The games name, is really a double entendre.
Of course, when you kill the cow, it says "You lose" but when you don't kill the "cow" it says "You win".
But. Think logically here. Why do you HAVE to gather up all these resources so your wife can live.
And then, after day four, resources are drawn thin. There's nothing. You sleep. Wake up. Sleep. Wake up. Sleep. You wake up and your wife is DEAD. The game would end here, right? You did what the game told you not to do.
But really, the games double entendre has a specific meaning. The cow, the cow is eternal.
Your wife, or the other cow, is destined to die, so give up on her once resources are struck thin. Only feed the cow. The cow produces milk which you can live off of for a few extra days, which gives you time for more corn to grow.
So essentially, by killing the cow, you saved the cow who then saved you.
This isn't a highly complex moral lesson, it's to think logically. Your wife is always ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and bringing you down telling you to kill the cow. She's a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ cow, so you try to poison her with corn. She sees what you're doing and refuses. You then give her water, laced with corn. She refuses again, food, not water. You get hay knowing it's basically a product of corn. But still, the cow can't eat hay.
You feed her ♥♥♥♥ and she says she's sick. You keep checking on the cow.
Three days later. She dies.
The lesson of this game isn't priority, it's about being picky. Do not be picky, or you'll die when you lose it all.
Real smart choice, devs.
I'll keep this up for debate.
