While the Android conversion has taken all my time, I wanted to add some features to the game as well. I’ll touch more on those later, but some of the new features I plan to release on the 2015 version are
– 2015 rosters
– editing player names
– stats and leaders for defensive and special teams players
– much faster AI, including game simulations (now all in memory)
– more as time allows, including fatigue and subs

But one of the things I’ve been testing out was an idea from a friend of mine. We talked about it a bit, and I decided to try to throw something together to see whether there would be interest. All the screens here work, but the design still needs some work.

In this approach, you see the whole football diagram, and you tap any pulsing player on the diagram to act. Tap any man to give him the ball, maybe change his pass route or send him in motion. Tap the clock to bring up the clock management screen. Tap the Coach icon to ask for advice or have him suggest a play. Tap the QB to change the formation or play.

Of course, Casual Play will still be simpler and intuitive.

In this first image, I’ve tapped the Coach icon to bring up his menu:

Next, I tap the QB, where I have various options:

If I tap the TE, I can set him to stay in and block, change his pattern, etc. For flankers, you can send one in motion.

Tapping the Clock icon brings up the Clock Management menu: