Why these eating choices?

[Father President]

I don't understand why 'plastic free' and 'plant based but eats insects' are eating choices.

Makes more sense to offer 'carnivore/omnivore/herbivore' type options.

I don't know why this bugs me.

Other than that, fun game. :)

[MJ_Feel_Good]

devs just trying to make us all more comfortable for whats coming...

[morbosfist]

It's noted in various tooltips in the loading menu that insect and algae farming is Earth's main crop now. That's all the "meat" you're getting.

[Goro san]

Quite sure its intentional

[Dr. Spaceman]

It's a thing called humour

[rditto48801]

Hmm...
So... all 4 food options are cheap and easy to get, possibly even in space...
Sounds about right for a company that may eventually wipe itself out via one more more of the 7 Deadly Sins...
(I'm also getting a slight Warhammer 40k "dark age of technology" vibe here...)

1: Chicken? Cheap animal to raise, very efficient in terms of feed weight eaten vs. meat yielded. Probably fed insects, among other things...

2: Plastic free*? I don't think they are talking about 'edible' wrappers/packaging... Why would there be plastic in it in the first place? *cough*fillers*cough*

3: Vegetarian? Aeroponics comes to mind, minimal water needed, and is a great choice for use in space. On the topic of Algae... Based on the new opening... there is a hint that it may also include high energy plankton...*cough*Soylent Green*cough*

4: Plants 'and' insects? Two cheap and easy to get foods together. Multiple survival games come to mind, where insects are one of the easier food sources to get... Again, based on the new opening... Lynx 'could' possibly use... some questionable 'recycling' methods for... organic 'waste'... as a cost saving measure... an old movie called Damnation Alley (and one other whose name escapes me right now) also comes to mind... some insects are good at picking bones clean... and one other game with survival elements has bone powder as an ingredient for making fertilizer...


*Warning, 'plastic free' food does not include a guarantee the food will be free of metals, heavy metals, toxins, inedible fibrous materials (e.g. carbon fiber), radioactive materials (e.g., nuclear waste), medical waste, carcinogens, chemical waste, used motor lubricant, inedible organic materials (e.g., inedible chitinous insect parts with no nutritional value) and/or engine coolant, and 'may' contain recycled organic material (*cough*WH40k*cough*Hiveworlds*cough*CorpseStarch*cough*), high energy plankton, and other organic and/or inorganic (non-polymer based) compounds deemed safe for consumption by animals, and are deemed to cause no (short term) health issues (based on officially accepted research documents as cleared and certified by Lynx approved scientific research labs)... :P

[AUSGrizzly]

In one of the "Tips" it has been revealed that due to space and economic efficiency. Separating land for extensive Livestock and Crop production became, difficult. While Incest and Algae became more prominent in the diets of mankind. Thus in the future, due to Pollution and land usage, becoming closer to veganism became easier and more efficient as prices of eating something like Freerange Beef and the like became higher and higher due to the requirements to raise them. Chicken though remained a source of 'meat' due to the space efficiency of raising them.

[rditto48801]

I have to wonder, if it might be viable to raise chickens in space. Just need some for of 'gravity', even if just from a giant ring being rotated. If anything, shipping fertilized eggs into space with an incubator would take up to much weight. Use aeroponics to either directly produce feed or to feed insects to feed to the chickens. Toss in botanical recycling methods (and recycling 'biosolids' for fertilizer), to simply minimize the amount of external resources needed to feed someone in space.

Which makes me suddenly think of an old movie.
Silent Running.
Of ships with large 'domes' that orbit the sun to grow plants and raising animals... I wonder if such a ship, of a flying 'green house', might ever make an appearance in game... even as something to salvage. Lots of glass (or with sun lamps, and either some form of solar panels or larger than normal reactor), lots of aeroponics racks, plenty of 'food pack' type items, oxygen cylinders (might as well 'recycle' CO2 with the plants while they are at it), etc.

[GamingArtist]

Funny, I could do with more options. And cost to picks too. Charge for changing it later on. And reason too, Is plastic free the food or the packaging? I don't want to eat plastic.... or bugs...if it looks like pasta... Hmm nutrient paste 80% recycled spare we can learn later. The bug meat comes from something awful or cute. Chicken is some GMO monster meat and the veggies were once alive. Like self aware GMO veggies. Last we are just getting all the food off ships we salvage LYNX is sorting it and sending it back out same for O2 and fuel clearly. A lot of levels that could be explored.

[Spark Sunbright]

Originally posted by GamingArtist:

Is plastic free the food or the packaging? I don't want to eat plastic....

Note that most likely you are already eating plastic on a regular basis IRL. Many studies on modern day plastic pollution conclude that, due to the amount of plastic waste that has entered the food cycle thanks to industrialized nations dumping it in the ocean, most people ingest a small lego-block's worth of micro-plastic every single month, which can add up to 20kg of plastic over a lifetime.

Honestly, LYNX's future may be healthier than what we have today.

[Wallourdes]

Might be more of narrative thing than actually gameplay impact, can't say there is anything noticeable now.