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Replace biomes with seasons.

^^ I was typing that just as you posted your reply. Sounds good!

Eve with a fig leaf chastity belt would provide this. And if you change your mind and want to play with others simply take it off.

Abandonment is bad but baby suicide is just as big a problem, if not bigger because you have no control over your daughters running away.

With so many baby deaths (neglect, suicide, cluelessness) punishing adults with lowered fertility is a death sentence for everyone.

Technically a mother who abandons is trying to enact some sort of family planning, what we need is the ability to prevent unwanted births (like the super annoying baby born before you even load in as an Eve) and some sort of fertility treatment for when you really want a baby.

I had a long ago suggestion of a fig leaf chastity belt that decays after a few minutes. Eves should be born with one, so that there is some time to at least scout a location before the babies start coming. It should be removable if she wants babies earlier. and replaceable if she wants to wait longer. Similarly a fig fruit could make her super fertile.

RANDOMLY GENERATED PEOPLE.

The whole idea of a unique life is lessened when there are so few character types.
Would it be possible to divide the characters into parts (eyes, mouth, skin, hair) that are randomly assembled when you spawn?
Then add a whole bunch more options for all those parts!
Could weight based on how full you are also be a thing?

I asked a friend and he said the #1 reason he doesn't play anymore is because of the murders. His suggestion was just get rid of the ability to murder. I explained you wanted murder as an option in the game (and I have to agree it has its place), to which he said "medicine then". So medicine, or no PvP at all...

My thoughts:

Start up problems:

- There needs to be more instructions when the game starts up. Most people have no idea what to do.

- Link to https://onetech.info or make something similar that you personally maintain, so that people have any idea about what changes are happening

- Add a tutorial mode (that is always available from the start screen) where they go through the basics of starting a camp, and raising a baby.

- Like it or not baby carrying needs to be a thing. New players especially get frustrated when they die several times in villages then fail to raise their own babies when they spawn as an Eve. It's a Pavlovian negative feedback loop that is driving people away. Being able to work while caring for a baby is essential. Similarly being able to watch someone work while a baby is essential. Real life is like this. We learn from observation.

- Adjust the biome temperatures a bit more interestingly, most are freezing except the desert which is boiling. It would help if there was a good reason to build different types of societies in different biomes, rather than looking for an "all in one" space every time.

- We have food, but I think the starvation rate is too high. Even with the new variety of food your whole life is a mad dash for food.

- We have clothing, but the temperature/hunger rate needs to be explained on start up, and the style range could be expanded to keep people from getting bored.

- Shelter is really lack luster. We need some simple easier building materials so that buildings don't take multiple lifetimes. Even if it's grass huts, people want a space to call their own.

- Expand the tech tree. Several times I've seen people straight up declare they're bored and are quitting.

- More of everything. I know you don't like swap outs, but they keep things interesting. Some people like roses, some people like tulips. Both are good even though they both fill the same niche.

Reminds me of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDXOioU_OKM

Wait, you have a DS game? Which one? I'll buy it!

Although now that I write that out, it would mean dead puppies everywhere which would be depressing.

wolf pup + bowl of minced rabbit = domestic wolf + bowl of minced rabbit = domestic wolf with puppy
puppy + time = dog

... and you would have to feed the dog "bowl of minced rabbit" to get another puppy.

The lineage ban is to prevent baby suicides abandoning Eves.
I agree there should be more family planning options though.

- Last names not automatically being handed down to children.

"Pouch" used to carry only water, now it can also carry salt water. Please make it also carry seeds.