Stamina

[kriskowal]

As of #1, there is a stamina stat, and some activites leach stamina (swimming without a boat), but there’s not much going on for stamina based mechanic problems.

One possible use of stamina is to carry heavy objects like the canoe overland. That could incentivize dropping a canoe (and restoring it later if necessary). The value of the canoe would be that it allows you to travel over water without expending stamina, whereas swim gear would enable the player to travel over water along courses that provide for the restoration of stamina along the way.

To accomplish this mechanic, it will be necessary for certain items to be deemed "heavy", like the canoe, and for motion while encumbered to require the expenditure of stamina. It could further be made impractical to use a canoe in the early game by making wood scarce along the shore of Euia.

[jcorbin]

Musing:

• sort of implies that canoe should be crafted "in the world" rather than in the player's inventory directly...
• ...which makes it more like a proper vehicle entity that the player gets into, rather than equipping
• ...which makes carrying / dragging a vehicle a much more understandable "requires stamina" affair
• sort of implies that the log it's crafted from should be likewise encumbersome / external to the player
• ...what if axe-ing a tree converted it to a log entity in the world
• ...spooning a log turns it into a canoe
• ...axing a log lets you harvest branches/planks/some kinda small form factor wood material that you can carry / craft things like chopsticks from
• ideally a partially harvested log should no longer be canoe-potent, as it's a "diminished log" until fully harvested

[kriskowal]

I like these ideas. Some of them will work even better if I deign to make drop/lift item (for droppable items) work. That requires more thought since the 10-key UI is constrained.