
It’s an easier way to ease new players into the game’s systems, and it’s nice to spend a bit of time exploring the map. In the Neolithic Era, you begin as a simple tribe of wandering nomads with no culture or bonuses. I don’t remember that in the history books!

It also creates an element of humour when you switch from the Egyptians to the Dutch. It’s a fantastically interesting way of doing things that allows you to switch things up halfway through a game. And upon reaching each consecutive Era, you will have the opportunity to pick an entirely new culture with different bonuses. But in Humankind, you cannot pick a culture until you’ve earned your first Era Star and advanced to the Ancient Era. Most historical games make you pick your culture before you even begin the game. But one of Humankind’s biggest standouts starts with the very first Era of the game, the Neolithic Era. Fame is mainly awarded by earning ‘Era Stars’, which can be accumulated by achieving multiple different things throughout your culture’s history. And Humankind certainly has a few unique mechanics: first and foremost, you win the game by earning the most points, or ‘Fame’, not necessarily by completing a set goal like wiping everybody off the map. But that similarity makes it instantly accessible to anyone with a passing familiarity with the genre to be comfortable giving it a try, which is a definite boon.

In fact, it’s a little too similar to Civ at times – more on that later. You’ll notice it as soon as you start a new game, from the top-down map to the way you accrue gold and food, and many units and buildings share similar functions too.

The Amplitude's Team will select the 10 best maps and we'll reveal the winners during a stream on our official Twitch Channel on September 16th! In addition we will reward the map with the most subscriptions with an additional prize! Check out the complete prize list and the Humankind Map Creation Contest terms and conditions below and show us your best maps! Feeling lost with the Humankind Map Editor? Don't hesitate to have a look to the Humankind Map Editor's Manual, and to connect with the Humankind Community on Games2Gether.
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Now is the time to show off your map design skills: We are happy to launch the first Humankind Map Creation Contest, with a One-of-a-Kind Humankind Custom PC made by INTEL, gorgeous Logitech Gaming Gear and other fantastic prizes to win! You can submit your maps until Monday, September 6th at 6 PM CEST to the Humankind mod.io hub, and you can send as many maps as you want. We have more details and some guidelines below, but the complete information can be found here. All you have to do is create a world however you see fit based on the simple guidelines they have laid out, and you can win all this awesome gear below, which includes a branded Intel PC tower, ASUS monitor, a ton of Logitech G gear, and the game.

SEGA has launched a brand new contest for those who have the gift for map-making as you can win a prize pack for the game Humankind.
