Anthrogenesis Dev Blog

Showing the design and development process for MartinShep’s game Anthrogenesis, a 4X history game chronicling the Palaeolithic to the near future

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Welcome to the Anthrogenesis blog!

What is Anthrogenesis?

Anthrogenesis is a 4X history game currently in development. You start as a tribe in the Paleolithic and build your way up to the near future.

Currently it's only in the design phase, and will enter development once I get my shit together. Unless stated otherwise everything is only a planned feature, and may not make it to the final game. If you see a feature you really like make sure to tell me so I know to keep it!

What will Anthrogenesis look like?

It's planned to have units, settlements, and hexagonal tiles much like most 4X games. So what's different about Anthrogenesis?

It will be on a globe instead of a flat map

Tiles within tiles for settlements

Unique resources for each culture

Supply lines (mostly automated but can be micromanaged)

I did literal rocket science for this

Lots of mod support

Technological progression is more impactful on how you play at different points during the game

Less importance on individual settlements

How can I support Anthrogenesis?

Do not send me money! I can't do anything with it to help speed up development. If you want to support my game the only way to do that currently is to work on it with me. If you have skills in programming, art, history, or anything else you think could be useful you're free to volunteer to help.

My main blog is @martinshep

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A crude mockup of the hex based globe of Anthrogenesis I've made not too long ago. Of course a globe cannot be made only with hexagons, so 12 out of the 12962 faces are pentagons.

Smaller globe sizes include 9722, 7842, 5762, and 2562 tiles each.

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A look at one of the cultures to be added: The Thule!

The Thule are uniquely adapted to the arctic, both on land and sea. Playing as the Thule you will be able to reach, live, and thrive in areas no one else could.

Qamutiik

A qamutiik is an early type of dog sled that still holds up today. It allows you to use dogs as travel animals, and you won't be slowed down by snow.

Umiak

An umiak is a large canoe made from hide stretched over wood or bone. The invention of the umiak allowed the Thule to catch and carry more meat from the seas. It becomes obsolete after researching trawling.

Sukkak

Sukkak is the Inuktitut word for whalebone. The Thule utilised whale bone in many different ways including boats, tools, shelter, and more. It acts as both wood and bone for building and manufacturing purposes and is gained from any source of whales.

Qajak

The kayak is a Thule invention, it provides some protection from the elements, is very robust, and can easily cut through icy waters. Although not useful in battle, a fleet of them is excellent at transporting groups of people.

Thank you to Inuktitut Computing for the fonts Aboriginal Serif, and Kayases.