Hello!
I really like this game, it's slow-paced gameplay and I'd like to share one idea with you.
I think that the current notifications about temporal storms are dropping me out of immersion. When I'm out in the wild and the message drops - I know that from this moment I have a couple of in-game hours to return to my home, or dig a hole 2x1 and hide in it for a few minutes. It's like informative, not immersive.
It would be awesome to see the incoming temporal storm's subtle signs in the game world. I see it as a scaled (0 - 100) filter, that slowly increases it's value over time (from the time currently the Title message is displayed - 0% - until the message "Temporal storm is imminent" - let's say 60%. And to 100% very rapidly as the storm approaches). A few examples of how the environment could change:
1. Making the "temporal storm..." messages optional and turned off by default.
2. Flowers slightly loosing their color, or turning slightly brown/grey.
3. Snow, water and sky getting rusty, dirty. A few brown droplets in the rain.
4. Domesticated animals freaking out, trying to hide in small, covered places.
5. Wild animals trying to hide under trees or in caves
6. Windspeed raise. Maybe some special sounds like wind howling.
7. For the times we're underground - Monsters' eyes turning red and glowing. Maybe wind howling indoors.
When the storm is imminent - a distant brown lightnings and thunders.
...And after a storm - a slight recover. Not an instant return to spring blossom butterflies, but a 2-3 in-game hours of "recovery". Just like after a regular storm IRL.
In my opinion that would result in fantastic moments of sudden realisation and fear. Like "Funny how all those chickens have squeezed under this tree... Ohh shit, for how many hours I didn't notice that?"
I'm not a programmer but I know it's a lot of work... At the very basic level it may just be an all-screen filter that turns everything slightly brown, less saturated and more contrasty. But maybe it will inspire someone and someday...
What do you think?
