Atm, I am at my second year, Started on a Savanna near the Ocean, lost some of my Crops due to Season Change removing them due to their seasonal time being not the one I am in. Caught me off guard to begin with.
Started with a smallish Square of space and slowly making it bigger.
Each season I let the Woodcutters out maybe once or twice depending on how quick they churn through the wood supplies refilling my stocks before locking everyone back into the Shelter, the Sawmill is a lovely thing, One whole Migrant wave is just Woodcutters.
Built my Appartment Block from scratch, holds so far 26 folk, but I guess I will need to make another or add two floors to it, 16 each floor, 13x13 in space and every room has a bed, chest and cabinet.
Been building as if I was there so Workshops have roofs over them and if they need it they have full walls otherwise just pillers.
Have the Bottom floor of the Storage Room where I store all the wooden blocks and later the Crafts shops.
Got a Trading Depo behind the gate in a small room with two doors on either side, planning to make that a look out tower above it.
Start of the Food Processing area, its got a brewing room, threshers room and an area for a few Millstones when I get that Koalinite mined up.
Also starting up the Bar, got a few tables and chairs down but I am not really liking how it looks, might change it or something. Prob gonna be a big L shape.
Got me a Well, pumped some Water from the nearby Brook to where I had set up an area where it won't be salty anymore.
No Military yet, but lots of Idle Humans when they ain't building, so maybe I will look into that.
Only lost one so far, a Miner. Thought I was still on the Sand Level below the Ocean, but I miss guessed and there was Surface Rock for one more Z, she took a lung full of the Stonedust and died after mining 5 blocks and walking 5 steps. Poor thing. I built the Graveyard outside for now, will be bringing it back in as I build up the area...
Almost everyone is Female, limited on Males so no births yet...
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