Sapiens News

Sapiens has been in a private alpha for a while now. During that time, the testers have been busy making many large and detailed builds.



This castle has been built by generations of sapiens over many in-game years.



It's built with mud bricks that have been dug out from the surrounding hills, and mixed with hay and sand and left to dry. The wood is mostly split logs, from birch tree plantations, with some apple wood too for color.



This next village was founded where two rivers meet.



The are no boats in Sapiens yet, but the docks are ready and waiting!



There are some nice green spaces for the sapiens to enjoy within the town walls. This village is in a tropical biome, so it is filled with coconut trees, bamboo, and banana plants.

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In this preview of Sapiens, watch the developer play through the start of the game, and then take a look at some amazing late-game builds created by players.

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After 7 long years of development, Sapiens will finally be in your hands very shortly! A time-limited demo will be released when Sapiens participates in the Steam Next Fest, June 13-20, 2022, with the full early access release coming soon after.

Check out the Steam page for a brand new trailer, and don't forget to add Sapiens to your wishlist!



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Hi everyone, I'm majicDave, and this is Sapiens!

Sapiens will be launching into Early Access soon, and you can expect a release date announcement within the next few weeks. With the launch fast approaching, it's time to share more about where the game is at and how development is going.

If you want to get a good overview, the latest devlog video is a great place to start:
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Since recording the video, I've added new musical instruments to accompany the flute, a balafon and log drum. It's great when the sapiens get together and play.



Music talent is a personality trait, some sapiens will pick it up faster than others, and some sapiens will actually get sad if they haven't played or heard music lately. But if you assign a few sapiens from your tribe to the music role, then whenever they start to feel the need, they'll go and pick up a musical instrument, find a place by a campfire, and start playing. Then all of the near by sapiens will get a mood boost too.

A new trailer is in the works, which will be published soon, and I've added new weather effects for rain and snow too, which adds a huge amount to the ambience.



I'll be posting more frequent updates from now on, so see you again soon!

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Work on Sapiens is progressing nicely, and it's now far enough along that I can show off a full play through of the game as it currently stands.

The focus lately has been on the early-game gameplay and the major underlying systems, but there is still a lot of work to go, loads of content to work on, and improvements to be made.

But hopefully this should help you to see the potential, and understand what playing Sapiens is all about. The game is really starting to come together!