Sporradic weather causing something similar to Summer/Winter

[Starkey 5]

This would have to be something for the standalone, but a pretense for seasonal weather shifts could add another element to the game. For a few days it could be really hot and sunny/humid and stormy, followed by a few days of freezing cold and the occasional snow fall.

Havn't really came up with a valid ingame reason for the "season" effect to change after a few days, maybe what caused the zombie outbreak has had an affect on the climate or warm water currents of the atlantic... any ideas?

The "seasons" could subtly mix things up with the gameplay. Summer means you get thirsty faster, prevents you from freezing to death, but also makes zombies more active or numerous. Winter would result in you becoming hungry faster, you would need a means of keeping warm during the night, possibly fatigue faster too? To compensate for this, the zombies would be less numerous and/or harder to aggro.

This would work better if players were forced to remain on the same server as they would have an added incentive to collect food and warm clothing during the summer days in preperation for the colder days. In winter players could spend more time searching zombie hotspots for better loot and also hunting other players (provided they took the time to find protection from the cold), as the zombie threat will be reduced.

Im not saying the game should have actual seasons, firstly because they would change every few days so they can't technically be "seasons" as earthlings know them. Second, yearly seasons would get boring.

Any constructive feedback would be appreciated, and any ideas for a reason for these daily shifts in temperature

[reaper8141 7]

It can follow just like Animal Crossing's seasonal weather patterns, which follows actual life time or country time.

I really... so badly want to have snow in this game! following deer tracks and human tracks oh my god would that not be cool! it would be beautiful in the fall as well!