Rather than open up a new thread showing an initial implementation idea for how the body parts skill set might be determined, I figured I would keep on with this thread so that feedback and suggestions for body part utilisations might stay in one place. We have also created a journal to document the processes by which this game develops.

At this stage we are looking at body part usage being dictated by what thread requirements might be needed - so for more coarse or basic tool requirements you would only need hemp thread for the stitching and as the complexity of the tool or finesse needed in self-surgery increases so does the thread quality. Each sector would consist of 1 body part manipulation using hemp thread, 2 with cat gut and 3 with synthetic, so basically 24 possible body part manipulations would be available. Resource management would be handled by the availability of thread which will be found throughout the game.

A secondary aspect which leads to a deeper choice of body part possibilities will be the incorporation of sidegrades (I won't say upgrades as I feel that particular type of thinking and limitation would lend itself to less fun overall). These sidegrades would be body parts salvaged from the bodies of the enemies and stored in a miniaturised pocket storage that can be expanded to wardrobe size (a suitable backstory will be implemented about mad scientist having developed this storage device for replacement body parts for Frank as things drop off/wear out). Effectively the pocket storage will allow Frank to store a complete set of body parts for each body type he runs across in the game. This storage needing topping up as parts are used up/lost/broken....at this stage the tentative body types for the game will be human, rabbit and robot.

When incorporating a different sidegrade into the body we plan to have the available choices of body part manipulations automatically change. For example: human intestines might be long, rabbit intestines stretchy, robot intestines strong -- so depending on which type of intestines you use you may get access to a rope, or part of a crossbow or a tightrope. So the choices you have access to is very much dependant on what makeup you have stitched yourself together with.

What do you think - suggestions for how this might be improved or how this works as an interface for you would be appreciated, as well more body part suggestions