Developers Answering Questions on Operation Sports Forums

[Arcane]

2 key developers of NBA Elite 11 are on the Operation Sports forums answering a lot of questions when they have the chance.

Profiles:

rEAnimator
Hey guys,

My name is Geoff and I'm a Senior Software Engineer at EA, and I’m really looking forward to discussing the game with everyone here. There’s still a ways to go for us, but this year’s game is already shaping up to be something special. Any feedback we can get from the community will be extremely valuable and will help shape the final product.

I’ve been at EA for 9 years, but this is the first time I’ve worked on NBA. As a basketball fan and player this is a dream come true for me, especially in a year where we are making such significant and ground breaking changes. I’m a gameplay programmer who specializes in animation. As such, I spend most of my time working on the gameplay mechanics and controls. I’ve also been working on the “real-time physics” you’ve been hearing about.

This is the busiest time of year for us so we may not get a chance to answer every post (in fact I'm certain we won't) so I apologize in advance for that.

Also, I want everyone to know that we have no problem with criticism of the game at all (in fact we welcome it). All we ask is that everyone keeps things constructive and respectful.

Thanks and I'll see you in the forums.

stepsix
Glad to be part of the community!

My name's Fraser, I've been on the Live/Elite team for 6 years and at EA for 9. I'm currently on the gameplay team and I specialize in AI. I started at EA in QA, and worked on MVP before coming to the Live team to do Front End work. When I moved to the gameplay team for Live '08 I focused on AI (strategic decision making, plays, court spacing etc), and with the help of some talented guys on the team have been building the AI over the last 4 years.

I've been reading this board for years now and EA's now granted Geoff & myself the ability to post and answer questions. I know you guys have had some frustrations with the AI over the years, and every year at the beginning of the year I'm going through posts on OS looking for ways to address some of the issues you guys have been reporting.

Mike & Marcus did a great job last year of keeping the community in the loop, and I'd like to continue that tradition with Elite going forward. Being super busy might mean that some things get missed, but I would like to hear your thoughts and opinions on what you liked and disliked about the AI in 10. There's some really cool stuff going in this year that I can talk more about as it gets revealed, but in the meantime there's lots of discussion to be had.

Question and answer thread: http://www.operationsports.com/forums/n ... amily.html

[Andrew]

Mentioned that here.