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Heyo, I've been a player since first few months or so (before steam release) and sort of just ambled about without saying anything.

I agree with the point on not just adding new things, as, speaking as a longer term player who comes in every now-and then, I don't actually do most of it anyway, or understand it (although i am not against updates at all, and do expect them to continue, having seen the trailer).

I do, however, think that something needs to be added for the current goal, which is to stop declining numbers. This should rightly be the top priority!

As a person who has DM'd in a lot of tabletop RPGs for new players, the thing that keeps new players interested is when they are valued. It also helps if they don't die instantly! My observations are thus, that players often leave for two major reasons;
1: They make their character and are all ready, just to die in the first session or so,
and 2: they believe that there is nothing for them to do, and this makes them bored and leave early (even if they haven't tried themselves to interact; as it is their first time, it is difficult to know how to do such things).

I have two suggestions. I don't know about the feasibility of these, but they work in tabletop games:

1. (if this already exists, my bad) When new players 'starve', they don't die; either, it resets their food once, or they don't starve until they are 5. Then, a notice could appear on-screen saying something like, "As a new player, you have been saved from starvation this time. Try to find some food!"

2. Some big list of non-combat buffs, where one is assigned randomly to a new player. Perhaps they have +1 food pip? Maybe they get an added bonus from yum? Maybe certain tools don't get used up when they use them?

Of course, the best 'buffs' are ones that aren't straight stat-increases- a Jesus-like character that could turn water into wine would be quite amusing, or perhaps a turkey-headed player that could throw down feathers and fly for short periods of time- but that sort of stuff would probably take a lot more work.

(And as well, buffs like these should probably be instantly taken away if they murder someone, as PKing is rightly taboo)
(These could also potentially be used for low-fitness level players, so that high-death players can get back into the game a bit easier)

Assuming that other players would know about which buffs the new player has, making new or short-living players 'special' in some way to other players could increase their retention, as they find themselves more highly valued among groups of players!

I hope this has helped the discussion! 頑張りましょう！

I came in at the start of the new arc and managed to survive through the end of it too (with another character of course)

from my understanding, it was baby influx; about 10 babies per mother and i don't think anybody was in a great spot.

Interestingly, I was a 6yr old guy at the end of the short arc, so i spent the rest of my time making an axe in a certain corner of the map...!