Okay, I've got to be doing something wrong. I am so bored with this game. I've got seven villagers, one kid and one baby. I've had them look at everything multiple times, so I'm pretty sure they've learned all the can. I've completed The Well and Herb Mastery puzzles. After 24 hours I finally got enought tech points to buy something, so I went with the cheapest thing -- construction -- thinking if I had another building I can have more babies which would mean more people working at the tech table. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what to do next? This is going nowhere fast. Thanks!!!

Well, for starters, getting enough tech points to purchase level 2 of Harvesting will provide the food that your villagers are going to need. The berry bush is going to run out of berries, and they won't have anything to eat if you don't help them get another food source.

The games could take days or weeks to finish. You just have to be patient. Most of the puzzles cannot be completed until other tech levels are reached so you have to get your villagers working on research.

Also, by the sounds of it, if you don't get level 2 farming soon, you're villagers may run out of food so you may want to focus on buying that tech next.

I wouldn't get more babies until you get the farming as more villagers will consume food faster and therefore starve faster.

There are still many puzzles you can complete with the tech levels you have right now, most of them all builder related but not all. You are correct that more babies will eventually give you more researchers but really, get the food first.

Also, check what game speed you're playing on, if you have it on 2x, it will go faster for you.

All in all, the game just requires planning and patience. That's the beauty of the game. You can't finish it in a day, it takes time.

Hope that helps you move a little further but if you're still stumped or don't want to wait, there is a spoiler section in the LDW forum which will give you all the answers (not as much fun though).

Take Care, Good luck.

Thanks for the help! I restarted the game so I can spend my tech points on harvesting first. I wish there was a x5 or even x10 just to get the game going.

Just wait jampony, before you know it, you'll have things sitting on the back burning because there's so much to do.

Things really pick up once you start getting higher tech levels so just keep those little cuties researching and you'll get there.

I think I'm going to run out of berries before I get enough points to get to level 2 of harvesting (there was a typhoon or something)! But that's okay. I'll just restart again. At least now I know it's not the kind of game that can be played in a couple of hours -- I just need more patience.

Don't immediately restart. Your villagers can last a long time without food, although they will weaken after a while. I've had some close calls with island events where I think I won't get harvesting before they starve and it works out... just let them keep plugging away and you'll probably be fine (they'll eat like crazy for a while after though).

If you're a touch bored with the early stages of the game, you can always start some other players -- I find that if I have two or three villages going at once under different players, then the game is more fun...it takes up a little more time to check out everyone, but I can test out new strategies and compare how each village progresses.

-- jen

Oh my gosh..i couldn't do that!! I started this Friday night and my clients are going to be pissed when I have to call in sick tomorrow over one village, I'd become a hermit If I started more! ha ha

Hee hee, yeah, I'm kind of wishing I worked at home. Rushing through my clients all day to get home, hug my kitten (always a priority) and then check on my villagers and my fish.

Darn addictive these games are but brilliant!