Slow progress?

[dontnormally]

Is it me or is progress pretty slow? unlike in the game proper, building in the base requires a separate house for every minor improvement. so i'm 3 games in, 2 wins and 1 loss, and i have a very tiny bonus from base building and some minor unlocks in the greenhouse. i have lots of buildings unlocked for the base that i cant use most of. i have acorns of a type i cant even use. i have no other starting characters or house types unlocked so my 4th run will be just like the first.

is this the normal experience?

[Sprawl]

Hi! The Workshop gives you incremental upgrades until you reach certain milestones, so that part is normal at the beginning.

The greenhouse adds more variety to every loop with its upgrades, and some also gove more options to your scions. At this point, you should be close to unlocking a new housing type and a new Scion. The third one also shouldn't be that far off if you've been winning your runs!