![]() ![]() Once you've laid the foundations, go to the Rooms section of the UI, click on Office, then draw the zone you want. You should also check the minimum size requirement of whatever room you want to build. Before designating the zone as an office, you'll first of all need to use the Foundations tool to mark out the area, including where you'd like the walls to be. The Warden needs an office before he'll turn up for work, and so it's time to build our first room. We won't go into the details of these more advanced areas in this basic guide, but when you're ready to dig deeper you should spend some time familiarising yourself with all of the different tabs under the Reports section of the UI, as well as the Bureaucracy options at the top left of the screen. Next, we need to hire a Warden, as doing so unlocks lots of building options as well as general prison policies. How to lay foundations, build your first rooms and hire the Warden This is easy money, and you need all the funds you can get in the early days. Take the first two Grants which task you with building the very basics of a prison, and setting up all of your basic administrative requirements. Here, you'll be able to take on specific tasks in exchange for some very welcome cash. ![]() Note the fencing that runs to the right of both road gates.īefore we start building our prison proper, it's important to mention the Grants system which can be accessed via the Reports section. ![]() A common method for securing the area involves extending the fencing into the road area - as we've done in our example - adding security gates to the top and bottom, and then running fencing along the other side of the gates. Standard fencing is cheap and tough for prisoners to bust through and so is perfect to start with. Security is, of course, vital for any prison, so lay down a nice big rectangular fencing area to completely seal your facility off from the outside world. You can move these designated zones if you want, but for simplicity's sake, leave them where they are for your first prison. These indicate where supplies will arrive and where rubbish will be collected from, and it makes sense to build your Kitchens and Canteens nearby. Ignoring issues like optimal pathways and bigger security issues, you're free to lay things out as you please, but you'll see two zones marked Deliveries and Garbage by the road. You can expand and reduce rooms easily enough if you want to deviate from your initial plans. A very quick sketch of our starter prison. You're not a slave to the initial plans you set out here by any means, but taking a bit of time to sketch things out will definitely help. You can also highlight and delete any sections of the sketch that you want to discard, too. Instead of diving straight in and laying foundations, it's recommended that new architects make use of the Planning tool, allowing you to lay down a wall, designate an object's position, or set a pathway. If you'd like, you can even turn new arrivals on or off using the Prisoners section of the Reports system (accessed by clicking the clipboard in the bottom right-hand corner, or by pressing Up on the D-pad on console), but for this guide we'll assume the first inmates are coming in 24 hours. How to make money, use the planning tool and secure your prisonīefore doing anything else, pause the clock - by hitting the button at the top-right hand corner of the screen on PC, or by holding down Triangle / Y and then left on the D-pad on console - to buy you the breathing space you need to prepare for your first prisoners. Having eyes on all sections of your prison at all times certainly takes a chunk of challenge out of the game, but it also makes life much easier while you're getting to grips with the basics. We've left all of the starting conditions at their default settings, except for Fog of War which normally comes into play when your first prisoners arrive, but has been disabled. This should give you all the confidence you need to dig deeper into the game, expand the scope of your prison, and explore all of the many features that await more advanced architects.Ī quick note before we begin, however. With that in mind, we've put together a simple guide that will help you get the most fundamental aspects of your first facility in place, so that you're ready to at least contain and care for your first batch of prisoners. When you first enter the sandbox, and find yourself staring at nothing more than a barren scratch of land while a timer ticks down towards your first arrivals, the whole experience can leave you feeling paralysed. While the game's opening mission does go some way towards introducing would-be wardens to the nitty-gritty details of establishing and maintaining their very own prison, quite a lot of critical detail is left out. Watch on YouTube Prison Architect: Island Bound Announcement Trailer ![]()
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