Madden devs own up to misplacing the sun

Goofs! Every dev makes them, and every game ships with its fair share of them -- though players don't always find them all. 

Kotaku has a good story today about one player of the recently-released Madden NFL 17 who noticed a pretty significant goof-up while playing in the game's virtual version of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, which the player knew well -- the sun was setting in the east (screenshot excerpted below), rather than in the west where it belongs.

Beyond being a good reminder that nobody's perfect, game devs should note the relative grace and good humor with which developer/publisher Electronic Arts appears to have handled the situation.

"Our art team is investigating the issue, and working on correcting it for future editions of Madden NFL," an EA representative told Kotaku. "In the meantime, we hope players enjoy this sneak peek into what the world might look like if the Earth rotated in the opposite direction."

The player who brought this bug to Kotaku's attention also believes the sun may be misplaced in other maps within the game. 

This goof is reportedly extra-notable because this version of Madden requires the player to play as the Los Angeles Rams in the aforementioned LA Memorial Coliseum during a sequence in which the sun is setting -- on the wrong side of the stadium.

Above, a reported screenshot of Madden NFL 17 in which the sun is seen to be setting somewhere off the eastern edge of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Below, a promo photo of the real Coliseum which shows the actual sunset, from the reverse angle.