Hi ! ✿ to start, click/tap anywhere on the project. ✿ to change the background or the island, click/tap on the corresponding button, until you find one you like. ✿ click next. ✿ click on any of the little squares to change your character's skin color and click on the character to change their looks. ✿ click next ✿ to change your prop/plant/organism, click on the arrows to go through the different types until you find one you like. ✿ click next ✿ to gain discovery points, click the 'explore' button and your avatar will start exploring the island. ✿ to gain intelligence, click 'develop hieroglyphs' and your avatar will start writing. ✿ to save your civilization, click the corresponding button and copy the code. (make sure to do the entire thing! to save on a computer, triple-click and press command + c.) ✿ to load another civilization, click the corresponding button and enter in your code(how to get it is shown above).
Thanks to @rishavscratchwork for inspiring !