{"id":453,"date":"2020-01-31T18:13:58","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T23:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/?p=453"},"modified":"2021-11-02T12:03:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T16:03:46","slug":"early-access-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/2020\/01\/31\/early-access-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating one year of Early Access!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To our dearest Foundation fans!<\/p>\n<p>February 1st is a very important day for us:<\/p>\n<p>It is the 1 year Anniversary of Foundation hitting Early Access on Steam and GOG!<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate this important moment with you, we are releasing an Anniversary Update containing a special surprise!<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Surprise-Unlock_b-1024x585.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Surprise-Unlock_b-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Surprise-Unlock_b-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Surprise-Unlock_b-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Surprise-Unlock_b.jpg 1826w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>After updating the game you can find the surprise under the Decoration building menu.<\/p>\n<p>The update also contains some fixes and improvements to the recent Winter Content Update and you can see the changelog below.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not all! We are also giving away multiple game keys on Social Media. Like and comment on our Anniversary post on&nbsp;<a class=\"eventbbcodeparser_Link_29bMZ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/foundationgame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-tooltip-text=\"facebook.com\">Facebook<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;or Retweet us on&nbsp;<a class=\"eventbbcodeparser_Link_29bMZ\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foundationgame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-tooltip-text=\"twitter.com\">Twitter<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;for a chance to win a Steam key!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, you can get 20% off the game in our special Anniversary Sale starting today on both <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gog.com\/game\/foundation\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOG<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/690830\/Foundation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steam<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SocialMedia_1YearEarlyAccessAnniversary_B_Surprise-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SocialMedia_1YearEarlyAccessAnniversary_B_Surprise-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SocialMedia_1YearEarlyAccessAnniversary_B_Surprise-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SocialMedia_1YearEarlyAccessAnniversary_B_Surprise-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SocialMedia_1YearEarlyAccessAnniversary_B_Surprise.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>If you would like to play and help shape the final stretch of development then it\u2019s a perfect time to jump in.<\/p>\n<h5>A Year in Review<\/h5>\n<p>Both the team and the game have come a long way in the past year. The team has risen in number, recruiting some fantastic talent that is showing through in the gameplay, assets, and technical expertise.<\/p>\n<p>The Hurricane engine is constantly evolving and improving with new in-house tools and optimizations to allow everyone to get the best playing experience. Gameplay and in-game assets have also been worked on heavily, with new and updated monuments, game mechanics and systems being introduced such as the recently expanded military missions.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Soldiers_Then-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"456\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/?attachment_id=456\" class=\"wp-image-456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Soldiers_Then-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Soldiers_Then-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Soldiers_Then-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Soldiers_Then.jpg 1468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Soldiers_Now-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"457\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/?attachment_id=457\" class=\"wp-image-457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Soldiers_Now-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Soldiers_Now-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Soldiers_Now-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Soldiers_Now.jpg 1468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Weather_Then-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"458\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/?attachment_id=458\" class=\"wp-image-458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Weather_Then-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Weather_Then-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Weather_Then-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Weather_Then.jpg 1468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Weather_Now-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"459\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/?attachment_id=459\" class=\"wp-image-459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Weather_Now-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Weather_Now-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Weather_Now-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Weather_Now.jpg 1468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Monument_Then-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"460\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/?attachment_id=460\" class=\"wp-image-460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Monument_Then-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Monument_Then-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Monument_Then-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Monument_Then.jpg 1468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Monument_Now-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"461\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/?attachment_id=461\" class=\"wp-image-461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Monument_Now-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Monument_Now-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Monument_Now-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Monument_Now.jpg 1468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>We are extremely impressed by the display of love we are receiving from the community and this is fueling us to continue the work on further development on the road to the Full release.<\/p>\n<h5>Updated Roadmap<\/h5>\n<p>Hitting the 1-year Anniversary is also a great time to look at the future and what is in store for the further development of Foundation. You can take a look at our updated roadmap on <a class=\"eventbbcodeparser_Link_29bMZ\" href=\"https:\/\/trello.com\/b\/i5AX944p\/foundation-roadmap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-tooltip-text=\"trello.com\">Trello<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Road to Full Launch<\/h5>\n<p>Just as Foundation is organic, so too is Foundation\u2019s development. As the game evolves, we are continually brainstorming and developing exciting new ideas that we are bringing to the game.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, we want Foundation to be as we envision it, and with this in mind, we have decided to extend the Early Access development so that we can complete the roadmap and vision for Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>We would like to thank everyone that has backed the Pre-Alpha and subsequent Early Access Alpha and for those who just bought the game, welcome!<\/p>\n<h5>Anniversary Update Changelog<p><\/p>\n<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"eventbbcodeparser_UnorderList_3995Y\">\n<li>Add: desirability tooltip display<\/li>\n<li>Add: Expose additional content to modders<\/li>\n<li>Fix: Crashes in various rare instances<\/li>\n<li>Fix: UI scale bugs<\/li>\n<li>Fix: Comonners now stay in level 1 house but get a satisfaction modifier<\/li>\n<li>Update: remove distance from village center in villager view<\/li>\n<li>Update: Housing Desirability Adjustments<\/li>\n<li>Update: Desirability Added to Roman + Legacy church<\/li>\n<li>Update: Desirability Tweaks on trees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; The Polymorph Games Team<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Cows_3-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"462\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/?attachment_id=462\" class=\"wp-image-462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Cows_3-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Cows_3-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Cows_3-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Cows_3.jpg 1468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Sheep_Sheperd-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"463\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/?attachment_id=463\" class=\"wp-image-463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Sheep_Sheperd-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Sheep_Sheperd-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Sheep_Sheperd-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Sheep_Sheperd.jpg 1468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Cheesemaker_2-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"464\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/?attachment_id=464\" class=\"wp-image-464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Cheesemaker_2-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Cheesemaker_2-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Cheesemaker_2-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Cheesemaker_2.jpg 1468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Monks-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"465\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/?attachment_id=465\" class=\"wp-image-465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Monks-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Monks-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Monks-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Monks.jpg 1468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Cooperage-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"466\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/?attachment_id=466\" class=\"wp-image-466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Cooperage-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Cooperage-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Cooperage-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Cooperage.jpg 1468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To our dearest Foundation fans! February 1st is a very important day for us: It is the 1 year Anniversary of Foundation hitting Early Access on Steam and GOG! To celebrate this important moment with you, we are releasing an Anniversary Update containing a special surprise! After updating the game you can find the surprise <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/2020\/01\/31\/early-access-anniversary\/\">&hellip;&nbsp;<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,24],"tags":[28,26,36,27,37,35],"class_list":["post-453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dev-news","category-update-news","tag-citybuilder","tag-foundation","tag-giveaway","tag-medieval","tag-sale","tag-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":968,"href":"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453\/revisions\/968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polymorph.games\/foundation\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}