Franchise Player is played by reading and choosing. At each step you read a situation and you decide. The engine resolves the consequence and the career moves on. Here is everything you need to start well.
Note on language: the game interface is currently in French. This page explains the rules in English so you can follow along.
You start as a young player waiting to be picked. First you choose an archetype that sets your starting profile: a creative point guard, a scoring wing, a defensive big. Your draft position influences your initial reputation and the level of the club that takes you.
Each season chains a few steps: an objective set by your club, narrative events where you make choices, the simulation of your statistical output, then an end of season review with your rating. Your progression follows an age curve: a young player climbs, a veteran declines. The engine applies the same rules to everyone.
Events are the heart of the game: an unexpected offer, a locker room tension, a media request, a lifestyle decision. Every option moves your gauges (form, mood, discipline, relationships, reputation) and sometimes the rest of the career. There is no universally right choice: what you get is your own trajectory.
In the games that matter, a final or a decisive night, the game switches to a key moment: you pick your stance on the court. The result weighs on your season rating, your trophy case and your legend.
When your contract expires you reach the market: you see the offers (club, role, salary) and you sign yourself. Your club can also force a trade. A career can take you across several league tiers.
An injury can keep you off the court for months, with permanent after effects for the most severe ones. Everything is resolved by the engine, never arbitrarily. An offseason with no offer at a still young age can also open a year without a club, with one comeback attempt.
Every career carries a code, shaped like
FP1-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-C. Share it: a friend who enters it lives
the exact same career, with the same situations. Only your choices differ.
That is how you compare two runs on equal terms.
The daily challenge gives everyone the same character, with one attempt per day. You play your career, then you compare your score. The draw is identical for all, which is what makes the comparison fair.
At retirement you get a summary sheet: the trophy case, the clubs you passed through, the standout moments. That is the object to share, readable at a glance, telling the whole career.
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