Sharing your Prison

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This is the place to share your prisons with others. And we'd love to see what you've built in the game!

Note that shared prisons might have been created in older versions and won't use all the features available in the current version of the game.

Some prisons will also have been created using several mods enabled. You will get a warning displayed if your bouquet of mods differs.

Steam Workshop

The easiest way to share your prisons or to obtain the prisons of others is the Steam Workshop. You can do so from within the game (Main Menu > Extra > Share Your Prison) or directly in Steam using the "Subscribe" button.

Once uploaded, everybody with Steam access can download it in the game's menu, after subscribing it in Steam.

Manual sharing

Savegame location

All Prisons are saved in a folder on your computer. You will have to get the prisons you want to share from there, and put the ones from others there, too. To access this folder, bring up the main menu (ESC) and click "Open Save Folder". You'll find your saved prisons in a 'saves' subfolder.

The typical location of your saves will be:

On any Windows installation:

%localappdata%\Introversion\Prison Architect\saves\

On Windows 7 or Vista:

c:\users\your-username\appdata\local\introversion\prison architect\saves\

On Windows XP:

c:\documents and settings\your-username\local settings\application data\introversion\prison architect\saves\

And you can blame Microsoft for that.

On Mac OS X:

/Users/your-username/Library/Application Support/Prison Architect/saves/

**Note that the Library folder is hidden by default on Lion and above. Use the Go->Go To Folder command**

On Linux:

$HOME/.Prison Architect/saves/

Prison Exchange

Prison Exchange is a website that enables prison architect players to share their prisons, mods and applications for Prison Architect. Created by lukegb. Discuss Prison Exchange here.

Savegame list

The following list contains user savegames from the early Alpha-Phase. They won't use all the features available in the current version of the game. For seeking current savegame files we recommend using one method of the above.

To download these files, right-click the "Download" links and choose your browser's flavour of 'Save As'.

Author	Name	Date	Link	Screenshot	Size	Prisoners	Version	Description
Chris Delay	Alpha Test	25th Sept 2012	Download		Small	24	Alpha-1	Test upload of a small working prison
Meethique	Sandbox	Unknown	Download		Medium	0	Alpha-1	Sandbox Savegame: Modified savegame or those who don't want to worry about cash or research. You will start with 250k and all research unlocked
Chad	Room-Bug	27th Sept 2012	Download		Small	32	Alpha-1	Buggy savegame where kitchen and canteen are messed up after loading. (bug report at the forum)
Askiba	Challenge	29th Sept 2012	Download		Large	36	Alpha-1	I built a prison that's quickly spiraled out of control. If you can fix this, you're a pro.
Silentfood	Newrich	29th Sept 2012	Download		Large	0	Alpha-1	Completely blank with $2,995,000 starting money. This is for those who have issues with money funding, or to show creativity in building a prison of liking.
A__Gun	Weirdways (Empty)	30th Sept 2012	Download		Small	0	Alpha-1	A small complete prison, with capacity for 92 prisoners. Empty.
A__Gun	Weirdways (Full)	30th Sept 2012	Download		Small	24	Alpha-1	A small complete prison, with capacity for 92 prisoners. With prisoners and a few tweaks.
grimvirus	Grimm3	30th Sept 2012	Download		Small	46	Alpha-1	Next delivery of prisoners was 60, but when loading, its reduced to 8 again. Bugs: 6 Prisoners stuck on the road, Prisoners stuck in walls, Characters that are injured, but never get moved to the ward, Lots of Sprite problems (cleaners wont help). Very little cash. All Grants completed. But it works and its my first prison that actually works.
A__Gun	Tribute to IV	1st Oct 2012	Download		Small	0	Alpha-1	A tribute to everyones favourite indie developers ;)
SekiSelu	Summer Camp 2	1st Oct 2012	Download		Medium	233	Alpha-1	My second attempt at a No-Money-Hack (Workshop or otherwise) prison. Superceded by Camp 3
SekiSelu	Summer Camp 3	4th Oct 2012	Download		Small	405	Alpha-1	My third attempt at a No-Money-Hack (Workshop, grant mod, or otherwise) prison. IMPORTANT: Each time you load, set the schedules at 8, 11, and 2 to "Nothing". Note that a large number of prisoners are armed (5 guns!), so try to keep everything running smoothly. Or don't.
grimvirus	Grimm_021012	2nd Oct 2012	Download		Small	109	Alpha-1	Loads of status-stuck prisoners (all need to pee) but running stable on a small map. No hacks used, only the Grants MOD. Typical NONE-Room bug.
Ronanc	The Cube	3rd Oct 2012	Download		Small	56	Alpha-1	Currently housing 56 fairly well behaved inmates. Have edited the save file so no more prisoners will be arriving.
Ayrix	Glitch Heaven	5th Oct 2012	Download		Large	8	Alpha-1	Pathing problems causing prisoner non delivery (fixes on reload, but you should see one or two respawn in the truck after being dragged to their cells (the fact they've been sitting there nearly a whole day (w/ me having guards) is telling enough.
Mhoram	Medium 480	2012-10-07	Download		Medium	240/480	Alpha-1	Tried to get as many prison-cells as possible into the compound. Edited Savegames to revive zombie prisoners and add about 1.5 Mill money. Don't know yet, if the yard is large enough to hold the necessary number of pool tables to keep 480 inmates happy. Left some space open in the case that the kitchen needs to be expanded. Otherwise prisoners are happy.
Frasercarter	Telegraph Style	11th Oct 2012	Download		Large	20/160	Alpha-1	Working, Advised to change PrisonerIntake to false, after 20 Prisoners, as Layout heavily relies on Room Link Designation (Hopefully brought out in next update).
Nosweat	Shared	22th Oct 2012	Download Download .zip		Medium	71/71	Alpha-2	A medium prison with capacity of 71. A very well layed out and stable design, with plenty of space to grow and foundations for new areas. Great prison for anyone interested in prisoner interaction or growing from a pre-existing prison.
Das Wuff	Blank Slate	30th Oct 2012	Download		Small	0	Alpha-2	999,999.00 Cash, Constant Intake turned off. A small, empty plot of land for you to build upon. Edges of the map are replaced with road tiles, and separated even further from the edge of the map with concrete tiles. You can still build over the tiles, but it isn't recommended due to the occasional rubble or door getting trapped at the edge of the map. The main road has been shrunk down to one lane, since the right lane isn't utilized, leaving plenty of room to the right of the map for offices and utilities.
dillanl	Fifth Holy Prison template	30th Oct 2012	Download		Small	0/182	Alpha-2	Small map, no continuous intake, complete staff (will have to hire more cooks as prisoners come in), all research (except ReducePenelty5). Can hold 182 prisoners, all in individual cells (including 10 solitary cells and 2 holding cells). I was trying to make a nice looking prison instead of the same old boring square layout. You just have to designate the cells and wait for your prisoners to arrive. Enjoy!