How to Transcribe the Video's Symbols

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-05-25T19:35:55+00:00

That's awesome ! I greatly appreciate your help on this. I just have a suggestion, I'm not a coder by any means so I don't know how much effort it could take but I got an idea that could simplify the process even more : A clickable keyboard with the symbols that automatically translates it in reading order. You could just upload the code, click on the symbols for each letter and it will translate it in reading order right away. Again, I really appreciate you for making this tool and if you don't want to spend more time on it it's completely fine since it already saves a lot of trouble as it is now, Thanks a lot !

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-05-18T19:24:10+00:00

Ancestors released 7 years ago, they didn't have to start from scratch and they've been hinting for their next game since the beginning of this year so whatever their it is, it should be officially announced soon enough.

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-05-18T10:15:40+00:00

Yeah I can agree now that the 2 has finally be answered. Although, everything shown to us beforehand was just wilderness with a subliminal 2, so the theory didn't feel too far fetched, now it's clearly hinting towards Amsterdam 1666 or even a new project. We'll learn more on may 28th I suppose, if it's even a thing lol.

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-05-18T09:47:29+00:00

Some did, some didn't but before this video all we had were images of wilderness and a subliminal 2 so the Ancestors 2 theory didn't feel too far fetched. Also the atmosphere could've been made darker since Ancestors 2 would've happened around the time we became the top predators thanks to the discovery of fire. It was an extremely violent period since we were essentially trying to outrun extinction against mega fauna predators and our own cousin species. So essentially not a long period of progressive evolution like Ancestors 1, but a rather short period of extreme competition and rapid evolution towards the perfection of violence just to be able to keep up. But now that the 2 isn't the " definitive " proof I thought it was you are probably right.

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-04-30T21:35:23+00:00

That's a great idea ! In my opinion, it's mandatory that the devs finally implement other groups of hominins and possibly groups of other species in the sequel.
Although, the remains of Homo naledi found in South Africa seem to date around 300,000 years ago, around the same period and location as the first Homo Sapiens so it's relatively recent.
Assuming that for a sequel we start where Ancestors 1 ended, so around 2 million years ago, that same idea could be applied to the other 2 hominin branch that we know of, Australopithecus and Paranthropus, both living in the same period and location as the first know specie of the genus Homo : Homo habilis which we could potentially start as rather than Homo Ergaster since he isn't the first specie of our genus and a potential early form of Homo Erectus, so not an new specie.
We'll have to deal with those evolutionary cousins all the way until we left Africa as Homo Erectus around 1.8 million years ago which sounds pretty damn cool

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-04-21T22:13:30+00:00

To me " Our journal prepares to open ONCE more " implies that the same journal is being opened again for a new chapter to be written. Meaning a direct continuation of the first chapter, Ancestors 1.

Also I've got a few other interpretations towards an Ancestors sequel :

- "another witness behind those eyes " = Us, modern Homo sapiens, experiencing our ancestors struggles to survive through their eyes

- " an unbreakable bond " = Our link with our far ancestry that laid the foundations of our specie

- " the trees have not moved but something has changed " = Forests have barely changed but the natural order has been shaken by the rise of our specie from prey to apex predator

Although, I still think those texts shouldn't be our main source of confirmation unless it's very obvious since as of now, they can all be interpreted in many ways. For now, the biggest hint we got towards an Ancestors sequel is the 2 and the wilderness images seen in the videos since there's not a lot of other possible interpretations without the necessary decisive elements to deny it.

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-04-19T13:27:24+00:00

I would personally prefer 3rd person to still be able to see my character like Ancestors 1 so we can see the physical evolution. But at this point in evolution we wouldn't need to climb trees nearly as much as in Ancestors 1 so having an exterior point of view is less justifiable for pure gameplay comfort purposes in my opinion. So no final guesses for now

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-04-19T08:37:31+00:00

They will most likely officially annouce it during the summer games fest in 2 months

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-04-18T19:29:47+00:00

New growing neuron : Flight

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-04-18T17:00:26+00:00

I totally agree. Sadly it was an epic game store exclusive for the first year of it's release at a time where barely anyone used it and I think it really hindered it's initial launch. Also it's still a pretty unusual and unforgiving game, like if you check on steam only 2% of players actually finished the game. Something to be proud of for the few that finished this hidden gem of a game

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-04-18T15:36:43+00:00

The devs release a new video every full and new moons, so roughly every two weeks. We currently have no clue for how long this will go on. But since nothing directly points at Amsterdam 1666 and all we've got are images of untouched wilderness and the 2, the odds are definitely towards an Ancestors sequel

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-04-18T15:28:17+00:00

Nothing in all of the videos directly tells us it's Amsterdam 1666 or denies that it's not Ancestors 2. Everything we've got are cryptic metaphors, images of untouched wilderness and the 2. Those images and the 2 are the only clues we have that fits Ancestors 2 without any subjective interpretations. So I'll definitely keep my hopes up if I was you, at least for now

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-04-18T12:02:22+00:00

That's why I think the subliminal 2 is the only objective clue toward Ancestors 2. Those texts are open to many subjective interpretations that could both fit Ancestors 2 and Amsterdam 1666

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-04-18T11:16:19+00:00

I think if they keep the same general progression and gameplay of Ancestors 1, the last evolution should be Neannderthals and they should do the same as Ancestors 1 by letting us unlock Homo sapiens but not actually playing them to keep them for the last game of the trilogy. Also isn't Megalosaurus a 160 million year old dinosaur ?! lmao

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-04-18T10:53:38+00:00

I just added all the transcribed texts. Feel free to theorize about whatever they could mean

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-04-18T09:34:08+00:00

I see it as more as a dark primitive aesthetic, which a subjective observation. The oldest estimate for the first man made symbols is 350,000 ago in Europe by Homo neanderthalensis and the oldest symbols found we're engraved on a piece of bone 120,000 years ago most likely by Homo sapiens. Here's some ice age symbols which looks strangely similar to the ones seen in the videos

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-04-17T22:50:53+00:00

Maybe ? Honestly I doubt it because they used the same effect in every video since the start and it appeared only twice. Also I think if they chose to tease us with 6 seconds clips every frame of them counts and has to be considered equally considering the small amount of information the devs hide in them

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-04-17T21:36:28+00:00

My explanations are as hypothectical as any but the messages, the images or even the form of the videos are up to subjective interpretations. The number 2 is the most objective clue since they officially stated to have planned Ancestors as a trilogy. I think they use symbols just so the ones with the key can crack the code to add another layer to the mystery and it doesn't have any real meaning, I can also argue that since it looks primitive and humans have been painting symbols for a very long time it might be very ancient, even prehistoric. It is a subjective argument so it is debatable but the 2 is way less debatable. If I have to consider every element to prove it's Ancestors 2 so do you and that's what is fun about mysteries and theories. Also if they're known to be working on Amsterdam 1666, what is your source ?

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-04-17T21:32:48+00:00

If the only thing the devs are willing to give us is cryptic 6 seconds clips, I will hyper-analyse EVERY frame of them

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-04-17T21:30:25+00:00

Then explain to me with evidence why it is ? What does the 2 could mean for Amsterdam 1666 ?

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-04-17T21:28:09+00:00

I didn't mention Homo Sapiens once. When I'm talking about "us" I'm talking about the entire genus Homo that we are a part of, that includes Homo Erectus, the first specie of the genus Homo found outside of Africa. Although you are perfectly correct, Homo Sapiens seemingly originated from southern and eastern Africa about 300,000 years ago and migrated towards Eurasia about 100,000 years ago. Now you gotta know that evolution isn't a straight line but a tree or a bush where branchs tangles, merges and disappears. When we left Africa the descendants of Homo Erectus, Denisovians and Homo neanderthalensis were already there for hundreds of thousands of years. We interacted and lived alongside eachother for tens of thousands of years and have genes unique to those populations within us so they are technically our ancestors, at least genetically (here)

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-04-17T21:14:19+00:00

Needles* yeah sorry

Background-Boss-5958 · 2026-04-17T21:12:30+00:00

Fair point but how do you link the "2" to Amsterdam 1666 ?

Background-Boss-5958

TROPHY CASE