Madden 17 developer interview series

[T4VERTS]

I got the green light for my series interviewing developers over the coming weeks leading up to the release of Madden17. Please leave feedback and let me know what other developers you'd like to hear from!

Dustin Smith Interview Part 1 (Equipment, Face Scans, Coaches, and more)

Dustin Smith Interview Part 2 (Ratings Process, New OVR Formula, and more)

Christian McLeod Interview (Commentary, General Development, His takes on NCAA and it's effects on Madden)

Jake Stein Interview (MUT, Salary Cap, Draft Champions)

John White (CFM Features, FA Tweaking, Draft Tuning, and more)

Rex Dickson (Beta Program, Attribute Transparency, Ratings Process, and more)

LET ME KNOW WHO YOU WANT TO HEAR FROM NEXT.

If you want to follow along with the series you can follow me on Twitter @T4Verts, or subscribe to the MBL Network Youtube. We do a lot of other really cool stuff on the network around our CFM worth checking out. I'll try to post links in here as I do the interviews.

[extremeskins04]

Quote: Originally Posted by T4VERTS

I got the green light for my series interviewing developers over the coming weeks leading up to the release of Madden17. First up on the series is @Equipment_Guru. Please post questions regarding equipment and I'll try to squeeze them in. He also does ratings, however that info can't be released yet. If possible we may do some discussion around the development of ratings in general though. If you want to follow along with the series you can follow me on Twitter @T4Verts. I'll try to post links in here as I do the interviews. This interview should be up sometime this weekend.

Sweet! More content. Thanks for doing this man.

[Rams_3]

Could you ask him if the equipment will be updated regularly during the season. Also, will they be scanning equipment all year or if we will have to wait til M18. Thanks

[T4VERTS]

Quote: Originally Posted by Rams_3

Could you ask him if the equipment will be updated regularly during the season. Also, will they be scanning equipment all year or if we will have to wait til M18. Thanks

I'll ask him.

[CM Hooe]

T4Verts, thanks for doing this! Could you ask Equipment_Guru to explain the process (briefly and at a 10000-foot level, presumably) for getting a new asset into the game, say a new helmet or an alternate uniform? How much time, effort, and coordination is required behind the scenes to get that done for one new piece of content?

[msdm27]

Can you please ask what is the biggest hurdle in "porting over" the equipment from the NCAA series, which was on point even by today's standards, even if it was a 3+ year old game. I reckon it is different coding, but as long as we're not talking about scanned elements, then there should be similarities in the code that'd make the process easier.

Thanks for doing this for the community!

[T4VERTS]

Thanks for all the questions. I'll try to squeeze as many as I can in.

[Beelzebot44]

Not sure if this falls under equipment or CFM, but could you ask if there are at least thoughts of improving the uniform process for relocation?