Sharing your Prison
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.
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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. | |
| 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! |
