The project + challenge
Madden NFL 23 and 24 had to translate football into player-facing story and systems without losing the language, pressure, habits, and relationships that make the sport recognizable to players and fans.
Game development · Narrative + authenticity
Madden
For Madden NFL 23 and 24, Caj contributed firsthand football perspective to narrative, authenticity, executive walkthroughs, and performance work supporting believable player-facing stories.
Caj’s documented contribution
Project, challenge, contribution
Madden NFL 23 and 24 had to translate football into player-facing story and systems without losing the language, pressure, habits, and relationships that make the sport recognizable to players and fans.
Caj brought experience from Michigan State and professional football into narrative and authenticity conversations, executive walkthroughs, and performance work. His contribution focused on whether player journeys, dialogue, weekly activities, and football details felt credible.
The work supported player-facing story, the executive walkthrough shown below, performance capture, and details designed to make the football world feel lived in.
Public project media
An approved Madden walkthrough highlighting the player-journey experience and weekly activity system.
This page shows the public media currently available for this project.