Automation and Factory Builder Games

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A community surrounding automation and factory games. Think Factorio or Satisfactory.

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Plan B: Terraform, a planetary colonization and terraforming automation game, where cities develop independently, releases it's 0.9.1 early access patch (0.9.x saves are supposed to work on release) (store.steampowered.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks for posting and sharing screenshots.
How would you compare it to Factorio, Dyson Sphere, such games?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately, I only have limited experience with Factorio. But I can say that Plan B is more casual and arguably has a different feel to it.

The factory/logistics building is focused on terraforming. Later on you may have to try get resource that have been flooded as the average temperature of your planets rises.

The logistics system is also extremely simplified. There is no need to worry about rail track capacity (although pickup and delivery can get messy if you keep playing).