AuntieTek's guide to playing and enjoying Oxygen Not Included

spaghetti pipes aren't just a problem because they don't look good; they make it harder to trace why your cooling loop keeps losing liquid.

Same for wiring.

the white arrow is incoming, the green arrow is outgoing, sometimes you're going to get it wrong; the white arrow seeks its green arrow and the green arrow seeks its white arrow but only in one direction -----> or <---------

if you stick an arrow in the path of flow (green or white) you will change the direction of flow whether you want to or not. Your bathrooms will back up and there will be pee everywhere.

you need serious heat to make steam. you can't just stick an aqua tuner in water in a closed room and wait for it to heat up. 257 degrees is a lot of degrees.

start small on your automation. throw in a couple of switches for off and on. Try them on your water pumps especially.

Yes you can make liberal use of reject all.

Start over is a valid strategy for getting better at this game.

You might not want to do all the math but it still helps to know why specific heat capacity and thermal conductivity will affect your builds.

Liquid locks can save you hours of trying to manage vent pumps and vents.

If your little dupes survive your mistakes, you are winning.