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i also struggle with getting anything done. I can get the scoop to muck and I bought a truck but there's no way to add any actions to proceed... cant offload straight on the truck, can't offload on the big pile of ore on the surface, cant interact with the loading bay... Surely I'm missing something

EDIT: alright, my game was stuck or something. I pressed V and ESC a bunch of times and now I can set tasks! Here's a tutorial for the very first profits!

1. On your first day, you don't do much.  Use the small buttons below the clock counting down (top center of your screen) to:
   1. buy and place a Loading bay,
   2. buy and place a Truck and
   3. hire a second employee.
2. On your second day, before starting the shift(!), you can drag-and-drop the second employee to the Truck, where it says 'Unoccupied'. Now, start the shift. You can select the Scoop (initial vehicle) and:
   1. click 'Add new task',
   2. select the pile of muck that's present in one of the tunnels, 
   3. select the loading bay and 
   4. click Resume.
3. Finally, you select the Truck and:
   1. click 'Add new task',
   2. select the Loading bay,
   3. select the Stockpile (big pile of ore on the surface) and
   4. click Resume.

That's it. The vehicles should both start driving. The Scoop will go back and forth to full the Truck. The Truck will bring its load to the surface and you should be able to Sell your first gold!!!

The next step is to buy and operate drills. I was messing about with the Design area tools for a long time. Be prepared to finick around a lot and press ESC a bunch of times to try again and again. 

The game has potential but the learning curve is way too steep. Good luck with development!