I enjoyed it, despite the artificiality of the geography.
Dan: is it intentional that the drone tech is off center (making it hard to reach)? Is it intentional that useless SAM tech is available while storage tech is not available?
Spiffen: to start, I left my city where it was and built collectors out along the vertical ridges to pick up reactor and mortar tech; then I started filling the center island with reactors and mortars. Once I had about 4-5 mortars and the ability to continuously power them, the creeper receded and everything was straightforward.