How do you determine whether a new/reworked feature is worth keeping/improved further, or to be scrapped? When is this evaluation taken?

Are there any major features/updates coming to the current modding tools?

How long does it take an artist to create i.e. an unit card? What do the artists work on besides 2D art?

How is stealth unit collision handled?

It's nice to have an official release date, I've been very excited for the expansion!

I guess I have couple questions, firstly I've been very curious about all the minutiae of detail about diplomats / leverage based units. I'm fascinated by the opportunities they present for the current game as an addition, and I wonder if they'll move like physical game pieces, or if they'll be relegated to menus only. I like the idea of the micro, but I understand if they're more of a plus/minus button on a city state or capital, etc. etc.

I'm really excited by the prospect of multiple empires contributing to events that occur in the game, and I'm wondering if we'll be able to tweak anything about our personas to bring their possible responses in line with our own, and if we'll see more of that in the future (I really like the idea of this, regardless of if we can customise persona responses, and I'd like to see more it).

This may have been posted / confirmed already, but will there be an option or opportunity to veto out of the world congress equivalent? Some people, not necessarily myself most games, prefer to not be involved in the federated aspect of play. I suppose, in this line of thinking, I'm curious if there'll be interactions such as forcing trade embargoes on member states that harm their economy based on majority vote, etcetera, etcetera.

As the game can involve up to ten players at a time, will there be forms of alliance that bind more than two players together in a federation or similar, that doesn't rely on the world congress aspect of the game?

And, lastly, I see this question asked a lot in the community, which is 'Will we see significant changes to religion in the future, in or out of a future expansion?'

I don't have many question on the art side of the game, but I'd still like to say that you're all doing fantastic work in that regard and I'm excited to see the new stuff. If anything, could we get some previews of the concept art that we might not otherwise see?

Also, glasses for player characters when? (I will die on this hill, and apologise in advance. I just want those sweet semi-rimless frames on my caveman onwards real bad.)

This expansion has a focus on diplomacy, will the new features allow for power blocs of nations (NATO, Warsaw Pact, Axis, Allies) as these have had a much larger impact on real life diplomacy than bodies such as the UN which the World Congress you are adding seems to be inspired by.

What will the improvements to Independent Peoples look like in the expansion? anything from this list? https://www.reddit.com/r/HumankindTheGame/comments/vpvb1y/compilation_of_independent_people_improvement/

How often will expansions be released?

How long do you plan to support the game?

I know you put pollution mechanic "on hold", but will new expansion cover this area as well? I'm thinking about limits on pollution, actions against top polluters etc.

'Usual suspects' questions for every team, in order:

- What's the most exciting part of the new expansion you can't wait to see in hands of players?

- What's the piece of new artwork you're most proud of? Which one was surprisingly quick to finish and, on a flip side, which took ages and just didn't want to sit right?

- Is there any particular historical event you tried to emulate with new mechanics? Was there any interesting bit of info that you only learnt while doing research for the expansion?

Will shared maps chains show your spies ?

The same way as they currently show your stealth units to your enemys

I know these questions are more general, but i would like to know if PC players are going to be able to play with consoles ones? I hope so.

, And for the design area, Will the embassies have a different and original style according to the cultures?

Do spy and diplomat artwork will be different depending on the region of your civilisation ?

Do you think we will get diplomatic civilisations on later events for free ?

Game Design Questions

-Will the expansion be supported with patches after launch, or will only the base game continue to receive patches?

-Benoit mentioned in the presentation stream that the developers want to design the DLC's to operate independently from each other. Because the Diplomatic Affinity is exclusive to this expansion, Does that mean there will not be more Diplomatic Affinity cultures in the future? 

-Are there plans to rework or massively overhaul the other in game systems in more future expansions?

Art Design Questions

- Are there plans to makes a physical art book for Humankind showcasing the concept art and illustrations? (If not please consider cause I'm a sucker for art books!)

-Can you show more old concept art from Humankind's development history?

-Can we get more time lapse videos of the process of making art for Humankind. I am an aspiring artist who works digitally, and I'd like to see a time lapse video so I can learn more about the process.

What are the chances today that we see a second expansion in a year from now?

I love this game and want to continue seeing it grow

Will you ever add Judaism as a culture? The ancient one or Modern Israelis?

As a Swiss i really love your decision to make the culture of our nation a part of your game. But i have to ask: Why did you make the swiss a diplomatic culture but put them in their most bloddy and undiplomatic era, the early modern? They only became neutral and diplomatic in the very end of that era.

Came up with another one for the History stream:

Were there any close calls when choosing different Cultures for the expansion? Did you come up with two or more possible candidates for one era and you had to make some hard choices? Asking for TWR in particular, but other DLC packs count as well.

Also, it was fun to have it answered by the artists (even if I had a different question prepared for them, but they answered it indirectly during the stream anyway), so I'm pushing for this question to be asked again in this stream:

DNLH wrote:
- Is there any particular historical event you tried to emulate with new mechanics? Was there any interesting bit of info that you only learnt while doing research for the expansion?