It's possible that your game has been corrupted somehow. You could try completely uninstalling and reinstalling it, or you could try the special fix release (uninstalling your current version first. You could also try the procedure that Arthur suggested earlier in this thread.

If your problem is still not resolved, please post back here.

I had my first crash during the game.... I had about 15 villagers and 70,000 tech points. My palm Tungsten E crashed and when it came back up all my villagers were dead but three, and I only have 50,000 tech points. Now I'm just hoping the last female has a couple of kids to re-populate the island. Sigh.

How long had the game been running when it crashed? If it was a very long time, that explains the loss of tech points and death of villagers. The game is saved only when you exit to the launcher or another app. If it crashes and you have to soft reset, Village Sim will revert to the last saved state and much of your progress can be lost when you start the game again.

As always, Arthur needs some details on the type of crash, and, if possible, what you were doing at the time in order to effectively find the bugs and fix them.

oh- I had it plugged in overnight and it was running on normal. I had put in (according to the stats page) 49 hours. Most of the island were kids and when i restarted, everyone was dead but three. No kids. My food is over 100,000 so I don't think they all starved. I may have to try doing it all over again.

Yeah, after a soft reset, any babies born, puzzles solved, tech purchases made, etc. since your last exit (when the game was saved) will be lost. You may just have to start over (and save the game a little more often).

I'll remember that.... but it didn't regress in the game, it's like it jumped ahead 50 years because everyone was dead in a little line on the ground. Is there an event I might have missed to have them all dead like that? Or is that still the soft reset problem?

It could have been a food issue. If you had been playing all that time without saving, when the game came back up after a reset you would not have had all that food. It's as if you turned the game off very soon after starting it and left it off all that time (from the game's point of view). It's not really a good thing, but I'm not surprised that your villagers didn't survive.

alright, this is a stupid question, but how do you save the game?? Right now I have it plugged into the charger and it's just running next to me. Does just turning the Palm off save it?
Thanks

You have to exit the game to save it - just go to another app or to the launcher and your game will be saved!

thanks. I'll do that a lot!!