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Mindustry: an extremely high quality (and difficulty) FOSS tower defense game (github.com)

submitted 1 month ago by GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I thought this game was well known but I haven't seen almost any mentions of it recently. It's very weird for a FOSS enthusiast not to advertise one of the best open-source games of all time so here I am trying to make it spoken about again.

Disclaimer: this game may be addictive for some individuals. Player discretion is advised. If you notice any symptoms of addiction while and/or after playing the game, stop playing immediately and consult with your doctor. Untreated gaming addiction may result in severe consequences such as digestive disorders, social behavioral disorders, loss of job, and depression.

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[-] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 116 points 1 month ago

It's great and all (it really is), but the target audience was just presented factorio 2.0 (and space age), so we're busy for a few months.

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Sorry didn't know that. I'm not interested in Factorio because imo it looks terrible.

EDIT: I'm gonna open an issue so Lemmy lets OPs edit and delete comments on their posts. The amount of argument on here is too bad for a standard centralized moderation model.

[-] Chulk@lemmy.ml 46 points 1 month ago

The person you're replying to was just making a comment that alludes to the fact that people who like this genre get addicted to other games. It was a light-hearted comment and you're the one who got negative first. People asked you to elaborate on your negativity and you got defensive. Now you're doubling down on that defensiveness. I get it. I've been there. But come on, man. I think everyone's got the same interests in mind here.

[-] irreticent@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

If you think that's bad you don't want to ask his opinion on homosexuality. He's a raging homophobe.

I know it's off-topic but that guy really gets on my nerves.

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[-] scarilog@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago

EDIT: I'm gonna open an issue so Lemmy lets OPs edit and delete comments on their posts. The amount of argument on here is too bad for a standard centralized moderation model.

Lmfao

[-] gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Truly one of the most embarassing things I have ever seen someone share publically.

Over polite comments responding to an opinion about a video game.

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[-] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 6 points 1 month ago

Would make a good copypasta

[-] hmmm@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 month ago

I'm gonna open an issue so Lemmy lets OPs edit and delete comments on their posts. The amount of argument on here is too bad for a standard centralized moderation model.

That's a bad idea.

[-] donuts@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago

I rarely downvote but this deserves one.

If you want to be able to edit and delete comments from others you might want to look at hosting your own website where you can rule however you like.

[-] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 month ago

I'm not interested in Factorio because imo it looks terrible.

What do you not like about it?

[-] grue@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

He just told you: "it looks terrible." And he's not wrong; Factorio's art really does kinda suck.

[-] blackbirdbiryani@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago

Man I love factorio's art, had no idea people thought it was bad. Maybe at release. But there's alot of attention to detail in the sprites, even the trees sway gently in the breeze. You don't see that often in other games of a similar style.

[-] vala@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's the color palette. It's genuinely terrible. The pixel art itself looks pretty good but those colours just kill it.

Edit: god damn UK phone... color not colour.

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[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago

I don't think it necessarily sucks. It's just old and I'm not a fan of it.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It looks like the "good enough" placeholder art that devs put in before they get around to hiring an actual artist. It's serviceable to understand what things are and what's happening, but there's no style to it.

[-] DWin@feddit.uk 29 points 1 month ago

I personally disagree, I really love the dramatic sprite style they've gone with. Everything's so hyper industrial with lovely details when you zoom in.

[-] Rukthag@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

It’s also so wonderfully mechanical and smoothly animated. Might not hit for those that didn’t grow up with similar styles or something.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

It is my understanding that Factorio's art is 3D modeled and rigged, and then 2D animation frames are captured from that so the game doesn't have to actually render 10,000 inserters every tick.

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[-] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

there’s no style to it

I mean, it depends on how you are defining "style", but, to avoid being pedantic, I actually think that it does have a style, and a very recognizable and unique style at that. It has a very maximalist, industrial, gritty look to it that I love. Everything is so hyper-detailed in model design, texture, and animation. It all fits a very specific aesthetic. It's completely fine if that aesthetic is not to your taste, but I think it's disingenuous to say that it has no style at all.

[-] yonder@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

This ia exactly on point. I have never played Factorio but can recognize it from any screenshot from its style.

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[-] KillerWhale@orcas.enjoying.yachts 6 points 1 month ago

Calling Factorios graphics bad on a post praising Mindustry is just absurd.

[-] zqps@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

That sentence could just as easily mean "I've never played it, but it looks like a really bad game".

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[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

Graphics. I hate old games.

[-] errer@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

Man I really don’t get this viewpoint at all…

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[-] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I hate old games.

Is 2020 considered old...?. I understand that the game was available for some time prior to that, but during that period Factorio was in early access. 1.0 came out in 2020, and I am treating that as the full release, and everything prior to that is beta testing for development.

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[-] brrt@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago

I don’t understand. You think Factorio is visually not pleasing but Mindustry is? Are you for real?

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

Yes. Mindustry has a decent style and its minimalism makes it less time-dependent. On the other hand, Factorio looks pretty much disgusting to me.

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[-] vala@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I like both games but this is subjectively true. I think a lot of people would find the art in Mindustry a lot easier to look at.

[-] comfy@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

Seconding, Mindustry is much more visually pleasing to me than Factorio. From the screenshots I'm looking at, Factorio's graphics just don't have consistent composition, so elements in the same image look out of place. Shadows aren't even going in the same direction or logical lengths, and only sometimes they're pure black giving weirdly high contrast in certain objects and not others. Many environments are various shades of puke colors. The perspective looks weird to me, as if we could turn the map 90 degrees and then all the buildings would look like the leaning tower of Piza.

I would compare and contrast between the original Fallout, perhaps, or as Captain Aggravated here else said, "Factorio does look like Age of Empires with a 3 pack a day habit.".

Now, whether these are problems or style is a matter of opinion, and furthermore whether it should have an appealing style (as Cpt. Agg also said, pollution is a theme in the game) but some of those points are objectively straying from conventionally appealing elements.

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[-] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago

Spicy take around these parts.

[-] Psionicsickness@reddthat.com 14 points 1 month ago

I like how other people are being nice about it. Makes me have a little hope for humanity.

You’re objectively wrong though.

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[-] digdilem@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago

Factorio is amazing.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

Factorio does look like Age of Empires with a 3 pack a day habit. And given pollution is a major mechanic in the game it's on theme.

Mindustry meanwhile has the look of a game you'd find on one of those old 101 games on 1 CD! complilations you'd find back in the 90's, and yet it runs...well like every other game that's ever been packaged as a .deb.

I don't really hitch horses with a game whose main gameplay loop involves keeping an eye on things that are off screen.

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[-] comfy@lemmy.ml 45 points 1 month ago

I wouldn't call the game 'extremely high difficulty', it even has some easier levels early on (at least when I played it a couple of years ago). I'm not a regular tower-defense or sim game player and I was able to complete Serpulo. It can be a challenging puzzle at times, but it's not a game I'd feel a need to warn people about difficulty-wise.

Disclaimer: this game may be addictive for some individuals.

Seconding (although I have a tendency to marathon the campaign of any game I think is excellent). No need for predatory tricks like loots, this is just a damn fun game.

It’s very weird for a FOSS enthusiast not to advertise one of the best open-source games of all time so here I am trying to make it spoken about again.

IIRC I found it in a 'top 100 FOSS games' list because it was one of the first which wasn't an open-sourced cloning of an existing game. No disrespect for clones and adaptations at all, but it's extra special to see original softwares so good that even people who don't care about FOSSness would use them.

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[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 month ago

It's also on Steam for a couple of bucks if you want a simple way to support the dev!

[-] General_Effort@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

That gives 30% to Steam though. Better use Itch.io as linked on the github page.

https://anuke.itch.io/mindustry

[-] Deckweiss@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Income from Steam is what ultimately made gaming on Linux viable. And to do that, they made significant open source contributions.

So I'll keep giving them money of course.

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[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Java? Sorry OP I only download open source software developed with Rust /s

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Rust

C better. /s (probably)

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[-] Neuromancer49@midwest.social 21 points 1 month ago

Unironically, I had to delete this game from my phone because I wasn't getting work done. This game slaps.

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[-] spechter@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 month ago

Don't forget the amazing Soundtrack

[-] MoonManKipper@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Excellent game - highly recommend

[-] Chulk@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago

Definitely interested in trying this one out. Haven't dove into the FOSS games category yet

[-] ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I hated every second of it and it’s ugly as hell. Factorio is king.

(Trolling because Op is so super sensitive about it)

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[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The only thing I can put against dev (not really) is there's no x-platform sync between clients. Continuing your game on a phone could be a cool feature, even if not from some centralized server they pay for, but from your own google drive or whatever.