"Time of Day" Resources & Immersion

[Zentetsuken]

So the idea of dewy time and fireflies and animals being more available during certain times of day makes the game feel a lot more immersive and sort of makes you have to plan your foraging trips around the actual time of day, which is cool. The new wolves at full moon mechanic is really fucking awesome too. I feel like more time-related events could only stand to make the game feel even more immersive. Bonus points if they add more sounds to the game too.

Crickets at dusk? Maybe they can be loud chirping insects that are very similar to grasshoppers.

Cicadas in the afternoon? Obnoxiously loud large flies that buzz and hum in the tops of trees and spawn like mistletoes.

Owls at night? Passive animals that sit in trees like bats but attack rats and rabbits.

Loons at night? Been suggested before many times but I mean come on. 2ez

Treefrogs at dusk and dawn? Chirping little beaded toe frogs slinging to trees and rocks and shit. Don't act like this is not amazing.

Worms in the morning or at night? Worms popping up and squiggling around and leaving behind tiny little dirt mounds.

Probably tons more I can think of but point is we need more noise-making, time-sensitive flora and fauna.

[abt79]

Would be cool to have more things like this. Also owls might already work like this, for all i know.

[linkfanpc]

+1, sounds great. Let owls eat chickens too, we had to sell our chickens irl because an owl moved in and took them daily. Let us find their headless corpses as curios occasionally.

[Ysh]

+1, sounds great. Let owls eat chickens too, we had to sell our chickens irl because an owl moved in and took them daily. Let us find their headless corpses as curios occasionally.

Would it not have been better to instead sell your owl?

[Sevenless]

Kind of contributes to difficulties for casual players though.

That said, a lot more of the game is already time based I suspect. Animal spawning is based on the moon cycle and time of day to a degree (wolves show up in full moons, bats show up around new moons). Fish are based on time of day and moon cycle. I have a suspicion some forageables are based on the mooncycle as well.

[Field]

Pretty sure I saw wolf packs only around full moon. Though I'm not sure if it's always the case?

[Zentetsuken]

wtb immersion please



water flowy sounds near rivers?

wavey noises near ocean shores?

fish jump noises near fishes jumping?

flowers that bloom and bud over the course of a day?

more bats at night in overworld + passive bat noises!!!

spooky nighttime forest noises!!

[VDZ]

Related: Audio at night
Related: Silent animals of hearthlands

[sMartins]

Very cool!

Plus this, thx: