welp this game has turned into a survival simulator

except it's not simulation

and it's not fun

suddenly all the numbers have meaning

like i have two flasks of tea

and when those run out

well i won't have anything to drink

which is bad

didn't invent any kind of portable water filter thing did i

nooooo

invented an eyespider instead

wait that's a terrible example

eyespider is amazing

like even in my waterpoor state i would still not trade eyespider for waterfilter

waterfilter so boring

eyespider so good

also useful for scouting etc which is good because this is also a stealth game

death surrounds me

in a literal sense

i am hiding inside a hut made of antcorpses

using my teleport dependent weapons while i still can

well not the cannonball pistols

those things make a lot of noise

stealth game remember

shardrifle is pretty quiet though

slicey armblades and antswords also v stealth and v efficient in terms of ammo

because they don't use ammo

well i mean big antswords need aggbys or they're too heavy to lift

but i don't have any big antswords

just sensible ones

+armblades as mentioned

so for right now killing ants is not so difficult as long as there are not many ants around

so far there have not been many ants around

although there have been a few acid ants

i hate those guys

melting my antswords

also just slicing up regular ants isn't a forever thing

i got equipment degradation going on

yep another thing to worry about. just add it to the pile. did you notice the pile. it is this enormous mountain behind me. teetering precariously. about to fall over and crush me. that is my. worry pile.

good news is that i managed to make an antblood battery recharging device. so as long as i have fresh antcorpses to poke the thing into i can very slowly and inefficiently charge some of my stuff. like eyespider. i am also at least halfway to making antgutgem -> power converter. i don't know if that one will work. but if it does i should be able to just plug antgutgems straight into heatdroneglove.

man i bet the efficiency is going to be so bad

better than running out of power though

better than yelling WAVE MOTION FIREBALL BLAST and nothing happens

how embarrassing would that be

also shield does not like aggbys. so shield will not like antgutgems. telepower seemed like such a good solve at the time. but when ants eat biscuit fort they will also eat my antblood batteries and my telepower device.

i guess at least i'll know when my home is gone

because my shield will suddenly fail and an ant will appear out of nowhere and jump on me instantly

anyway

need to find more parts and proper tools

creating without a mareo is so flipping tedious. although also satisfying. out here everything has. weight.

especially decisions

i am not near the research lab. that is still. far. but i am pretty close to humanriverbase.

humans love stuff

but humans do not love it when you try to take their stuff

but

so close

so convenient

so tempting

food. water. the things i need to keep this stupid inefficient body working. might even be teleportal parts in there. all my dreams could come true. in humanriverbase.

so. keep heading for research lab and hope it's still there and hope it has stuff i need and hope food and water last and hopehopehope

or. infiltrate humanriverbase for loot and deal with angry humans yelling at me and also killing me

or i guess. give up and go back and get eaten by a thousand ants

man these choices suck