If you join someone elses island, you basically delete your own. So yes you have to restart from the beginning.
I think it's gone forever...when you leave your island after creating it, where does the island go? does it just dis
when you restart/join a new island does the previous island disappear from the game? or does it become unaccessable,by players?
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