A major update titled Minerals and Craftmanship has released for Early Access grid-less, sprawling medieval city building sim Foundation (@foundationgame) which is being developed Québec-based Polymorph Games (@polymorph_games).

New features

• New minerals sources that can be prospected and extracted

• New production chains related to minerals

• Buildings can now have multiple placeable parts

• Builder now has his workshop

• Builder's workshop can be extended with crafting extensions

• New unlockable builder's workshop parts

• New crafting feature: craft sculpture, stainedglass and jewels (not all available yet)

• Bailiff can have mandates assigned like prospecting minerals and influencing estates

• New notification panel

• Pathing can now go through buildings that have multiple entrances

• New customizable fountain

Improvements

• Parts that are built instantaneously activate its function, thus, no need for an entire monument to be built before it becomes usable

• Church capacity is now considering multiple cores

• Gold has been separated in two new resources: Gold Coins and Gold Bars

• Improved performance when editing a monument

• Transporters will now carry materials to construction sites

• New uniformized build flow between buildings and monuments