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I sometimes get the feeling that this is the only game HN plays. When people talk about not being able to switch away from Windows due to games, it seems like s
by Orangeair 9y ago
I sometimes get the feeling that this is the only game HN plays. When people talk about not being able to switch away from Windows due to games, it seems like someone always responds, "Well Kerbal Space Program runs on Linux and that's all I care about." I don't think I've ever seen articles similar to this one about other games gain as much traction. Can't think of very many articles about games getting to the top of HN at all, actually, unless they're about John Carmack writing one.
- mdavidn 9y agoAgreed. I'm surprised Factorio hasn't surfaced more frequently on HN. The game's automation play is just as addictive and creative, and it runs on Mac and Linux.
- j9461701 9y agoThe people who have found Factorio have yet to come back from playing Factorio. Their children miss them.
- simonbarker87 9y agoSo true, I spent about 150 hours on that game in 2 months and apparently that's pretty light compared to a lot of people (probably explained by me not being a gamer and this being the only game I've completed in the last decade other that Leo's Fortune), I launched a rocket and have since uninstalled it. Fortunately I found the latter stage of the game such a trudge that I've got little inclination to go back to it - although I think 0.15 will solve many of my gripes so I'm avoiding reading about it for now. Factorio is nicknamed Cracktorio for a reason :-(
- DiabloD3 9y agoFactorio has murdered as many hours of my time as OpenTTD has. What is this "outside world" you speak of?
- TeMPOraL 9y agoI've seen it mentioned at times, usually in discussions around Minecraft or Dwarf Fortress. Factorio definitely scratches a geek itch, but KSP has one advantage - Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaceeee!
- _delirium 9y agoWell, KSP and Dwarf Fortress.
- larrydag 9y agoI still play Minecraft with my kids
- deathanatos 9y agoI'll add Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup to the list of games that might appeal to the type of person who reads HN. (It's a rouge-like, somewhat similar to NetHack, but with much less requirements on inane trivia than NetHack.) (I will also add that Factorio, Minecraft, Dwarf Fortress, and OpenTTD, mentioned by sibling comments, are all excellent. Factorio was definitely worth the cost IMO. I think the only other long-term addiction I've had not mentioned here is Zandronum, a modern Doom port.)