Let's Play! - Sapiens 50th Devlog Special - Part 1 of 2
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- čas přidán 24. 08. 2020
- NOTE! This video is now unlisted, as the game is going into the early access launch, and this shows gameplay from nearly two years ago. For more up to date gameplay videos, have a look at my channel.
Wishlist now on Steam! Link is below.
If you've been crying out for more gameplay, here it is! This is the first of two videos showing a full developer play through of the game in its current state. The game is still quite rough around the edges, but this should still give you an idea of the potential. Stay tuned for part 2!
In Sapiens, evolve your primitive hunter gatherers through thousands of years of technological advancement. Feed, protect and grow your tribe, build towns and industry, and advance through the ages in this first person civilization building god game for PC. Play with your friends in co-operative or competitive multiplayer, all on a procedurally generated planet larger than Earth.
Original Sapiens Theme Music by John Konsolakis, www.johnkonsolakis.eu
Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/10...
Sapiens website: playsapiens.com
Follow on twitter: @playsapiens or @majicDave
Sapiens Discord / discord
Mod development repository: github.com/mjdave/sapiens-mod...
Developer website: majicjungle.com - Hry
I wish i had the talent this man has. One of the best indie games being worked on.
Aw shucks, thank you. I appreciate that :)
i really wish too, but forget about it, this is really a hard task to do, you need to know some programming language that has a pretty decent performance.
I just checked earlier today thinking it had been a while and maybe I missed a dev log. Glad to see progress is still coming!
Same!
same!
I'm very glad you are making this mod friendly. There's a million things that could be added to the base game for different styles of play, and its exciting to think about what cool mods there could be in a few years.
Probably new ages, like medivel and future
I remember finding your channel and losing my mind when I saw you made the blockheads, I used to play it all the time and is the reason I love classical music so much
Turtleplaysgames ikr same here
HE made the blockheads? Oml I'm definitely staying now.
Faustine W yea man! Check out his first videos, you can sort by oldest on his videos tab.
SAMMEEE!!!😭😭
"Little bit if a loading time" literally seconds lol this is shaping up to be an incredible game.
This appeared in my feed just as I thought "Another video on Sapiens would be perfect right now."
haha, same
I love the map-zoom at 4:19.
I'll be Wishl-isting this!
Right before he clicked the button I was hoping for an animation like that!
Don’t you just love when you fail in searching for something, but then just as you have lost all hope, CZcams recommendations descend on you like a glorious angel with exactly what you were looking for?
i think you should add a ranking system for example: Tribe leader, Deputy Tribe leader, Commander of Warriors, Commander of Hunters.
YES! And he could add a new event aswell with it, kinda like 2 people fighting over the rank.
I think that would be viable when there is a bit population in the tribe. Who needs a deputy tribe leader when there are seven people in the tribe?
@@exosproudmamabear558 and with time those ranks change names for example: tribe leader becomes King
Maybe make it optional, anarcho cavemen might be interesting.
This has got to be my favourite devlog series I've seen so far, been following since the Worst Haka ever episode which caught my eye because I'm a Kiwi aswell! Also loved playing blockheads when I was younger. Big fan of your work mate :)
Looking amazing, newbie here to game creation. Love what you are doing and will have a day one player here. All the very best with your project. Look forward to more of your dev vlogs , Keep updating us.
I forgot just how big that planet is. You kept zooming into it in the beginning and the land's definition kept getting higher and higher. Crazy stuff, very impressive!
MATE!!!! So incredibly exciting, holy heck :DDDD
lets not forget, he made blockheads. I actually have really great memories playing that game with friends years ago on school trips.
I hope that Civ can learn from your world design mechanic because it's seriously brilliant.
50 devlogs already?!?...Wow...Keep up the great work mate 👍😊. Love how the game is coming along 💙
Love that you're using Toki Pona. I've never encountered it "in the wild", as it were. Very cool!
You've come a long way with Sapiens! Great job!
In the future how do you plan on utilising the feature of having a huge world. It seems the actual gameplay only revolves around a small area and its disappointing that the gameplay doesnt involve the huge world once you've chosen a tribe
I’m hoping he’s going to make it eventually so that technology advances really far and a tribe will eventually become an empire, spanning large regions of the planet
Bro this is so freaking cool, I can't wait to see this it's absolutely amazing
i love the use of toki pona sm
Amazing! you have already gone above and beyond my expectations! your AI is more evolved than most AIs in this genre, I love the idea of individual thoughts and initiatives, really makes the settlement look alive, when you can take time off from micromanaging and just watch your Sapiens go on about their every day routine! You can be really proud of this project! looking forward to playing it myself one day
@Dave Frampton, suggestion for when you load the world,
render the earth at great distance, like how moon appears for us, then slowly zoom in or take camera close to the earth.(adjust time as you see fit)
Sort of zooming in from space thingy, to hide the initial loading/poppings, that'd look pretty cool eh ?
around 1:55 , that's the instance I mean.
Also shelter, fire, food access to drinking water etc are initial requirements, make it so that the player can know all these parameters,
Not necessarily the best combination of these, but suggestions that make players aware of these w/o being too obvious.
11:05 suggestion: allow a tribe to build paths, cleared of grass, centered around their base camp/shelter, connecting nearby water sources, food sources and other points of interest etc, paths should be smaller than what you did around 12:12, just wide enough to allow 3 sapiens to wall together.
13:45 suggestion, make it so that most sapiens are more active during day time(naturally some who are active during night time, work better in dark), and need to have dinner around sunset, then rest for the night. Make sunlight a valuable resource that a player gets to get things done per day.
make night time a less active
looks really promising now!
Been waiting since sapiens time period for this video
1. Can you add in beaten paths in the grass? The more a patch gets walked on, the more it becomes cleared automatically.
2. Can you add building with clay bricks? Clay and thatch make bricks and you can build houses without killing trees.
ive been following this devlog a while, question? you use your own custom engine correct. I'm curious as to what graphics API you use as the backbone, great stuff. I've found a framework I like and would like to change my API but have been struggling to find something nice. Also, the optimization you've done is great .looking forward for more
I'm using Vulkan. Initially I was using OpenGL, but I decided to switch, both to try to achieve better performance, and to make the engine more future-proof. It was quite a hard slog creating the Vulkan renderer though, OpenGL is definitely more approachable. But now it's done, I'm definitely better off.
Man, this game is not only looking really cool, but it also is absolutely gorgeous! You're doing a great job, I can't wait to play it.
Super cool showing off the general gameplay loop of the game. Keep up the great work Dave, im in love with this project.
This game looks incredible! Very well made.
SO IMPRESSIVE ! Im a Unity + Vb.net + VR aspiring developer and u inspire me so much!!! ive tried to do a engine from scratch and got far BUT not ever finished (vb.net + dx9 + PhysX) and wow its allot of work...
I've been following this forever it seems! I love that you're still working on it and have come so far - this is certainly the best indie game in development & the devlog series makes it all that now special 👍
Can't wait to play for myself
Hey man so excited for this game looks amazing. If you ever need a play tester I'd be more than happy to ;)
This is the best indie game in progress that I have seen on CZcams. Great work.
Hey Dave! Glad to see another video from you, the game is looking great! I have a small suggestion on the tribe selection, when you are zooming in and picking out a tribe it would be really nice for the user if you could see the tribes general attributes on hover, just so that you don't have to click into each tribe. So basically when you hover over a tribe it would have general attributes like male population, female population, difficulty based on the location, just things that making choosing the tribe location easier for the player. This would allow the player to focus more on the location they are choosing vs having to click through each tribe and trying to decipher which one is the best for them. Always love seeing your videos, can't wait for the finished product!
Hey Dave, I've gone through a lot in these past years but your videos have acted as something I can sit back to and relax without worrying about anything else. Something that always cheers me up to see in my feed despite all the stuff in the real world. Thought it might cheer you up to know you've helped a stranger out. Thanks and have a good one!
Really excited for this release! Great job!!
Let’s goooo! Love you Dave. Glad to hear from you
Love your work Magic Dave ! Can't wait to see part 2 🙌
I think a really nice touch would be developing the music alongside the tribe developing. Maybe from tribal to medieval or something like that
This is really cool, what a fantastic concept and execution
Great job! It's great to see some actual playthrough-style gameplay, keep it up!
Love the progress. Can't wait for it to release and I'm excited for more parts to this let's play.
Big moment for the game, nice work Dave!
This game has really come far. Really love the progress a d can't wait to see it finished
Amazing progress, nice job!!!
five ears ago it was called ambience now its called sapiens that means i need to catch up
Hey Dave. I noticed even though you have queued up the clearing order to be continuous the grass will pop back up periodically. This is cool, but maybe to give things a sense of permanence you might consider adding a feature in which as Sapiens walk over grass it suppresses or delays it growing back? Maybe even allow for organic paths to form this way as grass gets cleared by frequent walking over the same path.
Love your videos, they're so mellow and interesting
I’ve been following this game for a while, it’s looking amazing dude! Keep up the good work 👍
Great to see how far you've brought this game, I can't wait to get my hands on it when it comes out :)
Congrats with the milestone mate. I have been following you for a long time and I have always enjoyed watching your devlogs. The game looks very cool and unique and I cant wait to get my hands on it!
Nice stuff. I was enjoying The Blockheads a few years ago and ended up finding this early on (back when Dave was calling it "World Project"), and I've been following it ever since. First I was expecting a first-person exploration game (like Minecraft), so I was slightly disappointed when I saw that it's more like The Blockheads. But now I see this new level of complexity, and considering the size of these randomly generated planets in the game, first-person exploration gameplay would be slow and frustrating. This form of gameplay here in the video is definitely better suited for it.
Anyways, glad to see some gameplay, now. It's looking very detailed. Good work, Dave. Most indie devs don't put this much effort into their projects, yours actually looks like fun. Although this long wait is somewhat frustrating, it shows that you're taking your time to do it right. Keep at it, I'm likely buying this game when it launches!
It really looks fun already!
Good luck and lots of fun with the development.
I can’t believe it’s already at 50
Looks great already
Just one thing I think needs adding (though your probably already planning on doing it) is making it so you can actually see the tiles better when using the clear grass tool , maybe just fully show the tiles whilst your doing it and maybe leave the tiles you have selected to clear with a translucent tile on it or something similar to indicate where
Other than that it looks great
I love it when programmers optimize their games first then add new features. You are really good at this. Keep up the good work we can wait for sure.
It might be a good idea to have some sort of quick select to access your sapiens if there isn’t already one. Like the list in Rim world. Could make it a lot easier to manage tasks and different sapiens with their different skills.
This is looking out nicely!
That UI is next gen! Awesome man!
sooooo pumped for this game!
Can't wait to get my hands on this!
im really excited for this!
This is awesome!
Can't wait just to pre-order 💜
im so excited to play this game when it finally comes out!
Amazing stuff
Great job mate!
This is amazing! reminds me a bit of dwarf fortress but in 3d! sick AF.
He's back!
Ambiance for Apple TV 2020
Yay more for the game!
Been watching for over a year now, this is the first time I've felt like I understood what was going on haha
The campfires and torches could be used to keep wild animals away too.
So I realise it was a while since I saw anything from Sapiens and this is a year old.
But it would be interesting to see a state machine setup of how your AI works.
For instance I think you'd gain by having memory for food,water,shelter, danger so that the AI doens't always go by what they can see.
Also Leadership skill could be to actually influence what others do,.
Love it!
Sounds amazing. Hope the finished game has a good in game tutorial or maybe an introductory video. I mean. I am very bad to get into a game. So I think a good tutorial is fundamental :)
Thats amazing!
A GAME WHERE I WAITED FOR
I love it! You are my favorite Dev on YT, your work ethic combined with attention to detail is amazing!
One remark/question though: the density of the forests seems extremely low in your world, specifically since we're talking about the Stone Age area. It feels a bit too "empty" / big due to this. Would you see this as intended or are you going to revise this forest density?
High density forests create a number of problems. They have a large impact on performance, which means lowering the render distance, they make it difficult to see anything, which is a big annoyance while playing, and they also remove the potential for wood scarcity, which is a nice extra dynamic for gameplay. So I’m happy with the balance as it is now.
@@majicDave Hey Dave, makes perfect sense! Thanks for the response! Nonetheless, it's amazing what you're developing here!
Dude this game is insanely impressive!! It’s such a good game concept, and you’re executing it so well! Keep it up! Will the game be available on steam?
I can't wait to mod this game
Sounds cool, can't wait until it's finally released :)
Don't know if this is already a feature or planned but animals could also steal food from your stockpiles too
Very cool concept. I like the idea of procedural worlds like this. Do you plan on adding LODs or billboards for the trees? I’d imagine you’ll get a lot better performance and draw distance on your foliage
Very cool.
Can you make a "blueprint" system where you can save your creations (like the bunk bed) and queue it automatically instead of placing all objects individually
It looks really good and i can't wait to play the game ! The only remark i have is that the grass seems to grow back really quickly and it look at little bit annoying and immersion-breaking
Really nice work anyway, i will buy it day one !
woohoo! it's looking awesome ;D
How did you do the blend effect between terrain types on the close up view, it looks like a sketch and I can't see any pattern to it.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah I really super can't wait for this to come out
I’m proud of you
it might save some repetition and be more realistic if paths formed automatically when people walked over certain areas frequently enough.
I just want to play it so bad!!!
Hype!
This looks dope. When is the expected release date?
if everyone is resting or sleeping there should be a prompt asking if you want skip through the night or allow you to pick a time
Hey i've really been excited for the game to release, it looks awesome! I was just wondering if you had an estimate of what the price would be. If you can't share, I completely understand but keep up the great work!
very cool thankyou mr blockheads sir
What is your plan for combat if there is no run animation for the sapiens? (Assuming you might have already planned this out just asking)
YEEEESSSSSS!!!!
I think it'd be pretty neat if you could do some cultural names from ancient cultures. Maybe having names from culturees like Mesopotamia, Hebrew, ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, Celtic, ancient India, etc along with the Toki Poa names as an option could be nice to give your players a little bit of agency on the names of tribe, without having people with names that don't really fit with the whole ancient tribe vibe.