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I love your posts Morti.  I wondered where you had gone.  Good to see you back.

Higher benchmark meaning it takes a higher amount of times before the sprite is affected.  That way we don't have yo-yo dieting cavemen. 

I was thinking overeating 3 times in a row might be a good benchmark, but maybe are you thinking it should be higher? 

Or within a certain ratio?  Example:

regular eating
overeat
regular eating
overeat
overeat
regular eating
=
normal sprite (50% overeating ratio)

but

overeat
regular eating
overeat
regular eating
overeat
overeat
=
obese sprite (66% overeating ratio)

sprite becomes obese after going past the 50% overeating ratio benchmark

thoughts?

Oh wait, I guess I misunderstood you.  You're against dynamic model change but still want to show obesity?

Is that more accurate? 

Or you wanted obesity but then thought better of it because it seems like it would be giving Jason way too much work on top of all the other stuff he is doing?

Or you wanted obesity to be a one way street?  Once you get fat, you can't go back?  Life's super short, why not.

Hm.  Progression could be as follows:

a.) skin and bones character model = a character most near death, movement speed is quite slow, coldness sensitivity is high but heat sensitivity is mostly dampened.

b.) skinny character model = a character enduring famine, movement speed is a bit slower, coldness sensitivity is slightly heightened but heat sensitivity is slightly dulled.

c.) current character model = well balanced food situation, movement speed is optimal (the way it is right now), temp sensitivity is normally calculated

d.) chubby character model = a character who has started to go over the 3 times limit for overeating, speed is slightly slower, coldness sensitivity is slightly dampened but heat sensitivity is heightened.

e.) obese character model = a character who is past the chub phase, speed is quite slow. (not quite willy wonka blueberry kid, but getting there...) coldness sensitivity is mostly dampened.  Heat sensitivity is mostly heightened.

I agree with other posts that these states should be progressive and reversible, although how would one measure it?  An obese character walks x tiles without overeating?  It might be nice to designate specifics on what it means to overeat as well.
For example, in my mind 'overeating' means you eat a mutton pie when you're only 2 bars missing or something.  To others, it might mean something else. 

Is overeating based on the base state of the food and not the 'yum' bonus? 

I also agree with the babies and elders exemption.  Kids with hair should catch on fast I think, so I don't think they should be exempt.

Also, how would lag be accounted for?  I've had bad lag to the point where I've had to make a habit of clicking to start eating a piece of food a long time before my computer actually catches up...

A big concern:  Obese character models would decisively need to be very different than any sort of pregnancy depiction to avoid unintentional encouragement of matricide.  How to do this?  I'm not sure.  We don't have either at the moment.  Pregnant models or Obese models.  I'm just scared of the ethical ramifications.  Maybe a simple mouse-over status tag.  For example 'Eve Jones, (Status:Expecting)'.  Or, 'Eve Jones, (Status: Famished).  'Eve Jones, (Status:Chubby)'.  Mouse-over status would alleviate the pressure on character modelling?  But that would require carrot sponges to stand still, which I don't think they want to do... haha.

(I also really like the idea of facial expressions being an involuntary sign that someone is dying of hunger... or some way of using non verbal gestures to communicate.  That's been discussed in other threads, however.)

I guess what I was trying to say is that hands on learning works the best for me.  I like the updates, and they all make sense so far.  Onetech is great!  I keep up with the forums too...guides people come up with are good.

But until I practice new features, I'm going to be kinda the village oddball for a while. 

there are weird gaps in my knowledge base that can only be filled by trying and failing a bunch of times.  And that's ok.

WomanWizard being a Twinning mentor sounds pretty cool.  Whatever would help me be a better player, honestly.

I really like that!  It would make for some great stories if anything else.  Bonding with strangers.  Struggle to survive.  I mean, we already have adoption and trading.  Why not?

Another place on the forums really early on mentioned that hunger/extreme starvation could potentially be displayed as a change on the character's facial expressions.  That way people who dash off into the wilds suddenly in the middle of a conversation are not seen as super rude, haha.  If I find it, and figure out a way to add the link to the thread I will.

Along the same lines, what if sponging was just a simple facial expression?  Like a shit eating grin and rosy cheeks.  Perpetual and unnerving. 

If that's too subtle, we definitely need to differentiate pregnancy sprites from obesity sprites.  If that is not differentiated, matricide could burgeon out of a huge misunderstanding.  (I know pregnancy sprites are not a thing... at least last time I played.)  Perhaps it could be someone like getting sleepy/hunched over and a double chin?

+1

How do they get skinny again?

Maybe it's my crazy mind, but the various kids' tendencies and pitfalls on Willy Wonka's Chocolate factory come to mind.

Bloated Blueberry character sprite would be pretty hilarious and terrifying.  Maybe a gooseberry variant?

Welcome!

I'd offer you stew on behalf of RedBug, but I'm not a good cook... Ha!

Have a clump of indigo instead!  I traveled a few biomes away to get it just for you.  Purple is my favorite color.

Me too!  It was terrifying!

I know it was 2 am when you were making the guide, but sometimes when you say 'save on tinder' do you mean saving on kindling?  Sorry to be editorial, I just wanted to clarify.

Thanks again for the pictures!  They really help visual learners.