Home | Webstore
Latest News: OOTP 25 Available - FHM 10 Available - OOTP Go! Available

Out of the Park Baseball 25 Buy Now!

  

Go Back   OOTP Developments Forums > Front Office Football > FOF - General Discussions

FOF - General Discussions Discuss the upcoming Front Office Football by OOTP Developments here.

 
 
Thread Tools
Old 02-20-2018, 09:14 AM   #1
Markus Heinsohn
Developer OOTP
 
Markus Heinsohn's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Germany
Posts: 24,709
Smile Welcome to the family, Jim Gindin and Front Office Football! (2/20/2018)

Hi football fans!

We are very happy to announce today that Jim Gindin, owner of Solecismic Software and creator of the long-running Front Office Football game franchise, has joined the OOTP Developments family!

Jim and our team (led by Andreas) have already worked together for over 8 months, laying the groundwork for a franchise reboot which will proudly carry the name "Front Office Football". We have not finished the final feature list, and we have not set a specific release date, although we are targeting late 2018 at the moment.

Since today is a special date for Jim (his company Solecismic Software celebreates its 20th anniversary), we figured it would be perfect timing to keep you in the loop about what was going on here behind the scenes. The new Front Office Football is based on the existing FOF engine and the OOTP user interface. The design has been rewritten from the ground up and should form the basis of years of new development.

We will announce more specifics in the coming months, so stay tuned! Exciting times are ahead.

All the best!
Markus, Jim, Andreas and the entire OOTP Developments family



Last edited by Markus Heinsohn; 02-20-2018 at 09:35 AM.
Markus Heinsohn is offline  
Old 02-20-2018, 09:24 AM   #2
Ben E Lou
Front Office Football Central
 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Souf Cackilacky
Posts: 1,762
Woot!
Ben E Lou is offline  
Old 02-20-2018, 09:40 AM   #3
Shadow4u
Minors (Single A)
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Murfreesboro TN
Posts: 76
Now that sounds like a plan - I have played FOF and while the engine seems to produce consistent results I never really felt like I knew what was going on to underneath the hood and hence would lose interest. Utilizing that engine with an OOTP interface sounds like a great marriage and I for one am really excited about what this could look like. Sign me up !
__________________
Mark
Shadow4u is offline  
Old 02-20-2018, 09:48 AM   #4
JamesRB
Bat Boy
 
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 15
great news
JamesRB is offline  
Old 02-20-2018, 10:03 AM   #5
Robmeister89
Minors (Double A)
 
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 159
Very exciting news! Can't wait to hear more!
Robmeister89 is offline  
Old 02-20-2018, 10:51 AM   #6
Roy Tucker
Minors (Triple A)
 
Roy Tucker's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 250
Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy Tucker View Post
Front Office Football 9
http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...2&postcount=14
Called it.
Roy Tucker is offline  
Old 02-20-2018, 11:04 AM   #7
ChuckkieB
Minors (Double A)
 
ChuckkieB's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: The Big Apple
Posts: 168
Great news! Looking forward to hearing more about the project as development progresses!
__________________
"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around..." - Jim Bouton
ChuckkieB is offline  
Old 02-20-2018, 11:09 AM   #8
firewol
Bat Boy
 
Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 2
Just an idea

I'm excited to hear about the front office partnership, I'm currently in 2091 managing the Packers (still in green Bay). One thing I would love is to see the stats engine integrated with something akin to beyond the sidelines football. Btw the developer from that game is pretty active and is also a one man team. I understand there are difficulties and fof is way more complex. But who knows, it might work out.
firewol is offline  
Old 02-20-2018, 11:30 AM   #9
Lee
Global Moderator
 
Lee's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: The Scorched Desert
Posts: 4,649
Awesome news, win/win for both companies!
Lee is offline  
Old 02-20-2018, 11:36 AM   #10
dumbrabbit
All Star Reserve
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 827
Super pumped right now. Been waiting for a good football game for a long time now.

FOF also has a college version so OOTP can release a college football game someday if they want, which excites the heck out of me right now.

Congratulations to OOTP, and welcome to the Solecismic Software group.

Last edited by dumbrabbit; 02-20-2018 at 11:38 AM.
dumbrabbit is offline  
Old 02-20-2018, 12:25 PM   #11
Leo_The_Lip
All Star Starter
 
Leo_The_Lip's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 1,702
This is great news!
__________________
"My name will live forever" - Anonymous
Leo_The_Lip is offline  
Old 02-20-2018, 12:56 PM   #12
johnnyshaka
All Star Reserve
 
johnnyshaka's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Posts: 680
Wow.
__________________
johnnyshaka is offline  
Old 02-20-2018, 01:07 PM   #13
james17
All Star Starter
 
james17's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 1,306
Wow! That is great news. I’ve played FOF in the past and I always thought it had great depth but suffered from a non intuitive user interface. So, the idea of marrying the engine to the OOTP interface is terrific!

Thanks so much for the update!

Last edited by james17; 02-20-2018 at 07:10 PM.
james17 is offline  
Old 02-20-2018, 01:29 PM   #14
PilotMan
Bat Boy
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The Kentucky side of Cincinnati, KY
Posts: 19
I'll come over here and say it too, CONGRATS and WOOHOO! Fantastic news!
__________________
A good landing is one you can walk away from, a great landing is being able to use the airplane again.
PilotMan is offline  
Old 02-20-2018, 01:52 PM   #15
QuikSand
Bat Boy
 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Annapolis, Md
Posts: 19
Really hopeful that this partnership builds on the best of both parties.
QuikSand is offline  
Old 02-20-2018, 01:59 PM   #16
colourmebrad
Minors (Double A)
 
colourmebrad's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Toronto, ON
Posts: 107
Holy cow, that's some big news! Very exciting.
colourmebrad is offline  
Old 02-20-2018, 02:27 PM   #17
FlexD
Minors (Double A)
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 127
I'm cautiously optimistic, been playing FOF for a while, and while the games interface is lacking, I enjoy the game. If it follows OOTP baseball I see a new version being pushed out every year, which can be good and bad..I hope they don't overhaul the game to much...Congrats on the merger..
FlexD is offline  
Old 02-20-2018, 03:03 PM   #18
BradG223
Minors (Double A)
 
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 173
Sweet news, I'm a big fan of Front Office Football 7, and I can't wait to see what it becomes in the coming years with OOTP Developments.
BradG223 is offline  
Old 02-20-2018, 03:18 PM   #19
Ramzavail
All Star Reserve
 
Ramzavail's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: NY
Posts: 585
holy ****

take my credit card.

Last edited by Ramzavail; 02-20-2018 at 03:29 PM.
Ramzavail is offline  
Old 02-20-2018, 04:02 PM   #20
Izz
Hall Of Famer
 
Izz's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 2,466
Awesome stuff guys!
__________________
Not only do I play OOTP but I also write science-fiction: My Website

A brief history of the Australia-New Zealand Baseball League (AUNZBL 2019-2119)--A Dynasty Report
The National Penterham Four-Bases Association--A Dynasty Report
Izz is offline  
 

Bookmarks

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:36 PM.

 

Major League and Minor League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com and MiLB.com.

Officially Licensed Product – MLB Players, Inc.

Out of the Park Baseball is a registered trademark of Out of the Park Developments GmbH & Co. KG

Google Play is a trademark of Google Inc.

Apple, iPhone, iPod touch and iPad are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

COPYRIGHT © 2023 OUT OF THE PARK DEVELOPMENTS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

 

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.10
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Copyright © 2020 Out of the Park Developments