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Updated berry farming section.

Both water and berries are renewable, so there's no problem there. And yeah, it will take generations to clothe everyone, but once the clothes are made, they're permanent.

Even when you can first feed yourself, you will be overeating unless you wait until you're almost starving, which is risky. It's more efficient for the mother to eat and then feed you. But then you risk having the mother not feed you because she thinks you can feed yourself. I usually take the former risk.

Belay that order colinmarc is buying him a copy. Bless this community

Gather water (without draining ponds). Gather berries in baskets. Bring branches to the forge.

Or just never digging wild carrots.

My only problem is when running through forests. God, that's a nightmare. Add a bear to the mix and you're in for some frustration.

So they are in theory renewable, but if you leave them unwatered for too long, they will die.

And eventually, all children will be born into the same settlement/family line.

A tragic tale.

I was born into a small village with a well established farm, but it was over-crowded. Villagers were asking how to make fire. I saw someone try in vain to start a fire with a flint tipped drill. I tried to teach them their error, but I was but a babe and couldn't speak. So I as soon as I was able, I looked around for a fire bow. I found none, and also discovered that there was no milkweed. I knew this place was doomed.

I took a basket of berries and headed East. After a long trek, I found good land. There were signs of previous inhabitation, but nothing recent. I found a milkweed plant and harvested seeds from it, and went about turning it into a farm. I then discovered that I was on the outskirts of an even more well-established village, but one that was entirely deserted. I found a grave with a full set of fur and clothed myself. I replanted the carrot farm and watered it, then carried on expanding the milkweed farm. There were steel tools and piles of fur; everything in plenty!

But it would all go unutilised because I was a male, unable to bring new life. So in my last years, I loaded a backpack with carrots and headed west to my home village. I found a small girl and took her with me. She did not tell me she was hungry and when I tried to ask her, alas I found myself mute! (64 bit linux bug, sometimes can't type unless you're holding SHIFT, which I only figured out later). She died as I was unpacking a carrot from the backpack.

I went back to the village, and told a woman of age that there was life to be found to the east. Thankfully she believed me, and we headed off. But alas again! She was eaten by a bear. I returned to the village a third time, my age rapidly advancing and I was greeted with scorn. The remaining women thought I was evil, trying to destroy their village. I was sill mute, but my speech was returning slowly. After babbling some nonsense, I finally remembered how to speak, and I tried to tell them of the life to be found to the East. They still had no milkweed and no fire. I tried in vain to convince them.

They called me a bad old man. I gave them my clothes and they left me to die. The village where I was born and that I tried to save.

P.S. My real life daughter played after me and was born in the same village. Maybe I'll tell her about the village to the east.

That mnemonic is brilliant!

Biggest problem here is that if people choose when to procreate, players have to wait for someone to do that before they can play. Who's going to do that? This game has been in development for three years, so I'm pretty sure Jason has tried a few things and this system seems to work well for the most part.