Customisable captain

[Stekpanna]

I'd love the option to create my captain my captain at the start of a map. You could have actual appearance and show them off during rallies or have them walk around the settlement, for example, but you could also include mechanical means (captain skills, such as increased resource yield, increased hope, etc).

I think it'd benefit the strongly narrative experience that Frostpunk offers if the protagonist, your player character, was designed in one way or another by you, the player.

[Raptor Jesus]

Extra unnecessary work.

[Playzr 🐵]

Nice idea maybe but the real captain is one we paint in our minds. Where does he live? What does he look like? Does he play the violin around the generator on quiet nights? Does he ride around on an automaton motivating people with his megaphone?
That being said, it would be nice when you start a game to choose from a selection of bonuses, maybe with downsides to go with them. That would increase replayability and encourage different play styles.
But realistically that would probably move development time away from some of the core stuff that would make the game great and I'd rather they did what they planned on doing well rather than compromise on that to implement our requests, even if they are good ideas. There's hope that this time they will make the game possible to mod (one of the things sorely missing from the first game) so somebody could mod in these ideas eventually. If these ideas were on the workshop I'd subscribe.

[Ash//Fox]

If nothing else I wouldn't mind some kind of old school Tropico system where you have traits that impact gameplay like maybe you were a former doctor so your hospitals work a little bit better or you're a glutton and some food goes missing occasionally

[Playzr 🐵]

Yeah that's the idea. Bonuses, maybe they balance out with downsides too. Maybe there could be multiple to choose from, or a system of points to spend and they're not all equal. Maybe they could be upgraded too over time.