Hi Christine,
Welcome to the International Simutrans Forum! It's great to have you join us.
Guys, may i ask how hard would it be to have other than black lettering on a dark blue icon to something I can actually see?
Also may I suggest Yellow or White?
Simutrans graphics work a bit differently from most other games. There are many different sets of graphics (called paksets) and you can choose the one you like. It sounds like you are using a pakset that does not work well for you, but there's probably another one that does. Do you know which pakset you are using? There is
a list of paksets here that you can use to find your current one and maybe one that you like better.
and how about a example city tutorial of how to actually start the game?
This is a fair complaint. Simutrans is not an easy game to learn. One of our volunteers, Yona, has been working on a tutorial for several years, but it is not finished yet.
The best way is probably to watch a video. I will try and find a good one for you; check here later.
If you want help at the same time as you play the game, then you could try
joining our Discord server, where it is easy to send quick messages.
Not all of us are in our younger years and can see a ant on a Pepsi at 20 yards anymore.
Actually, Simutrans has a very wide age range, so this is something that we should maybe do better at....