ESPN U Series: The Making of NCAA Football 12

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Published on 08-25-2011 09:00 AM

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Be sure to watch The Making of NCAA Football 12, a four-part series on the development of NCAA Football 12 airing on ESPNU. The show will take you behind-the-scenes and into the studio as the EA SPORTS team races to finish it's perennial college football powerhouse.

Continue on to see all four episodes - in their entirety - on YouTube.

From the all-new motion-captured tackles to a playbook session with Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson to even an early play test with Snoop Dogg, if you've ever wondered how a video game like "NCAA Football 12" is developed, ESPN U has you covered with a new four-part mini-series entitled "The Making of EA Sports NCAA Football 12."

Basically, a documentary crew camped out at the EA Sports studio in Florida for several months and captured all of the behind the scenes footage of the game creation process, right down to the art team explaining how an image of the Auburn War Eagle goes from computer skeleton model to flying polygonal mascot.

If you ever thought about working in the video games industry, this is a great piece to watch as you get to see a lot of the hard work that it takes to actually make a video game.

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

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NCAA Football 12

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72 Comments

Paakaa10 - 07-14-2011, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by ram29jackson

did you guys notice a film crew when going to EA for game testing ?

I never saw any film crew guys while I was there; unless they were being really sneaky, don't think you'll be seeing any of us on TV.

cdj - 07-14-2011, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by ram29jackson

did you guys notice a film crew when going to EA for game testing ?

They were there the week before us in May.

ram29jackson - 07-14-2011, 06:02 PM
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its on now

JBHuskers - 07-14-2011, 06:37 PM
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The Gaming Tailgate gets a little love......

ram29jackson - 07-14-2011, 06:40 PM
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it was too fast, no one really saw it on tv

ram29jackson - 07-14-2011, 06:42 PM
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we wont find out anything too fascinating. Its just 4- half hour commercials telling you to buy game before season starts.....being in board room, in a t shirt must be nice.

psusnoop - 07-14-2011, 07:23 PM
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I just watched it and I caught both of those JB. I was looking for them though too

souljahbill - 07-14-2011, 08:16 PM
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I just finished watching it. Interesting stuff. The "U" thing was the most interesting. Funny how one of the guys in the meeting asked, "What's coaching carousel?" A ball pen as a meeting table is pretty awesome. It's cool to see everyone reaping their alma mater at their cubicle. No wonder the big schools got big fancy intros. Walking around the office, you see LSU, Florida, Alabama, Auburn (who uses a golden eagle as their eagle ironically ). Saw the bullrush mo-cap session and watched the guy change the location of the Ramblin' Wreck in like, 2 minutes. All in all, interesting stuff.

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OSUCowboyofMD - 07-14-2011, 10:47 PM
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Poor Alex. He seems like a nice guy, sucks he couldn't get any PT

ram29jackson - 07-14-2011, 11:36 PM
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who's Alex?

OSUCowboyofMD - 07-15-2011, 01:12 AM
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Originally Posted by ram29jackson

who's Alex?

Alex Howell RTG designer

Kwizzy - 07-15-2011, 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by souljahbill

I just finished watching it. Interesting stuff. The "U" thing was the most interesting. Funny how one of the guys in the meeting asked, "What's coaching carousel?" A ball pen as a meeting table is pretty awesome. It's cool to see everyone reaping their alma mater at their cubicle. No wonder the big schools got big fancy intros. Walking around the office, you see LSU, Florida, Alabama, Auburn (who uses a golden eagle as their eagle ironically ). Saw the bullrush mo-cap session and watched the guy change the location of the Ramblin' Wreck in like, 2 minutes. All in all, interesting stuff.

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For the record, that was Roy Harvey the Executive Producer that asked what CC was & I guarantee he just wanted Ben to describe it better for the cameras. Roy probably spends more time going over community feedback than just about anyone, I promise you he is/was well aware of what CC is.

JBHuskers - 07-15-2011, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Kwizzy

For the record, that was Roy Harvey the Executive Producer that asked what CC was & I guarantee he just wanted Ben to describe it better for the cameras. Roy probably spends more time going over community feedback than just about anyone, I promise you he is/was well aware of what CC is.

Yeah he asked the question not because he didn't know what it was....he just wanted it reiterated in front of the cameras

souljahbill - 07-15-2011, 10:44 AM
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What a bunch of hacks, playing it up for the cameras. LOL!

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JBHuskers - 07-15-2011, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by souljahbill

What a bunch of hacks, playing it up for the cameras. LOL!

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Cuz that never happens in the history of television

OSUCowboyofMD - 07-15-2011, 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by souljahbill

...and watched the guy change the location of the Ramblin' Wreck in like, 2 minutes. All in all, interesting stuff.

Speaking of changing the location..., why does Maryland rub Testudo, and then run out of the other endzone? There's not even a tunnel there and it's not even just MD, it's other teams too!

ram29jackson - 07-16-2011, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by OSUCowboyofMD

Speaking of changing the location..., why does Maryland rub Testudo, and then run out of the other endzone? There's not even a tunnel there and it's not even just MD, it's other teams too!

its a video game dude, just a video game