We welcome you, modern Homo sapiens! Forget about your modern tools, your fast lifestyle, the comfort of your own home and prepare yourself to join the tribe of your ancestors, in the cave where everything started.

You should be warned however, that life here is not all rest… grouped in tribes of about 30 people, every day is filled with many tasks that must be done in order to survive and see the sunrise yet one more time. We’re born; we grow, and then die as the seasons change. As we continuously gather food, hunt, or sweat at some other hard labour while always trying to prove our worth to the spirits of nature; those same spirits that make our lives so perilous, yet so beautiful.

But no matter how difficult our lot in life is, we have something in common with you, modern man, which allows us to remain courageous in spite of all the adversity: the ability to dream and work reality in order to bring it closer to our ideals.

So come with us without fear, tread barefoot the lands of your past. Not only shall you discover your origins, but perhaps gain new insight into your own world as well...




CPU Pentium IV or AMD Athlon
DirectX 9 compatible video card
150 MB disk space
256 MB RAM
Sound card
Windows XP operating system

• Go to the Sapiens website at http://sapiens.lvlstudio.com and click on the “Download Sapiens” button. Once the download window appears, select “SAVE” and choose a folder where to store the installation file for the Sapiens game.
  
• Once the download has completed, select the folder where you stored the installation file and execute it by double clicking on it. The Sapiens installation screen should appear.
  
• Follow the onscreen directions for the rest of the installation. The installer will also ask if you wish to install the latest version of DirectX and DivX. These programs are safe and their installation is necessary for the proper operation of the game, we recommend that you install these programs if you don’t already have them or if you are unsure.
  
• Once the installation is complete, you will find in your “START”, “ALL PROGRAMS” menu a new folder called Sapiens-LVLStudio. In that folder you will just need to click the Start Sapiens icon to start the game.
  
• To uninstall the game, in the same folder in the “START” menu, click on the “Uninstall Sapiens” icon.

Since Sapiens is an online game, you must register yourself with the Sapiens community before you can play. In order to do this, visit the Sapiens website at http://sapiens.lvlstudio.com and go to the “TO PLAY” section and enter your e-mail address, user name, and your password in the section entitled Step 1: Register.

If you should ever lose your user name or your password, you just need to click on the link “forgot your password?” and we shall send you the information to the e-mail address you used to register.

A user account shall let you control only 1 character at a time. If your character dies, you can create another one with the same account. However, if you are more than one person sharing the same copy of Sapiens, each person will need to have its own account.


If any updates should become available, the Sapiens website will mention it and provide you with a link where you can download the update. Users will also be notified of updates via e-mail.


Once you’ve launched the Sapiens game you will have access to the configuration menu inside the cave, which is accessible from the main menu (3.1.1). The configuration menu allows you to modify the following: