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Low population is great, but you do need more people to get points for buying stuff, my advice is if your going to start over again, let your population get up to 13, sounds like an unlucky number i know but i have 4 going now and ive never had any trouble with food, or getting to the next step. have one on farming, one on building possably two, but the building can wait till you have the farm 3. i get my frist hut built and they start the second one, and the rest will come after, heres my order, wait till algea shows up, then at once get level 2 of farming and engineering, one builder on the dam and one on coconuts, one on parenting to get to 13, and the rest on research, once the dam is built if he isnt master, put him on the love shack, if he is, research, once you have 13, put your female on research as well, leave it at that(the farm will be there as well as coconuts so food shouldnt be a problem) this will sustain your village untill you have enough for the farming 3, at some point if your food is good and you feel you can get exploration 2 so you can get the pot, and cutting tools, but if you think you dont want to spare the points, dont, but with it you will still be ok till the 90 thousand you need for farming 3. after that, you should be fine cause you will have fishing again, and you can proceed with medicine 2 then research 2. after that what you want in any order. and you can step up your population. this is the orders that i have started my villages with, and i have never gone without food for my villagers, i hope this helps,