daorkboypl Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 So this idea came up today. It's simple. The warmer the food the tastier it gets. That means the happiness variable goes up and down with the temperature of the meal. Cause no one want to eat old, cold meat when the grease or sauce is a chunk of jelly fat. DICE PLS NERF Gustav and Gatrie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josef733 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 This is subjective since some people like cold food more than warm food. A good example is Pizza, some people prefer it cold rather than hot, so happiness in relation to temperature is again subjective.Maybe this could be a trait thing where your character likes cold meals more (bonus to uncooked or food that cannot be heated up as well as food that cooled down) But your idea is alright. daorkboypl, Gatrie, Gustav and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krogothar Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I am a fan of cold pizza and warm vodka/ale - It's all relative *insert Einstien face* I like the idea of a trait for cold/hot foods. foods give +5happiness and -5boredom if aligned to your trait. Gustav and josef733 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daorkboypl Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 Ok, I do like that idea. It could depend on food type/meal and perhaps a trait. Warmer food it better for you overall. josef733 and Gustav 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krogothar Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Perhaps even make it have a downside, get sick if eating a food opposite of your trait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josef733 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Perhaps even make it have a downside, get sick if eating a food opposite of your trait.I was thinking that it would maybe give you less hunger and happiness rather than sickness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leoquent Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Ok, I do like that idea. It could depend on food type/meal and perhaps a trait. Warmer food it better for you overall. But then the heat from cooking should last a bit longer. Atm it seems to take only a few seconds (2-5) for food to cool off after taking it out of the oven/fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King jjwpenguin Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 would this apply to all food because i don't want warm ice cream or cold popcorn. also what about the idea of traits such as vegans or vegetarians. They could get a benefit from natural foods such as more happiness and if they eat meat or etc. they would get sad and possibly feel sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptKaspar Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I love the idea of personalizing your food preferences. I personally hate seafood, so I wouldn't mind getting upset when I'm forced to eat fish over other meals. The vegetarian idea is great too (but not for me)! I do think that it shouldn't effect the stats of the food other than happiness or possibly boredom. Fish (I am going to keep using this example for me personally) is no less healthy for me just because I do not like the taste. I suppose one could argue that since you do not like the taste, you will lose your appetite sooner and thus not be as hungry from eating food you don't like. Obviously you miss out on nutrition this way though. This is a stretch to me though and probably a waste of time to bother adding. Ideally, I would like to see eating the same food over and over again leading to boredom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suomiboi Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I don't think warm food needs a happiness boost since it already has a hunger boost, but a food preference trait sounds fun. Why not even an allergic trait. Let's say a picky eater gets a happiness reduction from a certain amount random (or maybe prechosen by the game) food items. I think it'd be too much if we'd have every type of foodstuff separated. +1 trait points A vegetarian would get a happiness reduction on meats +1 trait points A vegan a large reduction on meats, dairy and fish. +2 trait points A meat eater a reduction on from eating vegetables. +1 trait point And then we'd have the most common allergens in foodstuff (didn't count peanuts or soy, since those would be too miniscule to implement imo. And milk allergy is only common with children if you don't count lactose intolerance wich would just make you smelly. ). Seafood allergy all seafood could possibly kill if eaten a lot and not treated, at least cause same effects as being extremely tired or sick. +3 points Wheat allergy or coeliac disease All foodstuff containing wheat debilitates as above. +3 points And last egg allergy same same, but different. +2 points (do you make your burger patty with eggs or without them?. This is important stuff, srsly!) Go with a coeliac, sea food allergic, vegan with hardy eater and you're going to have a very hard time finding suitable food. Ok, I'll include the lactose intolerant because farts are funny. Just imagine running in the zombie apocalypse and having zombies follow you just because you smell so bad. And just as you've hid in that dumpster, the urge compells. +1 point I'll leave you with more than a mental image of that. Leoquent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatrie Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I really like the idea but the idea has also to depend on the "extra" incredients you chose to put. But the idea is pretty awesome! I like it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_Forest_64 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Any trait that would help/hurt your character concerning the temperature/texture/taste of the food would be (should be) thrown out the window when your character is starving. Hunger helps make anything edible simply scrum-diddly-uptous. I had a Brisk iced tea after a long, hot, summer's day with nothing to drink, and that thing was the BOMB! I thought I had found the nectar of the gods! I bought a Brisk iced tea a few days later, and I was totally disappointed. It was dirty sugar water with lemon. Maybe hunger is what the devs are thinking about. It's the apocalypse. Everything has rotted. Why not just be down with eating that potato you just pulled from the ground or that fish you yanked out of the river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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