Humankind Game by Amplitude

[GenyaArikado]

Maybe, or hopefully, you'll get Greek fire dromons with Theodora in Civ 6.

Burn baby burn

 

[Meluhhan]

Why has there been no reveal this week?

 

[mitsho]

The Holiday on Monday I guess (Pentecoast Monday). Means today is only the Tuesday of the week, so maybe they run a bit late. I expect the civ reveal this evening.

 

[notNamed]

The developers have confirmed that the culture reveal has been postponed due to protests in Paris and US.

 

[Guandao]

The developers have confirmed that the culture reveal has been postponed due to protests in Paris and US.

Oh, that's too bad.

 

[Boris Gudenuf]

The developers have confirmed that the culture reveal has been postponed due to protests in Paris and US.

There's a lot you can do remotely, but sooner or later developers, graphic artists and coders have got to get together, and Amplitude's offices, which I gather are in the middle of Paris, are therefore extremely susceptible to being cut off from the rest of the world by shutdowns of streets, subways, buses, etc by street protests.

There's something to be said these days for putting a corporate HQ in Steilacoom, Washington - population less than 5000 . . .

 

[j51]

Oh, that's too bad.

Nah, it can wait.

 

[Zaarin]

Nah, it can wait.

Of course it can wait. That doesn't mean it's not a shame that Amplitude's business has been affected.

There's something to be said these days for putting a corporate HQ in Steilacoom, Washington - population less than 5000 . . .

I don't live in a large city at all, but living in a place with a population less than 5,000 would be lovely. When I was younger, I wanted to live in a big city; as an adult, I want to raise my kids as far from the city as I can get them.

 

[Boris Gudenuf]

Of course it can wait. That doesn't mean it's not a shame that Amplitude's business has been affected.


I don't live in a large city at all, but living in a place with a population less than 5,000 would be lovely. When I was younger, I wanted to live in a big city; as an adult, I want to raise my kids as far from the city as I can get them.

I grew up in a college town: population 25,000, but a major university, so I thought that was perfect: surrounded by the Appalachian Mountains, rural all over, but the advantages of Big City library, concerts, museum in what was essentially a small town.
Steilacoom, where I lived for 20 years, is the southernmost suburb of Tacoma, but retains a very small town feel and has one of the largest parks in the state between it and the more built-up parts of Metro Puget Sound, and the wooded maneuver area of Fort Lewis blocking off development on the other side. Nearly perfect. I have less use for concerts and such now that I'm past my allotted three score and ten, and most of the library work (research) I can now do on line, so the 'pure' small town is preferable. Also, there's a lot to be said for the climate of Puget Sound region, which is about as temperate and mild as you can get, but has rain forest, mountains, desert, prairie, and Old Growth forest all within an hour's drive . . .

 

[Zaarin]

I grew up in a college town: population 25,000, but a major university, so I thought that was perfect: surrounded by the Appalachian Mountains, rural all over, but the advantages of Big City library, concerts, museum in what was essentially a small town.
Steilacoom, where I lived for 20 years, is the southernmost suburb of Tacoma, but retains a very small town feel and has one of the largest parks in the state between it and the more built-up parts of Metro Puget Sound, and the wooded maneuver area of Fort Lewis blocking off development on the other side. Nearly perfect. I have less use for concerts and such now that I'm past my allotted three score and ten, and most of the library work (research) I can now do on line, so the 'pure' small town is preferable. Also, there's a lot to be said for the climate of Puget Sound region, which is about as temperate and mild as you can get, but has rain forest, mountains, desert, prairie, and Old Growth forest all within an hour's drive . . .

Sounds a lot like what the city I live in now used to be like: small town feel, big city amenities. Unfortunately, it's grown a lot over the past decade and shows no sign of slowing. I've vacationed several times in the Northwest and would love to live out there, but family ties are likely to keep me in the East. I'm at least hoping to move to a cooler climate and less flat topography somewhere further north within the next few years--somewhere where I can get outside more, have a more active lifestyle, get in nature more.

 

[Boris Gudenuf]

Sounds a lot like what the city I live in now used to be like: small town feel, big city amenities. Unfortunately, it's grown a lot over the past decade and shows no sign of slowing. I've vacationed several times in the Northwest and would love to live out there, but family ties are likely to keep me in the East. I'm at least hoping to move to a cooler climate and less flat topography somewhere further north within the next few years--somewhere where I can get outside more, have a more active lifestyle, get in nature more.

Last Off-Topic Post, honest.
Having lived most of my life in and around mountains - Blue Ridge, White Mountains, Appalachians, Taunus and Spessarts in Germany, Cascades here, I wouldn't live anywhere else. If you have to stay east and sort of south, try western North Carolina, southwestern Virginia or eastern Tennessee/Kentucky: all lovely country.

 

[Zaarin]

Last Off-Topic Post, honest.
Having lived most of my life in and around mountains - Blue Ridge, White Mountains, Appalachians, Taunus and Spessarts in Germany, Cascades here, I wouldn't live anywhere else. If you have to stay east and sort of south, try western North Carolina, southwestern Virginia or eastern Tennessee/Kentucky: all lovely country.

(Also last for me.) Yeah, Western North Carolina/Eastern Tennessee is precisely where I'm looking. The mountains are less awe-inspiring than those out West, but they're pretty in their own way--and the climate is very nice, not too cold in the winter, not too hot in the summer, not too humid. And there are cities in convenient driving distance to get my ethnic food fix. And best of all, when the sun goes down, you can see the stars. Ten years ago my town had shockingly little light pollution for an urban environment, but now the Pleiades are invisible even on moonless nights and even the bright stars of Orion appear faint. Okay, I return you to your regularly scheduled Humankind discussion.

 

[CivLuvah]

Any updates on when the Humankind Gameplay Reveal will be held? @Catoninetales_Amplitude

 

[Catoninetales_Amplitude]

Unfortunately not. You'll have to keep an eye on IGN's Summer of Games schedule.

 

[Siptah]

I can see why a short-notice reschedule leads to omissions, but going from 2 planned Humankind features to 0 seems odd.

 

[Guandao]

I can see why a short-notice reschedule leads to omissions, but going from 2 planned Humankind features to 0 seems odd.

So we aren't getting any Humankind features next week?

 

[Catoninetales_Amplitude]

I don't think that schedule is final yet. With all the announcements of shifting schedules, I have honestly lost track of where the latest information is released. As far as I know, we are still part of the show.

 

[CivLuvah]

Imgur album updated to include Mongols:

https://imgur.com/a/4cPjGSY

 

[CivLuvah]

The IGN Summer of Gaming schedule has just been updated. The Humankind Gameplay Interview will now be on June 18:

https://www.ign.com/articles/summer-of-gaming-live-stream-schedule-games-list

 

[CivLuvah]

Two civ reveals in the same week!?!

Imgur album updated to include the Norsemen:
https://imgur.com/a/4cPjGSY