FOUNDRY blueprint ghosts get built by helper drones

FOUNDRY's Foundry Fridays DevBlog #111 details the first iteration of the upcoming blueprint system. Placing a blueprint now creates a "blueprint ghost" instead of instantly spawning buildings. Personal mining drones were modified into personal "helper drones" (final name pending) that automatically build ghosts near you if you have the required item in your inventory. The change follows feedback from an earlier blueprint preview that was "almost unanimous" in wanting more than simple building copy-paste.

For now, all focus is on those personal drones, which also opens up character upgrade content for improving them. Ghosts can be cancelled with demolition mode, and a toggle will let players disable the drones. Construction industry buildings are planned to take over ghost building later, but that step needs game design work first because they currently consume only construction material.