# A small change to food system

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-small-change-to-food-system/4218>\
**Category:** The Lab\
**Created:** [November 25, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-small-change-to-food-system/4218 "2013-11-25T15:25:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![desrik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/desrik/32/1050_2.png) [@desrik](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/desrik)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-small-change-to-food-system/4218/21 "2013-11-27T22:27:35Z")

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> [@Cherry](#):
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> You can’t float in water if you carry a lot of weight.

Swimming goes by your carried weight. I’m talking like-\> Player weighs X lbs/kg. The more you weigh the less clothing you would have to wear to keep warm, but you would also move slightly slower ( increased move cost, decreased melee damage, but most important-\> THE MORE YOU HAVE TO EAT TO GET FULL )

But then again, that could be just me wishing C:DDA had more stimulatory mechanics. aka: The Sims: Zombie Edition 😃

EDIT:: Also could lead to some interesting new traits like Anorexia, negative trait, morale penalty for weighing more than a specified weight and a slight morale penalty every time you eat something.

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**Author:** ![Cat09](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/cat09/32/285_2.png) [@Cat09](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Cat09)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/a-small-change-to-food-system/4218/22 "2014-03-24T22:32:12Z")

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This Thread touches on a couple different mechanics, which I think could be split into a few categories, like

Calories: how much energy do you have stored in fat, how much does any food give, etc.  
perhaps have a period of time before energy from food turns into fat. once you’re hungry or very hungry, you would not progress further, but use up fat instead.  
and  
Nutrition:this could be a hidden set of numbers that together affect your health stat over time. this would use protein,bad\_fats,good\_fats,etc. the better your overall spread of diet, the better your long-term health, but there would be little short-term impact.

just 2c

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