So, uploaded DE r28 to mod.io tonight. It just needs to be approved. Thank you to all of the playtesters. There are still several things I could fix and improve for r28, but at some point you gotta move on to the next development cycle. Here's something I'm thinking of doing for Release 29 ( thanks to one of @vladislavbelov's latest pull requests):
IMHO, the game's got it wrong. Food should be the #1 priority in the first 5 minutes. Next 5 minutes, balanced between Food and Wood, and thereafter is balanced between F, W, Stone, Metal.