Neptunes pride comes in turns which are 24 ticks, each tick stuff happens so it’s sorta realtime. from what I remember turn based changes 2 things:
- Turn only ends when everyone has clicked “done”
- All 24 “ticks” happens simultaneously when the turn progress
So basically rather than there being 24 little micro turns per day, you get one big turn once per day (or possibly quicker, if everyone finishes their turn fast).
Regarding starting resources: maybe start us off with quite a lot of everything. With expensive infrastructure our home stars will be super valuable.