SkitzTGPG
Refugee
I had a thought I'd like to share with you all, if you'll indulge me for a moment.
The game has radial menus, static and craftable chairs, tables, etc. It also has a stamina mechanic, and food/drink that buffs those stats already.
Would it be too out of place to suggest a rest mechanic to the game? I feel like it would add another level of urgency/time management to the game if you got a buff from resting fully (And perhaps a debuff if you don't get any rest?) The radial menus could have an option where you press and hold "e" on chairs, couches, or beds that would give you the option to pick up or use the furniture.
If we were to go in depth, perhaps a different level of rest bonus for different types? Spend a few minutes in a bed, for example, would grant a higher bonus than if you were to sit on a chair (or floor, or couch). Perhaps if you past 72 in-game hours without any rest you receive a balanced debuff? The game literally already has a fatigue mechanic. What if there was an alternative to vitamins (Which, in my experience, has done little to nothing to alleviate my fatigue). Resting would add a time-urgency situation that, like waiting for sprained/broken limbs, required a waiting period to wear off unless you rested? Maybe if you rest for 5 in-game minutes, you get a 3 minute stamina regen buff? Or maybe you get a buff to digestion?
I see a lot of pieces here that could really work in tandem for a suitable rest mechanic. Plus, since the Pimps like ramping up challenge, making sure you're rested before the Horde could be interesting from a time-budgeting perspective. I'm throwing ideas out because for one, that seems to be the purpose of this forum, but also because I've used mods that add this in the past, to some degree of success.
Obviously sleeping through morning would be difficult if not completely infeasible as the game stands, but what's wrong with a little nap? Kicking your feet up for a moment? Plopping down in one of those Adirondack chairs and crackin' open a cold one with the boyz?
Lots of games have sitting/laying down in for roleplay or cosmetic purposes, but the buff system could lend itself handily, in my opinion, toward a balanced rest system. It would give us a reason to use those animations/furniture. And it would really enhance those folks who love to build big, extravagant, almost luxurious bases if they could also, like, live in them instead of look at them.
I know it is something that other survival-adjacent games have implemented to great effect, but I'm not gonna mention 'em here because that seems impolite. I'm not a game developer, in fact just trying to mess with the xml frightens me, I just see several avenues in which I think it could work. I know it's not something the devs are looking at too closely, but in a game where immersion is blended with arcade-y gameplay, I feel like a soft rest mechanic wouldn't be unwelcome. Of course, I speak for myself.
The level of detail put into gun mods, loading animations, textures, POIs, character models, etc. is juxtaposed by the inability to do anything other than stand, crouch, or jump. We can break through windows, build towers, but can't sit? It seems... flat to me. But that's just me. I know this topic has been brought up a couple of times in the past but I wanted to share my dream and see if others are as interested as I am.
The game has radial menus, static and craftable chairs, tables, etc. It also has a stamina mechanic, and food/drink that buffs those stats already.
Would it be too out of place to suggest a rest mechanic to the game? I feel like it would add another level of urgency/time management to the game if you got a buff from resting fully (And perhaps a debuff if you don't get any rest?) The radial menus could have an option where you press and hold "e" on chairs, couches, or beds that would give you the option to pick up or use the furniture.
If we were to go in depth, perhaps a different level of rest bonus for different types? Spend a few minutes in a bed, for example, would grant a higher bonus than if you were to sit on a chair (or floor, or couch). Perhaps if you past 72 in-game hours without any rest you receive a balanced debuff? The game literally already has a fatigue mechanic. What if there was an alternative to vitamins (Which, in my experience, has done little to nothing to alleviate my fatigue). Resting would add a time-urgency situation that, like waiting for sprained/broken limbs, required a waiting period to wear off unless you rested? Maybe if you rest for 5 in-game minutes, you get a 3 minute stamina regen buff? Or maybe you get a buff to digestion?
I see a lot of pieces here that could really work in tandem for a suitable rest mechanic. Plus, since the Pimps like ramping up challenge, making sure you're rested before the Horde could be interesting from a time-budgeting perspective. I'm throwing ideas out because for one, that seems to be the purpose of this forum, but also because I've used mods that add this in the past, to some degree of success.
Obviously sleeping through morning would be difficult if not completely infeasible as the game stands, but what's wrong with a little nap? Kicking your feet up for a moment? Plopping down in one of those Adirondack chairs and crackin' open a cold one with the boyz?
Lots of games have sitting/laying down in for roleplay or cosmetic purposes, but the buff system could lend itself handily, in my opinion, toward a balanced rest system. It would give us a reason to use those animations/furniture. And it would really enhance those folks who love to build big, extravagant, almost luxurious bases if they could also, like, live in them instead of look at them.
I know it is something that other survival-adjacent games have implemented to great effect, but I'm not gonna mention 'em here because that seems impolite. I'm not a game developer, in fact just trying to mess with the xml frightens me, I just see several avenues in which I think it could work. I know it's not something the devs are looking at too closely, but in a game where immersion is blended with arcade-y gameplay, I feel like a soft rest mechanic wouldn't be unwelcome. Of course, I speak for myself.
The level of detail put into gun mods, loading animations, textures, POIs, character models, etc. is juxtaposed by the inability to do anything other than stand, crouch, or jump. We can break through windows, build towers, but can't sit? It seems... flat to me. But that's just me. I know this topic has been brought up a couple of times in the past but I wanted to share my dream and see if others are as interested as I am.
