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04-18-2013, 09:27 AM
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Polygon's Samit Sarkar interviewed NCAA Football producer Ben Haumiller (http://www.polygon.com/2013/4/18/4234828/ncaa-football-14-preview-presentation) to learn more about the presentation changes coming to NCAA Football 14.
Haumiller then listed tired, long-in-the-tooth pieces of previous NCAA Football titles' presentation packages, and explained that Tiburon is either modifying them or stripping them out altogether. At the top of the list is a major interface redesign. The chunky, ESPN-inspired 3D elements that sat behind the main menu are gone, because they caused sluggish performance in menu navigation — a significant problem for any game, but particularly for this series, which Haumiller described as "menu-intensive." The goal this year, he said, is to "keep things fast, keep things moving."
Authenticity is a major focus for the NCAA Football team, as it is with any company making a simulation sports title, and a studio's job only gets tougher in that respect every year.
Haumiller took us through changes in field art (teams recently began painting their Twitter handles on the turf), uniforms (Tiburon had to develop new technology to properly render base layers) and fight songs (University of Texas, Texas A&M University, Baylor University, University of Arkansas and Texas Christian University are all back in). And we found ourselves amazed at the staggering number of organizations that Tiburon and parent company Electronic Arts have to negotiate or interact with in order to get all the minor details right.
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You can view the page at http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/forums/content.php?684-Polygon-NCAA-14-looking-to-freshen-up-stagnant-presentation-elements
Polygon's Samit Sarkar interviewed NCAA Football producer Ben Haumiller (http://www.polygon.com/2013/4/18/4234828/ncaa-football-14-preview-presentation) to learn more about the presentation changes coming to NCAA Football 14.
Haumiller then listed tired, long-in-the-tooth pieces of previous NCAA Football titles' presentation packages, and explained that Tiburon is either modifying them or stripping them out altogether. At the top of the list is a major interface redesign. The chunky, ESPN-inspired 3D elements that sat behind the main menu are gone, because they caused sluggish performance in menu navigation — a significant problem for any game, but particularly for this series, which Haumiller described as "menu-intensive." The goal this year, he said, is to "keep things fast, keep things moving."
Authenticity is a major focus for the NCAA Football team, as it is with any company making a simulation sports title, and a studio's job only gets tougher in that respect every year.
Haumiller took us through changes in field art (teams recently began painting their Twitter handles on the turf), uniforms (Tiburon had to develop new technology to properly render base layers) and fight songs (University of Texas, Texas A&M University, Baylor University, University of Arkansas and Texas Christian University are all back in). And we found ourselves amazed at the staggering number of organizations that Tiburon and parent company Electronic Arts have to negotiate or interact with in order to get all the minor details right.
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You can view the page at http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/forums/content.php?684-Polygon-NCAA-14-looking-to-freshen-up-stagnant-presentation-elements