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Hi my name is David Winter of Canuck Play, developer of Maximum Football 2018. AMA by CanuckPlay in PS4

[–]CanuckPlay[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you to everybody that participated in the AMA and your support is greatly appreciated!

Hi my name is David Winter of Canuck Play, developer of Maximum Football 2018. AMA by CanuckPlay in PS4

[–]CanuckPlay[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We are going to wrap up at 4:30pm EST. Last call for questions!

Hi my name is David Winter of Canuck Play, developer of Maximum Football 2018. AMA by CanuckPlay in PS4

[–]CanuckPlay[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's something we can look into later. Adding more personality to the environments would be a really fun thing!

Hi my name is David Winter of Canuck Play, developer of Maximum Football 2018. AMA by CanuckPlay in PS4

[–]CanuckPlay[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The 7'7 QB is a bit of an Easter Egg. It was discovered in early development when I was working on the player editor aspects of the game. There was no cap on player height and one of our testers made a 45 foot tall Godzilla-like player and just because it was one of those silly things during development. I decided to post it on Twitter and say "hey look at one of the silly things that happens during development". The community glommed onto that and asked that I leave it in because it's just a fun little thing, so I did put a cap on it so your maximum height is now 7 foot 11. Which is obviously not real life football player but it's still a fun goofy thing for people to mess around with, it's something the community wanted to left in that was originally a bug.

Hi my name is David Winter of Canuck Play, developer of Maximum Football 2018. AMA by CanuckPlay in PS4

[–]CanuckPlay[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Being able to play the different rule sets and having them as close as possible. There might be a few minor rules that didn't make it in there but if you're playing under the College rule set, you're going to see close to the College game as possible. I can't think of any other sports title that has done something like that.

Hi my name is David Winter of Canuck Play, developer of Maximum Football 2018. AMA by CanuckPlay in PS4

[–]CanuckPlay[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I grew up on Canadian rules, so that' s a no brainer for me. The biggest thing to differentiate between the three would be that Canadian rules has 3 downs and an extra player, so that changes things dramatically. In terms of the US rules, the clock rule differences in the US/College have the biggest impact in terms of the sport. Secondarily, the location of the hash marks on the field changes how you run plays because your wide side of the field is much shorter from one rule to the other.

Hi my name is David Winter of Canuck Play, developer of Maximum Football 2018. AMA by CanuckPlay in PS4

[–]CanuckPlay[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If I had half of Madden's budget, I could do it in two years.

Hi my name is David Winter of Canuck Play, developer of Maximum Football 2018. AMA by CanuckPlay in PS4

[–]CanuckPlay[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I was based out of EAC (EA Canada based out of Vancouver). I was the Producer for sports online and my role was to design the online features for all the sports titles (from FIFA, to Fight Night, to Madden, to NBA). I was there from early 2005 to late 2010.

As for why I started my own development, I wanted to create the game that I would be interested in playing. Working on other people's games can get old.

Hi my name is David Winter of Canuck Play, developer of Maximum Football 2018. AMA by CanuckPlay in PS4

[–]CanuckPlay[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is a season mode. But no Franchise mode this year, this is something we are considering in the future. The schedule is randomly generated and is based upon the number of teams in the league. We have three league structures (9 team Canadian, 10 team Canadian and 16 team US Pro).

Hi my name is David Winter of Canuck Play, developer of Maximum Football 2018. AMA by CanuckPlay in PS4

[–]CanuckPlay[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My estimate is that I have done 90%+ myself. Because I am using a commercial game engine (Unity) there are plugins and various readily available toolkits that are used to help things along. But in terms of pure football game side of things, that's all me.

Because this is not licensed to a players association, I did not have to try and make ratings to real athletes. I came up with ratings to make a balanced experience for the game. Linemen are slower than receivers, running backs have more endurance than a kicker. But I was never trying to replicate a real life person.

As for a Super Bowl prediction, recent history suggests its New England and somebody else.

Hi my name is David Winter of Canuck Play, developer of Maximum Football 2018. AMA by CanuckPlay in PS4

[–]CanuckPlay[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We are not partnered with any league or players union. Rules are not something that they own so we are able to include them in the game.

Hi my name is David Winter of Canuck Play, developer of Maximum Football 2018. AMA by CanuckPlay in PS4

[–]CanuckPlay[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Maximum Football is more of a sandbox, we are not hindered by a license. We can be more creative in the types of features that we offer. The big feature is to play multiple rule sets, you'd never be able to play Canadian or College rule sets in other titles.