This game is unforgiving. There is no easy mode. The easiest mode can still kill you pretty easily. Thats what makes this one of the best games still around.
@taylor1awesome Just wanna say, you gotta explore a bit with the menus. Then you trade in your silver for lumber. THEN you can start building hovels and stuff. Just a quick tip. I'm surprised at you, though, I figured it out the first time I played this game.
Honestly, I only have the same problem with this game that everyone else has - the graphics and audio being removed and having to be replaced with crappy versions. Although, one thing. Why doesn't the dev(Abra) just try to get some volunteers or something? Surely there would be a community thankful to do something like that.