Leo Sky

My only thing is that handguns aren’t that common in Canada. In most places their usually illegal or difficult to get. (In my experience) I live in a fairly rural part of western Canada and the only handguns I see are on cops, but it could just be the area I live in.

I think adding more snares would be a great addition to the game! Squirrel snares in particular could be useful, and are easy to make/use. Squirrel snares are the first snare they teach you I survival training so it would make sense for the survivor to know how to make one. Bird snares could be a cool addition. Because we know the birds already exist so it wouldn’t be wild to think you could catch one.

I think flint should be a findable item in the game, you could find it in lighters if you took them apart and every shop has a flint and steel spark thing to start blow torches. This is what I was thinking for a shop spark maker. But they last for a long time, my dad still has his from 20 years ago. this could be a rare find in any autobody shops or even a guy who was really into car and mechanics might have left one.

A shovel would be such a useful tool! digging snow shelters and food stores would be great! Unfortunately, in-game lore dictates that compasses don't work (geomagnetic stuff and all) but I think finding a compass to break into parts would be cool. A thermos would be such an added bonus for the game! to help keep your core temperature up by drinking a hot drink would add an extra level of preparation to the game and just a fun bonus of realism. I also think in terms of repairing thermoses, you could use sawdust. A thermos is pretty much the inside cup, and an insulated metal holder. So you could place sawdust in the insulated holder to help keep the drink warm longer. I think you would probably use tinder because that's the by-product of collecting wood so you could say it has some sawdust in it. As far as cutting trees goes, it would probably have to be smaller trees, and saws are actually more helpful to cut down trees. You might also want wedges to shove in the cut and push the tree in the right direction. If you don't use wedges, you can't control how the tree falls. I think cutting birch trees would be a good first step because they are smaller than the rest of the trees in-game. Of course, it would take a long time, and I think breaking down the chopping into cucks like they do with crafting would be good.

A sled would be really cool, I think you probably wouldn't be able to sprint with a sled very well, and you would need guts or rope to attach it to yourself, but sleds are something you see around in-game and it would be so cool to have a use for them!!

I think It would be cool if you could add notes to spray paint markers on the map, like if you marked something you could say a little 5-word blurb like "return later" or "left pelts" or "workbench here"

My scariest moment outdoors was for sure the time the biggest bear I'd ever seen chased me up a hill. So I was about 14 at the time, and I was listening to some music, eating a mango fruit bar, walking down the way to go grab an apple from an apple tree at the bottom of the hill. Then suddenly, I look up to through the tree and see... A Leg. It was about 70 feet away from me and it was BY FAR the biggest bear I had EVER seen. I had had experience with bears my entire life, so naturally, I did the dumbest thing I could do, I ran. I ran back to the cabin, and instead of going into the cabin, I decided to go round the back to find my dad, who was cutting wood. When I got to him, I literally couldn't speak I was so freaked out, all I could say was "Big Bear! Big Bear! Big Bear!" and I kept crouching and pointing at the bear WHICH HAD FOLLOWED ME. So there was this MASSIVE bear about 30 feet away from my dad and me. My dad said "Oh! That's a big bear!" Where he then yelled at the bear to get, with only an axe to wield. The bear did finally leave. However, this is not the end of the story. I was still determined to get my apple. I was still super freaked out and ended up waiting an hour before I went on my way. I was still so freaked out I came up with a song about how the bear was for sure gone, and I was ok that I sang the entire way down to try to calm myself down. I finally got the apple tree and got my apple when I hear a noise from across the single-lane highway. It was a bear. He was a much smaller bear, and he was looking through some folk's trash. He was pretty scrawny like he needed a good meal. I was like "oh Jesus, well it's ok there's a highway between us" then he ran in front of a car with a death wish and came to my side of the highway. He was so scrawny I was pretty sure he wouldn't come at me, so I started walking back up the hill. And so did he. I should have just yelled at him, but instead, I walked up a hill with a bear about 30 feet from me the whole way up. And then I ate the apple and It was delicious. The other crazy story is a friend's, his my mom's friend and he said he was once reading a book so intensely a bear snuck up behind him and was trying to see what he was looking at, the bear was basically reading over his shoulder. He said he saw his neighbour wilding gesturing at him before he looked behind him to see the bear. And unlike me, He just turned around and kept looking at his book. The bear eventually left but that's probably the craziest story I've heard.

I have two bear encounters that I'd say are my top pick. But I'll do a speed round. the time my sister dropped her glove in a stream while cross-country skiing, why her glove was off, nobody knows. The time I went mountain biking and veered off into the ditch to avoid my sister, slammed on the breaks as my front wheel got stuck in the ditch and as I flew over my handlebars, my crotch made a serious connection with my handlebars, before falling flat on my face, and as a final cherry on top: My bike fell on top of me. I was in so much pain I couldn't get it off. Held any ice pack to my crotch for the next two days, I'm fairly sure I bruised my pelvic bone, (I'm a lady) The time I found a full-on machete in the woods was when I was 9. Unfortunately, I had to give it to my parents after they saw I was just running around with a very sharp rusty blade.

Hey! I'm Sky! I'm a nerd who loves the outdoors, but lives in the city! I used to watch Stacy Plays play the Long Dark when I was younger, and I loved it! finally when I got older and my parents let me choose some games I got The Long Dark. That was about 3 years ago and I've been playing ever since! what I love about the long dark is the realism and the feeling that everything is up to you and there isn't anyone to guide you through survival. It's like problem-solving with multiple solutions that may all end in your death! I'm still surprisingly bad at the game, but I find it relaxing and I still love the game so much after all these years!

I think it would be really cool if you could make squirrel snares in-game! In-Game, I don't think you would need a workbench, you would need x3 sticks and snare wire. Then you could find a tree to place it against. I think this would add more depth to the game because this is one of the firsts snares they teach in basic survival training. In real life, you take a stick and some snare wire, wrap the wire (loosely) around the stick and make a loop with a slip knot with the remaining wire. When a squirrel runs down the stick, they get stuck in the wire as it tightens, and they try to jump off to get away, strangling themselves to death. For squirrel pelts, maybe they could be used for repairs on other fur clothing and accessories. Another idea is to be able to make a hat, but it's less warm than a rabbit hat. (this is not super important but is relevant kinda) Another thing to consider is the type of squirrels on Bear island, grey squirrels aren't native to Canada unless the grey squirrel was introduced to the area (which is plausible) but red squirrels are much smaller than grey squirrels, so it's up to you to decide which way to go. If you really wanted to run with this idea, there would be a spawn chance of either red squirrels or grey squirrels when you set the snare, but that's just a fun idea.