In the real world, long before you die from starvation, you are likely to loose your mind and die by a consequence of it. Winter Survival is trying to add your mind to the already extensive repertoire of survival mechanics with the game’s sanity.
Whenever your body suffers, so can your mind and in turn you are beginning to loose your sanity bit by bit. You have to keep yourself warm, fed and hydrated. When you eat food you don’t know, you can get poisoned. If you don’t watch your step, you might fall and sprain your ankle. You’re just a regular person - wild animals and darkness scare you. Push yourself too hard, don’t sleep enough, and bad things will happen…
If you fail to take care of yourself, your mind will turn against you, make things more difficult, play tricks on your and even lead to hallucinations. Next time you wake up, things might not be the same. It might be just headaches. Panic attacks. Or you might see your organs rotting from the inside. Watch as the world distorts and collapses around you. Soon, you might not even know what’s real anymore. As you smile at the guy next to you, you forget you saw him before, frozen in the snow.
Sometimes, you can find comfort in your past. A picture of a lost love. A song shared with a friend. Other times, rely on simple things. A warm meal or a cigarette might be enough to get some relief. At least for a short while. But once you let your mind fall, you can never get your sanity back.
You never know how much more you can endure before insanity hits. It might be the next time you go to bed. And when your mind weakens, it’s easier to just stay asleep. So as you fight to survive, waking up takes longer and longer. Eventually, you might never open your eyes again…
Normally, as you learn and adapt, surviving gets easier. But in Winter Survival, you can never let your guard down. The loss of sanity is an ever-present risk, lurking in the shadows. It feeds on your mistakes and makes it harder to live another day. Be careful not to lose yourself in your journey back home.
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