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TonyLiberatto

Nutrition based on food variety

New Nutrition System   14 members have voted

  1. 1. Should we change the nutrition system?

    • Yes, I like this idea of requiring variety to increase health
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    • No. I like the way we have now in tfc.
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    • I think we should change but I have a different idea.
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For starters I must say that I really love the health concept used in tfc, So you start the game with 1000 points in your health bar, each 200 points are based in one of the 5 food groups. I really like that.

My proposal is that in order to go beyond that one would need variety, so for every food group you would have a minimun of 200 points and a maximum of 600 points. The total would still be the same 3000 points as we have today. We already have many different fruits and vegetables and grains and protein ( fish, poultry, pork, beef, soy ) the only exception is dairy, maybe we could add yogurt? or goat cheese? not sure.

We have in the code right now a tracking for each food group, I understand that we would have to track everything that the player eats, no idea how hard it would be to implement that. It just looks like a cool idea for me.

One advantage, is because it would give a reason  to farm more than one crop, the way the game is set right now, is really not believable. Everyone know that is not healthy to eat the same thing everyday. Humans are omnivores, that means we are capable are eating most foods, but also means that we need variety. Just think of the delicious turkey you eat in the Thanksgiving, and how much you hate it 3 days after when your mom try to push one more dinner made up of leftovers.

Before someone asks about experience points, and how they now influence your health, I think we could shift experience to translate into speed. A experienced person will perform faster, when mining, and breaking blocks and everything else that he/she is doing. Because it is believable that people with experience perform better at everything.

Now to be healthy you need to eat  in a healthy manner, that is achieved by eating a balance diet.

Also please do not even bother arguing about implementing a real nutrition system, based on the individual vitamins, mineral and components of each food. That would bring so much controversy to the game, that even if the Devs were Nutritionists, it would still be one way, and they can never agree, one week eggs are killing you, the next eggs are good for your health. So I say lets stick with the 5 food group and not delve into that territory.

How many different foods you need to achieve the 600 points I don't know, but I guess a minimum of 3.

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Like the idea of requiring more from the player to get beyond 1000 hp.  In the "more accurate food tastes thread" I suggested a slight alteration of your system, using abstracted vitamins, rather than food variety.  Probably would have fit here better, but the conversation there kind of led into it.

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I'm kinda into taste and food variety. Think of garlic. It's not tasty to most of us, and for those who are it's still not that tasty. When you eat it, you can't stand chewing it for too long, so less nutrition is able to be absorbed from the food. Compare that to a great meal that satisfies everyone's favorites. It will be fully enjoyed by everyone, and thus give more nutrition. Eating time must also be changed, however. 

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