The Problem of the Reluctant Gainer PC

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@Somchu

A) The player actively avoids trying to make the PC gain weight, but the outside world pushes back heavily (my favorite method, but it only works if the player is really into reluctant gaining).

Did this affect your choice to make Ruins run-based? Feels like the world can only push back for so long before it becomes infeasible to keep the game going

(I think Week of the Werefatty can kinda work like this, but only if you’re bad at environmental puzzles)

@Somchu

B) The player does not control the PC, but rather acts as either an outside or subconscious force, nudging the PC towards the path of gluttony. This option is far less common, but I’ve seen it at least played with a few times.

Yeah, I remember Spirit of Hunger - CH.2 IS NOW OUT! approaches this literally with you playing a gluttony-stoking spirit. But for me, Here’s Butterball is a great subtle example driven by good writing (the PC putting herself down or making excuses for gluttonous choices, plus the feeding dream at the beginning that frames her actions)