FIFA Soccer (1997-2002)
FIFA Soccer is one of the world’s largest sports franchise, a multi-million unit seller every year since 1994. I started working on Road to World Cup 98 and worked on every SKU up until FIFA 2002. A thrilling place to learn and work, I came out of that with a newfound appreciation for football (the proper name)!
Learning
I joined EA Canada to work on the FIFA franchise in 1997. The next 5 years were an amazing time of learning, working on every area of the game, on a wide variety of platforms. Always pushing against immovable deadlines, we were driven to prioritize features based on creative desires, market interest, studio goals and, of course, time. Working in multiple areas of the game enabled me to determine where best I could contribute – for FIFA, that came in the areas of gameplay cameras, controls and the AI.
The Greatest Football Series Around