base-building
Constructing your foundation
Base-building describes games or game modes focused on constructing and expanding a home location—gathering resources, placing structures, and defending against threats.
The term applies to strategy games, survival games, and sandbox titles where establishing and upgrading a headquarters is central: I love the base-building in this game.
The compound also appears in political organizing, where it means developing grassroots support: The campaign focused on base-building in rural counties.
Planned approach to goals
- constructionProcess of building something
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- RTSPauseless tactical gaming genre
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
crafting · fortification · expansion · upgrading · management · simulation · defenses · walls
Underlying support structure
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- establishmentFounded organization or venue
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
scaffolding · fundamentals · capacity · institutional · startup · development · scaling · growth
Temporary military or refugee settlement
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- garrisonStationed military force
- outpostRemote military station
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
perimeter · installation · compound · bunker · logistics · deployment · headquarters · stronghold
Underlying support structure
- strengthPower to exert force
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- coreCentral essential portion
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
progressive · resistance · beginner · fundamentals · stamina · aerobic · muscle · training
strategy
Planned approach to goals
- constructionProcess of building something
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- RTSPauseless tactical gaming genre
survival · crafting · fortification · expansion · upgrading · management · simulation · defenses · walls · turrets
foundation
Underlying support structure
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- establishmentFounded organization or venue
groundwork · scaffolding · fundamentals · capacity · institutional · startup · development · scaling · growth · systems
encampment
Temporary military or refugee settlement
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- garrisonStationed military force
- outpostRemote military station
barracks · perimeter · installation · compound · bunker · logistics · deployment · headquarters · stronghold · defensive
foundation
Underlying support structure
conditioning · progressive · resistance · beginner · fundamentals · stamina · aerobic · muscle · training · workout
worldbuilding
Constructing imaginary universes for fiction
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
- backstoryCharacter's past narrative
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
exposition · setting · canon · universe · continuity · fandom · franchise · prequel · origin · foundation
base-buildingcombat
Armed hostile engagement
exploration · raiding · destruction · sieging · run-and-gun
base-buildingroaming
Moving without fixed purpose
wandering · hit-and-run tactics · aggression · offense · guerrilla warfare
base-buildingrushing
Rapid forward movement
aggression · zerg rush · all-in · blitzkrieg · harassment
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