Spawning and resting

[Arlequin]

I'm aware of the gadzillion threads about spawning systems. They discuss different mechanics, though.

My suggestion is:

Resting x Age = Spawning points.

Why:

- Resting is a visible project. It can be stopped or discouraged.
- Requires setting up at least a place to rest.
- Encourages old characters to rest and distribute their tasks to younger characters.
- Prizes entertaining places like theaters, taverns, etc, where people sits and talks.

[KVZ]

It is good idea somehow.

[Arlequin]

And of course resting only occasionally would be still enough to grab some spawns. No need to keep the old chief always in bed.

[Dudel]

Sadly, the only real way to get things done in Cantr is to do them yourself... so resting "in order to get spawns" would only decrease the number of spawns available at any point.

[SekoETC]

People generally rest either when they don't have anything to work on, in which case they would be unlikely to have work for newspawns as well, or if they've been fighting in which case it might be unsafe an environment for unshielded newspawns.

[KVZ]

Sadly, the only real way to get things done in Cantr is to do them yourself... so resting "in order to get spawns" would only decrease the number of spawns available at any point.

So maybe lets make places which have more chars working (of oposite sexes?) together more spawns. Or oposite sexes resting together projects...

[SekoETC]

Since spawning is asexual, I see no need to change that. But giving a bonus to characters who are working on projects might be a good thing. It would be even easier to check than my earlier suggestion of health or hunger since the link to a project someone is working on is stored in the chars table, so the query could just be limited to people working on any project (including resting).

[Arlequin]

Food gathering projects aren't a good indication of activity, though.

[SekoETC]

At least it's better than nothing.