Food poisoning delay

[simarson]

When you eat something that will give you food poisoning it shouldn't give you it right away. Make a delay on it. A hour or so before kicking in. It would make it more real and tricky.

[Maikleeps]

+1

[bethany]

Hmm, and if you'd eaten more than one questionable item, you'd have to consider your decisions more carefully...Yes?

[Maikleeps]

Hmm, and if you'd eaten more than one questionable item, you'd have to consider your decisions more carefully...Yes?

That is of course true. However, TLD wants to put the player in a realistic game. The player itself is sitting in front of a computer in a warm leaving room. So the game has to interact with the player. Those things exist: freezing, cold, warm, warmer etc.

I suggest that the protagonist simply warns the player, e.g. by saying: " I'm not sure if eating another piece of adulterated food is a good idea."

[bethany]

Adulterated food definitely doesn't sound like a good idea.

[Maikleeps]

Adulterated food definitely doesn't sound like a good idea.

What do you mean by that? Don't you like the idea of the character warning the player? Is it the vocable (spoiled or tainted instead)? Maybe: "I'm not sure if eating another piece of food in a poor condition is a good idea."

[AmericanSteel]

I think the food poisoning delay should (in part) be based on the condition of the food. If a player drinks something that is higher in quality, but tainted, then the delay should be longer. However, eating a haunch of raw venison with a red condition might have the player hurling in moments.

Overall, +1 to the OP!

[bethany]

Adulterated food definitely doesn't sound like a good idea.

What do you mean by that? Don't you like the idea of the character warning the player? Is it the vocable (spoiled or tainted instead)? Maybe: "I'm not sure if eating another piece of food in a poor condition is a good idea."

I mean that eating something referred to as "adulterated food" sounds...like a not good idea.

[megamen]

Does the condition of the food raise the risk of food poisoning? I have actually never encountered food poisoning.

[elloco999]

Adulterated food definitely doesn't sound like a good idea.

What do you mean by that? Don't you like the idea of the character warning the player? Is it the vocable (spoiled or tainted instead)? Maybe: "I'm not sure if eating another piece of food in a poor condition is a good idea."

I mean that eating something referred to as "adulterated food" sounds...like a not good idea.

It sure doesn't sound like it, no. But after having looked up adulterated, I realize it sounds (much) worse than it really is. Adulterated is "not pure"/ "mixed with 'foreign' contaminants". So if you put some salt and pepper on your venison, it is mixed with something not venison and no longer pure, and therefore it's adulterated

I must say, as a non native English speaker, I had a very different idea when I read "adulterated food".

[Maikleeps]

It sometimes can be difficult to hit the correct vocables. I think you know that I meant food that has gone off and doesn't look good anymore. Anyway, I would make the character to speak to the player.