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I usually tell children where the food is, even if they say they are pros. Just in case. A lot of time it is just newer people underestimated how fast you run out of food. The best thing to do, is to give them all clothing, that way it takes longer to starve. If they wait until the starvation warning triggers, they also still have more time to find food if they are fully clothed.

Some might avoid planted carrots, as they don't want to pick the seeds. So having carrots in a basket or something near by is useful. Very new people might not know what is food at a glance, especially if the food is in a cart or something. So might be worth telling them, "Hey there is pies over here" or whatever. If they are looking for pies, they will notice them. Fruit isn't that common either, so it is worth saying there is a basket of fruit if you put it down for them.

Lastly, kids are at very high risk when they first are able to pick up objects. It is worth having them stay around their mother or a fire until they are older. I think you can breast feed children until their eight or something, so if you really want to be safe wait a few more years before letting them wander off.

I wonder if people need to put more interesting stuff around fires, so new children have stuff to play with while waiting to grow older. That way they don't run off randomly. Having kids in a kitchen area might be a good place to raise children. They can learn about skinning rabbits and making pies, even starting fires and stuff. They would also learn about where food is, and how to make more.

Keep in mind that I'm just one person!

There are bugs to fix, new features to add (like the family tree, grave names, etc.), and general launch stuff.  And then there is content to add.

In the grand scheme of things, this game "just launched" and is still "brand new".  We're still 5 days away from the 3-month mark, and the game was in development for 3 years before launch.  My original plan was to keep working on the game for at least 2 years after launch, so that means we have at least 21 more months to go.

I have put out some kind of weekly update, with either new features or new content, every week for the past 12 weeks, except for the one week that I was away at GDC.  That is 11 updates since launch.  We have 93 more updates to go.

I have not at all come close to my stated goal of 100 new objects per week.  I believe the largest update so far was something like 85 new things in one week.

But, as the other development work diminishes (no bugs left to fix, servers are stable and fast, I'm not answering 50 emails a day, people are generally happy with the state of the game), then I will be able to work towards that 100/week goal.  I will be able to spend all 5 days each week producing content.

This game has been through A LOT of stuff over the past three months.  Players have been unhappy with the state of the game many times and for many different reasons.  Boredom, steady states, griefing, lack of meaning, baby suicide, etc.  And that list doesn't even include "bad updates," which of course I had to scramble to fix instead of making more content.  I think most of that stuff has been ironed out now, and most people think the game is in a pretty good place.

This is reflected in the player reviews.  The last negative review was posted 5 days ago (until the one that was just posted today), amid 20+ positive reviews during that time.  Sales are climbing too.  People like the game again.  I think that's really important.

Angel Carrillo wrote:

Actually, this happened to me two times, but one time I lived long and the other I didn't. Here is the not so good life where I only was 1.5 minutes away from becoming a toddler before I died. I was born to a brown haired woman (or brown chick, as some people say) and I had a sister. This mom was from a village, as she was fully clothed except for the head. What I didn't know was that my mom hit menopause when I was 2. This meant that I was born to a 38 year old MOM after dying multiple times to the client CRASHING! It was hilarious though, seeing my mother scrambling for berries. I died of starvation at 2. It was hilarious though being born to a mother about to hit menopause for the second time! I wonder, did any of you have this happen? *You become a toddler actually at 3.5, not 4 years old, just to debunk the misconception. That's why I said 1.5 minutes from toddlerhood at 2. I watched the hunger bar and when I hit toddlerhood I had 7 bars. 30 seconds later and I had 8. Want to see for yourself? When you hit 7 bars, wait until you grow more hair. Wait 30 seconds, and see if you have 8. This will prove this true.

this happened a lot of times, they dont realize i do, i type old old old, with 1-2 letters, they talk shit and try to pick me up, i try to run to somebody but mostly always die cause they pick me up over and over and im pissed, im so pissed dieing at 7 bar
yes its 8 bars to become toddler, your character even smiles or just the mouth changes. still age 3 and u can starve before age 4 if you dont eat, and shows 3