skymynight

I raised 2 points - one about panning and one about the rusty gears in caves. How exactly is that cognitive dissonance?

Stick you can do 4 per tile or 9 in the layer of stick true but u should be able to stack it up more similar to the logs Stones you can only do 1 Flint I also do knapping but if you're working with limited space/resources to make a base u where its safe to work u dont have unlimited floor space to work with

What about the rusty gears in caves?

In the Homo Sapiens Mode if trying to play -10 degree Icy starting climate without leaving the area is annoying to impossible. Dont need cattails for handheld storage but at least things like sticks, stones. flint should be stackable on the ground in piles similar to logs, peat, coal etc similarly for dry grass although not as important to maybe stack them like coal? for portable storage a limited 2 slot bag/pouch from rwa hide or pelts would sufficient. Other Idea is being able to hang raw hide on the walls not jus the floor since clay is very hard to come by. this is primarily to help Homo Sapiens survival runs although would be useful for the others too

In the Homo Sapiens Mode it says there is no past or current civilisation however, rusty gears can be found in caves and when sifting sand/gravel you can get temporal gear, arrowheads, spear heads as well as metal scrap which should be removed when playing this mode.