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I'm probably just stupid, but the game is quite challenging. I was struggling, so I looked up some tips and tricks and watched some youtube videos, even tried to follow them to the "T". Needless to say, even after 17 hours of play and multiple attempts, I have yet to not go bankrupt and fail a run-through. I get a handful of products going that are profitable, but only just barely at a total of $30k profit across all products per month or so. This makes it difficult to research techs and expand because I had to let it run for a year or more to get a nest-egg of funds saved up before running research on some tech. Or if I expanded a product, It took a while before it started gaining profit. And by the time it increased the monthly profit, it was too late and I'd go bankrupt. Again, I am probably just too dumb to play this game, but it is quite challenging. I'm only recommending this game because someone may find it fun and be more successful at it than I have been. I'll continue to play, despite this.

Also, I play on an M1 Max MBP. The game runs awesome, even with a full graphics load at 4k. No stuttering or anything like that. However, the game will freeze occasionally when it does an autosave. Reading through the bugs submitted in the help forums on Steam, I found a bug report discussing this in 2021. The developer stated that the M1 is the reason for the glitching and isn't going put the game back into development just to accommodate the few who play the game with such a horrible chip.

Tutorial was painful. Terraforming tool was janky. Alt-F4'd after that