Goonhub
08-11-2014, 08:25 PM
Rather than nutrients just being a value that goes higher or lower and contributes towards healing, what if all food had several nutrient stats based on what it provided for you, similar to a Nutrition Facts label? For instance:
Calories - Your max amount of Stamina
Fat - Stored stamina. It gets burned up as your normal stamina drops below a certain point. Too much leads to being overweight
Cholesterol - Too much and you go into cardiac arrest easier
Sodium - Affects your body's absorption rate of nutrients. Too much leads to hypertension
Sugar - Affects how quickly your stamina recharges. Too much leads to diabetes, too little to sluggishness
Protein - Affects your muscles mass and how quickly you heal
Calcium - Affects how easily limbs can broken
Iron - Affects how quickly you bleed
Fiber - Effects how often you can fart, and lowers fat and cholesterol
Vitamins...
A -Affects vision
C - Affects disease resistance
D - Effects how much brute damage you take
These and more could all be values inherent in each food item. These values could exist similar to chems, with a certain amount already present in the body at round start. As you eat food, it provides you with more of these nutrients, based on the values it has. Preparing and cooking meals would change the nutrient values, and a smart chef could combine ingredients that counterbalance negative traits in some foods.
Calories - Your max amount of Stamina
Fat - Stored stamina. It gets burned up as your normal stamina drops below a certain point. Too much leads to being overweight
Cholesterol - Too much and you go into cardiac arrest easier
Sodium - Affects your body's absorption rate of nutrients. Too much leads to hypertension
Sugar - Affects how quickly your stamina recharges. Too much leads to diabetes, too little to sluggishness
Protein - Affects your muscles mass and how quickly you heal
Calcium - Affects how easily limbs can broken
Iron - Affects how quickly you bleed
Fiber - Effects how often you can fart, and lowers fat and cholesterol
Vitamins...
A -Affects vision
C - Affects disease resistance
D - Effects how much brute damage you take
These and more could all be values inherent in each food item. These values could exist similar to chems, with a certain amount already present in the body at round start. As you eat food, it provides you with more of these nutrients, based on the values it has. Preparing and cooking meals would change the nutrient values, and a smart chef could combine ingredients that counterbalance negative traits in some foods.