As the clan slowly expands, the player character can perform social tasks like calling members of the clan to hunt and explore together, or migrating across the map to settle down in a new home. As the clan grows, players can switch to play as other characters such as an infant, an adult, an elder, and a mother or father carrying their child. The goal of the player is to ensure the hominid clan's survival as it slowly evolves and becomes a new species. If all clan members die, the lineage becomes extinct and players need to restart the game. If the player character dies, players will shift to controlling another clan member. As players continue to make new discoveries, the hominid become more intelligent and capable, and new skills such as using leaves to make bedding and medicinal plants to heal themselves are unlocked. The hominid can use its intelligence to pinpoint the locations of different items of interest and make new discoveries such as identifying new food or tools. While the world is dangerous, the apes can use their heightened senses to listen to various sounds, such as that of a predator, a lost clan member, or an outsider which can be recruited to the player's clans. When a hominid is exploring new locations or being hunted by predators, it will enter a state of 'fear' which can be overcome by finding glowing orbs of light, or else it will descend into a state of hysteria. As players progress, new areas are opened up for players to explore. Players can climb trees, and will suffer injuries if they fall down or are attacked by predators.

The game starts in a jungle in prehistoric Africa, an open world filled with threats including Machairodus, Metridiochoerus, Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni, Adcrocuta hyenas, African rock python, giant miocene otters, African buffalo, and more. In the game, players control a member of a hominid clan and have to manage the player character's health by eating, drinking, and sleeping. In the screenshot, the ape is exploring the jungle with its clan members.Īncestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a survival game played from a third-person view. In the game, players guide a hominid from a third-person view.

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