Glad to see another enthusiast here! :) The general thing is that we can't really make a hardcore sim of everything. First of all, every kind of sim - fishing, hunting, automechanic, and so on, would then be a standalone game meterial, literally. Just look at Steam how many of those you'll find :) S...
As we want only limited number of people for this stage, the Pre-Alpha will run through Steam, but the selling will be done outside. Basically you will buy a full game in advance, but you will also receive a key for Pre-Alpha on Steam as a bonus.
That's not relatively, but truly high-end PC :) We're now at a phase which is quite slow, but we're looking for possibilities how to speed up the processes. I've stopped promising any dates because the truth is, in game dev, you never know how long something is gonna take unless you're making anothe...
Indeed, we plan to have halucinogenic shrooms Also coffee and energy drinks are gonna work in similar way to the one you suggested.
And I am taking a note of the other points you wrote!
As I've mentioned in the discussion on Steam, Wolf, we do have the Co-op on our wishlist. It all depends on how well received will the game be and what feedback will we get once it's out there.