This game can be pretty overwhelming if you don't buckle down and focus on one or two aspects - I mean, you can only make Fancy Beams and Fancy Blocks so fast, but they are required for nearly everything. So I was wondering what strategies are common and what their benefits are, or what strategy you use and how it's going?
I'm specifically asking about overall strategy - there are a lot of threads about strategies for specific questlines or specific inventory items, but I'm talking like, what are good strategies for getting important resources? Is there something you've tried that really worked well, or did it backfire? How can you make sure you have the resources you need when timed things come along? What kind of advice do you have to new players (about the kinds of buildings to invest in, things that might set you up well for later on, etc)?