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I have over 5000 hours in Factorio. I am part of a group where several of us are over 5000 hours. Some of us have Autism. Some of us have ADHD. Some of us have

I have over 5000 hours in Factorio. I am part of a group where several of us are over 5000 hours. Some of us have Autism. Some of us have ADHD. Some of us have both. The majority of us are in the tech industry. The companies we work at have been made to understand that the factory must grow.

pram 5y ago
When I play a new game of Factorio I literally stay up for like 14 hours every day until I get a lot of the rocket launch automated. It’s insane, it impacts my health for a month or so after lol
- markedathome 5y ago
  Wait until you see the speedruns; nefrums and wargerr are currently 100% achievements in 6hrs and 5hrs27 respectively (see speedruns.com/factorio #100) Launching a rocket is down to about 90 mins without using imported blueprints.
  - Johnyma22 5y ago
    Worth mentioning AntiElitz too :) Thanks for the wargerr recommendation!
- CyberDildonics 5y ago
  I think most people literally stay up for more than 14 hours a day.
  - conradludgate 5y ago
    Ignoring the extra 8 hours of working, so it's more like 22 hours a day
toomuchtodo 5y ago
Factorio should be the interview test ;) Tech’s Ender’s Game. (factorio fan, but with little time to enjoy it)
- TameAntelope 5y ago
  If you could figure out how to hook up Factorio to AWS APIs and get kids to build/maintain your org's infrastructure...
  - kozziollek 5y ago
    There is psDoom [1] to manage *nix processes in Doom. There is Dockercraft [2] to manage docker containers in Minecraft. Managing AWS in Factorio seems like next logical step! [1] http://psdoom.sourceforge.net http://psdoom.sourceforge.net [2] https://github.com/docker/dockercraft https://github.com/docker/dockercraft
    - polski-g 5y ago
      There are docker instances for Factorio, I think I made my own at some point. But someone should figure out how to simplify the Clustorio installation into a docker-based one. Then everyone could enjoy 60k SPM giga-bases. Even better add auto-scaling to spin up a new EC2 instance when UPS drops below 60 on any node in the cluster.
  - temp0826 5y ago
    Here's a Terraform provider for you- https://registry.terraform.io/providers/efokschaner/factorio/latest/docs https://registry.terraform.io/providers/efokschaner/factorio...
    - TameAntelope 5y ago
      "Sorry about that brief outage, the biters got closer than I realized and I had to scramble to rebuild the defense system before they overran our Aurora cluster."
- 5y ago
gmadsen 5y ago
honest question, but is factorio not a similar itch to programming? I always feel with these type of games, that my time would be better spent working on a personal software project, where i get reasonably similar enjoyment, more satisfaction, and presumably more transferable skills.
- tekno45 5y ago
  whimsy makes learning a lot more bearable.
- Otek 5y ago
  It is, which is why i stopped playing after ~40hrs. "Refactoring" my factory was too similar to refactoring my code, so playing this game after work (and my work makes me tired sometimes) is not a relax I'm looking for on evening after work.
- benjaminbachman 5y ago
  In factorio, you have all the information and tools right in front of you. Everything is transparent. There are no black box failures. If there's a problem, you can and will find the source of it and be able to fix it. It satisfies the building+problem solving itch without the painful parts of programming, eg broken dependencies, slow build times, putting an = instead of a ==. So, yes, programming is of course more productive, but that's not really the point of leisure time.
  - mhio 5y ago
    I like your point about the limit. Real world system debugging can always go lower than my know how reaches. But in my experience the broken dependencies, slow build time, putting an inserter the wrong way are core mechanics of the late game.
- waynesonfire 5y ago
  You have the right intuition. From my point of view, I can easily find higher level ways to scratch my building, thinking, tinkering itches. I'll have cycles where I'll choose lower levels. For example, most recently I purchased a classic hp rpn programmable calculator and have had fun working through the manual, doing exercises, solving problems with it, and of course, learning to program it.
BenoitP 5y ago
AssemblyStorm weekly?
cgdub 5y ago
The factory is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding factory.
Teknoman117 5y ago
I started playing Timberborn, which is kind of like Factorio, but with adorable little beavers. One faction is focused on harmony with the environment, the other is heavily focused on modifying it.
h2odragon 5y ago
Thank you; i feel better about "just under" 3,000 hours now. I've only really played 2 games. Started messing with making mods and decided I'd better stop playing that game for a while.

pram 5y ago

When I play a new game of Factorio I literally stay up for like 14 hours every day until I get a lot of the rocket launch automated. It’s insane, it impacts my health for a month or so after lol

markedathome 5y ago
Wait until you see the speedruns; nefrums and wargerr are currently 100% achievements in 6hrs and 5hrs27 respectively (see speedruns.com/factorio #100) Launching a rocket is down to about 90 mins without using imported blueprints.
- Johnyma22 5y ago
  Worth mentioning AntiElitz too :) Thanks for the wargerr recommendation!
CyberDildonics 5y ago
I think most people literally stay up for more than 14 hours a day.
- conradludgate 5y ago
  Ignoring the extra 8 hours of working, so it's more like 22 hours a day

toomuchtodo 5y ago

Factorio should be the interview test ;) Tech’s Ender’s Game. (factorio fan, but with little time to enjoy it)

TameAntelope 5y ago
If you could figure out how to hook up Factorio to AWS APIs and get kids to build/maintain your org's infrastructure...
- kozziollek 5y ago
  There is psDoom [1] to manage *nix processes in Doom. There is Dockercraft [2] to manage docker containers in Minecraft. Managing AWS in Factorio seems like next logical step! [1] http://psdoom.sourceforge.net http://psdoom.sourceforge.net [2] https://github.com/docker/dockercraft https://github.com/docker/dockercraft
  - polski-g 5y ago
    There are docker instances for Factorio, I think I made my own at some point. But someone should figure out how to simplify the Clustorio installation into a docker-based one. Then everyone could enjoy 60k SPM giga-bases. Even better add auto-scaling to spin up a new EC2 instance when UPS drops below 60 on any node in the cluster.
- temp0826 5y ago
  Here's a Terraform provider for you- https://registry.terraform.io/providers/efokschaner/factorio/latest/docs https://registry.terraform.io/providers/efokschaner/factorio...
  - TameAntelope 5y ago
    "Sorry about that brief outage, the biters got closer than I realized and I had to scramble to rebuild the defense system before they overran our Aurora cluster."
5y ago

gmadsen 5y ago

honest question, but is factorio not a similar itch to programming? I always feel with these type of games, that my time would be better spent working on a personal software project, where i get reasonably similar enjoyment, more satisfaction, and presumably more transferable skills.

tekno45 5y ago
whimsy makes learning a lot more bearable.
Otek 5y ago
It is, which is why i stopped playing after ~40hrs. "Refactoring" my factory was too similar to refactoring my code, so playing this game after work (and my work makes me tired sometimes) is not a relax I'm looking for on evening after work.
benjaminbachman 5y ago
In factorio, you have all the information and tools right in front of you. Everything is transparent. There are no black box failures. If there's a problem, you can and will find the source of it and be able to fix it. It satisfies the building+problem solving itch without the painful parts of programming, eg broken dependencies, slow build times, putting an = instead of a ==. So, yes, programming is of course more productive, but that's not really the point of leisure time.
- mhio 5y ago
  I like your point about the limit. Real world system debugging can always go lower than my know how reaches. But in my experience the broken dependencies, slow build time, putting an inserter the wrong way are core mechanics of the late game.
waynesonfire 5y ago
You have the right intuition. From my point of view, I can easily find higher level ways to scratch my building, thinking, tinkering itches. I'll have cycles where I'll choose lower levels. For example, most recently I purchased a classic hp rpn programmable calculator and have had fun working through the manual, doing exercises, solving problems with it, and of course, learning to program it.

BenoitP 5y ago

AssemblyStorm weekly?

cgdub 5y ago

The factory is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding factory.

Teknoman117 5y ago

I started playing Timberborn, which is kind of like Factorio, but with adorable little beavers. One faction is focused on harmony with the environment, the other is heavily focused on modifying it.

h2odragon 5y ago

Thank you; i feel better about "just under" 3,000 hours now. I've only really played 2 games. Started messing with making mods and decided I'd better stop playing that game for a while.