Will climate change be featured in the game?

[Duoz]

Just watched this great video: https://youtu.be/9n78WYo-SQQ
and I was wondering if and how Humankind will tackle this issue? thanks

[utilityguy]

Back in Fall of 2019 someone posted some climate change gameplay suggestions in the Games2Gether forums. The response from a developer working on the game was that: While the team would love to implement a climate change/exploitation mechanic, they don’t know how or when such a thing will be possible to implement in the game at that moment in time.

So far I haven’t seen any significantly clear reported information that confirms there will be a climate change mechanic.
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Also: That video is awesome! The old Civ Alpha Centauri game pretty much has the best board to play on, in terms of it dynamic reactions to player choices.

[Duoz]

Thanks for the reply! It makes sense it would be a mechanic they'd have to implement from the beginning of development.
It's a shame they decided it wasn't important enough.
We can still hope something will come in the future with modding or DLC!

[The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales]

We agree that climate change is quite important to history, and not just in the modern age. There have been climate events throughout history, for example the so-called Little Ice Age.
But because this is an important topic, we do not want to rush it, which is why it may not be present at release.

[Zapmaster]

Originally posted by Duoz:

Thanks for the reply! It makes sense it would be a mechanic they'd have to implement from the beginning of development.
It's a shame they decided it wasn't important enough.
We can still hope something will come in the future with modding or DLC!

I mean it's not that they think it's not important enough, just that it would take a lot of work to implement it in a way that's compelling and fun within the game, better not have it in the game at all than have it half a$$ed.

[Duoz]

Yeah definitely agree. I meant to say not important enough for release. Sorry