PYROSLASHER'S PROFILE

I saw someone wanted to make a food and water system, and that's when I thought, "Hey, I'm making a horror game! Wouldn't it make sense to do this?"
You see, I'm wanting to make the game based off if you survive or not, and how the character reacts to the monster, like a normal game. So while I think of a monster to be attacked by, I'm thinking of also adding a mental fear to the player. Such as, if they got to a point wear they find poison water, they aren't going to care if they're water level is low! They will panic, try drinking the water, and be all,"FAIL", when they found out they died. I also felt like making a time system for when in the caves, if someone thinks of coming inside, so you never know what will happen. The endings could come random based off of random events that happen for all I know. All I know, is I want it to end based off if the character dies or not. So starving or getting too thirsty should be part of this. And I thought about it. And well, I can't think of a way to make this work without a player ragequitting, or just failing. And even in my example, they would ragequit. Plus I really don't understand how I would do this.
So, if I can find someone who could help me make a food/water system, I'd be very greatful!

No, I'm not going to mention gameplay, because everyone knows that most important, and that's not the point here. Which is most important, or in some people's eyes, better and most needed for any game. Here are some examples and explanation of what I mean by each:

The story: It gives a background for a game, in which everything is wrapped together with. What's the reason for a log sticking out of the ground? There's story behind it. What about why a woman is being raped by an alien. There is story behind that too. But I have heard that people can play a game with a bad story, and there are a lot of games without it.

Graphics:In this case, it deals with what makes sense, like story. If you pick up a bowl, and it is being used to cut stuff, for example(like anyone here would do that), that doesn't make sense. In game, if you see a knife, the first thing you should think is sharp. Without graphics, most likely you wouldn't know what is what. But there are such things as text-based games, no graphics. But bad graphics can't be excused though to some people, in this case it's wish-washy. Who's on what side, graphics whore or not.

Sound:This and story is for me, but I'm asking you. Sound is best explained like this: mood. Music sets the mood. You have creepy music, get ready for hell. If the graphics are hellish, but your music is happy, then nothing will happen there most likely. Then there are games with no music, no game I know of doesn't have sound. Whether it's the typing of a keyboard in real-life, or the 'boop' in the game, the game's gonna have sound.

I have to say sound and story are most important in this case, but what about you? All games have sound of some kind, but then sometimes that sound isn't from the game itself. Most games have graphics, but then you must think, there are some stupid shit's out there who don't know what does what apparently, which can confuse the player. The story gets the player into the game, immerses them, but then again, there are some times when the story is pretty bad.
Too long of an explanation, a lot of bias, sorry, let's go on with this.