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Factorio

Wube Software LTD.

Turn a manual job into a system. A growing factory reveals the next problem to solve.

A dense factory seen from above, with belts and machines packed together and flames along the left side.
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THE DESIGN LENS

What makes this worth a closer look.

The arc reads like turning a manual job into a system, then discovering that the system is the next problem. Building automated factories for items of increasing complexity, in an infinite 2D world with hostile creatures, may make every solution a source of new constraints.

Before you make it your next game.

Organization and optimization take time. Enjoying management is the key fit.

ANOTHER WINDOW

Another window into this world.

Open the image for a larger view.

Rows of machines, transport belts and pipes form ordered sections across a large overhead factory view.
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FOLLOW THE THREAD

Follow this feeling somewhere else.

Balatro

Make poker hands behave differently with jokers. Build your own way to make the numbers climb.

Slay the Spire

A deck is shaped by the cards you leave behind, too. Build a plan for the climb.

Inscryption

There is another mystery beyond the card table. Deckbuilding meets unease.