Foundation, Medieval Settlement Simulator

[@iunojones683]

It's a rare day when someone remembers Banished. What a good game that got abandoned. Comparing this to that game makes me eager to check this out.

[@malcolmcooke7131]

Not sure if it was necessarily abandoned, its just been a long time since it came out. The dev is still working on a sequel-esque thing too and there's loads of mods that make it still worth playing today!

[@DurkDiggler]

AMPHIBUOUS AMBIGIAN

[@Myriad1001]

Ah, gotta love taxonomy

[@blarpnarp]

AMPHIGUOUS AMBIGUAN

[@cymonin5549]

AMPHIBOUN AMBIGIAS

[@sheepusbeepus1521]

Digg Dirkler

[@ianallen738]

Matt Damon!

[@jamespruitt4756]

it's so weird to watch this game...and not see it being broken

[@shiznitts]

Yes...no awkward glances from Grace to haunt our dreams. I'm a bit taken aback to be sure.

[@Feonir44]

I'll reset the "Days since Amphib made me get another game." sign to 0 again.

[@TruthinessHurts]

You know what old game the no grid building reminds of?... Black and White. The houses even look a lot like the Norse houses, too... God I miss that game...

[@geminiguy1234]

shh we shouldn't talk about games from a lost age

[@reeahsalamander]

I've got a friend who says the same thing every time I share screenshots from colony builders.. Neither of us have had any luck getting our hands on a working copy but I'm desperate to know more about this mysterious game that's managed to live rent-free in their mind for this many years.

[@PwnZombie]

Dungeon Keeper died for B and W, for which I will never forgive it.

[@emstink]

@@reeahsalamander (emulation)

[@fraziercrawford]

Black and White and Populus make me miss DOS gui's SO badly. The way interfaces looked like ornate artworks that were part of the game was so soothing

[@jayfight1]

Hey I love Foundation! It's a great experiment of AI and city planning that I love. I especially like the way they implemented the "desire paths" as a way of showing how a town naturally develops. I hope you play more with it, especially as the devs continue to update it!

[@McWillis]

I loved this game from the first time I played it about two years ago. They changed so much and added a lot. They game always reminded me of Banished. Quiet peaceful and fun to just sit and watch. I'm gonna pick up Foundation again. Amazing nich game.

[@anarchopupgirl]

A thing with maximising tax income: higher-tier villagers produce more taxes, have a larger cap per house, and consume both more goods and a greater variety thereof. If you can unlock the market stalls tax through a quest, you'll be absolutely set for taxes. Until then, maybe build a little tax office or two? They don't have to be connected to, or near to the manor

[@JamiemB]

Probably one of my favourite games. I play this to unwind and it does a wonderful job

[@thinkeightsix]

Dawn of Man is a really underrated game that plays much like this. It does have a good military defense gameplay as well.

[@blackbeardbarkbark]

It looks like banished, but banished gives me ptsd because of the birthrates going up and down.

[@LordSevla]

Oh man I loved that game. Wish there was something else like that...

[@itnotmeitu3896]

@@LordSevla manor lords seems similar, but it won’t be out for a few more months

[@Velken_Iakov]

I love foundation, I've been playing it since the first early access release. I am glad a big content creator has noticed this amazing game

[@alexc8114]

So regarding the lack of urgency, that doesn't necessarily have to come from combat. There are loads of other challenges to medieval survival that could happen, like harsh winters, floods, crop blight etc, and other things like medieval festivals or noble visits you have to prepare for.

[@gothicanimegirl44]

Laid back, chill like banished. Me and you gave very different experiences of that game. I love it but it is brutal .

[@akemzuka336]

I absolutely love this game, glad to see you playing it.

[@KAPTKRUNCHitize]

I second that

[@baseballjustin5]

I loved watching AngoryTom play this. Excited to see what you do with it

[@baseballjustin5]

It's a very organic games

[@JustXesh]

i love falling asleep to your vids

[@Qedhup]

I haven't played this in so long. the UI is so much better looking now!

[@Tsum1923]

I learned the word and the pronunciation of granary from the old PC game Stronghold. As a consequence nowadays I can't hear the word wood without the in game "Wood needed" echoing from my past.

[@AileTheAlien]

'Granary' _is_ actually derived from 'grain', but in Latin. So pronouncing it 'grainery' isn't really wrong, IMO.

[@achaerna.6662]

"I don't wanna name games that didn't but..." Oh c'mon! Name the names! Shame that shame.

[@baseballjustin5]

2 helpings of desserts. But that's why you eat cake when you're stressed, because desserts backwards is stressed.

[@MyNameHere101]

Amphibian is perfect for listening to during naps. ❤️

[@13loodydove46]

Love this game! Spent many hours obsessing over zoning and pathing. Expanding to fit 8 tiles. I want to see more!

[@Albennnn]

So glad you are playing this game! Foundation is one of the better new city builders and definitely right up your alley.

[@redactedc1928]

Glad you like the game dude, you can make some pretty big cities. I like it a lot.

[@someperson2287]

Looks really cool. Thanks for sharing AA I'll have to check it out. Need more good chill games.

[@nico-ob6wj]

I used to run this game in the background while playing WoW, and I loved it. I'm not sure about the invasion, as I really liked that you could let the game run for hours, if all the right ressources flew in, nothing bad could happen if I just forgot the game haha

[@punkyroo]

Another photography term that is applicable is "bokeh"

[@ambiguousamphibianvods]

Ah yes that's the term I was looking for!!

[@HolyKhaaaaan]

Just a week ago I built a village that completed ALL the aspirations. All of them. Including the hard ones. That was painful and I really don't recommend it unless you really know what you're doing. But it was So great getting all eight of those achievements through nothing but strategy, game knowledge, and building a huge army of super soldiers to spam Heirloom Bounty and Beast Hunt (and other less profitable quests). Btw, Noble escort is really only useful for getting gems. Don't count on it for more than 5 coins.

[@Kingsly9802]

Picking up the extra land at the beginning was a slow leak in your finances. It cost 0 to unlock, but it's got a 5 coin a week upkeep.

[@k9man163]

"every 3 dimensional person makes me feel like a child"

[@pphead6141]

Banished was amazing but lacked a justice system. Small raids occasionally would have made the game much better.

[@mrmogensen]

Haven't played this for a couple of months, the new non hexagonal zones looks nice!

[@Spoonishpls]

Same day posting, 10/10

[@johnathanray4563]

May many hold respect for the great spaghetti monster

[@maxinestarkywillow]

This looks like Banished (I was just commenting this as I heard you say it!) - one of my favourite games. Enough for me to wanna give it a go.

[@thareeko]

Hey Man, Love the content. Iv Been binge watching for the last month mostly as i play Neo scavenger Or FTL, both games Iv discovered because of your channel. You and your awesome channel have also helped me discover a few others including CDDA, Cannable Crossing and Factorio. Rimworld and PZ are among others. Your content is helping gamers discover new titles. Thank you.

[@Peroxide-Mark]

got this on the wishlist rn

[@griggitz487]

Harumph, nay, Hark! a nyoooomcomer approacheth. Clicketh thine buttonology to zoom in on the nyoomcomer.

[@LineAlpine]

We are the ambiguous engineers!

[@ew3612]

3:00 It reminds me of the game Banished

[@Nightghaunt]

Ok so you have a couple of simple problems you need to fix. If you mouse over the happiness icon it shows you what the problem is. You need food. You have no food. people are starving. You can put 2 forager huts on each cluster of berries. You have 2 clusters in the areas you own. Put two huts and each one. Then also put up more markets. The market only holds so much food before the person has to go get more from the grainery. More tables means more food available at any given moment. Also fish and bread will work. Put up like 4-6 fishing shacks. But bread should be later. Its takes more and is slower to produce. With that many huts and shacks you should be ok for awhile. Commoners need goods. So you need to get the clothing being made. And then put out markets for these as well. This will keep the commoners happy. But you shouldn't promote anyone to commoner until you have things running real smoothly. You will also need to keep track of your church. It can only hold so many people before either it needs to be added on to or another one needs to be built. Also. Get at least 20 people in your military. This is enough to handle almost every mission. Except 1 or 2 at the beginning. Once they start getting a little experience they will be able to handle every mission. More than one at a time once they get better. Missions are handled off screen. They have said there will never be any on screen violence in this game. You want to run missions to get money, supplies and influence. So... In order of importance: 1st get food settled. 2nd makes sure your church has enough room. 3rd get the military going for income and supplies. 4th get goods selling. (until you give the commoners goods they will be unhappy but they won't leave over it. But once you get them goods they will if they don't have it.) Oh, and one more thing. Spread out you markets and tax collectors. Shorter work distances speeds them up. This goes for churches as well. Right now make 2 market centers. Both types of foods and a goods in each. Plus a well, a church, and a tax collector. Consider these like little market centers. And put them on different sides of your town so each one serves a different area. Remember serfs need water, food, and church. Commoners need water, food, goods, and church. And they all pay taxes. Hope that helps! :-)

[@jeffrex22]

you need additional market stalls with diverse goods and deco to make more money and increase happiness

[@cetus835]

Thank you as always for your wonderful vids

[@G33KST4R]

42:45 - Oh no, who let the crypto bros buy an island 🤦‍♂️

[@semperfat]

Sing me to slumber with you smooth speech of stealing the spoils of settlers, a soft serenade to aid in the subtle sport of sleeping soundly. So Seldom seen is a specimen so shrouded In sorenity as I snoring and soaring seemingly dreaming assisted in some sizable way by sounds secreted somehow by the salamander soundly and profoundly seizing my mind stoping the steam engine of thought and consciousness suppressing self doubt and hatred supporting slumber or in some sort of sense sending suppressing symphony to interrupt psyche long enough to slip away into snoozing Thanks AA you are more than white noise

[@augustbrown1520]

this is beautiful ... well done 👏

[@InBreadDragon]

Play some Black & White for a really good city builder.

[@93badger94]

You should try Sapiens. Its better than grid based, its hexagonal

[@marcosechi8820]

Can we get a sequel to this? This game looks pretty good

[@alliposh8097]

I bought this game pretty early on in the early access. I think I have only played once since it's UI overhaul. looks like I am going to have to try it again!

[@sirvilhelm2360]

Pogtastic, another long stream for me to have.

[@siskamore11]

I am in my 30's and I shall no longer mess up my Dsssert on top of my desert thanks to that trick ..

[@rileyedges7312]

Not sure if you’re familiar with it but the 2005 Russian Game Pathologic might be worth a play-through. I think you’d enjoy it even if you didn’t make any videos on it (which I’d love to see) it checks everything off the box. It also us a newer sequel/remake as well. 1. Deep mechanics 2. Interesting setting/story 3. An interactive world that changes with your decisions

[@chrisb8154]

'tis indeed GRAIN-ary m'lord

[@Ikenak_Blade]

Hey Amphibious! You need to check out a game called graveyard keeper it seems right up your alley

[@shinobi2324]

Should have known you played this 😎

[@gibbsu9482]

You sound like a college professor I once had

[@elliottbott7213]

somehow this vod cured my headache.

[@romkoshkaryov7450]

I love your videos!!!

[@bleedgoat]

AA this is one of my favourite games. thanks for your content.i hope someday you'll tell me some way that i can pay you back for the coiuntless hours of entertainment.

[@magicalpopsicalyt1]

Ever played the original Majesty or the sequel?

[@barney10240]

best asmr on youtube

[@jesscross1914]

can you try out Lords and Villeins?

[@blarpnarp]

11:15 INSANE youtuber wishes for DEATH on CUTE villagers

[@that_colin.michell]

He back and he smack

[@redsable6119]

Settlers and Settlers II by Blue Byte for an old game to compare it to.

[@MrSmd500mxz]

You mentioned Ticonderoga, knew the geography and knew the pencil references. Is the amphibian just a history buff or local?

[@pphead6141]

Does this game have a justice system and armies?

[@johnalogue9832]

Self-motivating games are definitely better, by their very nature, than "ping you with designated seratonins when you do a good." Probably harder to make. But very good.

[@thephantom4567]

You should try Banished.

[@daddiskrub]

Yes

[@LastBastion]

Why it's looks so similar with banished?

[@Elaina_B]

RETURN TO THE SWAMP FELLOW FLORIDIAN 🐊🐊🐊

[@hodgepodgegamer5069]

Hi love the vids

[@lisasteel6817]

Australians watching: *narrows eyes*

[@Hashupa]

I finally catch a video early 😍

[@Cole_1]

On the topic of accents about an hour in. Wisconsin has the best, supose I'm biased but aye.

[@REIDGERICKSON]

I love you so much!

[@NoPlaceForTheDead]

I like everything about these game aside from it's speed. It moves so slowly it is nearly unplayable. It needs a 10x speed boost option.

[@vx920]

Waiting on the plush

[@necrionos]

yeah there is only one way to fail in this game and that is promoting more people than you actually need.and yes for some reason the game is a bit unexiting. everything works fine, its nice to watch, but there is not enough to do i think. a while ago i played factory town. it has some similarities which are: cuteness, completely relaxed game play with absolutely no pressure and there is absolutely no way how you could possibly fail a game. but still factory town managed to hook me up for over 100 hours. mostly because of some sort of exponentially rising complexity that keeps you busy with planing ahead, rebuilding and improvising. there is always so much to do. not so in this game.

[@Jasonwolf1495]

I mean you joke about fort Ticonderoga, but the fort and the pencils are from the same town, so like its not that far off.

[@cooperkirby8944]

I think you should check out frost punk if u haven’t already. Probably one of my favourite survival building sims. Or one I haven’t played but seems pretty solid, until we die.

[@dominicaccardo8050]

AA totally on sum good indica rn frfr prove me wrong😌

[@bluerabbit7683]

If AA were a rimworld pawn he would be incapable of caring

[@LEGrease]

I wish I had more man dates 😢

[@buranopeach5245]

I'm in love with you

[@jaybazza248]

Graphics? Rome 1 had more detail on the war map lmao

[@goose1589]

Honk

[@hardbrocklife]

I unfortunately can't play games anymore without existential dread or conflict. If there is no risk of losing everything, I feel no drive to do anything. Combat is the simplest way to accomplish that.

[@Gabe413]

What a sad life

[@the_player_2]

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[@lurchgurk7824]

this game seems boring as hell...

[@beaubear6516]

Love all your vids ....can't get enough