Maelstrom

I understand the developers need to protect their income, but there should be a way to provide offline play capability as well. Minecraft does, so it shouldn't be that hard.

If you have grass on your island Little Bunny Foo Foo might have spawned, raided and retreated overseas.

Something I failed to mention. Batteries have limited life and new ones need to be crafted, including using more temporal gears (giving farming drifters a purpose). Perhaps used temporal gears turn into one or two rusty gears.

I think this is a fantastic idea! I imagine each segment has a specialized function and maybe a limit of 10 sections to any centipede. The head would be for steering controls, first segment for the pilot and then additional sections for either storage, battery or passengers. Add in a requirement that longer centipedes need multiple batteries to sufficiently power the mechanism. Perhaps batteries are crafted from a temporal gear, quartz and iron plate casing. Hopefully someone in the modding community might be inspired.

I like the idea of added unrotten food to a composter. I think adding the additional mechanic of rotting food causing other food to rot quicker would be an "unfun" element for a large number of players (myself included). While it adds realism, sometimes adding realism detracts from the fun of a game.