Friday Factorio Facts #381 – Space Platforms

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I understand the idea to go with belts as they are a core and fun feature of Factorio gameplay, but... conveyor belts really need gravity to work.<p>Perhaps a funner way to do this would be to play with inertia in space, where stuff just travels in a straight line, so you could just have launchers and catchers that just hurl material along.

I tried Space Exploration and honestly it became rather tedious; it looks like this is a lot more ergonomic. I&#x27;m itching to play Factorio again but I know if I pick it up now I won&#x27;t want to play when this expansion is released.

Using inserters to dump trash into space is a brilliant and seamless mechanic. Yet another example of care in the Factorio game model.

The world would look very different if software was generally developed like this.

I love that the space platform mechanics basically reward super dense spaghetti.

I love how when asteroids are destroyed, they break apart into smaller asteroids just like in the old arcade game.

Those thrusters look awesome.

What a beautiful game. It&#x27;s not my preferred style of gameplay, but I love to watch it in action.

OT: Anyone here know of any mixed-reality&#x2F;AR games like Factorio? I think it&#x27;d be fun to build a virtual thing on my desk and bolt it on to a factory (say, in another room, or just behind me).

Someone at factorio has been playing Galaxy Trucker.