Whats the objective to the game and is there an ending to it?
All puzzles are completed, all buildings are built and I have 48+ totem poles...

The objective is to complete the puzzles, build up your tribe and gain totems.
There isn't an ending to the game. In fact, a tribe will only stop if you delete it or all of the members die. So it can go on for a looong time.

Yes, give yourself challenges, to have only blonde villagers, or only red-heads. Try to get the maximum number of elders, start another tribe, try to complete it without getting level 2 farming. Stuff like that. Have you found all the collectibles???

In VV 1 I tried to finsh all the puzzs with only 2 villagers die and I did it.

As of my 1st post,
this includes collectibles

I have a LOT of redheads, and I'm not even trying!!! LOL especially the girl with the red ponytail .... I have to make sure each of them has a different dress on and I STILL get confused who is who! LOL

Hmm, here's a challenge, start a new game and try to solve all the puzzles with only one person dying!!!!

There have been discussions about these questions a few times in the forums. I think there are several objectives: puzzles, collections, gong, elders, totems and the levels of technology. But this is an open-ended game. The game is not over until you are done playing. This was hard for me at first because I was trying to win the game, figure out the mysteries. And there really isn't winning except by standards you set for yourself.

So alot of people challenge themselves in different ways. One of my games I wanted the graveyard full of esteemed elders, so I had to stay on that to ensure every person who died was an elder. Also, I have tried having tribes of red-heads, brunettes, etc. Now, I am working on having a full tribe of 115 with one type of female and one type of male. Another challenge I'm working on is having no building until all building is available...the dam is proving to be a problem there...but anyway, you see my point.

So, from one perspective, it sounds like you're done! Whoo hoo! Congrats! Are you going to set a new challenge for yourself? If so, let us know how it works out!

Good Luck!

I can't seem to get all my collections. Any suggestions?

Patience, patience and... patience!

Exactly Laurence LOL ... they'll come along ... just have eagle eyes and concentrate on when they show up and where ... and PATIENCE.

For me, I write stories about my tribes. I attach myself to my villagers when I write stories about them. I don't really have any challenges. I just want to keep watching my villagers live their lives.

When you think about it, this game is really quite ZEN .... it is not just in the outcomes and endings, but in the continuing journey ... some people miss that fact ... but that is ok ... we all play the game the way we want to. Being ZEN can mean not getting TOO attached to the outcomes, and just enjoying the day to day things for what they are, surprises and all.

I wonder, did Last Day know the effect this game would have on people? I've seen ALL kinds of responses, here and on Real Arcade, where I bought the game. The die-hard afficionados of the whole totality of the game reside HERE. The "goal only" people will eventually get disappointed as all the tasks that WE can accomplish are met ... satisfaction comes from WITHIN in the daily living ... it is what you make it

I agree that it is the continuing journey of the game that makes it so much fun. I have all five game tribes going, and my current goal is to create a chart of all the possible parent (hair color) and child combinations. It's absolutely amazing how large my chart has grown. This is like a little project for me, so there's no telling when this goal will be completed. But I'm having a ball in the process.