Once launched, the game is available in both English and Polish 

Po uruchomieniu gra dostępna w angielskiej i polskiej wersji językowej

Welcome to medieval Grudziądz*!

Waterworks! is a card-based strategy game. You've been placed in charge of the water supply in the medieval town of Grudziądz. You'll have to use your management skills to make sure every house has enough water and at the same time gather supplies for development of new technologies!

Are you up for it?

  • Play various cards to supply buildings with water!
  • Position your units to maximize their efficiency! 
  • Manage your deck, decide what to keep and what to discard!
  • Collect resources and workers to develop new technologies!
  • Build a network of pipes and wells on town's map!
  • Put out fires and fulfill the ruler's requests!
  • Don't let your Influence drop or you'll fall from grace!

While you're at it

  • Witness the city's changes throughout the ages as the game progresses!
  • Learn how medieval water supply used to operate!
  • Relax while listening to the beautiful soundtrack by talented Chris Carlone !

Not enough?

  • Try to master the game on all 4 difficulty levels!
  • Come up with new strategies to beat the game in as few turns as possible!
  • Collect all 10 achievements!

How do I even pronounce that name?!

Interested in the research behind the game?

📄Read all about it here!

(If you're extra curious: there is also a link to the research publication paper at the bottom of that page!)

The city of Grudziądz was founded by the Teutonic Order in 1291 in the northern part of today's Poland on the Vistula River surrounded by wetlands. The high location on the Vistula embankment meant that the city was struggling with access to clean drinking water from the very beginning of its existence. With the growing number of inhabitants, the problem of water scarcity became an argument for the use of numerous, innovative (on a European scale) technical solutions in Grudziądz...


StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(1,339 total ratings)
Authorscriptwelder
GenreCard Game, Educational, Simulation, Strategy
Made withPhaser
TagsBoard Game, Economy, Historical, Medieval, No AI, Pixel Art
Average sessionA few hours
LanguagesEnglish, Polish
InputsMouse
AccessibilitySubtitles, Interactive tutorial
ContentNo generative AI was used

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Hi Phaser, I'd love to help you bring water works to Arabic gamers for free! If you're interested in an Arabic translation, please let me know your email or contact me at urbgamesplatform@gmail.com

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Waterworks? Yeah, I sure hope it does!

the games of east europe are the best

Interesting, but the bug with freezing card in air in Safari browser from time to time when placing it on town is annoying as I'm forced to refresh the page.

I love the sound design 

It was super fun!! :D

Amazing, I'm utterly obsessed with it!

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I'm not sure what's wrong, but I've just started playing on Easy, and no matter how many times I drag and drop the construction cards over the correct slots, they don't stick and just go back to the deck.
Edit: It works now! Good game! I really enjoyed it!

Przeszedłem w ~2h poziom łatwy! Ogółem MEGA FAJNA GRA i się bardzo wciągnąłem.

Smooth and relaxing capacity management.  Fun play.

Got 197 turns on impossible.
After 150-ish, the game turned into math game of damage control, i.e., how to minimize reputation loss (sorry residents on the corners), sells gift at discount to stay employed, and wish the +16 salary would eventually outrun the expenses.

P.S. I don't think the necklace in the negotiation with Mr. Bagniewski is used as "a gift", or the builder to "fix the weirs".

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Should've probably just downloaded the game after the 2nd hour

Greatly enjoying the game!

Ran into a bug where Buckets Wheel and Water Wheel are in my deck but, for the purposes of starting Water-Work, they don't register so I can't start Water-Work.

That's not a bug, just an unfortunate oversight by the dev - there are 2 Water Wheel cards and 2 Bucket Wheel cards - one blue and one red of each. They have the exact same names, but the waterworks construction only takes the blue ones, and the red ones have to be built like a construction to get the corresponding blue card.

This game is really good 

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wow, this was incredibly satisfying to play and the topic was very interesting to read about. Thanks for this.

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Completed the game in one sitting. It's that fun 😊 

fun game

Cheevos don't seem to work? Or do they only kick in above easy?

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I remember loving this game when it came out 5 or so years ago, and it's still one of the best games I've ever played (definitely the best city-management game). 

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this game is wayyy too addictive. my life is plumbing infrastructure now, and i couldn't be happier.

This game is really good but can you please add a full screen

just go in setting to activat it it takes 2 clicks (the clog on top left)

I'm not shit for this game

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this game kidnapped my attention for hours now I love water systems

Super gra. Bardzo proste zasady i świetnie zastosowane mechaniki. Dodadtkowo warstwa historyczna świetnie osadza grę w rzeczywistości. Życzę dalszych sukcesów i gier o podobnych walorach edukacyjnych

A really nice and fun game :D 

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Highscore XD :I think my people are thirsty... 


im not sure if 463 Turns Taken is a success

Highest round: 489

2.199 People... quite alot

nice

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LOVED this it really made me realize we take plumbing for granted!! so much effort and innovation went into providing water :') the necessity of life. so many people worked so hard for their community and people!! god i am getting emotional i didn't expect to enjoy this and be so moved by it!!

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Please,do more games. It's a absolutely amazing.

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This was really fun! My friend and I played together and at the end when we won we just went "Hurray!!!" Def a game I could see being given to kids in a history class!

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I'm pretty blind, so i don't see anything with this little font, other than that i don't have any complaints

the screen is glitching. 

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please make a fullscreen option button visible in the corner of the screen instead of just inside the menu

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The 'research-behind-the-game' link for me is broken, sadly!

Check this: https://wkulczykowski.pl/en/grudziadz-alo/

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I actually enjoyed it, man, raising a town is damn satisfying. 

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very fun :>

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Really cool game, I already sent to a bunch of friends!

minor suggestion, highlight that there is a project is active in construction. I forgot that I started a project and kept waiting for another one to appear for ages :-p

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This is totaly a thing more governments should be doing to spread knowledge about important cultural sites and events of their territory and heritage. I bloody love this game, it's genius!! I never thought I would say this, but thank you Poland x).

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119 normal. 135 Hard. Really cool game. I love deckbuilder games and while this one was a but more linear than most, it still managed to maintain engaging gameplay the whole time. I love the buildings for more cards thing. A little afraid I won't be able to play hard though since I usually turn my computer off at the end of the day :/

Edit: The game does appear to save completions when shutting down a computer so yay.

Great game, beat easy in 117 moves

Beating at turn 138 at normal turn. OMG, reaching the end point is very stressful. I am glad at hoarding the gifts at the end. Great game so far. 

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