Greetings! I have been making great progress over the past few weeks on conflict. The first step was to add a banish command. This is long requested, and was necessary for conflict, to be able to tidy up any elderly stragglers if you take over an AI tribe for example. So this now works, you can banish your own sapiens, and you can attempt to banish sapiens from other tribes too. You can now als…
It's been a slow few months of development, with a number of sicknesses slowing things down, and some big tasks requiring the update of a lot of assets. But we finally have an update! I had planned to work on more features first, but this contains a fix for the graphics driver related crash which needed to be addressed quickly. So we're getting foundation blocks and 1x1 floors a little early, a…
This update adds seven different breeds of fish! It also brings new detailed textures and shaders, improves all animal models and behaviors, adds a range of colors for alpacas and woolskins, and contains a number of bug fixes and balancing tweaks. Fish can only be caught via spears at the moment, which can be thrown from the water. Fish hunting and canoes in general still need some more work, a…
Hi everyone! A new update that has just gone out, which adds two major new features: Canoes, and point and click mode. Canoes are simply hollowed out logs, which provide a small amount of storage space, room for one sapien, and very fast transport over water. As well as making it quicker to retrieve distant resources, they also make it possible to trade with more distant tribes. Point and click…
With the release of the Sapiens 0.5 multiplayer update, a lot of the previous roadmap is now complete. Your feedback has helped to lead the direction of the game, and I have a few new features I want to add, so it’s time for a complete new roadmap! This roadmap covers all of the features I intend to add before the 1.0 release. There are many more features I’d like to add beyond that too, but th…
New in 0.5.0.79: - Fixes bug where you couldn't enable mods in previously created worlds - Fixes crashing bugs when using translation mods, enabling storage sharing, and a couple of other rare crashes
Hi everyone! Multiplayer is off to a great start in Sapiens , it’s amazing seeing the impressive builds and screenshots being posted around the community, and I really appreciate all of the feedback, reviews and kind words of support. This update focuses on improvements for when you are working together, with a new “Share Storage” setting which allows you to share the same settings and send/rec…
Multiplayer In multiplayer, you each control a tribe, and can work cooperatively, sharing and connecting your villages to create trading hubs, shared accommodation, and large scale building projects. Play in persistent dedicated servers, host a LAN game, or invite a Steam friend to join. Set up and play Sapiens privately with your friends, or join public servers and explore villages built by hu…
Hi everyone! This is just a quick announcement to let you know that the Sapiens 0.5 update is now open to everyone for testing on the unstable branch. I am aiming for the 18th of July for the full release. Multiplayer is of course the biggest new feature in 0.5, and though there is a lot of tidying up left to do, it’s already working really well. We have a handful of persistent dedicated server…
Hi everyone! I’ve been making great progress on the next big update, and have some news to share, Sapiens 0.5 will come with full multiplayer support! Sapiens 0.5 will be available to everyone in 2-3 weeks time, on the unstable branch, with the full stable release coming in July. We’ve been running a private test with members of the community playing together on a persistent dedicated server fo…
Thanks everyone for all of your support throughout 2023! The 0.5 update is progressing nicely, and over these past couple of weeks I’ve made a lot of progress on multiplayer and AI tribes. But with the update just about to enter the first testing phase, it’s still going to be another few weeks before it’s ready. So while you’re waiting, and with over 70 mods available, now is a great time to tr…
Hi Sapiens fans! I've been working hard on the big 0.5 update, and it is getting closer to being ready for testing. There are still a few more weeks of development left to go, but it's definitely time to share some details about what's coming. So what's new? Firstly, AI Tribes! Now in 0.5, when you are picking a tribe to lead, the other tribes around will actually be there in the game. They'll…
With this update your tribes will now function much more efficiently, and if they still don't quite do what you want, you now have a lot more control by prioritizing orders. New in 0.4.2: AI and fixes: - You can now prioritize any order at any time. Sapiens will tend to choose prioritized orders to complete first. - You can then deprioritize orders again to restore them to the default prioritiz…
0.4.1 is a minor bug fix update, mostly fixing issues relating to AI around compost bins, but with some important other fixes too. - Fixes issues with sapiens getting stuck delivering to compost bins - Fixes issues when restricting the use of rotten resources in the resources panel to disable composting - Sapiens will now carry and deliver multiple items in one load to compost bins - Compost no…
This second major update to Sapiens introduces new challenges and game mechanics, tools, weapons and building materials, and your tribe can now enter the bronze age! Windstorms Every couple of years or so, you can now expect to experience a windstorm severe weather event. These windstorms can damage buildings, blow things away, extinguish fires, and sapiens can get injured by flying debris. Win…
Sapiens is progressing nicely and the next big content update "Windstorms" will be ready to launch one week from now. The update is available for testing now on the unstable branch if you'd like to get an early look and help find those last few bugs. Full release notes are coming, but here's an overview of what's new in 0.4: Windstorms Every couple of years or so, you can now expect to experien…
The next Sapiens update is coming along nicely, and I thought it was time to let you all know how things are going. After taking a bit of a break over Christmas, I started the new year working on a new mechanic for improving soil. So in 0.4 we will now have compost, manure, and mulching, which allow you to improve the soil quality and grow crops faster. To balance this and add realism, as you h…
You can now play Sapiens on your Mac! Sapiens now runs natively and performs great on both Apple silicon and Intel. Sapiens was always designed to be a cross platform game, which meant it took only a couple of weeks to add support for macOS, and it made a lot of sense to do this now so more people can play. Throughout the early access development, I plan to continue to add support for more plat…
I want everyone to be able to play Sapiens on as many devices as possible, and a mac port is a good first step. So if you have a mac, you'll soon be able to play it natively on both Intel and Apple Silicon. You won't need to buy it again if you have already purchased it for Windows, and you will be able to find it listed in the Steam store within the next few weeks. If you already have a copy f…
0.3.6 is a minor update with the following changes: - Adds improved support for modding, and support for the new official "Moa" mod, available via Steam Workshop - Fixes crashes - Fixes issues with the notification text when injured while hunting - Fixes issue where tall aspens could be invisible in winter - Fixes issue with smoke and fire particles in certain world locations - Slow motion debu…
The Herbal Medicine update introduces viruses, burns, food poisoning, and new injuries. To deal with these new challenges, your sapiens will need to find a number of new plants that can be researched and combined into medicines. This update also brings improvements to the graphics, AI, and user interface, and provides a whole lot of smaller fixes and improvements too. Herbal Medicine Viruses ar…
This is the first major content update, and it introduces some new challenges. Viruses are a new threat, which can be introduced by some visiting sapiens, especially if you recruit them. You can help stop the spread by isolating infected sapiens, but this will become a lot easier to manage once you have researched medicine. You can now allow sapiens to eat raw meat, however there is a high risk…
Beta 20 contains a number of tweaks, bug fixes and new features. I'm still catching up with launch issues, so there is no major new content just yet. But you can expect to see more updates with more content within the next few weeks. Features/Changes: - Adds ability to assign sapiens to beds, by clicking a sapien, selecting move, and then clicking on a bed - Adds a difficulty guide when selecti…
In this video I look back at the entire creation process. From right at the beginning with early sketches and ideas, to creating the custom engine and huge world of Sapiens , the refinement of the design, content, and game-play, and then finally pushing that green button and sending it out to the world. It's been a long, and at times difficult process, filled with many obstacles to overcome. Th…
Beta 19 is a small update which mostly focuses on bugs and contains the following fixes: · Fixes various crashing bugs. · Fixes issue allowing both research and fill orders to be queued on the same hex · Automatic pausing when the app window loses focus is now optional in the settings, and turned off by default · Fixes AI issue that caused them to occasionally wander away near the end of the da…
Hi everyone, thanks again for all of the feedback and bug reports. Beta 18 is a small hotfix update which fixes 3 bugs: · Fixes bugs where they would get stuck in loops trying to eat flax seeds. They also now won't attempt to eat flax seeds unless you enable it in the resources panel. · Fixes issue selecting storage areas when you are standing very close to them · Fixes issues with the queuing…
Hi everyone, thank you very much for all of the feedback and bug reports. It's been a very busy couple of days since launch, but I'm now able to start coding again, so I've started by just fixing a couple of crashing bugs. I've had a few reports where worlds have failed to load, so if that's happened to you, this will hopefully fix it. If you do hit any crashes, especially if your world won't l…
Hi everyone, majicDave here. I’m thrilled to launch Sapiens into Steam Early Access. It’s time to lead your tribe! Early Access Roadmap This Early Access release is only the beginning. The above shows you some ideas of what’s next in terms of content and features. As I will be taking on board community feedback and suggestions, the roadmap isn’t set in stone and the order may change, but it sho…
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