MrsHoneypot

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  1. WoooHoooooooooooo!!!!!! Can't wait!

    Coming out in December-ish? I may have to buy myself a Christmas prezzie this year... Hmmm would be funny to run around Bear Island in a Santa suit. (just a random thought).

    Are recipes coming to the game?  As I play, I keep thinking "If I were Astrid, I'd put some Jerky in this tomato soup" or "I would eat the Pinacle Peaches with the condenced milk and pretend it was custard". What we could be the uses Burdock? I know it has medicinal properties, but in the uk we also have burdock root in teas (a soda called Dandelion and Burdock too) and in asia the leaves are eaten as you would a cabbage.

    Well, pipe dreams aside. Thank you for the update and I hope all at Hinterland are well and looking are forward to another Million or so players across all platforms.

     

  2. Maybe it could have an "upgrade" to the fishing tackle. A rod, for example, or stronger fishing line.

    And don´t forget the bait. Mealworms could double as emergency food.

    I doubt Hinterland would nerf the predators by providing a deterrent. But, if the sports shop encouraged thinking outside the box, or Survival thinking, to repurpose what is found... The idea could have potential.

  3. Hmm. I agree with ManicManiac in that I don´t think blankets should be a portable warmth bonus. 

    However, if a shelter happened to have more than one bed, or a linen closet where towels and blankets could be stored. Then, it would make sense to me to use what´s in the house. 

    So, Blankets = yes, but limited to the house where they´re found.

    Variable room temperature could work, when taken into account that a window where the sun shines in would also affect the indoor temperature. 

     

  4. I like this idea. I suggested it jokingly as the "Sound of Music" badge, which one would recieve upon climbing "Every Mountain" (every climb point). But I suppose calling it the Mountaineering badge is more acceptable.

    I liked the idea of having a faster climbing rate. But, how about more climbing stamina? Not having to take a break on the longer climbs would be a real help.

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  5. On 5/24/2020 at 3:25 PM, kristaok said:

    Maybe something like a photo?, but food etc just don't belong there. So all in all I am fine with the way it is.

    a photo from one of the vista locations would be cool. It also fits in with what someone would put in a visor in real life (keys, photos, shopping reciepts... Recipies for survival stew?)

  6. 10 hours ago, ajb1978 said:

    Sort of related to this, there actually is a real thing you can buy that is a combination lantern and stove.  It provides a flat surface on top for a pot, and you to use the heat of the lantern to cook with, instead of it just radiating out as waste.

    It'd probably be a nightmare to code and implement so I'm not expecting anything.  But having a single portable cook surface that can be set anywhere would be cool, even in places that don't normally support a fire like the Jackrabbit Island house.

     

    I was just thinking this AJ.

    Instead of a whole separate object, we could have a kind of add on for the lantern to let it heat a can or cup. There would need to be a down side for balance... Maybe it uses lots of fuel and condition deteriorates quickly?

  7. If it were one of those collapsible rocket stoves, it could work. They run on small wood (sticks).

    A benefit of this is that it´s harder for the wind to blow it out, a downside is that you need to keep feeding it if you want it to burn for a long time (can´t just bung a bunch on sticks on and go to sleep).

  8. Hmm. Let´s think this through. I´ll pose some questions together with a couple of solutions and we can work out the kinks together.

    For any farm you need soil, how do we get that/where would it come from? Could we collect it from all the broken plant pots dotted throughout Bear Island? Could we dig up a bacement floor?

    For it to be indoors, we would need a very sunny area. Somewhere that recieves sunlight even in bad weather, do we have any existing places like this? There are a couple of larger houses with porches, the Pleasant Valley farm one is even enclosed, but it´s not completely weather proof.

    Ok, so if we can´t find an existing place like this, could we construct one? Well, what about the planting beds at Thompson´s Crossing? Could we use one of those to create an old fashioned "hot-bed"? If we could harvest the front and back windows from a couple of cars that could be our glass element.

    The final question. What would we grow there? For all this effort it had better be something versatile and filling. We could grow a root vegetable? I´m afraid I´m not well versed when it comes to growing veggies.

    From a developer´s point of view this would be a nightmare to introduce into the game. Having said that, This is the Wishlist, where we can explore ideas. 

    So, before all you "No, no, Nanettes" out there shoot it down, let´s just take a minute and appreciate the idea as it is.

  9. I would like to propose a crafted item.

    A thermo-cup. There´s a drinks dispenser at the Orca gas station, cups and lids are laying around. Maybe we could combine one of these cups with a can and add a lid...

    What do you think? Could it be a usefull item to have? Even if it´s just for early game, so you could warm yourself with a sip of hot tea?

  10. These have probably been mentioned before. I searched for the term and didn´t get a direct match, so I´m reiterating my wish for these items.

    The first is a dropable pole-drag, neary double the carry capacity, but they slow you down unless on level ground. Made from salvaged metal fence poles (from the Carter Dam, for example) or tall saplings, this would be helpful when carrying things like car batteries. Also, if you need to run, you can drop the end and become faster.

    My second wish is for an early game weapon, a craftable sling-shot. More acurate than a hand thrown stone, all it takes to craft is a stick and a strip of leather (or elastic from old underwear).

  11. I have an idea for 2 Challenges/Badges which could be linked. Inspired by movies.

    1. The Sound of Music challenge - Climb Every Mountain. Not sure what benefit the badge would bring, maybe a better chance of completing a climb?

    2. Light The Beacons! (from LotR) - Light a fire on top of every mountain. Suggestions for rewards welcome on this one.

    I´ve made these suggestions in a light-hearted manner. I enjoy a little whimsy now and then.

  12. Whether it be from Car seats or something else. I do think that being able to improvise a bedroll should be possible. In fact, now that we have the community hall with a stage and very large curtains, why not?

    Having said that, there are already lots of places to sleep indoors if you don´t have a bedroll, there are even some caves with a "bed" inside.

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  13. I like the idea of opening up the stories to the comunity. 

    I would also like to see a kind of running tally. Sometimes I forget if I´ve already visited a cairn, so a reminder "I´ve been here before" or " got that scence of De Ja Vous". Would be welcome.

     

  14. 9 hours ago, UTC-10 said:

    Probably need a microwave though perhaps a controlled electrical food warmer/oven might do the trick. If the devs would just let us have one.  

    And I´m guessing that this would only work on nights there´s an aurora in the sky.

    Hmm. irl, I would try warming it up in a pot full of water, kinda like boil in the bag rice. Can´t do that in the game though. 😕

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  15. On 11/20/2019 at 4:36 AM, kristaok said:

    not sure necessarily about oats

    If you mix oats with a little water, you can cook it straight on the hot stones and get oat biscuits. They´re very bland, but make a great travel food because they´re light.

    If you´re clever enough you can get Pancakes out of oats (no eggs required).

    Because oats have a neutral taste you can add them to soups and stews as a thickener.

    Just saying, oats are a pretty versatile cereal. 

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