I started with only one adult female and one 2 year old female - the rest males. Of course, the adult female is just about constantly with child which means I'm not getting any other work from her and the other female is still only 15 so she can't help out in the parenting dept. yet. I've been playing long enough to build the hut, the dam, the sugar shack, the scarecrow, and clear the briar. I'm not making enough tech points with only 5 working adults to buy any level 3 items. Will the algae bloom even tho' I'm obviously not over fishing? That would wipe me out. I'm doing okay on food and have found several collectables. How many times do you have to pick one of those up for it to show in the collections screen? Any suggestions to earn tech points faster?