One of my favourite parts of the game so far has been the artwork. The illustrations for the cultures, events, sciences, units, buildings, etc has me IMMERSED in this world, imagining what it might've been like to live in those different areas and eras. Bartering and trading for food and goods, playing games by the market, etc etc. 

Will we have access to some kind of artbook or will there be a pack of wallpapers we can download? I'd love to have high-quality versions of the artwork for my phone and laptop.

The art is fantastic, the unit art is amazing and the fact the the 3d models of th eunits chance for wach culture is perfect

airdrew13 wrote:
Will we have access to some kind of artbook or will there be a pack of wallpapers we can download? I'd love to have high-quality versions of the artwork for my phone and laptop.

The artworks and graphics on the map are absolutely gorgeous, I also wish we'll have some more material to download and use.

I love the screenshots of cities by the sea, like the ones on the main site. I wish we would be able to take such screenshots in game, without having the UI displayed, though I know it's an impossible thing unfortunately.

Waykot wrote:

airdrew13 wrote:
Will we have access to some kind of artbook or will there be a pack of wallpapers we can download? I'd love to have high-quality versions of the artwork for my phone and laptop.

The artworks and graphics on the map are absolutely gorgeous, I also wish we'll have some more material to download and use.

I love the screenshots of cities by the sea, like the ones on the main site. I wish we would be able to take such screenshots in game, without having the UI displayed, though I know it's an impossible thing unfortunately.

Why would it be impossible? I know that most mmorpgs have options to toggle the UI off for screenshots at least. Is there something with 4x games that prevents this?

Alice99 wrote:

Waykot wrote:

airdrew13 wrote:
Will we have access to some kind of artbook or will there be a pack of wallpapers we can download? I'd love to have high-quality versions of the artwork for my phone and laptop.

The artworks and graphics on the map are absolutely gorgeous, I also wish we'll have some more material to download and use.

I love the screenshots of cities by the sea, like the ones on the main site. I wish we would be able to take such screenshots in game, without having the UI displayed, though I know it's an impossible thing unfortunately.

Why would it be impossible? I know that most mmorpgs have options to toggle the UI off for screenshots at least. Is there something with 4x games that prevents this?

Sure, technically speaking it's feasable, but gameplay wise, that would mean revealing all the map, units, cities, outposts, and so on.

Unless there's a technical way to only show on map the current player's assets while taking a screenshot, that would be a way to cheat I guess ;)

Alice99 wrote:
Why would it be impossible? I know that most mmorpgs have options to toggle the UI off for screenshots at least. Is there something with 4x games that prevents this?

Well, based on the tips in Stadia's build, SHIFT + F10 is the way to go :)

I'm going to make a loooot of wonderful screenshots with this new scenario !

Waykot wrote:

I'm going to make a loooot of wonderful screenshots with this new scenario !

Will you be posting these screenshots somewhere so people can view them?

I love the graphics, I have a feeling when the game is available to download on steam there will be an option for 4K - I do have a question regarding rivers and streams.  They seem almost drawn with a bluish sharpie, the ocean is very vibrant and animated but for some reason the rivers and streams don't share the same quality graphics I don't understand

It's not a huge deal, I know a virtual world cannot be totally immersive and fully rendered as realistic in all areas ....  Maybe this will look better on a different resolution perhaps? 

I am curious about the rivers & streams, I just watched another video on Humankind gameplay & once again the river/stream looked almost drawn in with a fuzzy sharpie marker.  Something needs to be done, I love the oceans just fine, just the rivers/streams.

Also, does the game render an entirely new landscape each new game?  How many different "maps" are there total?????????

Thank you

Hey there,

As a game designer I can answer to your last question: Yes, each new game will have its own entirely new landscape. The terrain is procedurally generated (= built by your computer based on a specific ruleset) every time you create a new game, which leads to an infinite amount of different "maps".

Very interesting, 

hi just wondering do u plan to relise a online vershion where people can compeat for global rule ????

I like the look of the game but the map seems a little too busy. It's hard to really easily identify what's on a tile/hex.