Not to sound like a broken record, but this looks pretty stellar! It's like Fallout meets Organ Trail or the video game equivalent of the Trace Italian from Wolf in White Van. I look forward to following your progress.
Also, although I personally am a big fan of permadeath, games that (successfully) revolve around it tend to have it embedded as a core mechanic from the ground up. So it's probably either/or from my point of view. Maybe it's not the place for you to focus your efforts. Maybe you can patch it in later as a goodie. Either way, good luck!
Also, although I personally am a big fan of permadeath, games that (successfully) revolve around it tend to have it embedded as a core mechanic from the ground up. So it's probably either/or from my point of view. Maybe it's not the place for you to focus your efforts. Maybe you can patch it in later as a goodie. Either way, good luck!