Factorio

Factorio is an independent economic strategy in which we build a huge factory. The title was created by two programmers from the Czech Republic working under the banner of Wube Software, who have always loved productions like Transport Tycoon, Civilization or SimCity, which were the model for their own game. The project was funded on Indiegogo in 2013, and shortly afterwards a playable alpha version went on sale. The full version of the game was not released until 2020.

Mechanics

Factorio is a strategy game in which we observe the action from above (from the so-called top-down perspective). Our main task is to build a factory on a dangerous alien planet and to manage the erected complex. We have to take care of the raw materials necessary to build new buildings, electricity and also take care of the optimization of production lines, among other things, by introducing new technologies found in research centers or constantly improving methods of delivering goods to the place where they are processed.

It is worth noting that our factory is mainly transmission systems, ensuring efficient transport of raw materials, semi-finished products and finished products. We have conveyor belts of different speed, trains and robots floating in the air at our disposal.

In addition, we must also take care of the safety of factories, which are attacked by the natives of the planet (unless we turn off the alien aggression in the options) - so we put up walls and defense towers; we can also harass the nests of hostile fauna ourselves. We have at our disposal handguns from the pistol to the rocket launcher, tanks, and combat drones, which we can carry in our backpacks.

Factorio developers have prepared several difficulty levels. There is also a map editor and support for fan modifications.

Game modes

In Factorio we can play alone or in co-op. The basis of the game is the single player mode (we have both the story campaign and the possibility to play freely). The production also offers a cooperative multiplayer module - we can play using the Internet or LAN (users can then share various tasks between themselves).

The basic task in the game is to build a spaceport and launch a rocket into space, which will allow us to evacuate from the alien planet. In practice, however, for many players this is just the beginning of the fun, and the real goal is to create as perfect and large a factory as possible.

Technical issues

Factorio was created in a simple, two-dimensional graphic style, based on sprites popular in the 90s. As a result, the grayish graphics are quite poor.