The cake recipe is unlocked a whole research tier before you're able to make it

researching fruit unlocks the recipe for cake, which requires sugar, sugar is only available with research 3

there's a contract to get sugarcane, but you can't use it without researching sugarcane first :(

A fix could be to unlock the contract earlier

Yeah, or cake can just be unlocked with Sugarcane research.

I doubt anyone is going to spend unity on contract for sugarcane just for the unity from cake

Well it would be fun if it was a thing of you can get the benefit early but need to set up contracts

the benefit is unity, and the cost for contract is unity...

fair enough i guess but i still think it could provide a benefit

isnt there also health benefit from adding one more food group?

Not for the group cake is in

dukelion. [discord] wrote:

isnt there also health benefit from adding one more food group?

Not for the "treats" category, that is pure unity only.

Also, treats do NOT count for decreasing food consumption of other food sources

They are a treat, not a substitute for a proper meal.

according to wiki https://wiki.coigame.com/Settlement#Demand_for_food its same category as others, has it changed recently?

i remember it was accurate for U2, but havent checked for U3 TBH

wdym by same category

reedemthed3ad [discord] wrote:

the benefit is unity, and the cost for contract is unity...

the benefit is (would be) providing treats to a city before unlocking plastic and snacks

reedemthed3ad [discord] wrote:

Also, treats do NOT count for decreasing food consumption of other food sources

...oh

yeah, treats ONLY benefit is unity

tested, and they work like the others

oh huh, I guess I was told wrong then.

nvm then.

Though, providing more of other foods is almost always easier than proving cake to barely meet food needs

Yeah, cake is pretty difficult to get enough of, but it's also single most calorie dense and best unity per slot.

So there could be some logic behind making it accessable early if you were willing to do the trade

Yeah, precisely

Also motivates you to do more exploring and upgrade the ship

I suspect sugar cane actually requires next level of ship upgrades Vs fruit seeds

how much unity would the contract be? Would you come out unity positive at all?

I'd imagine it would be absolutely possible especially at lower populations