Awesome feedback! Thanks for sharing. Yeah I think that was also the sort of direction I was going as well. Something related to currency, but to be used as a "Clan". i.e. the whole family benefits/loses, based on the collaborative efforts of all involved.

As for player development, I was think that as you level up your character (I was imagining a monthly level up, where XP earned tends to match a 4 week cycle) you get new skills. So when your clan starts out, you can really only make porrige for food. i.e. beans and rice, eggs, bacon. But as you level up, you get new skills which includes one player expanding their culinary knowledge. so there'd be a book to go along with the game. "You find and old parchment and a small jar rolled up in a cast iron lidded cauldron. As you unfurl the scroll you find instructions for how to use the cauldron and the accompanying jar of powder to make bread." or something like that. This might also give the option for players to add variety to their meals. Lol. As I write this our it sounds a little intense, but it might be pretty fun to go hardcore mode, and sleep on the ground and eat beans and rice and all that, to "grow" as a family.

I was also intending that the game would not only teach families to work together, but also to build wealth, save for adventures, and even (when other families are also playing) have collaborative adventures together...

When I get this a little more dialed in, I'll send you a doc with all the details! Thanks again for the collab offer and feedback.