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Really fun until the sandstorms eat everything you own. I tried a lot, but it felt that loss was just inevitable, but that could just be on me

No that’s not just on you - loss is inevitable, and an intended part of the progression

Currently the soft reset doesn't work right - after the soft reset hits, your population manages to tick up by 1 before the game actually pauses, causing the reset button to vanish.  If you blinked and missed it, then it looks like the game just stopped, which is easy to mistake for a 'game over'.