Varsity High School Football News

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• [p]We’re excited to announce that we have a integrated community file share feature built into Varsity![/p][p][/p]
• [p]This system will allow players to create custom teams, stadiums, and upload logos to share and download with others.[/p][p][/p]
• [p]A limited technical test of this is in the new Patreon playtest.
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• [p]We’ve updated the coach creation UI to improve the user experience. This includes coach scheme option overviews and tendency sliders that impact sim results.[/p][p][/p]
• [p]We’ve increased the dynasty length from 3 years to 50 years. There is still a lot of work ahead of us to balance incoming player classes, player training of CPU teams, etc.[/p]

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• [p]A new mini camp mode has been added. Players must time their throws to hit WRs in targeted zones. 3 plays will randomly be chosen with different routes.[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Nearly 100 new animations cleaned up and ready to implement into the game.[/p][p][/p]
• [p]New recording sessions with our QB and DB to capture defense swats, transitions, etc.[/p]

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• [p]We’ve recorded multiple new mocap sessions with QB, WR, and DB.
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• [p]Our focus was to expand on game feel with pocket movement, shotgun formation pre-snap movement, additional short, medium, and deep throws for QBs and better catch in place transitions for the WR.
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• [p]As we’ve been working on our community share feature for custom teams, additional time has been placed on jersey customization with stitching color options, stripes, chest logo placement, and more.
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• [p]Our stadium customization suite, which allows you to set stands, press boxes, scoreboards, tracks, and place objects around the stadium is progressing well.[/p]

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• [p]We have a working prototype for custom team sharing in place that shares team data (branding, players, etc) to a server, lists the team on the server, and allows us to download it in game.[/p][p][/p]
• [p]We will begin working on the public UI/menus for this, this summer and look forward to including it in future playtests.[/p]

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• [p]We’re nearly complete with cleaning up 100+ base locomotion (how players run, turn, etc on the field) animations.
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• [p]QB can now use lead passing mechanics to throw WRs open while in coverage.
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• [p]We will be capturing more QB throws and WR catches in June as we work toward a 7on7 game mode playtest later this year.[/p]

[p]First Impressions[/p][p]“Man, I would say nostalgia... took me back to my time playing in HS.”[/p][p]“Very good UI. Very easy and simple menu navigation.”[/p][p][/p][p]Favorite Part of the Game[/p][p]“Dynasty mode. I love the feel for it...”[/p][p]“Training every position in the off-season.”[/p][p][/p][p]Gameplay[/p][p]“Feels like All Pro 2K8... and that"s a plus!”[/p]

• [p]We have begun implementation on a community share feature for Varsity. This will allow you to share and download custom teams, logos, and slider sets. Our goal is to have this cross platform enabled.[/p]

• [p]Base logos we ship with the game can be recolored to offer more out-of-the-box options for team customization.[/p]

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• [p]Finally having someone full time dedicated to motion capture and animation clean up is speeding up gameplay development.[/p][p][/p]
• [p]Because of this, we’ve been able to focus on gameplay iteration with route running, hand placement for WRs, and ball trajectory from different throw types. You will begin seeing this in action soon.[/p]

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[p]Our team has grown! We now have a full time animator on staff. Say hi to Brett, everyone![/p][p]He brings with him AAA experience and immediately improves the time from motion capture to clean up to implementation. This means we’ll have gameplay to show you sooner...[/p][p]We've finally take some time to implement a set of new team branding options. Brand presets consist of a logo mascot (Ducks, Raptors, Falcons, etc) and three colors.[/p][p]You'll eventually be able to "hire" a designer to create/unlock a new brand for your team. Then, like the great client you are, you can change the colors to hot pink and neon green and ruin their hard work.[/p][p][/p][p]Players and coaches can now earn annual awards. Not just MVP or Offensive or Defensive player of the year awards, but also...a two-way player of the year award![/p][p]Coaching schemes now directly influence game sim results. If your team runs an Air Raid offense, you better have a good QB because you’ll be throwing it. A lot.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]Sign up on Patreon[/h2]