This is a possibility, but I'm sure you can appreciate that it would require some serious design considerations. Like you mentioned, it would have to be balanced to avoid "cheating" and it might change the entire tone and atmosphere of the game. I'm personally against it because I think the eventual inclusion of vehicle travel might alleviate the frustration of walking places you've already been. I'm reluctant to experiment with fast travel until after vehicles are included. Once I include a fast travel option it's not something I could easily remove without players feeling cheated, even if it was replaced by vehicle travel.

Apologies, but the pop tent was not intended to be included as a craftable item since it isn't functional yet. It will be coming in a future update.

Thanks so much!

Haha, enjoy it while it lasts! Will be fixed soon.

Good catch! Thanks for reporting.

Heating elements, polycarbonate solar cells, and metallic solar cells should provide a wire if salvaged, but I could probably add more ways to get them.

Vehicles are on my list of planned updates, but it's unclear exactly how they will be implemented yet.

Thank you so much for the thorough steps to recreate this. I should be able to fix this soon now that I can look for the failure point in your steps.