First and foremost, the game is gorgeous and yes quite difficult to survive. I don't think it's so much the terrain, the creatures, the other hoomons or the parasites lurking around every corner. No, no, your enemy is far closer....HUNGER and THIRST....Feeding this "child" is a non stop chore. You wake, eat, sleep, build or chop down a tree or two and it's back to sleep you go. I feel like the Day/night cycles are too short or at least the day cycle is. Perhaps slowing down the passage of time and easing up on that hunger/thirst/energy depletion a bit will make it slightly easier and more enjoyable to progress. I simply feel it's waaaay too fast and/or your character is far too needy. I do like this game so far and anyone not bothered by that kind of extreme neediness will enjoy it far more than I. That being said, you can find some ways to make it easier, i.e. eating grubs at a fire which basically negates the insanity you gain or leaving coconut bowls in the rain to catch water.

First and foremost, the game is gorgeous and yes quite difficult to survive. I don't think it's so much the terrain, the creatures, the other hoomons or the parasites lurking around every corner. No, no, your enemy is far closer....HUNGER and THIRST....Feeding this "child" is a non stop chore. You wake, eat, sleep, build or chop down a tree or two and it's back to sleep you go. I feel like the Day/night cycles are too short or at least the day cycle is. Perhaps slowing down the passage of time and easing up on that hunger/thirst/energy depletion a bit will make it slightly easier and more enjoyable to progress. I simply feel it's waaaay too fast and/or your character is far too needy. I do like this game so far and anyone not bothered by that kind of extreme neediness will enjoy it far more than I. That being said, you can find some ways to make it easier, i.e. eating grubs at a fire which basically negates the insanity you gain or leaving coconut bowls in the rain to catch water.