I enjoyed this game called grounded and in this game you can run around and do. stuff... like beat the game or RUN AROUND bc running around and finding new locations enough times will give you a mutation, same with other things, so what if similarly you have it so certain stats are only increaseable via action
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So the final concept maybe is doing certain things like killing an enemy enough times will give an affinity for that enemy or maybe just a multiplier for stats instead, running around will EVENTUALLY give a movement speed upgrade and wasting energy will give a small multiplier for max energy or energy regen, perhaps even making energy get used slower.
this is my final post, bye!