Hopefully the game stays engaging at that level. Of course, with it being an indie title it took forever, and because I did not have the money to back them in the beginning, I had to play the waiting game like everyone else.

I have not yet gotten to the farming/animal herding technology but getting close. The Randomness of Hana Nana Ancient Cities Alpha: FINALLY When I first heard about Ancient Cities around two years, I got really excited as I LOVE city builders. I can see some fun gameplay loops where if there is a specific place on the map you want to get to you can migrate to some undesirable locations on the way and just scrounge enough resources up to leave again to continue to the spot you want to get to. So once you migrate and settle down again it is a pretty quick process getting set up again compared to the ages it takes when first starting. All of your work groups are saved and come with you as well as any materials you can break down and salvage for the migration.

I got to the point where my first camp was struggling to get food as animals/fish were getting scarce so I have migrated and set up my second camp with the same group of people. The game itself I can't really say too much because I am only eight hours in. They behave like real people, resting on large rocks, children running around the camp while the parents are working, some restless members of camp wandering around for an hour or two in the middle of the night. Watching them it actually feels like they are people.

The camps you build feel organic and the people are mostly autonomous once you have set up your work groups well. Shelfed it for 2-3 ish years or so and just started playing a couple days ago again. Was really disappointed with the state of the game when they released into early access. Have watched the game since their early backing fundraisers. GAMEPLAY is FINALLY here - Ancient Cities WarriorofSparta 65.

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