Backyard gridiron manager released

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Backyard gridiron manager released

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https://togfox.itch.io/backyard-gridiron-manager

Backyard gridiron manager

A gridiron (American football) management game where you look of a bunch of stats and numbers and performance metrics for players, form a roster by balancing offense and defense stats and then watching your team play football against bot-controlled teams. You cheer when your team scores and you cry when they don't.

Between games and seasons, you sift through key statistics. You look for the winners and weed out the under-performers. The bot teams are doing the same. Can you out-roster the competition and win season after season?

Features

- 5 vs 5 format. All starters play offense and defense. Choose strong offense or strong defense or scout that star player that can do both!

- has a "backyard" look and feel. No fancy stadiums with roaring crowds. You won't get 53 players in this game. No overwhelming multi-million dollar franchise here.

- become attached to your players and watch them excel, or fail, on the field.

- track stats across games and seasons and use key metrics to decide when to cut that over-rated player.

- injuries and training events will keep you constantly pruning and reviewing your roster every week.

- a draft pool at the start of each season lets the weaker teams pick new players and balance each season.

- watch the players push each other around the field using a real 2d physics engine.


Stretch goals


- hot-seat with a friend and co-op your way through seasons. Can you out manage your friend?

- offline replay mode so a host can run tournaments and distribute replay files for later watching

- team editor for changing team colours and names - build a name for your backyard crew and start playing in school yards and local club grounds

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Idle gridiron. Set team orders then idle and watch: https://togfox.itch.io/idle-gridiron
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Re: Devblog: Backyard gridiron manager

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v0.01 pre-alpha developers version is now available!


This is a super raw version but I'm making it available for the brave and foolhardy. This project will continue for many more months and I didn't want to wait that long to make this game available.

v0.01 is functional - it works - only just. Many images are place holders, some buttons don't work, and fonts are all over they place - but it works.

Updates will be on a regular cycle to enhance the game, fix presentation and make this a solid and fun game. Thanks for reading!
Help create a community.

Available on itch.io only as itch provides download/user stats this forum does not:

https://togfox.itch.io/backyard-gridiron-manager

Be the very first person to join the discord server for Backyard gridiron league! https://discord.gg/k9YGh6ek3d
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Idle gridiron. Set team orders then idle and watch: https://togfox.itch.io/idle-gridiron
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Re: Backyard gridiron manager released

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Love file is now available for LOVEly ppl.

https://togfox.itch.io/backyard-gridiron-manager

Available on itch.io only as itch provides download/user stats this forum does not.
Last project:
https://togfox.itch.io/hwarang
A card game that brings sword fighting to life.
Current project:
Idle gridiron. Set team orders then idle and watch: https://togfox.itch.io/idle-gridiron
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Re: Backyard gridiron manager released

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Finally introduced passing, meaning they can throw the ball to the receiver. QB's can now run the ball or pass the ball. This makes for a very dynamic game and brings an "it's not over till it's over" feeling.

About 4 weeks after the initial release this game is quickly approaching "feature complete".

That does not mean I'm done - there is more to do:

- add and improve graphics
- add quality of life features
- add more meta
- add more content to the supporters pack
- improve the bots behavior
- add more everything
- kill bugs bugs bugs

If you've been waiting and watching then this v0.07 is the version you've been waiting for. Try it now. I hope you're impressed.

Change log
- QB can now pass the ball
- defending team can intercept the ball
- game rules are better enforced
- fixed the UI in many places
- fixed the punting animation
- lots of bug fixes
- probably lots of other things

Windows EXE and LOVE file available on itch.io only as itch provides download/user stats this forum does not:

https://togfox.itch.io/backyard-gridiron-manager

Be the very first person to join the discord server for Backyard gridiron league! https://discord.gg/k9YGh6ek3d
Last project:
https://togfox.itch.io/hwarang
A card game that brings sword fighting to life.
Current project:
Idle gridiron. Set team orders then idle and watch: https://togfox.itch.io/idle-gridiron
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