I love vv3 and i think you are right in saying that the point of the game is to learn from our mistakes , i made too many villagers too quick and i ran out of children to collect things , but they are all still alive except one that had an accident in the lab i am now trying to get enough tec points to get to the next level of food before they run out of food . i still think that the way to get points is very slow but i love it anyway and at 61 i dont think it was a waste of my money