About Franchise Architect

Franchise Architect is the VaultSpark Studios sports simulation universe for players who want to build organizations, not just manage lineups.

The first game is Franchise Architect: Football, a franchise game about roster construction, contracts, scouting, the draft, rivalries, league history and decisions that matter seasons later.

Future sports are planned to live in the same universe, with their own rules on top of a shared foundation for simulation, saves, drafts and history.

What we care about

• Consequences that last. A contract you sign, a pick you trade and a promise you make to the owner should still matter five seasons later.
• Rules you can read. No AI services and no paid APIs. Every rival, every Advisor call and every headline is worked out by the game's own rules from your league's data.
• Realism we can show. The numbers the league is held to, and the limits of that comparison, are published on The Simulation.
• Your league is yours. Your league is saved in this browser. Nothing leaves it unless you turn on anonymous Community Stats or choose GitHub Gist sync.

Where things stand

Franchise Architect: Football is free to play in early access. It is complete enough to run a franchise for decades, and it changes often; every change is dated in the changelog.

See the features in the game today and the roadmap for where it is heading. Questions are answered in the FAQ, and the contact page lists the ways to report a bug or suggest something.