But it will be kind of generic, i guess there's no way around that ("now go build 1k laser towers..." "build another settlement containing 100 houses to the west..." "bring us another 2k alien artefacts" and so on). That's a good point to bring up, something like that ...

I'm all on board for this one! I actually had thought about this recently from the idea that the ONLY bridges you could make were train bridges. Not necessarily... logical, but I don't know for some reason it seems like have some degree of limitation on bridges is a good idea.

...and the game ends when the settlers finally arrive. That was one of my biggest things is I don't WANT the game to end! Just an infinitely expanding set of demands around the planet that require you to constantly grow. :D Though I definitely think what you are saying would be a good way to actual...

I'm a big fan of this idea. I think it could really be angled hard from the trade angle as well. Like the natives don't actually have the ability to produce the kind of goods you do, they lack the ingenuity or something. So they see that you are willing to offer them something they want which helps ...

The game needs forces that generate a demand for all your production efforts. Once you have demand to go with all the supply that you generate as part of the core gameplay you have the foundations for some incredible stuff. The developers no doubt have plans for this as part of end-game, but I had s...