One Hour One Life Forums

First: one of my lifes and why important to me. Then "suggestion"-part.
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IDK. One of best lives for me was I caught would-be-runner girl, tried to run twice but I succeeded in saying we have everything and not to worry I'll make sure she'll be ok. Got a smile at that point and she decided to stay.

Turned out she didn't know basics of game, so had always played in ready-made towns. I had other kids, taught her (and some others who seemed to hang around-said it's ok nobody will blame for getting basket of pies when learning-so they followed bit more closely) how to farm, made cart, always return tools etc... She was glad already in early 20's all the time, and in the end and said being sorry for being busy now with her own kids, but I was so proud when she asked kids if they knew how to compost or such, being willing to help. Also asked if I'd be available (with my meagre knowledge) about other stuff if kids want, ofc I was !

Later a son of mine asked where to bury me for being cool, it was about time and I taught him with words how to bury, said please bury someone else, I want to go out as I came in. Dropping last clothes to my daughter's kid - saying time to adventure, won't be back unless find iron vein. Sharp stone, made basket, lived last five mins in the wild.

So every life has different value, no way I knew that would've been one of most interesting ones (I usually ask about teaching in nursery if town's not critical stage).

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Jason, I'd suggest make the monthly-thing (show some stats and such) available, what I (player) have done etc and maybe suggested voluntary donation (based on something there) that doesn't give anything, up to dollar or two. Also this window could have OFFICIAL voting with only results visible for you, questions you want there, maybe what you think people would like the heading of game to be. Only make sure ppl realize cash is just suggestion, no obligation, same with your asking what people see interesting. And no mention/never will be shown anywhere if I paid or not. Never show/store game-life donations. Never show vote results.

See, you have best understanding how much time some seemingly-easy change would take and if it fits your plans etc... And for good's sake take a month's vacation dude !
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Lastly: a thing for weekly item learned was mentioned, why not ? So some who learned it can craft it later. Nothing special, maybe crafting would result in a bit different cloak or hat with same stats, maybe other stuff. I've played a game from 2000's last year that had this kind of thing-though it was microtransaction/item. I suggest it'd be free.

Learn craft once (during this-item-weekend), if you make it once after that every cloak you make will have a stripe. Not possible to be able to gain ability to craft later. Needs: different sprite, interactions would be same and each item should look mostly similar and have only bit different visual. Rope still shows "rope" and is used as such, but half of it a bit different color. Might even give rise to trade.

Trying to mouseover ppl running around is tough.

How would I know if person already have ability to use door ? Let's say it takes 15 secs to negotiate this, 15 secs to run to door. Four doors would be 60 s/runner, about 45 s/other people, plus if every door is 30 secs away 90 secs for all of two people to get permissions.

So players would lose seven years of their life for two people to get door permits.

Edit: four doors is minimum here, also supposing the person has long enough speech-bubble and instant-typing.

80 tiles is a walk I usually take early, then 2-3 times I walk about 200 to search for something (adventure) per life. But yup, I think I am one of the few ppl that continuously drop branches from trees while going so ppl would know there's town "near-ish". If male I go further. Usually I make cart, leave with empty, bring back all baskets full, go out again unless something in town needs to be done.

IDK which to do with flat stones and stones-I usually stack two away from town and one towards. It's not like there's a rulebook or agreed-upon thing. Not going to make stuff like five paper saying town left or such.

Don't feed the baby too much sugar/french fries so no bump

My idea about forced trade, when installing next item:

-two items, combining makes you, say, watch
-make it like mining iron/oil, except now that we have grid (with springs), installing one resource in Desert tile, say  every 80th spring location that isn't viable for spring will spawn one of these two rare ores (swiss xtal, swiss casing)

-combining these two items with newcomen drill would craft watch

-No major coding
-People will be able to trade with no mass transit available now
-See what happens with non-essential stuff that's rare (crowns are kind of like this item though)

Edit: (remember always, since there's little that can be done about adding variables to map tiles without major overhaul in code and limited coding time, changes should be easy to install)
(war: just make ten fault-lines same color, next ten other etc, so different fault-lines can be used by anyone but "belong to nation BLUE" - craftable warflag that detoriates in 50 years, so ppl can prepare for war, and everyone who partakes/is within range of warflag score of die/kill/destroyed-wall/whatever shown at end of week - and your(player) new spawnpoints for next week will ALL be that next color. Anyone who wants to do something can define it beginning of week and say he "won" at end of week. Maybe make an hour of first login that week decide your color so friends can play same color)

Fast way to get towns to connect (trade war maybe, and other things) is a paper to be able to be added to straight shaft+plank (or whatever). This could point in eight directions, be basically "paper"(having short text) and could be cut to kindling with an axe. Computer code is there for paper, why not make copy of that, add 8 directions and how to make it ? Even newbies would understand direction and distance !

So I'd put one saying: 8 screens to next sign and fence
Next tile to it: after four signs NNNNW is divatown (so that's I think four times eight screens up, one time eight screen left).

So, when I find early hot spring/oil/whatever I could leave town other than a paper/verbal saying where it is. Grievers could grieve etc np... BUT I could use that sign, hopefully mouseover while walking past that sign - I don't stop to read scraps of paper for the one hour life !!!

Let grievers grieve, leave mis-posts to robber caves. Writing is such a great tool in Human Toolbox I'd like to see it used.

Current signposts are elite stuff, there is no denying it.

Sorry, I meant I carry a baby for a year or two showing stuff and then they decide to /die. Between these two years several similar things have happened, thus having 3-5 babies in coma (some near fire). If they die at three it still takes all time from one person since they'll be spawning again and again. Edit: or you are born as a baby that dies half a second later of hunger, nice to newbies ? I admit, giving baby some pips more food if not newly-born solves this mostly, but that's already lots of changes.

But yup, I don't have a solution.

Sulfur plus short shaft can make one/three matches, carry'em in either special box for them (oh-a trade item!) or basket. You'd scratch one against anything and it'd give you same as maple leaf if wanted, or turn into coal if dropped on bare ground ?

I mean, if we're supposed to do boring stuff like move water from ponds further away in the beginning, why not make this one easier. Does Jason have a trusted capable friend who is able to think of most trouble coming from changes like this ? Should have, found any in Patreon ? Also, I'll subscribe to Jason's patreon, please leave a link somewhere where even I can find it...

Cannot be done I think, so options are:
-when oilwell pump ready it automatically gives oil (first try OR at finishing it), after that you are RNG's slave
-add % of succesful

Of these, I think first one would be applicable ?

I'd still feel obliged to feed'em from berrybowl, wasting my time. I've never seen a afk kid stabbed if someone is nearby with berrybowl-might be they don't want to tackle me b/c by that time I usually have knife or few. They'd know what happens to them very quickly (I've modified from total pacifist to this already, now imagine five babies to feed in town for three years-yuch).

Well, keeping an hour of janitorial duties gives elderly some privileges in my mind. I don't mind sitting there with my irl fingers hurting already after an hour (yea I know, my good kb broke), feeding berries to kids and providing high value service by telling where everything is.

This doesn't include few areas, I always go 1-3 adventures so I know where prairie or something a kid is interested in IS.

I know you have some different values, I've never built a completed car, just newcomen, sewed wounds, done something that makes your ambitious projects to be able to complete. Well, not specifially yours but someone's.

That's why old ppl have low food pips, so they'd sit at fire and tell babies stories about where stuff are OR teach basics. I think it is one of the best working mechanics in OHOL.