Hello City Builders,
After spending over 5 years in Early Access, we are excited to reveal the release date for Foundation, along with a playable Foundation Demo!
Foundation's Full Release Officially Set for January 31, 2025!
Foundation's Full Release will introduce an extensive array of new features, content updates and improvements that will make Foundation feel almost like a new game. Here's a taste of what's to come:
NEW AND REVAMPED GAMEPLAY
- Choose Your Ruleset: Customize your new games using a selection of adjustable rules, perfect for players who want a more relaxed and creative vibe or those looking to challenge themselves further.
- Revamped Aspirations: Discover new ways to play by selecting an Aspiration, which will challenge you to construct a different type of village. Will you focus on building a prolific priory? Or perhaps a magnificent stronghold to please the King?
- New Villager Residential Tiers: Expand your city further with the highest density and quality residential tiers, allowing for more village customization options.
- Improved Progression System: Unlock content in a smoother and more rewarding way via a refined progression system that adds depth and strategic planning to your city-building journey.
- New Military System: Take on new challenges with a refreshed military system that will have you create Companies that you can send abroad and have them bring back precious resources.
- Heraldry System: Create and customize your village with the new coat of arms editor.
- Paved Roads: Meet the needs of high-tier housing with our new paved road mechanic, tailored to support your most developed areas.
- Improved Walls: Walls are now fully integrated into the building system, some of which will add fortification coverage to your village.
- Enhanced UI and Quality of Life Updates: Benefit from a significantly streamlined user interface, including a massive overhaul to the Monument design experience, implemented to improve gameplay and enhance your city-building efficiency.
- New Onboarding Experience: Whether a new player or a veteran, the updated onboarding quests and visual aids are now easier to follow, helping everyone find a perfect start to their village.
AN ENTIRELY UPDATED ART DIRECTION
- Dynamic Environment Overhaul: Experience Foundation in new ways with enhanced maps, updated map edges, refined lighting, and immersive environmental changes that add more depth to your city-building experience.
- Revamped Art and Assets: Discover updated visuals, including an elaborate new Manor House and the brand new Castle Monument, bringing more detail and realism to your cities.
- New and Improved Animations: Enhanced animations bring your villagers to life, adding even greater immersion.
- Extendable Buildings: Some workplaces, such as the Woodcutter Camp, Warehouse, and Stonemason, can now be extended with new parts.
- All Buildings Have Been Revamped
- Cosmetic Time of Day Switcher: Switch between night and day to see your village come to life during the darker hours.
- Photo Mode: Capture in-game moments with the new photo mode to keep for yourself or share with the community.
- And So Much More! This is just the tip of the iceberg. Countless other improvements and surprises await you in the full release!
Announcing a Price Increase from December 18, 2024
As Foundation approaches its full release, we are announcing a price increase from December 18, from 29.99 USD to 34.99 USD.
This price increase marks the end of Foundation's Early Access, reflecting years of development and investment into the game, an expanded team, and the need to adapt to inflation. We are committed to providing high-quality updates and support after the release and are excited about the future.
If you've considered joining us, now is the perfect time to jump into Foundation before the price change!
Foundation's Demo Out Now!
We are very excited to present you with a glimpse of the Full Release version of Foundation via a Demo! This demo allows you to play endlessly with a selection of first-tier content, providing an exclusive preview of certain features, including Housing, Trade, Fortifications, Patrols, Environment overhaul, a vastly improved UI, and many more improvements.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3256650?utm_source=steam&utm_campaign=demo&utm_medium=announcement
This demo will give players a taste of what's to come in the Full Release.
Note that it does not reflect what's in the Early Access version of the game.
Enjoying the demo? Don't hesitate to wishlist the game to get notified once it releases!
We’d like to end this announcement with a special thanks to our fantastic Foundation community that has supported us over the years. Your contributions have been instrumental in shaping Foundation into what it is today, and we couldn’t be more excited to finally share this next chapter with you!
Thank you once again for your amazing support. We're so excited to share this new chapter with you. Stay tuned, and we'll see you in Foundation on January 31, 2025!
The Polymorph Games team