A tribe of people set sail for some adventure but is waylaid by a tremendous storm crashing their boat and washing them onto a deserted island in the sim Mac game My Tribe. This is the premise for starting your own tribe of castaways.
Initially you must choose your island from billions of islands. That’s what the game advertises but after looking at a few, you choose your island right away because you want to get started on your game. Your tribe will consist of mostly adults and a couple of kids. The adults will easily work for you but the children do not (very realistic). To get a person to work, you click on that body and drag him/her to a tree. They will immediately start to chop the tree for wood. They will place their logs on one of the 3 brown blankets on the ground. The other 2 are for food and rocks. You need rocks for building. In order to progress in this game you must build huts for shelter and the research station so studies can be done to build other things such as agriculture and scientific knowledge to advance your tribe.
To move around the island, click on the ground and drag towards your destination. The map on the lower left will give you an aerial view of the island, and clicking on the map will take you to that location.
The Detail screen can set tasks for your tribe members, and even though children do not work, you can set tasks for when they turn 14. The resource display will show how much wood, rocks and food you have. If the resource supply is low, the person building will stop working.
There are moondust and stardust falling randomly from the sky. You need to drag a tribe member on top of these items to collect them. These magical pieces can make tasks easier for some of the people. To use these items you click on either item at the top of the screen and then click on a person. If the tribe learns to build a celestial oberservatory, it will alert you when the stardust or moondust hits the earth.
After the tribe builds huts and the science center, it is important to have someone doing research in order to progress in this game. Research will show where other food sources may be and will teach them to make clothes. With higher technology someone can make potions from ingredient found on the island (bird guano, mushrooms and more).
Every so often crates or barrels will wash up onto the beach and you have the option to open them or not because some items may or may not be helpful to the tribe. Also if you see a tombstone that means someone has died. You have the choice of moving the headstone to another area or hide it completely. In order to keep the tribe going, you drop a person on another and they will eventually have a baby.
My Tribe is very similar to Virtual Villagers and is just as interesting a play. The difference I think is My Tribe the people worked much harder. In fact if you did not stop them from one task, they keep at it until they are completely exhausted and sleeping standing up. My Tribe also has definite goals to work for and one goal leads to another. Of course, the research is important to get access to higher technology and therefore have a better life. I also like how they handle death with tombstones rather than seeing the skeletons sprawled in VV. I like this game a lot for its real time play, ease of learning and the many extras it has to offer.
Features of My Tribe:
-Design Your Own Paradise
-Billions of Islands to Choose From
-More than 10 Potions to Research
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