Sumerians - Bronze Age Banished-Style Sandbox Civilization Builder
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- čas přidán 23. 11. 2020
- Sumerians Gameplay with Splat! Let's Play Sumerians and check out a game where you'll build a city from scratch fueled only by the economic power of barley.
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"The first year of the first month"
Civilization is off to a great start.
A state field is a field controlled by the government. In the bronze age the state would keep sophisticated calendars (egypt especially) that told them when the rivers would flood. These calendars would determine when it was time to plant, grow, and harvest. The state would also control the seed grain and the food grain and keep granaries which would fill up during harvest, and be distributed to the population in times of famine. This was literally the job of the priesthood who would use proto-writing to keep track of inventories in the warehouses. In Sumeria, the ziggurats which were the temples also served as warehouses. Farmers would harvest food and transport it to the temples, where it would be stored and then let out in lean times.
So when the priest-kings fucked this up, and people starved, they would be murdered by the people. This was also reflected in how egypt and sumeria saw the cosmos. The nile flooded regularly like clockwork, so the Egyptians saw an order to the universe. Their gods and the people had appointed places and appointed cycles to the universe. Whereas the Tigris and Euphrates would flood irregularly, and chaotically, washing away villages. So in Sumeria the Gods were chaotic, and had to be regularly appeased, and if a flood happened, a king didnt do their job and would be killed in a rebellion over it. This also reflected in how the Sumerians saw the universe as inherently chaotic.
The temple filled the unsatisfied needs, from wheatburger rations and beer to temple hos.
I’m homeschooling my first grader, and we are covering the Sumerians and Egyptians currently, so timely that I found this comment. Also the Bronze Age collapse in part is contributed to this top down method of governance, when the mandates on where to grow what and when stopped coming in, the whole thing fell apart.
@@grimrider3807 people forgot how to write, except Egypt. Writing was a luxury skill and when people were surviving day to day they had no need for writing. It wasn't until the phonecians that we got an alphabet. This spread to the greeks who based their alphabet off of it which then spread to the Roman's who then spread it to the rest of Europe where it became the miniscule and magiscule alphabets we use todag.
Cool
"I really really appreciate the menu that shows you the demand of your people" - does not build markets until minute 24:00 and gets a 1000% population boost
oohh splat you just want us to buy the game so we can do it better, right?^^
"I don't even know what they're complaining about" - no well until 28:00 minutes in.
At this stage, I basically expect him to miss obvious things. He's not exactly known for being observant ;)
This. Purely this.
I figure he does it on purpose sometimes, i have definitely bought games because of that and im not proud of it.
@@andrewb1994 lol ya splat does not see the most noticable things most times but hay what can we do but out do splat and his slight blindness :P
This game reminds me a lot of Pharaoh! I loved that game, played it to death even though I was terrible at keeping my people from setting themselves on fire.
Fun Fact: People being paid in salt is also where the word Salary comes from.
And soldier. As well as the German word for mercenary, "Söldner".
So fascinating
The word salarium was theorized to come from that, except the Roman legionaries weren't paid in salt. They were paid in actual silver denarii. Salt was just part of legionnaire provisions. The commander could withhold salt to any legionnaire they deemed unfit for that provision, or give salt for those who did work, and this was a big deal back then.
Salt was considered something like a bonus or indicator of class. If you get paid with salt, salarium, in addition to your actual salary in denarii, that means you're at least a free Roman working for the government or a soldier.
Etymology!
@@aziris7257 "The commander could withhold salt to any legionnaire they deemed unfit for that provision, or give salt for those who did work, and this was a big deal back then."
Yes, literally where the phrase "He's worth his salt!" comes from.
The problem with watching you play these great looking games, is i always want to see splattercat play more!
He used to do multiple plays even on youtube.
This land is your land had like 7 videos and was some good content.
He has multi-hour VODs on his Twitch channel.
"let's play the game Sumerians. no idea who lived near deltas except for the egyptians" :'D
hahaha, he's showing us his observation skills even with the game title! At first, his lack of observation irritated me a little bit, but now I just find it funny and eagerly look out for it. :D
Deltas are less important than generic fresh water access. The Nile has a singularly massive river delta, making a vast area of arable farmland available, but Sumerians and their progeny developed irrigation which artificially duplicates the delta effect.
Really easy rule to remember all the deltas in "Pesomotamia." There is only one.
And you're looking at it. The Euphrates and Tigris rivers system. The Mesopotamian delta.
I like it already.
I'm a fan of Banished.
So, games like this is instantly a great game for me.
your humour slays me mate, it absolutely slays me, that said your delta preparedness knowledge needs refreshing. We were running a book on how many you knew and I was totally convinced you'd know like 2. :P oh dude you made tuesday fun.
As simplistic as it appears at first glance, I really appreciate the clarity of the UI and the business everything acquires naturally. It's looking pretty promising for a game not officially out, I'll be keeping an eye for it no doubt, thanks Splatt'
14:10 thats not a pile for stocking the barley, thats where they break off the grain from the straw and the grain is then put in silos to protect it from the weather and vermin. So it makes sense that the pile dosent grow
You need walls to get the houses to upgrade/level up, says so right on the steam game page. 😉
I love the way the traffic lanes wear away the grass and leave just dirt roads and paths.
Water access man...raise it lol...guy finally found it 10 hours later, guy clicks on quality of life 100 times, doesn't spot the water access is gray for 20 years lmao. Just busting man :) You and Worthabuy make the best vids.
I'd love to see more of this game. The fundamentals look amazing.
10 minutes ago? For my break?? Oh Splatter, you’re spoiling me today. 😸❤️
Housing districts are BLUE?!? This is highly unorthodox! 🧐
**in sing song** Indus River Valley Civilization! Coming soon to a dank river valley near you ;)
Reminds me of a text based game for Apple IIe called Hammurabi. This is much better and I dig it.
The Egyptians... the delta dwellers... the other ones with the hat... and the other ones who used their leg for walking... and the people with the nose and eyes. Yes, I nailed it.
Ancient history fanboys have arrived
Gilgamesh approves that
@@Dr.Akakia 𒀭𒂗𒆠 approves
I love history xD
the Sumerians lived on Deltas Splat, literally the people who the game is based on. And the Ayssians, and Babylonians, Egyptians were more lower Nile and delta, just assume if it's a Bronze Age civilization it lived near a delta
would love an LP of this :D
You are a saint, sir. You are doing a service to all of mankind.
Ooh, I'm interested and I'm only a minute into the video. I'm a big fan of Sumerian history :) Even have a book of directly translated (ie not interpreted) stone tablets. Its a challenge to read because there's missing bits or just wording that we might find a bit strange, but its super interesting.
Sounds like Pharaoh.. How nostalgic
One thing I really wish these type of City builders had was a bit more Random Map Generation. Once you've played a few times you basically have gotten everything you could out of them.
Corona drinking game. A shot of tequila for every time splatty says right now. Get wasted!!
Splat never fixes the water access issue does he? *Oh nevermind he actually finally addressed it near the end.
We might be in the throes of winter, but Sumer is just around the corner.
my country is the home of that empire! proud!!
As a history lover i approve this👏
I guess you can call him a good Sumerian.... no ok I’ll take my leave✌🏽
Dad is proud of you. *Slow Claps*
Ea-Nasir, 1750BC, so nearly 4 thousand years ago, copper trader notorious for his bad quality product. Several clay tablets have been found which are nothing but complaints. How bad a service do you have to provide for someone to gather clay, press it out, spend time carving/stamping a letter into it, fire it and then have it delivered?
Not very if you consider that the Karen menace has existed for thousands of years 😂. I would wonder if all those complaints were multiple people or just one really angry, wealthy Karen.
@@azarinevil Or if the dude just sucked that bad at his job that multiple people complained. Not every complaint is from a Karen. Lots of people who are bad at their jobs get excused by "it's Karens that are complaining"
"Everybody needs a man-date now and again"
Whelp, when in Sumeria...
"The Egyptians, uh, other, other cultures that I can't recall."
Um, the Sumerians. You're literally playing the culture in the game, lol.
You had me at ....Mesopetamia
You know after watching this i can't help but feel there's a big gap for a similar style game based on south american tribes , like the incas...they always had a sort of mysterious air about them and it would be awesome seeing cities redefining mountains into tiered farmland.
Peso-mo-tamia ftw
'Round the outside! 'Round the outside! *Cue the Eminem music*
Transporters - more than meets the eye.
Do a series of this please
Great video. Just needs more in depth delta knowledge.
Guy finds water after 20 hours, puts one well instead of 3-4 lol
Barley beer. You're out in the SF area. Ever had Old Foghorn?
Remember kids, always put your settlement on FLOOD plains!
It is I, Arkad, said to be the Richest Man in Babylon.
Man, I remember trying to find bronze age games back in the late 90s/Early 00s and the only thing that would come up was Age of Empires and Pharaoh (Pharaoh was okay) Indie developers have spoiled us.
Pharaoh was more Copper Age. Zeus was the Bronze Age City Builder.
Bread and beer ..... :)
State Farm approves of this message.
"Everybody needs a mandate now and again" POLITICIANS ALL NOD IN AGREEMENT
don't forget beer man, a mug of beer was part of workers' daily pay for ages lol
Good morning, nerds.
prolly worshiping ahura mazda if your sumerian.
Play more of this
"Angsty little turds" xDD
I don't know if you have tried "Rise to Ruin" but I highly recommend it.
Splatt has, he was the one who got me into it
splattercat month > year lol
game looks great only strike against it is the word "sandbox"... at least they didn't say open-world too.
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Game looks great, just water is too green
I know you didnt want to offend but FYI yusuf is a very common name, it is basically same as joseph
𒌓𒌷𒄴 𒌓𒍪𒊏𒌷𒀀 𒄄 𒌷𒀀 𒄄𒁀𒊏𒊑𒀀 𒈬𒊑𒀀𒈬𒋢𒊑𒀀 𒌓
The real question here, Where are the Mush Pits and the Circle Pits???
do a serie with some games pls
delta force?
I like more lazy type city building.
Not like Banished, like the old Sierra City building series. You know, Caesar, Pharaoh, Emperor.
I like the idea of the game. If the assets can be HD and the programmer doesn't use Unity engine, it could be a good game. Here's the problem with the game:
1) The assets look all blurry. I can assure you it's not because of my rig. I have 16GB RAM and Radeon RX580 8GB. If you need more than 6GB RAM and 2GB VRAM to play a game like this, there is something seriously wrong with the game.
2) The game quickly becomes laggy despite there being only around 1000 people in my city. This is a common problem shared between all Unity engine games. If the game uses Unreal Engine 4, this would not happen. Games made on Unity engine all suffered the trap of not being optimized.
3) When you start the game, it plays well. But as the game continues, the bugs start to show up. The port can't be placed (stating that it's conflicting with another building when there's nothing there). Farms won't grow despite being seeded and only deleting and rebuilding the farm solves the problem. Farmhouses won't send out farmers despite all the farmers stay in the house. Transport interface empty and won't work. Weapons aren't manufactured despite there being a copper and tin inside a warehouse two blocks away from it.
It feels like it will be a good city-builder, but as of this moment, it's still too buggy. If the developer can finish the game, I will play it again then.
Twitch this?
WHY DON'T YOU KNOW THE DELTA PEOPLES SPLAT, wow
Play more make a series
There is a reason why, the fact he dont build obvious things..
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The flat roofs ruin it for me.
lil disappointed with your Delta download, was expecting expert information, lol...
This is miles away from banished. Doesn't feel anywhere close to how good banished was. There is a reason these games get compared to banished...
I don't like mandate, I prefer womandate.
more mandates for me