survival-crafting

1# Survival Crafting
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3A playbook for survival-crafting games — the gather → craft → build loop, survival needs, the
4crafting/tech progression, and base building. This is a **compositional** skill: it orchestrates
5inventory data, world content, persistence, and threats. It does not re-teach those primitives;
6it defines the loop and the pressure systems (needs, scarcity, escalation) that make survival
7tense rather than tedious.
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9## When to use
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11- Use when the player **gathers resources, crafts items/structures, manages survival needs, and
12  builds a base** against escalating threats: survival sandbox, crafting/base-building game.
13- Use when designing needs (hunger/thirst/temperature), a crafting tech tree, gathering loops,
14  or base placement/building.
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16**When *not* to use:** crafting as a minor RPG feature → `rpg`. Permadeath grid dungeon →
17`roguelike`. For inventory/items as data assets, use `godot-resources` /
18`unity-scriptableobjects`; for world generation, `procedural-gen`.
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20## Core loop
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22**Gather raw resources → craft tools/items → build and upgrade a base → manage survival needs
23→ explore farther for better resources → survive escalating threats → repeat at a higher tier.**
24Each loop should unlock the *next* loop (better tools → reach new biomes → new resources →
25better crafts). When that ladder breaks, the game becomes a grind.
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27## Must-have systems
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291. **Resource nodes + gathering** — harvestable world objects; tool requirements/tiers; respawn.
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