Basics--New things in FF2

Lots of forum questions concern new things in this second version so here's some of the common little frustrations encountered with the new game while avoiding what some may consider major spoilers:

In this game, you have to buy supplies to complete products. I haven't paid much attention to what they're really called but there's a sack o' something (sugar maybe) that you have to buy in the chicken level, a bottle of cream? culture? to make cheese for cows, plastic trays to process meat for the pigs and hats and cloth for the ostrich levels.

There are 4 different kinds of bears, worth different amounts of money. Beware of the polar bears who can do more damage than previous bears . . .

If you click on buildings, they'll speed up production--but click too much and they'll explode (which might not be a bad thing in some cases . . .)

Wow, am I ever glad I read this post. Twice I've had buildings explode and I couldn't figure out why, I didn't even know that you could click on them to go faster, I must have been clicking by accident.

The other thing that can cause a building to explode is the bears escaping from the cages if you don't put them in your warehouse...

On the side of the completion meter on each building is a little bar that slides down as you click on the building to speed up production. The building will also turn a scary shade of pinkish red when you've clicked too much. To build back up the clicking meter you have to either upgrade the building or let it sit for a bit.