Mosquitoes

[lone light]

I know, not exciting. But really going south has no consequences. Mosquitoes would spawn in summers up north and year round in the tropics. They’d occasionally bite you and deal damage. You can stop them by wearing long clothing and planting fennel. You can also use a knife on mature fennel to strip the leaves. Put it in a fire to get it smoky and you have a temporary and portable mosquito repeller. You can also craft a mosquito bomb and fill it with mosquitoes caught in a bug net. Yeah this idea might suck.

[elfin pewter]

Not sure about mosquitos in particular, but having some kind of meaningful penalty to living in warmer regions has been floated many times and seems reasonable.

You may also want to tie the severity of the mosquito damage to how much rainfall occurs locally, because mosquitoes and deserts don't really mix. (Also would add a reason to settling in arid spots, which is typically avoided because high rainfall areas are better for agriculture.)

[eager relic]

Eh. I wouldn't want something smaller than a pixel to be able to kill me.

And random tick damage from god knows what isn't good game design either

[lone light]

True. Good idea.

[lone light]

I was thinking they spawn as swarms. Something you can see. Like half the size of bee swarms.

[eager relic]

An insect update WOULD be interesting if done right though

Maybe our bases could have bee or wasp nests we'd have to take out

[lone light]

Yes. I would like grasshoppers to behave like butterflies and not like pixels. Also it would be nice to have different varieties to catch.

[eager relic]

I personally don't care about 300 different types of insect but I'd like more interaction with them besides putting bees to work and occasionally angering them

[spark cypress]

Bees?

[mild rapids]

incense would also help ward off biting bugs...