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Is Factorio HNs favourite game or is it Civ V?
by fergie 2y ago
Is Factorio HNs favourite game or is it Civ V?
- bschne 2y agoI don't know, but I have to say I was surprised how quickly this one took off, esp. given it's the middle of the night across the U.S. :)
- fabian2k 2y agoFactorio is much more like software development. Especially when you notice that your earlier assumptions were wrong and you need to refactor your base, tearing down all the stuff you build earlier.
- Iulioh 2y agoAnd the fact that the dev has a weekly newsletter with dev updates, that helps FFF (Factorio Friday Facts) https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-432 https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-432
- fabian2k 2y agoToday will be the last FFF before the expansion launches next week.
- jeffhuys 2y agoIt's NEXT WEEK?! That made me so happy I got goosebumps. I gotta take some vacation days.
- karamanolev 2y agoAnd not just next week, but Monday next week!
- Iulioh 2y agoFactorio Space Age countdown https://vojtykcz.funsite.cz/factorio-expansion-countdown/ https://vojtykcz.funsite.cz/factorio-expansion-countdown/
- jeffhuys 2y agoI'm off every Monday! So let's hope it's morning at my place when it drops.
- oefrha 2y agoMore like you need to be off every October and November to start playing the expansion when it drops.
- 0points 2y agosee you in another year!!!11
- kgf1980 2y agoI’ve tried Factorio and could never get into it … Satisfactory on the other hand is a game where I can look at the time and realise I should of had lunch two hours ago
- kentrf 2y agoFactorio. As a developer, I'd never thought I'd like to solve for getting off the planet, fighting monsters, building trains and tracks while trying not to pollute too much.
- Iulioh 2y agoThe last part is a truly unrealistic
- rollcat 2y agoIf you find pollution is not a challenge, try a deathworld run. If you can already beat a normal deathworld - turn down trees/moisture, turn up pollution diffusion ratio; then you can add rampant, armored biters, bob's enemies, etc. I recommend the infinite ore patches mod as well, you will be defending the starter patch for a veeery long time. My favourite recent challenge was "New Game +", you start with all tech (perhaps except damage upgrades) unlocked, but biters also start at 1.0 evolution. You technically don't need any science to launch a rocket, but you still have to figure out how to build a mall (and enough defences) before triggering a single attack. Factorio is an excellent tower defense game!
- jeffhuys 2y ago> Factorio is an excellent tower defense game! It really is, isn't it. You're incentivized to protect every last thing, not because of some arbitrary points system, but because they're all part of a big, interconnected system that needs to work in order to survive. In my book, Factorio is up there at the top of best games of all time.
- voidUpdate 2y agoI'm expecting a large dropoff in HN activity when the new expansion releases
- red_admiral 2y agoI'm half expecting FAANG stocks to move downwards as engineer productivity takes a hit.
- HPsquared 2y agoHedge funds currently trying to work out how long they expect the developers to be enthralled with the Factorio update.
- dailykoder 2y agoI like tetris. I found these two to be the most fun for me: - https://www.goodoldtetris.com/ https://www.goodoldtetris.com/ - http://farter.cn/tetr.js/ http://farter.cn/tetr.js/ First one is "NES-style" with fast lock in, no ghost and so forth. Second one is for fast play, with ghost and no fast lock-in. I have no clue about current tetris, but i think that's the modern style, no??? Edit: I believe tetris friends was the website where i started playing more tetris some years ago and the version from farter came closest to it, after it got shut down
- zigman1 2y agois Civ big on HN? I rarely see it mention. Its my favorite, so would love to find people here who enjoys it as well
- yen223 2y agoPlease don't drag me back in, I've already lost a good chunk of my twenties to that game
- y1n0 2y agoI’ve played a lot of factorio but it did eventually get old for me. In the same vein I am enjoying shapez (search for the free web version) and shapez2
- Iulioh 2y agoThere are a lot of Factorio overhault mods! DoshDoshington is my favorite youtuber for this type of things, really intresting and the engineer mind that he has is fascinating https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgQ39dt3Qmc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgQ39dt3Qmc
- voidUpdate 2y agoSee also DocJade, Ryan Brown and Venzer
- changexd 2y agoI really want to try factorio, but now I usually see games as non-productive activity (that's my problem and I know it, in my defense, I've already spent way too much time gaming in college and did nothing), I wonder if factorio can make my software skill better in terms of designing and critical thinking, if that's the case, I would love to have fun and practice as well
- fouronnes3 2y agoIt's a great game but if you play it you WILL get addicted. Approach it with the care you would have when trying a new recreational drug.
- jeffhuys 2y agoFactorio is definitely good for your brain - it rewards focus, refactoring, problem solving, linear thinking... But yes, in the end, it's non-productive in any physical sense. A weekend of watching movies/shorts feels way worse than a weekend growing the factory. It's definitely a step up, but the best would be to get out of the house more often besides going to the office. One day at a time (recovering from a lot of past emotional pain).
- bregma 2y agoNon-productive activity time is a Good Thing that improves everybody's life when done in moderation. At least Factorio is generally better than drinking, doomscrolling, or gambling in terms of social responsibility.
- veidelis 2y agoMy vote goes to Oxygen Not Included
- MaxikCZ 2y agoI want to love that game, but it has sharp corners that you only discover with time, and that require painful workarounds. Factorio devs, on the other hand, actively eliminate almost every such case, making the playtrough just pure bliss
- HPsquared 2y agoThat's something I have noticed with a lot of really good games. The edges are all lovingly smoothed off by hand. It's a lot of work.