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FOUNDRY Free Demo Out Now!

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We are happy to announce that FOUNDRY DEMO is now available! Play the game for Free with your friends during the Steam Next Fest and build the factory of your dreams!

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DevBlog #38 | Foundry Fridays: What's next?

Hello everyone!

Welcome back to another episode of FOUNDRY Fridays! Today we are talking about the big news shared on Monday about Paradox Interactive being our publishing partner. For everyone who is new: FOUNDRY Fridays is our bi-weekly Dev Blog in which we talk about all sorts of things surrounding our game.

[h2]Why we choose to work with a publisher[/h2]
Let’s go a little back in time, FOUNDRY started as a one-person project five years ago. During development, the team grew slowly but steadily as the game became more and more ambitious. Every time we added someone to our team the benefits were obvious.
After more than a year on itch.io we felt that FOUNDRY has great potential. But realizing the potential was not possible with our limited resources, and at a certain point, it was not financially viable to further scale up our team. This was the point where we decided to look into publishing deals and how they could work for us as a studio.

Not only can a publishing partnership make sense by allowing the developer to put more resources into the game, but having a good publishing partner can be incredibly valuable for bringing the game to a larger audience. Something that every game benefits from. A publisher can also bring a lot of expertise in areas the developers are lacking, and together they can achieve the best possible outcomes.

For us, it was always clear that we wanted to work with a partner where we felt confident would share our creative vision and trust our ability to deliver the game that we wanted for our players. This brings us to our next paragraph on why we chose to work with Paradox Interactive.

[h2]Why Paradox Interactive?[/h2]
When we first started thinking about potential publishing partners we asked who our creator Patrik’s dream partner would be, and the first name that came to mind was Paradox. Patrik spent thousands of hours in their games. They focus on games that have depth, complexity, replayability and lots of different ways on how you can achieve your goals. That is a perfect match for our game.
And to our delight, from the first interaction Paradox was enthusiastic about FOUNDRY and made it clear to us that they want to be part of this project and that they believe in it.
We quickly understood that Paradox and ourselves shared the same philosophy and would trust our creative vision for FOUNDRY.
We believe that Paradox is and will be a great match for FOUNDRY. Over the past year our interaction with them has been extremely positive and we’re feeling even more confident now that we have made the correct decision.

[h2]Addressing questions and concerns[/h2]
After our big reveal, many of you have raised questions and also concerns, and we would like to address the most common.

Will this partnership have an impact in the way you will be interacting with the community?
We enjoy the way our team works and we will keep on the same way. We will keep being active in the Discord and forums and read and answer your feedback. This game wouldn’t have been possible without the community and you will continue to be a central point in our development process. Now with the large influx of people, we might not be able to answer every message, but we will be as active in the community as we have been before.

Will this partnership have an impact on what FOUNDRY is and what will be included in FOUNDRY 1.0?
Our vision and ambition hasn’t changed with this partnership. When we launch on Steam, we are starting with Early Access which gives us the time we need to bring our vision for the game to reality. We have a certain amount of content in our minds about what we believe should be in FOUNDRY 1.0, and this plan has not changed. This partnership only allows us to think bigger, and further. Whatever is going to happen in the future, it will be our decision and based on if we feel it’s the right step for the game.

Thank you for taking the time to read our blog and we hope to see you back in two weeks for the next episode!

The FOUNDRY-Team

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Play Foundry during the Steam Next Fest | New Publisher Announcement

Hello everyone!

As we said before, we have some exciting news to share! Today, Paradox Interactive and Channel 3 Entertainment (check F.A.Q. for details) are announcing a publishing partnership for Foundry!

Watch the new trailer on our YouTube channel:
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[h2]Play the Demo! [/h2]
We invite everyone to play Foundry Demo during the Steam Next Fest, which starts in a week! Invite your friends and build a factory of your dreams. The demo will be available for free during Steam Next Fest, from October 9 to October 16. ;)

[h2]What’s next? [/h2]

We’ll have a lot of fun! Make sure to check out the next Foundry Friday blog post as we will talk more about our future plans and address some popular questions.

[h2]F.A.Q. [/h2]

What is Foundry?
FOUNDRY is a first-person factory building simulation set in an endless procedurally generated voxel world. Mine resources, craft machinery and automate your research to progress through the game. Face logistic challenges by planning and building a conveyor belt and pipe network. Manage a complex power system and expand your constantly growing production lines! You can Wishlist the game here.

About Channel 3 Entertainment
Channel 3 Entertainment is a new studio built by Patrik Meder, the original creator of Foundry (MEDER Dynamics) and industry veterans Mark Laprairie and Johann Seidenz from Klei Entertainment. Their previous experiences include critically and publicly acclaimed Oxygen Not Included and Don’t Starve Together. They are currently working on the development of Foundry.

Does the game have online or co-op gameplay?
It does! The multiplayer mode is mostly designed towards 2-4 players on the same server, but you can always go extra as there is no hard limit. Moreover, we strongly recommend playing the game together with friends, especially during the demo! Whatever they do — help you out or create pure chaos — it’s definitely more fun!

What languages does the game support?
During the Demo the game will only support English, but we are planning to add more languages for Early access.

Does Foundry support modding?
We designed the game in a way that content modding is well supported. Content modding means you can create new content for our existing game mechanics like crafting recipes, items or machines. However at the start of Early Access we will only provide limited modding support and it will gradually get expanded by upcoming updates. On top of that we are exploring more advanced modding options like adding custom scripts and completely new features.

How can I report a bug?
In case you face any bugs while playing the game, please start a discussion on our Forum or start the conversation on Discord in a dedicated channel.

I have a question I want to ask a Developer, where can I do that?
We are Discord server and Official Forum. Make sure to follow both of them not to miss a thing!

How often will Development Diaries get released, and where can I read them?
We are planning to release Dev Diaries on bi-weekly basis. You can always read them on our Steam page or Forum!

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What is the official game website, where can I read more about the game? Here!

When will Foundry be fully available?
We cannot share the details yet, but we will definitely keep you updated — stay tuned and sign up for our newsletter!

What if I bought the game on itch before?
Players who bought the game on itch.io will get a Steam key when the “Early Access” version of the game is released. We will tell you more details later as we will get closer to the next stage.

[h2]Demo[/h2]

How long will the Demo be available?
The demo will be available during the Steam Next Fest which takes place from 9th to 16th of October.

Will the Demo be available after the Steam Next Fest?
At the moment we are not planning to keep it open after the Festival is over. We will let you know in case of any changes!

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Paradox show off Foundry, a factory game of infinite size

Paradox have announced that they're publishing Channel 3 Entertainment's Foundry, a first-person factory management sim set in an... "infinite" world. Factories with no maximum size limit? Oh dear. I had a hard enough time shucking off my addiction to Dyson Sphere Program, in which you can build a factory that encloses the sun. I dread to think how much time I could waste away playing this.

Something is coming...

Hello everyone!

We have some news to share. Check out our YouTube channel and Steam page tomorrow to learn more!