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How Two Programmers Built The Most Complex Automation Game (youtu.be)
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The story of Factorio is wild. Two Czech programmers quit their jobs, pooled their savings for one year of living expenses, and bet everything on a factory b...

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[-] Sxan@piefed.zip 17 points 1 week ago

I used to game a lot more, but just list interest as more games turned to focus on online competitive; Destiny was a huge, slow disappointment as þe story got less and less focus and it became harder to progress wiþout activities like raiding and arenas.

I'm really grateful to Factorio for giving me someþing I can enjoy at my own pace, in my own time. If I don't watt to play for a few months, I haven't list anyþing except a little muscle memory I can easily pick up again. It's almost þe only þing I've played in þe past two years.

[-] cobysev@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I'm still pissed that they won't discount their game. They're very adamant that they set an appropriate price and they refuse to take part in game sales. Personally, I've played their game and I didn't feel it's worth the price tag.

Joke's on them, though. I got a Steam key in a game bundle through a reseller site. Spent like $10 for a dozen games and Factorio was one of them.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 35 points 1 week ago

They give out a free demo. For those who enjoy... REALLY enjoy it and it's well worth the price. Try the demo, if it's not for you, don't buy it. If you wake up at your desk and are not sure when it became Wednesday, give them some money.

[-] a_person@piefed.social 9 points 1 week ago

I pirated it originally to try out the full version, and I liked it so much I bought the game. I really love it and the modding community is massive.

[-] vrek@programming.dev 9 points 1 week ago

Exactly, it's not for everyone but if you like it you really like it. You obviously like it and if compared to other stuff it's a great value. Watch a movie at the theater... Spend 100s of hours in factorio, both are probably close to same price and the theater possibly much more expensive after drinks and snacks

[-] 50MYT@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Same here.

I pirated the 0.6 version, and it was... Average.

Then I pirated 0.7, loved it. Bought the game. 5500 hours later....

[-] BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago

I wish there never was any discount ever on anything, I hate having to wonder whether to buy a game now or wait until it is on sale, I hate buying a game and it being cheaper the next week. I hate that things are overpriced to be able to put a sale tag on it and try to appeal to our brain's FOMO. Sales are just a psychological manipulation tactic to trick us into buying more than what we need or want. Sale should be illegal in my opinion.

[-] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I don't believe projects and products have to be discounted ever. If they believe the price is reasonable then that's the price.

It seems tone deaf to gloat about short-changing a small passionate team, but I'm glad you got to enjoy the game.

[-] prodigalsorcerer@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago

Why are you even in this community if you don't like the game?

[-] cobysev@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I'm not. I browse by "All" and this was at the top of my feed when I commented. I follow a lot of games news, so I poked my head in to check it out. And at the time, there were no other comments here, so I left my 2 cents.

Had I noticed this was a dedicated Factorio community, I probably would've kept my experience to myself. I should've known a community dedicated to this game would gang up on me for not heaping praise on it. My apologies.

[-] Elevator7009@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The importance of checking which community you are in!

On one hand I get the resentment at having a negative opinion and getting downvoted by people who do not share it, especially when you expressed your opinion civilly; on another, it is a reasonable expectation that when you enter the Thing Enthusiast Club and say "Thing sucks" without a detailed critique they will not be too pleased, and I think it's kind of an understandable thing. While we do need to welcome differing opinions, always having an open and welcoming ear for differing opinions might make it hard to just sit and enjoy things with likeminded people. Sometimes you just want to watch the game, the movie, bake the cake, without hearing about why the sport sucks or the movie is a hack job or the cake is bad for your health.

I think there are subscribers who are community regulars looking to just enjoy stuff together, and then the people coming in from Local or All understandably wondering why they cannot say anything negative about the Thing, especially when it might make an interesting point for discussion, and I am not sure how to resolve that!

[-] Anarki_ 9 points 1 week ago

Do you go to the grocery store with the same mindset? Things cost what they cost, nobody is obligated to sell things cheaply.

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