Sapiens Game Ideas

SAPIENS GAME IDEAS TO EXPAND ON BASE EXPERIENCE:

Fresh Water:
Water to drink
Digging wells
Using natural springs, rivers
Collecting rainwater
Watering crops
Digging troughs for irrigation
Using mud in combination with straw for housing/insulation
Baking mud/clay for bricks

Fishing:
Fishing in rivers/coastline
Evolution of fishing tools - crafting harpoons from bone/ivory
Scavenging shellfish on coastline
Drying fish / collecting salt for preservation
Using shells for decoration/crafts
Creation of fishing nets/baskets in streams for passive fishing

Building:
Rafts/crafts for crossing rivers, travel and trade
Bridges for small troughs/rivers
Sled / barrow for moving stones/logs
Marking the edges of your territory with totems that could increase friendly visits from other tribes
Dry racks for plants, herbs, fish, leather, clothes (that are wet from rain)

Sapiens:
Cosmetic decor such as shell/bone/ivory jewellery, tattoos, face paint with possible influence on tribe/foreign tribes
Multiple clothing options that are biome appropriate and based on different animal leathers or plant fibres
More context sensitive risks to injury such as snake bites, poisonous plants, injury or disease (these could be tied to experience level)
More animations for various health states such as: hurt, limping, tired and slowed, scared etc.
Afflictions such as broken bones that require the tribe to look after a sapien (or not) for a number of days
Very basic bio an every sapien in your tribe that list major events in his lifetime, his most consumed food type, skills, parents, injuries ect to build more unique character
More personality traits such as "superstitious", "clumsy" or "inspiring" that might affect behaviour or have an affect on tribe.

Tribe personality / culture:
Integration of music for things such as dances/rites that could bolster the overall tribe spirit
Making bone/wood toys for children of example animals that could slowly allow for skill learning such as hunting
Burying the dead, marking their graves with cosmetics
Potential art painted/scratched on rocks to mark territory or provide a passive bonus to certain activities
Sapiens talking/learning while working together

Wild Animals:
Animals could migrate to watering areas that allow hunting opportunities
Lots of one kind of animal can lead to predators. Example herd of gazelle spawns sabretooth cat etc.
Finding dead animals or tribesmen which could give an early-game resource
Animals will be lured by bones/meat and scavenge or attack tribe if close enough
Small animals such as rabbits can be great as an easier hunt that provides both food/leather.
Rabbits/Birds can also pose a great threat to a primitive garden by eating the crops
Some birds can nest on the ground and lay eggs that could be a food-source
Birds can roost in trees and disperse as sapiens come close.
Killing animals can drop rare items that can be used for cosmetics / trade such as feathers, bones, teeth ect.
The concept of domestication (but with great risk) to feed wild wolves ect.
Some animals might be scared of fire and having torch/firepit might keep them from looting stocks

Interaction with other tribes:
Aggressive tribes that raid food/storage or abduct/harm own tribe
Opportunity to help injured or exiled strangers (and win them to your tribe)
Opportunity to trade with friendly tribes (receive exotics not in current biome)
Competition around certain resources leading to conflict/friendships
Defending against hostile tribes

Weather events:
Rare weather events such as lightning storm (chance of causing a fire)
Snowstorm / Sand Storm (can’t go outside or get trapped if in open)
Increased rain or heat/drought situations that could affect tribe mood, crop outcomes
Fire caused by Sapiens/nature that can burn structures/hurt sapiens and requires to be put out

Overall game scope:
Playing the game to various successful states:
a) Becoming the dominant tribe in an area
b) surviving for a preset amount of years
c) reaching a certain population
d) unlocking all the skills and modernising your tribe
e) surviving in hostile areas such as ice/desert
f) overcoming an pack-leader animal such as an alpha wolf/bear or mammoth
The ability to abandon the settlement and leave with only the sapiens/some resources to a new biome/area.
Having sapiens become aggressive due to negative effects such as constant hunger with fights and destroying the settlement
Finding dwellings such as caves or predator lairs that may be dangerous due to inhabiting animals
Establishing a trade route between tribes