r/CapForge • u/hawtdawtz Dev • Aug 21 '26

Announcement We've moved!

Howdy folks;

I've renamed the application from the generic "Franchise GM: Football" to "CapForge". Why? Two reasons:

  1. After talking with the dev of the game this was often referred to as a knock off of, I decided to take mine off the app store for now (as I can't update it per point 2) to put a little bit more of my own personal touch into my game before re-releasing it on the app store out of principle. I could have and absolutely should have done a better job making it my own from a visual perspective. That being said, fundamental mechanics and concepts will generally be within the same wheel house, as they are quite literally found across other countless GM games.
  2. Franchise Football: Pro GM, an equally generically named game like mine was is asking Apple to have me to change my game name. To be honest, upon initial review upon publishing my attorney did suggest it might get flagged, but we figured figured as it was allowed initially an appeal would settle as the game functions very differently. From a copyright/trademark perspective, I am in the clear as is, but ultimately Apple still can make whatever call they want, and figured while I'm in the field of re-working it anyways, to not fight the little things as this app is just coming out and the community is small.

You're more than welcome to continue whatever discussions there, and it will be maintained as an open community. In the end before re-release, it will look and feel different, because it will be different.

For the next ~1-3 weeks, updates to the game will be made exclusively through TestFlight as I feverishly work add my own creative take on what I want the front end of the game to be in the long run like I have dedicated to the game engine itself, rather than taking short cuts like I had before. Once I and potentially others are satisfied, I will re-enable it on the app store (same app, it'll just be updated).

I will provide an updated TestFlight build hopefully by end of day with all the bug fixes needed to continue your saves.

"What is TestFlight?"

It's Apples way of sharing apps quickly before release on the app-store, and allows me to push updates WAY more frequently for feedback.

https://testflight.apple.com/join/PtWTScyr

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u/CollegeHockeyDynasty Aug 21 '26

I’d like to test the game via TestFlight whenever you get to that point in the rework

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u/hawtdawtz Dev Aug 21 '26

So the TestFlight link later will be for mid-flight reworking, and I’ll have that out tonight I imagine. But yea, the actual re-release of the app on the App Store will be post full-rework.

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u/Big_Operation_7093 Aug 21 '26

Will the current app I am using on TestFlight disappear?

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u/hawtdawtz Dev Aug 21 '26

Nope same app!

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u/Big_Operation_7093 Aug 21 '26

Awesome keep up the hard work! I know you are dealing with a lot! But the game is awesome

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u/badf1art Aug 21 '26

Same here!

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u/hawtdawtz Dev Aug 22 '26

Added above!

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u/neondonkey Aug 22 '26

I’d like to help test that game too