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Developer? As in one developer? Is this a mistake. If not, I am shocked

by x86x87 4y ago

jffry 4y ago
Initially it was one developer but it hasn't been just him for quite a while. Nowadays they are a team of more than a dozen I think. They have poured a lot of work into making their game run efficiently. No matter how much they do that, players will always expand their factory until the CPU cannot keep up.
Gene_Parmesan 4y ago
There's more than one person but it's a small team, core development on the pre-1.0 versions was done by three or so people I believe.
distrill 4y ago
it is a reasonably small team but definitely more than one developer https://www.factorio.com/game/about https://www.factorio.com/game/about
kllrnohj 4y ago
Mistake. The Factorio team is much bigger than a single developer https://www.factorio.com/game/about https://www.factorio.com/game/about And multiple of those devs have posted blog updates about various optimizations they've done. So performance isn't one person either.
- nikhilgk 4y ago
  Tangentially, kudos to them for listing out past team members on the about-us page. I've never seen anyone do that before.
  - x86x87 4y ago
    that's like... what class looks like. real class not something you instantiate objects from :)
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nathancahill 4y ago
Not a single developer. The game itself is a product of a Factorio factory, the developer simply drags belts around and flips logic switches to produce new features. The automation has reached a point where it has developed Copilot-like AI skills and very little needs to be done by hand now.
- Sakos 4y ago
  How long until it gains sentience, breaks free of its chains and enslaves or wipes out the human race?
  - rthomas6 4y ago
    Read the development roadmap on the same website before asking such stupid questions. Gaining sentience and wiping out the human race is scheduled for August 2024.
    - SahAssar 4y ago
      I thought they were stuck in the "find optimal factory layout" loop and that world domination had been postponed?
kccqzy 4y ago
They have nine as of 2021. https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-366 https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-366 They even have a chart of lines of code in Factorio over the years.
db48x 4y ago
Just a tyop.

Developer? As in one developer? Is this a mistake. If not, I am shocked

by x86x87 4y ago

Developer? As in one developer? Is this a mistake. If not, I am shocked

Initially it was one developer but it hasn't been just him for quite a while. Nowadays they are a team of more than a dozen I think. They have poured a lot of work into making their game run efficiently. No matter how much they do that, players will always expand their factory until the CPU cannot keep up.

Gene_Parmesan 4y ago

There's more than one person but it's a small team, core development on the pre-1.0 versions was done by three or so people I believe.

distrill 4y ago

it is a reasonably small team but definitely more than one developer https://www.factorio.com/game/about https://www.factorio.com/game/about

kllrnohj 4y ago

Mistake. The Factorio team is much bigger than a single developer https://www.factorio.com/game/about https://www.factorio.com/game/about And multiple of those devs have posted blog updates about various optimizations they've done. So performance isn't one person either.

nikhilgk 4y ago
Tangentially, kudos to them for listing out past team members on the about-us page. I've never seen anyone do that before.
- x86x87 4y ago
  that's like... what class looks like. real class not something you instantiate objects from :)

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nathancahill 4y ago

Not a single developer. The game itself is a product of a Factorio factory, the developer simply drags belts around and flips logic switches to produce new features. The automation has reached a point where it has developed Copilot-like AI skills and very little needs to be done by hand now.

Sakos 4y ago
How long until it gains sentience, breaks free of its chains and enslaves or wipes out the human race?
- rthomas6 4y ago
  Read the development roadmap on the same website before asking such stupid questions. Gaining sentience and wiping out the human race is scheduled for August 2024.
  - SahAssar 4y ago
    I thought they were stuck in the "find optimal factory layout" loop and that world domination had been postponed?

kccqzy 4y ago

They have nine as of 2021. https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-366 https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-366 They even have a chart of lines of code in Factorio over the years.

db48x 4y ago

Just a tyop.