For me this happens every single time I try to create a perfect rule system for some kind of game.

One I wanted to streamline how my game would handle agents (tribe members, tribes, settlements, star bases, etc). By the nightfall I had reached to a conclusion that even the universal empires, ruling over galactic clusters, in the end, still act exactly like the most primitive organisms - cells.

Another morning I started devising a game map logic to for a space 4X game and by the time I started to set for bed, I had ended up pondering about the fundamental nature of the space-time, space-time bending, big bang, infinity, nothingness, energy and such.

Does this happen to any of you too?

I was designing a post apocalyptic game, and I wanted it to deal with character management, not only battle-wise.

I basically wanted the character to take care of eating, pooping, hygiene, weather(body temperature), etc.

By the end of the WEEK, I have studied everything about nutrition, discretizing food into : proteins, carbos, fibers, minerals, vitamins, fats; each with their respective purposes and consequences if theyr missing; how much it take to digest food (from mouth to anus), dehydration consequences, hydration vs body temperature, body water consumption, how (not)sleeping affects mind, rest vs sleep...

I like knowing stuff like that..so I keep going.