Ok, I've been playing this game for a few weeks now, and it's getting really frustrating because my village keeps getting wiped out. At the rate the villages amass tech points, it's obvious the game is not designed to be played with constant supervision by the player. So I check in on my villagers every once in a while .. until they all wind up suddenly dead, for no apparent reason.

Maybe someone can help me out .. how is the game supposed to be played? Do I need to pause the game every time I have to stop playing? Am I expected to watch over the villagers while they eek out tech points and painstakingly build and forage?