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Foundation

Polymorph Games

Released Jan 31, 2025 · Windows · Indie, Simulation, Strategy · Metacritic 84

Art style Stylized 3D

Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.

6 elements · 4 screen types covered · Steam page

Foundation - Early settlement HUD: resource bar and Build dock Foundation - Paint zoning tool: Woodcutting and Residential zones Foundation - Castle build menu: Castle Keep with ghost placement Foundation - Building detail card: Manor House Tax Office Foundation - Progression paths: Common Path, Labour, Kingdom, Clergy unlocks Foundation - Mission List book: Strategic Patrol and company deployment
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Early settlement HUD: resource bar and Build dock · HUD & Gameplay UI

UI at a glance: the patterns that recur across this game's screens are status row (5), top bar (3), panel grid (3), detail panel (3).

HUD & Gameplay UI

Foundation - Early settlement HUD: resource bar and Build dock

City & Base Management

Foundation - Paint zoning tool: Woodcutting and Residential zones Foundation - Castle build menu: Castle Keep with ghost placement Foundation - Building detail card: Manor House Tax Office

Focus / Tech Trees

Foundation - Progression paths: Common Path, Labour, Kingdom, Clergy unlocks

Encyclopedia / Codex

Foundation - Mission List book: Strategic Patrol and company deployment

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