The game is currently BROKEN. It says so on the download thingy.
I tried 0.9.0 myself and found it a bit hectic, as well as unbalanced. Can't imagine what it'll do to a new player.
To have more free time make days be longer (you can do that while creating your save file. Pretty sure you can also do that to an existing save).
If you want to see what the game is SUPPOSED to be like download the STABLE 0.8.0 version. (You can do that by going into your library, find Voices of the Void, click on download and choose the Pre-Alpha 0.8.2c version.)
The team is working on bringing you the experience you're looking for/are expecting from the game. I know I'll play the hell out of the game once 0.9.0 stable comes out.
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Thank you for the reply.
I read the warning on the file, but, I guess, I didn't think it was that bad. I don't really mind it neither, it was just how quick each day was. I kinda assumed the speed is how it was intended to be. And I wanted to give my opinion that for me, a new player, one who also spend a lot of time to do stuff like enjoying the ambiance, the day-night cycle was way too fast.
I'm sure I'm slower than normal players, but as a new player, every system will take a lot of time to figure out and, if I had to make a guess, it'll take like 10 in-game days for me to understand how to download signals, pack them and send them, and then how the food and stamina system works. And, probably, even longer for anything outside the base.
Still, I hoped there was some hidden setting where I could just add in a new number in some INI file somewhere. If not, then I guess I'll wait a little longer, or lots longer, for a more stable version. I just want to take my time in the game. :)
Play 0.8 then, I actually really recommend that version. There's also a mod for the version on Thunderstore which makes various aspects of the game go slower so if the day length setting still isn't enough, that may help. Then, when you've learned 0.8 and like the game, THEN try 0.9, as it changes a lot of things, but a few things are still the same. The learning curve will be less high, but still need to learn new but familiar things.
also, did the mandatory tutorial not teach you anything about the signal table? That seems like equally important feedback to give!