Varsity High School Football News

Here's what's new:




Players & Stadiums
A few months ago we began showing our new player model and equipment customization in screenshots. Great news, the new player models are in the game!

One question we get asked repeatedly is: will playoffs and championships be played in a pro style stadium? Yes. Absolutely. We’ve officially begun modeling the stadium. More soon.



Motion Capture & Animation
Some of you may have seen the mocap session video our DB talent shared in February documenting his experience with behind the scenes footage...

We’ve been capturing new DB motions and an entirely new base locomotion (player movement, turns, running, etc) to increase our quality even more. Oh...and we’re hiring a full time AAA animation specialist too...

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Coach Schemes
Each coach now has their own scheme and tendencies. This will factor in to the type of teams you want to build.

Do you want to keep your current staff but install a new scheme/playbook in the off season and see how it goes? Or hire someone that already specializes in that scheme to play it safer?



Settings & Audio
We’ve begun working with a composer to create a custom Varsity marching band drum line track that will loop in the menus and be used in some of our marketing materials.

Menus now have sound effects, and players can adjust resolution settings for both 16:9 and 16:10 (ultrawide) aspect ratios.

Here's what's new:



Multiple Seasons
You can now play multiple seasons with your selected team. We do not have a hard limit in place for number of total seasons right now.

At the end of the season players will graduate, coach prestige will change, job offers will be available, and underclassmen will increase their ratings and make decisions on their future.

Other Sports Included in Ratings Boosts
The risk of coaching a large school is losing players to other sports in the off season losing out on training and potentially getting injured.

Now, each sport has their own potential ratings boosts to add value to players that choose to play other sports. The boost will depend heavily on the player themselves.

Offseason UI Updates
We’ve implemented the final art direction that was used in the regular season UI, and updated original “prototype” UI elements from the off season experience.



Weekly "XP" Recap UI
At the end of each week, we now showcase any financial changes, the current state and national hype levels, state and national fan counts, and more.

Ignore the duplicated foam finger icons; we'll replace them with the appropriate icons later :)

Performance Updates
With multiple seasons in place, we now have to calculate player changes (ratings, decisions to play other sports, graduations, moving districts, etc) at the end of the season for all players.

This originally took 6+ minutes for your team’s state. Now? About 30 seconds.

Performance Update: 92% faster 🔥






Sign up on Patreon

We're taking some time off in December to recharge, assess overall progress, goals for 2025, and revamp our playtesting program to include more Patrons.

Enjoy the holidays! More soon...

We’re thrilled to share the latest progress on Dynasty Mode, one of the most anticipated features in Varsity High School Football.

Here's what's new:





Updated equipment options for player customization

DB Implementation: We have the first iteration of our DB logic in place for man coverage, reading routes, following cuts, and trying to swat.

Under the hood, DB awareness ratings will play a huge part in the overall feel. You will be able to see and feel the difference of an elite DB. They will lock down their man and force you to change strategies.

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]



Multiple Seasons: We have begun the important task of allowing players to play multiple seasons. This includes properly managing elements we shared before: graduating players, growth spurts, coaching report cards, job openings and offers, and so much more.

This will be featured in an upcoming Patreon playtest in early 2025 (Q1).

Emergent Situations: We’ve designed the emergent situation engine UI that will showcase important decision making opportunities from a parent, staff, player, or booster giving your coach the option to agree, disagree, or influence them.

Manage the demands of diva WRs, overbearing parents, and unethical boosters. Get ready for drama.

We’re thrilled to share the latest progress on Dynasty Mode, one of the most anticipated features in Varsity High School Football.

Here's what's new:

Updated equipment options for player customization

Defensive MoCap Begins: We began motion capture for the DB position this month. More soon...

Expanded Box Scores: Expanded box scores UI are now fully implemented giving you the ability to view team stat comparisons, individual player stats, and the existing detailed play-by-play breakdown (all plays, not just scoring plays).



Revamped UI: We’ve begun replacing our placeholder menu design elements to fully integrate our more refined, textured, experience including team colors

Schedules: Weekly team and District schedules now visible for your team and Region (state)

Weekly Awards: We now award players for breakout offensive and defensive players on the District and Region (state) level. We will begin implementing the UI for viewing awards in November.

Weekly awards are also added to the individual player profiles so you can easily see if a specific player earned an award instead of scrolling through each week.



Post Season Brackets: Data management is complete for the seeding of teams for classification and region (state)

We have begun implementing the UI/menu system to view the player’s playoff bracket for the region. Playoffs can be 8, 16, 32, or 64 teams depending on state.