Realized yesterday that I must be playing really slow. I sat down and spent half a Saturday managing the construction of my first rocket, the starting steps of a proper industrial brick, and pumping oil up across 2 moonlets (asteroids?). I was surprised I didn’t crack +50 cycles in that time. Went from 140ish to 180ish.
I see folks reportng 500 or even 1000 cycles in, and I’m curious how long that takes! Do you pause less and just leave the game at times, etc?
I have a mod so the fast speed is faster, but I’m currently on cycle 304 in my current packed snacks playthrough, and the game registered more or less 18 hours. I know that at least 2 of them may be that i left the game paused but running. But i usually play in default speed, so I can control what is happening ( and sometimes saving some dupe from death). Only in the first like 30 cycles and when i have like a lot of errands planned and need them to be done asap i increase speed