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About Humanica
Humanica drops you into 10,000 B.C., where you guide a fledgling settlement from the Paleolithic through the Iron Age. A sprawling technology tree reshapes your options as you master bronze and iron work.
Gameplay runs on a turn‑based day cycle, with each day limiting how much your settlers can accomplish. Efficient planning, exploration, and defense are essential to keep the community fed, clothed, and safe.
01 / THE GUIDE
Technology Progression
The game starts in 10,000 B.C. and moves you from the Paleolithic to the Iron Age via a massive technology tree.
Each new tech opens building, crafting, and smelting options, forcing you to shift strategies as your settlement advances.
- Track which technologies unlock essential resources early.
- Plan your settlement layout to accommodate future building types.
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Turn‑Based Day Cycle
Gameplay is divided into days, each acting as a turn where settlers can perform a limited amount of work.
Efficient scheduling keeps your population productive, helping you meet survival goals like feeding and clothing the community.
- Prioritize essential jobs each turn, such as food production.
- Use the ‘Just One More Turn!’ mindset to squeeze extra tasks when possible.
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World Exploration
The map consists of hexagonal tiles explored turn by turn, revealing new resources like seeds and animals.
Exploration expands your settlement’s options for farming, animal husbandry, and raw material gathering. Each discovered hex can become a future expansion site for farms or mines.
- Mark promising hexes early to plan future farms.
- Balance exploration with maintaining current settlement productivity.
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Construction & Landscape Editing
Buildings are placed on an irregular grid of randomly shaped quadrilaterals, offering a non‑standard layout.
The editable landscape, composed of large squares, lets you dig out or raise terrain, even reshaping mountains. These tools let you create defensive walls or expand farmland directly on the terrain.
- Use terrain editing to position resources near processing buildings.
- Experiment with the quadrilateral grid to optimize space for both housing and defenses.
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Settlement Defense
Wild animals and nomadic groups may attack, prompting you to arm settlers and erect walls with towers.
Defensive structures protect your growing population and allow continued development of technology and industry. Strategically placing towers on high ground improves their effectiveness against incoming threats.
- Place walls to funnel enemies toward towers.
- Upgrade weapons as new metal tools become available.
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