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'The factory must grow': Hundreds of Factorio players built a record-breaking 'God Factory' to produce an inconceivable 1 million science per minute (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 years ago

I tried to build someone on one the nodes but it was torn down because I wasn't using a fully balanced ups efficient design.

Its cool going on there and seeing how fast the bots and miners work. The bots telephone around.

[–] HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Now they just need a Factory to create more Factories and they...

I apologize, this is Factorio, not Java.

[–] Z4rK@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

But that’s literally what you do, you build a starter factory to help you build a mid tier research factory which can then help you build a proper factory that can support megascale production

[–] reddithalation@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

some people use the logic gates in the game to create basic computers to automate expansion

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But can it run DOOM?

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://youtu.be/oP-jeBaPjmw

They got that mostly working

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago

Went to add this to my watch list and it's already there lol, guess this is a sign to watch it now.

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Factorio is proprietary software, Mindustry isn't

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's also just a game. No one needs it to be productive.

Edit, ok actually looked at Mindustry. It looks fun, but it's also nothing like Factorio. Don't know why you brought it up.

Besides, even if Factorio isn't open source, it is available for Linux as a DMR free download. We should be supporting it.

Open source is more important for productivity software. Servers, Office Suites, Graphics and Game Engines. The game itself isn't as important for opensource, as a game company changing the play mechanics wont effect someone's income.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The general absence of electric trains in factorio kills my immersion. Like yeah, they would make nuclear powered trains obsolete but overhead wire already makes that an insane proposition in real life.

[–] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You play as a dumb dumb who can't comprehend electric trains

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I like to think of it as even worse. It's likely that the drivetrains themselves are already electric and just running on coal gas, oil, or nuclear power plants to electric like our current locomotive engines. You're just too dumb to figure out how to wire your powergrid to them. It's like the US cargo train situation in a nutshell.

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I want to try factorio but I'm afraid I'll get hooked

[–] bl_r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Last time I played it was in college. I tried it out, and played my first game while relaxing before bed at 10:00 PM. I never ended up going to bed, and only realized I played all night when I heard my roommate making breakfast at 8:00 the next morning. I ended up uninstalling after the next time I played it, the same thing happened. After uninstalling it I was still thinking about optimization.

This game is too addictive. Calling it cracktorio is absolutely accurate.

[–] CptEnder@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I cannot stress this enough if you're remotely worried you'd get addicted you definitely should NOT play. I used to do opioids and I'm not exaggerating this game was more addictive for me. Like lose your job addictive. I'm adhd and on the ASD and absolutely obsessed with the concept of optimization. The thing is you'll never really reach peak automation unless you do like this project, 400 people 10,000s of hours.

I'll give you another reference point. I've also played wow, Arma Life, and Foxhole, all very common addicting games. I'd sit down to play one of those with a beer and after a ~3-5 hours and a few beers I'd take a break and notice time went by. Factorio I'd sit down at 6pm and never touch my beer, never move an inch from my seat and think a few hours went by when it's now 8am and I only notice 14 hours went by because I see fucking sun light.

Fuck this video really makes me wanna play again haha.