I played it, won several times, but it isn't great
Tips.
Sell your farm. Buy one more house, then five workers and as many lumber things as you can. Get more lumber by ending turn, till you have five lumber things. Sell all your lumber things, buy five ore process buildings, and three farms. End turn till you have at least 500 titanium, and 250 food.
Upgrade.
Then, buy some more lumber buildings, and continue getting lumber till you have enough for a few more houses. Buy those houses, then workers, and end turn till you have 1000 titanium and 500 food, and upgrade. Repair if you get below fifty health.
Now fill out lumber, ore and wood things, and buy as many houses as you can, and workers as well. You need 1000 food, I think, and 2500 nova, so you can just sell the titanium and wood for nova. Once you have enough to upgrade, then upgrade. Pick the nova, as you should have maximun workers. Then, upgrade everything, buy everything, and end turn till you have enough resources to buy the wonder, selling your excess materials. If you get close to the end without enough, just sell your useless things, like weapons factories and barracks. I have never lost.
Anyway, weaknesses. Back explanation of controls. Battles are boring. No music, or bad music, can't remember which. Not enough cool features.