Having played vv1 and now vv2
and encountered many glitches
that the promised patch was going to fix, actually probably will never appear

I will advise this , only advice as a player mind I dont work here etc

so
1. to start researching... building the hut is wasted, you need food and collectables and mushrooms
get you kids hunting for all , dont worry about I have that one, that one will get you more tech points your researchers can earn in an hour
ok aim for first goal
build the dam
buy level 2 engineering.. build dam ... stop panicking about food because unless you have made 18 babies , you dont need farming , the dam completion provide 3 master builders to solve a puzzle and you now have crops even if you still aint got the algae
2, now you need tech points for the next puzzle , while you are doing nothing send out a tribe member to study the strange plants and still grab all the mushrooms and butterflies you can
3. well now its up to you the kids have grown and you have 3 elders I'd but L2 medicine and get one have a baby so you can earn tech points from finding things

3. level 2 exploration buy that ... see we still dont need coconuts, we have enough food.. and we now get the cauldren make stews have fun
4 . still hunting for the collectables now a populaition of 13 maybe get an elder... your reseachers are now also master farmers so let them work on the hut while you send the kids out for more tech points to buy l1 and 2 culture , but at this stage its a personal choice, some peeps feel the need to nave the science tech others the medicine but save farming unless you have rampant rabbits as villagers then you will need L3 farming!



I really hope someone can give a totally different view on this, because this game is different to all who play