I was contemplating the other day how much I wanted rimworld/oni/gnomoria style town building in kenshi.
the thing is, kenshi's a.i. system is unique. so I don't want to throw it out, and replace it entirely with the same system from those, which has been repeated now, quite often.
What I do want in kenshi. a bit more autonomy. like currently food is about it. I would add day/night in kenshi first. have sleep cycles for non-skeletons. have it work much like hunger. if let go, they will auto sleep during night. if controlled, they will skip.. but as the bar drains, lose stats, etc. (also, have monsters change at night. spooky scary things that come out at night..)
I'd add mood and entertainment as well. psychotic breaks right from those games. binge eating, loss of control wanders, in-fighting, suicide. etc. - for dead bodies, loss of limbs, dead friends, etc. + for entertainment items, dice/cards, fighting/targetpratice. make some of the psychotic breaks race focused. like, shek going on suicide missions. skeletons reseting themselves. hivers worshiping random shit.
the aggressive day/night would be neat to make use of camping and lights more. have lights/campfires draw monsters. add some perimeter items. alarms, spike traps, etc..
conversely, have some aggressive sun debuff in the deserts. make traveling at night ideal there.
yeah, some sort of reactive global econ would be great. but honestly few/no games have gotten that right. the PC's ability to produce items usually busts any attempt to create a realistic stable econ.
