Straitened Times Version 0.56 ⇒ ❲DELUXE❳

You open the crafting menu. The UI has changed again. The once-clear icons are now fractured, like stained glass viewed through a fever dream.

New tooltip: “First time self-starvation in 0.56 unlocks hidden trait: Martyr’s Calculus. All future Triage decisions gain +1 Rationality, -2 Empathy.” Straitened Times Version 0.56

Version 0.56 does not want you to survive. It wants to know what you will become in order to try. You open the crafting menu

The ration dispenser clicks. It produces exactly 1.2 kilos of gray paste. Last week, that fed five people. Today, you have seven. Two are children who arrived in the night, dragging a dead battery between them. that fed five people. Today