Will give it a go, nice find :)

Hi, Thanks for spreading the word about Fitba & I'm glad you like the look of the game.

As for Sensi - I loved playing Sensi on the Amiga, almost as much as I loved Kick Off 2, and memories of those games have certainly been an influence. The XBLA version of Sensi was for me a big let down. In some ways not messing with what was a great formula was a good idea but I felt that they really should have allowed you to utilise analog controls and give you more than 8 directions. Some of the UI would have benefitted from being ripped out and rewritten, and the "updated" graphics are pointless.

Fitba's trying to offer something different, we're in full 3D so that although the default pov is from a similar top down angle to Sensi and Kick Off 2 we can drop down and use different cameras for setpieces where having a different view can be of benefit to the player. We're trying to have a control system where the ball isn't stuck to the players foot, but where you can understand when you are in control or not - where you can turn with the ball only if it's under your control. But the best way of seeing what we're trying to do is to play the game - try the demo out & let us know what you think.

With the Blender exporter I'm planning on putting a tutorial together showing export through to XNA, just a question of getting some time to put it all together.

Cheers,

Fritz

In my previous post about Fitba , Fritz, of Triple B Games , commented about the influence of the Amiga