Deluxeparrot

Use the ships log computer to give you an objective. It should have some areas filled in now from your exploring. Find something to do from there.

Once you start blasting off with an objective it becomes so much more fun.

You haven’t been playing wrong, but the transition from aimlessly exploring to “going out on a mission” is something that loses people.

That’s basically it. They keep control. They can charge subscriptions. They own it. Not you.