Hard to advance with out spending money

I have been playing for quite a few days and am getting very frustrated that everything seems to need big tribes to even start.
I have purchased a few with totems and used smoke leaf for one.
I am a player that refuses to shove games down my Facebook friends faces and am not one to buy with real cash on a game that is so hard to advance.
Also I cleared out everything I can do without an ax and have been straining to even get the workshop up and running. Personally its getting boring....
I suggest you make it easier to advance or you will lose players!

JCrock23 about Robinson's Island, v1.142