Hi everyone and welcome to a new sneak peek of our upcoming update.
With Foundation 1.9, we reworked how players progress through the game. There will now be a common progression path, which is divided into different tiers just like Estates. Each tier—and its accompanying core buildings—will be unlocked once specific score thresholds are met (Prosperity).
Alongside our new common progression path, players will also be able to dedicate themselves to one or more of the three available Estates (Kingdom, Labor or Clergy). Essentially, what this means is that players will get to experience Foundation in a very different and meaningful way. This is also part of our plan to further encourage replayability.
Say for example that a player dedicates himself or herself to the Labor Estate. In this case, the gameplay will revolve around a careful balancing act between happiness and taxation. As progression is made, new taxation options will become available, thus rewarding players with features that feel right to them.
One thing to keep in mind is that dedication to one Estate makes it harder (but not impossible) to make progress with another’s.
We hope you will enjoy the added depth to progression systems coming up in 1.9. Player agency is something we believe helps create better, more immersive games. This is one of the few steps we are taking to achieve that goal with Foundation. Next time, we will cover a new kind of unlockable that is sure to spice things up!