I have been playing with a small group of friends on PS4, but I own a PC copy. I mostly spend my time making sure everyone/dinos have food and Im constantly making fuck tons of the buffing foods.
The buff foods increase defense, stamina loss/run speed, hot or cold resist (makes it to where you can wear your best shit in the snow/lava biome). I also usually set up a jerky making room, I keep ducks around to turn their eggs into oil, dung beetles for the garden to get fuck tons of fertilizer for my green house/garden area.