Turns out we had a major bug in the game that we hadn't run into ourselves, but thanks to player zachpearse, we have found the issue and corrected it.
For some of you this won't be too noticeable, but for others it will completely fix the game. Of course, it still won't "complete" the game and there are a lot of features still to be turned on. When they are all fully tested, you'll have them.
We also have another update coming that will adjust the rates of growth and decline and we'll be adding some buttons to speed up the game. Plus, soon, those horrible placeholder images with be replaced and the UI will be updated.
Thanks again to Zach for pointing out this bug. It was a surprisingly big one.