Prehistory

Frame · Epochs temporal

Before civilization – raw nature, simple tools, survival as the only goal, the world larger than the human.

Design question – Your game takes place in prehistory. What does a world without infrastructure mean – and how does progress feel when every invention is a wonder?

Reference example – Paleo: surviving as a group in the Stone Age, hunting, gathering, painting cave pictures. Age of Empires: every match begins in the Stone Age, with gatherers and hunters.

Associations

• Typical Activities – Gathering, Hunting, Building (simple), Surviving

Coherence

Mechanisms: Crafting (primitive), Resource Management, Hunting, Evolution/Adaptation. Activities: Gathering, Hunting, Building (simple), Surviving. Ludic Narrational Structure: survival narration, Griot (oral tradition), cyclical narration (seasons).