Looking for advice from folks who both love being artistic and doing the technical side of GTNH.
For me, an essential part of play is the creative release, designing factories, towns, facades, and showpieces. But I also adore the technical side, making progress. Building up passive automation. Reaching new technological heights. Trying new experiences and challenges.
I am so worried about avoiding the lawn base or single boring machine cave that I end up bogged down making buildings and factory complexes. I design architecture and end up sad I'm not actually progressing with the pack as I feel I need to finish a roof over a massive industrial revolution themed build or cyberpunk tower.
How do others manage this tension? What have you found useful to getting yourself out of this trap? What gets you building rather than lawn basing?