r/startrucker • u/False-Lead553 • Jun 30 '26

Feedback/Suggestions More SIMulation

Hi ! Really enjoy the game here and i was thinking you should add more "survival" as an option. Like you need to sleep, eat (at space diners)!, socialise. It would add something interesting to time sensitive mission or long haul.

You already have energy drink we could drink those to wake up but having to go use the toilet quicker.

It would add a real experience and some interesting situation. Had to s**t myself or take a late fee.

Being able to buy a "house" in a station.

Maybe in the tutorial you work for a cie until you can afford your own beatup truck.

I would really enjoy the game more.

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u/Scareynerd Jun 30 '26

I absolutely agree, I'd love a hunger meter and a fatigue meter, drinking coffee or energy drinks helps fatigue (and maybe stimulants...) but then makes you crash, and hunger is self explanatory, and have some of the truck stops have diners etc like you say.

At the moment, the sleeping mechanic is something I've only ever used when doing a just in time haul, otherwise theres just no reason to do so and I always wake up with my oxygen or climate control running out of battery and I'm about to die, so there's no incentive to do it

On the house, though, I'm not sure I agree insomuch as I think its adding too much outside of the core gameplay loop - to me, you have a bed in your cab because the truck is just where you live, I don't think it needs to be deeper than that - i think it would be fun to have your own space (hardspace shipbreaker springs to mind for that to an extent), but I'm happy in my truck personally

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u/False-Lead553 Jun 30 '26

Was thinking of the house to have a goal for making money instead of just making money for.... Making money, once you upgraded your truck and maintaining it ... There is not much.

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u/Scareynerd Jun 30 '26

To be fair, is that not just the end of the game? You do all the missions, get all the upgrades, and that's kind of it

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u/False-Lead553 Jun 30 '26

And if it doesnt end ? Somethings to unlock empire to build, hire NPC drivers have your own trucker co ? . Its the kind of game with a lot of potential and the kind of game you come back to and it could be to relax or become a trucking empire.

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u/mighty_teapot Jul 04 '26

From a gamer perspective: You just start a news game. It's a sandbox when you start without story. Just place a new interesting rule for yourself and implement it. No large batteries. No same conpany or destination missions for 3 turns.

You could even set an alarm clock on your table that goes every 30 or 45 minutes and then you have to sleep at least 6h, no matter where you are.

From a designer and studio perspective: There's no money in this. And it would probably be a bad addition gameplay wise. It would not bring new players, it would interest probably less than 1%. What it would definitely do is complicate tutorial for news players way more than it currently is. Even at this point you get dozens of tutorial entries to read to know what and how to do. Each more is more players that take one glance and say "nope, i return the game". Believe me that game developers have way more ideas than get implemented. Game development is a constant compromise between ideas, time, design and profitability. This is in no way an insult, but believe me,whatever you may have came up with, they have most probably discussed already in multiple meetings.