms in gold and green, with the tagline "Rise. Dominate. Legend."

6. Signature Design Concept

⚡ "The Pitch is Your Universe" — An Interactive Cinematic Home Screen

The moment the game launches, the player is not taken to a menu — they are dropped into a live, breathing stadium from the sky.

Here is exactly what happens:

Opening Sequence: A slow aerial drone shot descends through golden stadium floodlights, parting through a faint mist, landing behind the wickets at the non-striker's end. The camera faces down the pitch — and at the other end, a silhouetted figure in whites takes his stance. That silhouette is Babar Azam — rendered in full 4K MetaHuman fidelity the moment the spotlight hits him.
The Living Main Menu: The menu is embedded inside the match environment. Menu options (Career Mode, Quick Match, Multiplayer, Store, Settings) appear as glowing green holographic banners stretched across the stadium perimeter boards — like LED advertisement boards — softly pulsing.
Hover Interaction: When the player hovers over a menu option, the crowd reacts — they roar, a spotlight swings toward that area, and a cinematic clip of gameplay relevant to that option plays on the giant stadium screen in the background (e.g., hovering "Career Mode" plays a montage of Babar's rise from club to international).
Ambient Life: The stadium is never static. Flags wave in the wind. Vendors move in the stands. The scoreboard ticks. The sky transitions from dusk to floodlit night over a 60-second idle loop. Rain particles occasionally drift across the lens. International teams in their T20 WC 2026 jerseys warm up in the outfield in real time.
AI Opponent Tease Panel: When hovering over "Quick Match" or "Tournament", a dynamic panel fades in showing a rotating carousel of international team captains — rendered in 4K — each with a difficulty rating and AI personality tag (e.g., "India — Aggressive Powerplay AI", "Australia — Calculated Pressure Engine"). This makes the AI opposition feel like real rivals before a ball is bowled.
Start Career Micro-Animation: When "Career Mode" is selected, Babar Azam at the crease turns to face the camera in full 4K — raising his bat in acknowledgment, the pitch cracks open with a golden light — the player is swallowed into it, transitioning into the first match scene of Club cricket. A cinematic title card reads: "The journey begins."
Logo Moment: Every time the home screen loads, the game logo performs a 2-second ambient pulse — the gold letterforms glow softly like a floodlight filament warming up — a subtle but unmistakable identity beat.
Sound Design: Deep bass stadium ambience, a 30-second original orchestral theme (dramatic and South Asian inspired with tabla and strings), crowd murmurs, and the sharp crack of leather on willow on loop.

This design concept turns the main menu into an event — not a UI screen. Every visit to the home screen feels like arriving at a live match.

7. Non-Functional Requirements

Category	Requirement
Performance	Minimum 60 FPS at 1080p on recommended hardware; 30 FPS on minimum specs
Graphics Quality	Support for Low / Medium / High / Ultra presets; real-time ray tracing on Ultra
4K Face Rendering	MetaHuman 4K face textures must load within 3 seconds on recommended hardware; LOD fallback at distance
Load Times	Initial game load < 30 seconds; match load < 15 seconds on SSD
Scalability	Online servers must support up to 50,000 concurrent players
Availability	Online services 99.9% uptime SLA
Security	End-to-end encryption for user accounts; anti-cheat system integration
Data Privacy	GDPR and PDPA compliant user data handling
Compatibility	PC (Windows 10/11), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S; Mobile (iOS 15+, Android 12+)
Localization	English and Urdu language support at launch
Accessibility	Colorblind mode, subtitles, adjustable UI scaling
Latency	Online multiplayer target latency < 80ms
Save System	Cloud save sync across devices via user account
AI Opponent Performance	Adaptive AI decision loop must execute within 16ms per frame to avoid gameplay stutter
Jersey Asset Pipeline	All T20 WC 2026 official jersey assets must be updatable via patch without full game reinstall
Logo Asset	Game logo must be available in vector (SVG) and 4K raster (PNG) formats for all use surfaces

8. Tech Stack

8.1 Game Engine

Component	Technology
Game Engine	Unreal Engine 5 (Nanite, Lumen, MetaHuman for Babar and all international players)
Graphics API	DirectX 12 / Vulkan / Metal
Physics	Chaos Physics (built into UE5)
Animation	Motion Capture + UE5 Control Rig
Face Rendering	UE5 MetaHuman at 4K texture resolution with dynamic expression blendshapes
Jersey System	Procedural fabric shader + dynamic texture swap pipeline for kit updates

8.2 Frontend (Web Dashboard & Admin Panel)

Component	Technology
Framework	React
State Management	Redux Toolkit
Styling	Tailwind CSS

8.3 Mobile Companion App

Component	Technology
Framework	React Native
Push Notifications	Firebase Cloud Messaging

8.4 Backend

Component	Technology
Language	Python
Framework	FastAPI
Authentication	JWT + OAuth2

8.5 Databases

Component	Technology	Purpose
Primary RDBMS	MySQL / MariaDB	User accounts, career data, match history, leaderboards, team/jersey metadata
Migrations	Alembic	Schema versioning and migrations
NoSQL	MongoDB	Match events, real-time telemetry, replay data, AI behavior logs

8.6 AI / Intelligence

Component	Technology	Purpose
LLM Routing	LiteLLM	Route AI requests intelligently across models
Commentary AI	GPT (via LiteLLM)	Dynamic live commentary generation
Opponent Tactical AI	Claude 4.5 Opus	Adaptive tactical AI for all international opponent teams — adjusts field placement, bowling strategy, and batting aggression dynamically per player behavior
AI Difficulty Engine	Claude 4.5 Opus	Real-time difficulty scaling and opponent personality profiling (aggressive, defensive, calculated)
Framework	LangChain	AI chain orchestration for multi-step tactical reasoning

8.7 DevOps & Infrastructure

Component	Technology
Containerization	Docker + Docker Compose
Production Orchestration	Kubernetes
CDN	Cloudflare
CI/CD	GitHub Actions
Monitoring	Prometheus + Grafana

9. Assumptions and Constraints

Assumptions

Babar Azam's likeness and name will be used under a licensing agreement or is fictional/inspired
The career mode storyline is fictional and inspired by real career progression, not a strict biography
T20 World Cup 2026 jersey designs are recreated as closely as possible using publicly available references; official licensing with ICC/PCB is subject to agreement
All international team player faces are 4K MetaHuman recreations — official athlete likeness rights require separate licensing per player; default to high-quality fictional faces where rights are unavailable
Players are assumed to have gaming hardware meeting minimum specifications
Online features require stable internet connectivity (min. 10 Mbps recommended)
Initial release targets PC and next-gen consoles; mobile is a companion experience only
The game logo is an original creation and will be trademarked prior to commercial release

Constraints

Budget and timeline may limit the number of fully licensed stadiums and teams at launch
Real player and team licensing (e.g., official ICC/PCB licenses) are subject to third-party agreements
4K MetaHuman faces for all players in all international squads (700+ players) require significant art pipeline time — phased delivery expected (top 16 teams at launch, remainder in post-launch updates)
Ray tracing features are limited to high-end GPU configurations
Multiplayer servers will launch in limited regions (South Asia, Middle East) at v1.0
Urdu localization must be completed before regional launch
Adaptive AI complexity must be balanced to avoid CPU bottlenecks on minimum-spec hardware

10. Glossary

Term	Definition
SRD	System Requirements Document
Career Mode	Single-player story progression following Babar Azam's rise
Club Cricket	Entry-level career stage; local/city-level matches
Domestic Cricket	Provincial/state-level cricket (e.g., Quaid-e-Azam Trophy inspired)
League Cricket	Professional franchise T20/ODI leagues (e.g., PSL inspired)
International Cricket	National team representation at the highest level
XP	Experience Points earned through in-game performance
Skill Tree	Visual upgrade system for Babar's batting and mental attributes
DAU	Daily Active Users — a key analytics metric
UE5	Unreal Engine 5 — the game engine powering the visuals
MetaHuman	UE5 tool for creating photorealistic 4K digital human faces with expression systems
4K Face Rendering	Ultra-high-resolution facial texture rendering (3840×2160) with dynamic emotion blendshapes
T20 WC 2026	ICC T20 World Cup 2026 — the tournament whose official jerseys are featured in the game
Adaptive AI	Opponent AI system that dynamically adjusts difficulty, tactics, and playstyle based on player behavior
Jersey Asset Pipeline	System enabling kit textures to be swapped or updated via patch without full reinstall
LOD	Level of Detail — graphics optimization that reduces model complexity at distance
LiteLLM	Open-source LLM proxy for routing AI model requests
Alembic	Python library for database schema migration management
FastAPI	High-performance Python web framework for the backend API
JWT	JSON Web Token — used for secure user authentication
GDPR	General Data Protection Regulation (EU data privacy law)
PDPA	Personal Data Protection Act (Pakistan data privacy law)
FPS	Frames Per Second — measure of graphical performance
CDN	Content Delivery Network — for fast global asset delivery

Document prepared by: System Requirements Engineering Agent Created: 2026-02-27 Last Updated: 2026-02-27 Version: 1.1.0 Next Review: Upon feature scope confirmation

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