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   clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jun-2026 10:28:56 JST clarity flowers

   okay. its time to kill the "stamina meter".

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     clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jun-2026 10:31:54 JST clarity flowers

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     SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME

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     clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jun-2026 10:39:19 JST clarity flowers

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     I don't think I've ever seen a game incorporate "warming up" us a mechanic 🤔 I feel like there's an interesting space to play in with the idea of your performance increasing as you warm up, then decreasing as you hit your limits. metabolic juggling.

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     clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jun-2026 15:35:12 JST clarity flowers

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     okay the basics of my research are:
     - as you push muscles to their limit, their peak capacity ramps downward and recovers from rest. this is like weight lifting and is the closest to "the stamina bar", but the difference of "max output lowers" vs. "hard cutoff" feels important
     - sustained activity has a "hitting the wall" (fast-spend fuel) followed by "second wind" (slow-spend fuel)
     - the two main component to sustaning+recovering are fuel intake (glucode+oxygen+water mostly)

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     Alex von Kitchen (dangerous_beans@aus.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jun-2026 15:35:37 JST Alex von Kitchen

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     @clarity bonk meter? https://www.trainerroad.com/blog/what-is-bonking-causes-dangers-and-prevention/

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     clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Thursday, 04-Jun-2026 15:35:37 JST clarity flowers

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     • Alex von Kitchen

     @Dangerous_beans bonk 👏 meter 👏

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     clarity flowers (clarity@xoxo.zone)'s status on Monday, 08-Jun-2026 02:43:17 JST clarity flowers

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     • Eleanor Saitta

     @dymaxion yeah adrenaline seems essential. also gives a powerful tool for designing injury systems: if you take a non-lethal hit, you get stronger in the moment (adrenaline rush from the danger) and suffer the long-term consequences after you calm down and check the damage

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     Eleanor Saitta (dymaxion@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 08-Jun-2026 02:43:18 JST Eleanor Saitta

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     @clarity
     If you've got combat in your game, you could also incorporate the effects of adrenalin — allow a faster burn of fast-spend fuel and some amount of extra-deep depletion of reserves before the wall kicks in