Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-36016297-20181029205634/@comment-32823535-20181030204316

If you are having problems with the game crashing (closing), while you are having the problem - be sure to CLOSE your game manually to force a save. I had crafted a bunch of stuff, then the game crashed and I lost everything I had crafted. Everything I had used to do the crafting was restored, so the only loss was the time I has spend.

Closing the game causes the game to SAVE your status. This is sort of like doing backups/saves as you work on a document or spreadsheet or retouching a photo or such. I'm not sure if all platforms work the same, but this is definitely true in Windows. It's a bit tedious to close and reopen the game, but it's better than loosing all your progress. If and when the game is more stable, you won't need to do this any more.