We have the same experience then XD
In my experience, the learning curve felt similar to Dwarf Fortress.
For starters, there’s the Guidebook and the Wiki.
You probably also want to keep a Keyboard Reference handy.
This guy has a full run you can watch,(or not, that’s LOOONG)
For me, I think it was just a combination of watching people play and banging my head against it until things start to sort of make sense. Kind of like dwarf fortress lol.
A flower unplucked is but left to the falling, And nothing is gained by not gathering roses.