Sapiens FAQ 2019

[@MakkusuOtaku]

You should add David Attenborough. You can't control him, he just walks around occasionally narrating when somebody does something.

[@chiefcaptn1922]

..."and so it was, a chicken- alone in the world, was slain by the hand of villager#371..rip"

[@PurpleViking221]

left foot right foot left foot right foot

[@griffinhoulihan6272]

No but a feature that great would add 5$ to the cost, and some people don't want to spend that much

[@nn6404]

That would actually be a brilliant idea to have a narrarator in this world similar to Stanley Parable. They would just have to be well written though. The narrators of Civ are immensely important to that series. Hell, the dev could probably record himself since he does have a nice accent.

[@Ethan-ss8lb]

it'll be dlc

[@nicolacornolti7796]

The moment he will design clouds the timelapses will look so gorgeous

[@emovard3n]

0:55 What is Sapiens? 2:32 About Me. 3:30 When it will be released? 4:18 How much will it cost? 4:58 Can I be a Beta tester? 6:22 What are the system requirements? Will there be a Mac or Linux version? 8:37 Do you have a Patreon? Can I support development somehow? 9:28 Will there be multiplayer? 10:45 Will it support mods? 11:47 What engine does this game use? Does it use unity? 11:58 Why did you make your own engine? Are you crazy? 15:28 Will it support VR? 16:39 How big is the world? 17:03 How are you going to make use of being it so big? 18:44 How far do you plan ta take this? How advance are the Sapiens gonna be? 20:03 Outro.

[@rylanblaior6757]

Thank you

[@cigbhungus3359]

Nice

[@khanisrok6363]

The world needs more people like you

[@tobibatiste7859]

This man is a god

[@asgeiralbretsen]

Imagine creating a game while you're self funded from previous games! Absolute dream life! I'm so jealous, but also very happy for your success! I hope you manage to fulfill your full imagination with Sapiens, as that would be an absolutely incredible game!

[@benrex7775]

If you spend enough time and have a bit of luck you could do the same.

[@Ethan-ss8lb]

man. remember one simple rule: comparison will kill you, and be jealous, but don't compare yourself to him

[@fakshen1973]

I'm thinking about all of the hard work, sacrifice, and talent to be able to get to that level of competence and creativity to do just this.

[@RamkrishanYT]

@@Ethan-ss8lb It was said as a compliment upon his success

[@MyriadSkies]

I do hope that the tech tree will be a tree, and not a line =P. In these kinds of games, I like to develop a 'culture' if you will, that has a unique way of approaching things/making things, and I like to do this usually be going for certain technologies, and ignoring others. Unfortunately, a LOT of games don't allow for this, instead going for the streamlined, linear progression (Often super Euro-centric =P). So I'd love to see a non-linear tech-tree, so that people can develop their tribe/civilisation in a whole manner of ways, be it nomadic, Inca like (Only stone tools, no wheels, but still impressive architecture), or just, indeed, European-like (Or any other culture-like =P)

[@brackenscorner2292]

Kamica Anera that would be cool!

[@kebha6308]

Yes. I really want this to basically be Civilization, but with building, survival, and physics. I love the big world, and I want to eventually 'grow into' it as we develop down the tech tree and get more advanced and unlock airplanes and rockets. I love how the early game of Civ handles the tech tree by allowing you to focus on religion, war, science, culture, farming, etc. I really want this to be present in this game too.

[@cmr2153]

or generally flexible. i mean rome, the greeks, Han-china, The maurian empire, The HRE, Wessex in the 600s where all in the Iron Age. The tech tree then should make it possible to turn from foragers to basic middleamerican corn farmers with obsidian spears to bronze age middle eastern style people with chariots to vikings with chinese style buildings fighting in a hellenic phalanx whlist wearing north american tribal headdresses. that would give soo much opportunity for customisability and roleplay on huge multiplayer servers. essentially have tech for all sorts of aspects. need better housing? invent multilevel buildings. some neighbouring tribe bothers you with their peasants raiding your fields? invent a tight semi trained levy formation and shields to stomp them with cohesion you're playing like japanese? with katanas shields are unheard of and formations are somewhat loose? better change up before some guys in a shieldwall come along. maybe invent a sarissa. or a pilum whatever you want right? I don't get hyped for games but this one has a ton of potential.

[@MyriadSkies]

Well, we don't want it to be too much work for Dave =P. But having different approaches available would be neat. It's kind of already in the game actually! What material is near you, that's what you can build stuff out of. I LOVE the fact that what branches you use, reflects what your buildings look like (If you live in a beech forest, you'll have white-stick everything, whereas an oak forest will give you brown, which is a subtle, but really neat thing already). And I noticed in this video that there's grass/straw and mud building materials. These systems, plus regional variety (biomes I guess? And different resources in different regions), plus a broad, non-linear tech-tree would allow people to come up with all sorts of interesting "builds" or "cultures", that indeed would add a lot to roleplaying, and making it uniquely your civilisation =). The only other game I can remember where this is truly possible, is the 4X game called "Star Ruler". It's a space game, and in this game, though the normal course of action is to conquer/colonise planets and build on them. I managed, through specific research and the building and designing of certain ships, to create a purely nomadic empire, which didn't need any planets at all to survive =D. I love that kind of stuff!

[@cmr2153]

@@MyriadSkies of course not too much. 😅 I mean our could make it so you could design all your own equipment. Just add some slides maybe for weapon length or shield size and form or warrior training and cohesion. It might very well be a few slides that are required. To do all that

[@trailsammarco8805]

I really like your slow and steady process and have high hopes for this project.

[@sirgrem2988]

These kinds of channels with his devlogs makes me motivated to make textures and continue my text-based imaged RPG game.

[@officialibjinx7348]

You should work on a farming aspect to the game. Like small tools like shovels, axes, and hoes. Maybe adding a way to create farm plots and plant seeds. Have randomly generated plants. Some rarer than others and make it more of a search for certain resources. I’d also work on some fences and feeding troughs and a way to “catch” chickens. Maybe some sort of net or bola. Adding other animals aswell as pigs and make a way to make fertilizer out of its droppings. I think maybe adding some apples to trees to would be really interesting and have it run on a grow cycle so they start from a flower and become an Apple and fall to the ground to be collected. This game looks really cool and I hope you keep working on it! I’ll definitely buy it!

[@koalrobertson183]

Just watching those people building that house is getting me really excited. Can't wait to see this game evolve even further

[@thomkok12]

Wow I had this idea for this game for 9 years. I am happy someone is going to make a game like this. It is scary that this game is so simular to my idea, but I am not good enough to start making my own game like this. I love the progress. Keep it up!

[@seanw5016]

Wow! The terrain is looking much nicer in this video from the pine hills in the background, to the reflective lake and up close with the rolling birch hills with dirt and bushes and saplings. I hope you keep working on the environment because for me at least with a game like this environment is everything. I would love to see and I’m sure many others would love to see seasons, snow, rain, thunderstorms, varying wind speeds, steep mountains, canyons, more varied foliage, birds in the sky, dynamic clouds, dense forests, red woods, islands, a whole plethora of creatures, caves, , streams, rocks, dense under brush, leave particle effects, droughts, glacial rivers, cliffs, Deserts etc yikes, sorry about that.... Your doing great btw!

[@joesphistalin2800]

It's 2021 and I'm watching this, and I can confirm the game is amazing.

[@joesphistalin2800]

@@AaronRMG I know right, now this is an unpopular opinion, but I think the colour dlc makes the game really nice, but the gameplay dlc is pretty good as well.

[@kyles.7750]

17:44 Your past game (blockhead) really reflects your goal here. It is indeed amazing to explore even though it will take a long time to reach your destination. The first time I fully explored a world in blockhead gave me a very satisfying and grateful feeling. You know, when you leave the comforts of your base just to circumnavigate the world then after a long journey you see your house in the distance and then you've reached home. Can't wait to explore this world too. As always, keep it up sir!

[@AdriansNetlis]

Linux may be very small market, but it's also a market that loves indie games. Thought it is worth to note that.

[@arthemis1039]

Just adding a note here that you can simply support Ubuntu/SteamOS, there is no reason it won't work on the other platforms. If it run on Vulkan, it will run on Linux with very good performance and no flaws. More over, the Linux gamers will usually give out detailed crash reports about what when wrong as they are usually more tech literates

[@swedneck]

@@arthemis1039 Linux users are also fairly likely to help get games running on their distro/linux in general, since they're generally more knowledgable and likely to have programming experience.

[@nicke20686]

Made a steam account just to wishlist.. hope this is successful. Looks great so far.

[@rustmc]

r u seriously trying to tell us you have never used steam?? this is literally impossible if you played at least some games in the past

[@nicke20686]

@@rustmc so hard to believe i don't play PC games? Or haven't since the days when I could just physically purchase my PC games?

[@rustmc]

@@nicke20686 wasnt meant to offend you or something, is just strage, bc steam has literally been the standard store since the last 10 years or so

[@nicke20686]

@@rustmc well you worded it as being "impossible" if I've played games in the past. It's pretty normal if you're someone that's strictly gamed on only console the last two console generations. I used to PC game before that for a bit but had to sell it and never went back to PC since. Maybe one day

[@JJNincorporated]

Good on you for not doing the whole Patreon thing and just funding yourself. Very admirable. Shows you're not just doing this for the money. You have enough, so you don't see any point in asking for extra. Good man.

[@harrylunt477]

This is all so cool mate. Was watching those animations for collecting branches from trees - I'm sure you aren't finished with them yet - but a simple replacement animation could be the sapiens giving the tree a shove or a push and the branches falling from the canopy of the tree, fits with the simplistic animations we've seen so far and is relatively realistic. So excited to see how the whole game pans out as a whole!!

[@LyndonAntcliff]

Added to Steam wishlist. I love the idea of this game and love your attitude to the craft and this game. Looking forward to spending my money on this.

[@sammcguire8667]

My hype is exponentially increasing. We need keralis to play this game

[@adfasfuiuiui1056]

keralis sucks.

[@harethriva9400]

We need Gray to play this

[@Vetlestr]

I really can't wait to explore your game when it's finished. I have a sore itch for this kind of game ever since playing Empire Earth and Civilization over and over and over again as a kid. Thanks for letting us in on your journey. It's kind of like looking through the eyes of a god creating a world. Utterly fascinating!

[@AntonioNoack]

Maybe remove the middle roof wall, if two roofs are clamped together (and looking in the same direction) :)

[@mateidumitru2510]

Glad to see that this wonderful concept is evolving . Perhaps one day it will be a fully fledged game .

[@divorex4285]

Hi Dave, I stumbled upon one of the Dev Blogs for this game a couple weeks ago and I've since watched all Dev Blogs. I really am impressed with the progress you've made alone and although I don't have any experience in game design or coding, I really do enjoy seeing it come along and appreciate the work you've done. I'm planning on buying a gaming PC this year so I can't wait to play the game. Cheers!

[@16m49x3]

Sounds really cool. But I still wonder how the multiplayer will be. And also how creative the game will allow people to be. I think maybe going from cavemen to the industrial age is too big of a timespan for you to tackle in such a short time. And me personally I would prefer more detail and more options in each time period. So that it is possible for players to put their personal touch on how they progress through the game. The progress being too streamlined would take a lot of the magic out of it I think, especially in a multiplayer setting. I keep thinking of a mix of Minecraft where you can let your imagination run wild and multiple people will have vastly different approaches to the game, and Banished. Where there is only really one time period, but quite a lot of debt in the systems involved. I think a fully fleshed out and engaging game experience that only goes so far as exploring the bronze age for example. Would be much more interesting to then build onto, than the same amount of content in a bigger time span.

[@piteoswaldo]

Yeah, I thought about that too. I think, at least for the first release, he shouldn't include steam engines or any industrial machine. This should allow him to focus on adding more variety to the styles, and more options of buildings for earlier periods. I do want to see roman and medieval technologies though, like aqueducts, cranes, waterwheels, etc.

[@Jabrils]

thanks for this series mate. youve really given me a new found appreciation for the low level stuff.

[@Audiiaka]

Be with you sense block heads and you have done a magnificent job, I can’t wait till this game gets released.

[@ZanfisHD]

Good stuff, man! Can't wait to see more progress on this game.

[@spyder629]

You should add a "Shaman" class to help the people with different endeavours. They worked kind of like a way to get wiser in the group by being in close contact with the gods and were very important in ancient tribes. The shamans would be selected by their "spiritual knowledge" which could be developed by practicing ceremonies, meditating etc. Or you could also add a "Cognitive" tech tree that makes the group better at communicating with other groups etc. Lot of interesting stuff to implement that are based on real human development.

[@samcousins3204]

I love watching the development of this game! You seem like such a nice guy and this seems like a great game!

[@martincarroll5405]

I wishlisted on steam for you Dave. Your game is looking beautiful, I love the aesthetic you've created.

[@Broockle]

Paused Video, went to Steam, and Wishlisted Sapiens when you mentioned it ^^ Loox nito, hope they'll be many mods. I can see this looking pretty good on the Switch too

[@damonmcneice2722]

No patron, $20-$25, that price is so cheap for so much commitment Your so nice and just humble Are you Canadian or something? I've been following this for a while and I'm so hyped for this game and am excited for future development

[@asphinx8593]

New Zealander I think.Proud to be.

[@damonmcneice2722]

@@asphinx8593 I know he's from new New Zealand it was a joke because he's being so nice, but seriously $20-25$ is so cheap for all his commitment

[@bejoscha]

Great FAQ. For the next one: I would like to see you speaking about ideas for the actual gameplay. All looks great so far and I wish-listed it. But there is the danger of the game becoming boring without proper design of play.

[@mckrey]

Thanks for the FAQ update! I made sure to wishlist on steam. Can’t wait!

[@connorgoward4654]

Game's looking beautiful, keep it up

[@MarkWiemer]

Wow, this really feels like it's coming together as a real game! Great to hear your confidence with such a large project, I definitely look forward to playing it. Seems like you're having a lot of fun too, which is awesome!

[@tearworld]

*this is what game development should be* great stuff man i'm seriously looking forward to this!

[@damonmcneice2722]

Me too Can't wait!

[@ptsg]

Game's looking great! Keep on going. I wishlisted it :) I absolutely love the music

[@Katatonya]

I have an idea for your problem with the night being too long even at max speed, make a Civilization like skip button appear when it's night time, and the player can queue up a bunch of stuff, queue up buildings, etc, while the sapiens are sleeping, and when he's done he can press the skip button to bring the morning quickly.

[@peter_fbx]

Please make this world engine open source. Indie devs will go crazy with this just like you are. Love it man hope to see more and hope for others to be able to get their hands on this great software

[@RacingisRacing]

Are you able to have water flow so it isn't just at one level? That way you can drill a well or find a spring and maybe have waterfalls and rivers that actually flow. Maybe incorporate canoes and primitive sail boats too?

[@Nobody41126]

The building mechanics look pretty cool, very open ended. Also agree with the benefits of a huge world. It's going to be interesting to see how far you can take this thing. It looks promosing either way, but hope you can make something extraordinary.

[@100_Dollar_Bill]

I will wishlist it today and spread the word. Good shit, bro.

[@simonsilence]

The starting music... you need that for your game if it aint in yet. This african origin style, omg, instant shivers

[@SomeSortaPro]

Wishlisted :) I just want to say this is the most excited I’ve been for a game in years and I’m not even impatient about it lol These update videos are so much fun to watch and I really enjoy watching this game evolve and get better! Does anybody know what other titles this guy has developed? I’d love to look into his past work.

[@sagestainsby]

Really enjoying following your content, looking forward to seeing what's next.

[@skyzkid415]

Love the scope of this game, please definitely take your time designing this! Watching you make this game is hella fun

[@spooki-2451]

that point about why you don't have a patreon is very interesting , i appreciate the fact that you aren't going to ask for more resources than you need to continue your project .

[@staudinga]

Oh cool, I didn't know you were using Vulkan for this game. Looking forward to possible Linux support (I still have a dual-boot setup with Windows, but I really hate to boot into it nowadays, and might get rid of it entirely in the time until Sapiens is released), but I do understand the focus on Windows, because honestly the

[@StatesideBeast]

It would be awesome if you could play like a normal survival game. Hunt, build, craft ex. With the same machanics, you have already. Looking good!

[@exosproudmamabear558]

You should make different sized and shape roofs also you should let the players choose a house and use it for specific things like storage and hunting. Or you can just go for one type-specific building that you can't see its inside since it would be difficult to make every object for game. But at least make some premade houses with objects already inside since once the tribe gets bigger it would be difficult to do everything by hand.

[@HelamanGile]

are you only going to be able to see as far as your Sapiens have traveld and the more your Sapiens travel over a certain section of land the more they know it's resources?

[@elliottbott7213]

Please keep working on this, and I hope you can release the LUA for modding soon, this game has me excited and I'd love to work on expanding the possibilities of this game, content-wise, in terms of tech and skills.

[@osmantekcan7260]

This game has to be made, lots of respect.

[@nicolacornolti7796]

Can we help with the modeling of stuff? I'd love to contribute, but I understand that you like doing things on your own

[@klarso77]

So impressive! I'm blown away!

[@HickoryDickory86]

"The fact that you can see a mountain in the distance and actually spend, you know, a lot of time getting to it is just really cool." **Todd Howard has entered the chat.** 👀

[@orthwineroherdihon3965]

If building is going to be a thing please make a Triangle Foundation type block so we can at least make rough circle buildings. Conan does this well with their building system. Triangles + Squares = Lots more customizable shapes. (Particularly Medieval type towers)

[@sebastianalcala1974]

im so happy that youtube randomly showed me in my recommended list a month ago

[@williamluke9677]

Have you thought about open sourcing the engine? Would have thought that would be a win win?

[@swedneck]

open source engine and proprietary assets is a nice model IMO, and it would allow the community to help make sure the game runs on more platforms.

[@draxle176]

Looking forward to this game a lot! Question though: Will resources be renewable? Will trees and grass grow back or do they require you to plant them back?

[@aurered6387]

this already looks beautiful game

[@sneugler]

Man, this is looking absolutely fantastic. Will there be any weather systems or seasons? It'd be great to have to plan on storing food more winter, warm clothes, etc. I think it would add a lot of dynamic to the gameplay.

[@blackpanda1302]

I would pay $50 for this game its amazing for an individual developer so much hard work and i think you are so passionate about this its an amazing game.🙂🙂❤️

[@tastyanxiousbeef7919]

wishlist you say?more like dreams list lol anyways keep being awesome man and Good luck!

[@supertommicat]

This dose not deserve 1 dislike

[@st3524]

I don't know if this is possible or if I'm just dreaming up possibilities, but it would be awesome to see some more randomly generated land features like cliffs or waterfalls or basins or even some more biomes. Either way this is pretty amazining.

[@theblueshadow3537]

What if there was a way to take direct control of a unit and play it like a first person survival game wile in control of that unit. Would be great for when you need for them to do something specific or if you just want to play the game differently for a wile.

[@mellrakense]

I’d lOVE you to add like a river or some that goes through a hill, great job so far!

[@officialibjinx7348]

I also think adding boats and fish and some aquatic plants would be really cool!

[@OfficialYunas]

I've been following your game for quite some time know and came up with an idea which really satisfies my mind if imagining it would be in the game. I don't know why but somehow I have to think of evolution every time I see your game. Having played with evolutionary algorithms I would say that these would really fit into the game and give it a unique touch. I'm speaking of e.g. simulated evolution of plants (How they look like, how fast they grow, where they grow, ...) or learned behaviour of other tribes (rate of fearness against your tribe, shape of their bodys, where they settle, ...), .... If implemented the right way it would be amazing for the game since it not only creates a unique trait amongst other indie games (or even all games), it also helps keeping the game interesting for a longer time, because every time you play evolution can be different. It depends on the players actions and other random constraints (e.g. weather), which way it will turn out.

[@shoutykat]

When you zoomed out, I noticed that the world has the same issue as other large procedurally generated worlds such as No Man's Sky, which is that the landscape is homogenous above a certain scale - just hills and small lakes. Are you planning to implement larger scale features such as oceans, rivers, and mountain ranges that shape the planet on that larger scale? Ditto different biomes. River valleys, grassy plains, forests, deserts, tundra etc.

[@browse7288]

I'm already hyped for your game

[@krawc0]

Hello, I like your ideas, YT recommended one of your other vids summarising general progress. I have a suggestion and figured I'll comment on this vid. There is an abandoned game on play store that I really like and I think its mechanics would fit in your endgame very well - the game is called "Factorize" - in short it's a physics based conveyor belt simulator. I'd love to hear what you think about it!

[@tommyparisi8014]

Looking forward to playing this game nonstop summer of 2021

[@patafanmarti2913]

Looks really good. I've always wanted a form of RTS on a large map with other people on there

[@B4NTO]

I like the low poly style and also i do like building in this big world :) keep up the good work and hope to play it someday :)

[@hazizviltsu1909]

Having them build planes later on would make the world seem smaller ad easier ro navigate. I think you did pretty good job having the planet so big even if you dont need it to be like that.

[@peshkybee7721]

When the full game launches will there be an option to force spawn near other players? Will your spawn location be completely random? Do you have features planned to make it easy for folks to group up with friends? I apologize if you answered these questions in video. Was making breakfast with it on in the background 😂

[@N4-Studios]

You should add theifs from different tribes and you should add attacks from different tribes

[@vitasartemiev]

I'm curious, how much space does a world save take up? How much would it be if, say, 3 players were building in it for a month? If it's not a secret, what kind of data structure are you using to store all the terrain changes? Some kind of a 7-way tree?

[@logannance10]

3:53 "Sapien fears not the flame"

[@alexandersaccotelli4301]

Keep up the good work!

[@dante7430]

I’m so hyped for this game!!!

[@HelamanGile]

Are you going to be able to fight other sapiens civilizations like maybe multiplayer battles with friends as an option

[@stefanjovanovic3382]

Will there be caves in game(and if caves exist are we goin to be able to draw on walls)?

[@100_Dollar_Bill]

Good idea. I was thinking will there be underground races.

[@beanns6632]

This looks really really good. Would you consider ever porting it to other platforms (like consoles)

[@justjustin3377]

You say progress 1000s of years, can you clarify, like will you go from wood tools to super computers kind of like civ?

[@quintincastro7430]

How will seasons and weather work Will there be winter and storms?

[@oobersped1352]

I think it would be really cool if you could add a function later in the game where you can copy and paste buildings like huge skyscrapers so that way you dont have to build it all over again. Also i think a sandbox world builder mode would also be really fun

[@jamezdfit]

I reckon it would be so awesome if eventually in the long future, you're able to build huge futuristic Utopian civilizations, maybe even be able to start civilizations in orbit, like Elysium or something, have ships flying up and back, mass harvesting resources and shit

[@synthbent715]

Wishlisted, game looks great!

[@camcar9236]

It’d be cool to have different biomes to explore, or oceans were you could send off a colony or something. Not sure how that would play out though

[@brendancaruso5597]

Hey, I left a suggestion on the forums, but I thought I'd leave it here too just in case. I was thinking you could have a First Person toggle for the players. This will allow them to feel immersed into the world they are creating and may even bring new players who prefer First Person to Third Person. Any thoughts?

[@christoffer_schindel]

Wow I thought you were using Unity... kudos for developing your own engine!

[@alexanderensey9505]

Awesome man, keep it up!

[@filippobiasca-caroni4001]

it needs streams and rivers, roks and more details

[@matthewkey4648]

So will there be some sort of danger to your tribe? Ferrel animals or other tribes?

[@Bar_Bar27]

Land view is amazing!

[@100_Dollar_Bill]

Fucking wow, dude. I really luke what you are all about. Seriously, my friend, you are a breath of fresh air. I do have a question: 1. How will you limit the snowball effect when people join a server late? 2. Will you have the occasional prophet show up and lead different clans in various directions? Various religions that impart different bonuses? 3. In multiple player co-op how will you create rising action i.e. tension? 4. Will you replicate major climate change such as the younger dryas event on earth? 5. Will you keep the tech tree slow so that when knowledge is gained it really matters? 6. Will this be more than a pretty mine craft? What I mean is that you didn't mention survival games when you mentioned the genre's that you are pulling concepts from. I have more questions but I don't want to over do it.