Gridiron Incremental

Gridiron Incremental is a play-by-play football franchise game with incremental progression. You call (or sim) games, build the team over seasons, and manage a full professional American football league.

Core loop

• Play or sim your weekly game  earn cash, fans, XP, and skill points
• Upgrade via practice and the skill tree
• Manage roster and markets
• Finish the regular season
• Playoffs
• Off season
• New season

Modes

Franchise - Pick a team, full career mode with saves. Animated field, play log, scoreboard, and playback speed (including pause)

Sandbox - One-off scrimmage with custom match ups (no career)

Stats & UI

Game, season, player, and league leader stats

On the field

Call runs, passes, punts, field goals, XP, and 2-point tries

Animated field, play log, scoreboard, and playback speed (including pause)

Opponent AI; or skip to results with Sim Week / sim remaining playoffs

Season & league

32-team league, divisions, standings, 17 games + bye, injuries, aging/retirement

Playoffs: Championship with a bracket view

Roster & cap

Depth charts, schemes, cuts, restructures, dead cap

Salary cap that grows ~5% per season

Expiring contracts clear before the draft so you draft with freed cap, then face hard re-sign choices

Progression

Practice shop — Position work and coordinator upgrades (cash/XP)

Skill tree — Spend skill points on offense / defense / special teams perks

Post game and end-of-season rewards; championship tracking