Inventory
The inventory and inventory management forms a crucial part of the game. The invenory can be used to eqiup, craft, wear and eat items that have been collected throughout the game world.
The inventory displays the items the player has collected. Clicking on a container found throughout the game world will also display that object's inventory. In previous versions, double clicking on an item in the storage object's inventory would automatically add that item to the player inventory. This action removed the need to drag and drop items directly into the player inventory panel or on to the inventory icon. In recent versions, a single click will perform the same action - whether removing items from the player inventory and adding those items to the displayed storage inventory, or vice versa.
The item, once in your inventory will encumber you, to the value associated with that item, your encumberment limit is the 2nd number in the top right of your inventory, in the example picture Benjamin Green has 2/12, therefore 12 is his encumberment limit, equiping items and moving them to your baggage with reduce their encumberment.
Finding bags will reduce weight when items are placed in them.
Picking up items, moving items to or from bags, and in or out of the player inventory all take time. Equipping items (e.g. clothes, weapons) reduces its weight from the inventory.
Equipment
From the inventory interface the player can choose items in their inventory to equip in either their primary or secondary slot. Equipment can include such things as guns, bats, slicing and stabbing weapons, tissues (to muffle sneezes during a cold) bags, hammers, trowels and gardening spray cans. While the weapons all offer an attack funtionality, some of these also offer secondary uses when equiped. The fire axe allows you to chop down trees, the sledgehammer allows you to knock down player constructed walls, the hammer allows you to perform carpentry actions and the trowel allows you to farm.
Crafting
The inventory also provides the ability to craft, currently (v.2.9) via a right click contextual interface, where if you have the correct items to craft something, you will be offered the choice to craft it. This is most useful for bandages and food recipies, although other crafting recipies can improve weapons, such as hammer + nails + Baseball Bat = Spiked Baseball Bat
Clothing
In bedroom dressers and in various other containers you will find clothing, and once in your inventory, you will be able to "wear" that clothing, (provided you are the correct sex) currently the only functional use is that of keeping warm or cool, using the sweater and vests. Clothing does not appear to offer any protection from scratches or bites, nor do colours have any effect on gameplay.
Food
Food can be crafted and eaten from the inventory via the right click context menu. Crafting food into "better" recipies often provides higher bonuses to hunger and or happiness and boredom. It can also ration food, such as using the saw + watermelon = Watermelon Slice x10
