I had a thought a while ago of a much larger scale colony; colonizing a system instead of a planet. All the villagers symbolized by utility ships of various types, the 'love shack' turned into a shipyard. (Not sure how to manage that whole nursing problem.) Different puzzles could constitute orbital engineering projects, space stations, etc. There are various issues that make it difficult though; like LinuxGNUru, (Ninja Penguins rule!) I don't know what to do with the weather, (clouds, sunlight in space?) and what spaceship has a 'head?' Then there's the issue of creating so many blockages to travel in space; there just aren't realistically so many places you have to go around in a solar system.

I'm reluctant to even start because the volume of work is huge, and all detailed. I'm also reluctant because I couldn't motivate myself to do it unless I knew it could be finished.