animal breeding is badly designed #31077
Labels
A: Character/Species
Area: Player characters and species features and content.
D2: Medium
Difficulty: A good amount of codebase knowledge required.
P2: Raised
Priority: Item has a raised priority, indicating it might get increased maintainer attention.
S: Requires Content PR
Status: Requires a change to SS14, for which there is no open PR currently.
T: New Feature
Type: New feature or content, or extending existing content
some things i think is bad with animal breeding (husbandry):
Not intuitive
A new player won't learn about animal breeding just by playing the game. The only way to get this information is from another player or by reading a guide (which is not in the game).
Unclear which animals can reproduce
Even if a newbie discovers this mechanic, they might try feeding and watering all animals in an attempt to find those that can breed.
Unclear whether an animal will reproduce and what it needs to do so
During an attempt to breed animals, it's unclear whether the animal is pregnant (if it's a mammal), preparing for pregnancy, or missing something like food, water, or, if i remember correctly, space.
Animals need to be force-fed
Some breeding animals won't eat on their own at all (chickens, at least), so you have to force-feed them food and water. Additionally, some animals don't consume the minimum amount needed for breeding.
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