how can u tell the game has ended
i cant tell

LDW's games don't end. Virtual Villagers, like all of our real-time games, is open-ended. Each game has clear goals, but the games can continue to go on and allow you to play as long as you like. There has been a lot of good discussion about that topic in the forums. Here are links to some of the threads:

look here
and here
and here

I'm hoping that VV2with be an istallment pack, and will let my villagers go through the tunnel to the other side of the island....