Interesting game - initial play I was quite bored and frustrated by the random nature of the events that destroyed what I was building up (probably the point). I lasted 17 turns, but was irritated by my people dying and the family work rate diminishing, and there didn't seem to be any feedback on why or anything I could do about it.
Second run through I discovered that I could potentially sell things (by clicking on the other icon under the money section), which lead me to click on the little images of the people. That unlocked a whole extra dimension to the game for me, giving me access to each person's individual health level, the option to supply medicine, send them to school and when they got old enough let them get married. That made the game a lot more engaging for me, to the extent where I could almost cope with the random events.
The interface (once I'd discovered all of it) was pretty straightforward to learn but might benefit from some tutorial options perhaps. The graphical display of the farm and the options for each field were clear, and it was very straightforward to see what you had as a family. By hiding the health of the family it does give the appearance of playing as an outsider - you can see what they have, but you have to 'ask' each member of the family for their current status.
I wanted a clearer indication of how each of my crops had done in relation to the inputs. It might be possible to put some kind of educational slant on that, so it was only available after so many years of education had been supplied (who knows, maybe it's in there and I didn't buy enough education!). As it was, the impact of marriage and babies and education and so on only really seemed to apply at the end of the game in the working out of the score. I'm not sure if the score was really necessary - surely the point is really the number of turns you survive?
