And so we're going to go there with baby steps.' 'If you avoid these questions, you're avoiding things that we think mass market entertainment IP ought to address, to put out on the table and discuss. It's just something we're going to have to deal with, as grown ups, and as game developers and as responsible games developers. No matter what you do, and how sensitive you are, there's someone who'll think it's too sensitive and someone who'll think it's not sensitive enough. 'On the other hand, if you put it in your game, you're going to get yelled at. 'The thing is, from our point of view, if you're going to make a game that pretends to be about human history, you can't avoid this. you know there's so many topics that are logical hot buttons for entire nations, civilisations, cultures, peoples,' he tells. 'The number of things you can list in human history that are dangerous, like colonisation, slavery, authoritarian regimes, mass displacement. This is a concept Amplitude hopes to explore further, hinting that religion and ideology will also play a part in how your digital culture evolves - although narrative designer and lead writer Jeff Spock acknowledges this potentially opens the studio to a 'lose, lose situation.' After all, each nation is by now the product of a myriad of different cultures and influences, whether from those that have immigrated peacefully or as a consequence of invasion and colonisation. This shakes up the gameplay in ways genre fans might not expect (more on that later), but also represents the evolution of human society. In Humankind, players guide a civilization from the Stone Age to the Space Age - again, not an uncommon premise for the genre - but each time they reach a new era, they can swap the civilization they control (for example, transforming their virtual empire from Ancient Egyptian to Roman). The upcoming title is in development at Sega's Amplitude Studios and represents the team's first foray into the real world, having previously developed sci-fi 4X strategy series Endless Space and its fantasy off-shoot Endless Legend. Humankind is not the first strategy game to offer players a journey through our society's entire history, but it's attempting to be the most innovative.

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