Mindustry is such a great game. I sunk tons of hours in both campaigns with a friend of mine.<p>For those who come from a Factorio background, Mindustry has less automation and more combat. Also a Mindustry map does not take 50 hours to complete; rather it will take a few hours and may sometimes take several tries as some maps can be fairly hard. Space is limited as compared to Factorio, so space-efficient designs <i>do</i> matter, especially for defense (you want to pack towers tightly, with the constraint that towers must be fed by a conveyor of ammo or a pipe of liquid, or both). You also need to consider that you often need different combinations of towers in order to defeat different types of enemies.<p>Overall, a very well-made game and very addictive.
I find the new trend interesting, to sell the game on Steam, but have a link to Github with the actual source. So free for developers and people who care to find out. Thats fair, I think, but I would prefer if the direct donation model would be more established among the masses.<p>But this link points to the general site, with lots of options and also directly the free version. Kudos. Will try it out later.
Plenty of previous discussion at <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32422522">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32422522</a> (Mindustry – Open-Source Game, 135 comments)<p>Great game, though a bit addictive.
This is funny to me and maybe worth mentioning. In prison they charge inmates for this game on the tablets, is that legal? It's AccessCorrections or Access something, I know for a fact, I played it for years and now hate it because of the associations it draws for my uneuphoric recall of doing time. They also charge for Andors Trail, another open source project.
Mindustry is fantastic. Played the Erekir campaign twice. I didn’t like the Serpulo campaign. It’s almost like two different games.<p>Erekir is automation plus RTS. Serpulo is automation plus tower defense.
I bought this game after playing the open source variant for some time. It was just what I wanted, because Factorio isn't focused so much on defence, but this is. The game underwent a huge overhaul and is much more fleshed out. I need to get back to it and try and complete the campaign.
This game will suck you in. It's wonderful. A great holiday game actually. Good timing on this post.<p>I first played it because I heard it described as "Factorio lite", which seems fairly apt after playing it. It's not nearly as deep as Factorio but it scratches the same itch.
Its PvP mode is also excellent. You can complete both defense and offense by laying supply lines. It's possible to ambush the opponent's supply lines as well, gaining a significant advantage on the front lines before the enemy detects the disruption in the power facility and logistics system. This is what I consider one of the most important characteristics of a real-time strategy (RTS) game.<p>It would be better if one could steal expensive components from the opponent's conveyor belt (like processors in Factorio)
Also on Flathub: <a href="https://flathub.org/en-GB/apps/com.github.Anuken.Mindustry" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://flathub.org/en-GB/apps/com.github.Anuken.Mindustry</a>
Slightly off topic, but does anyone have any resources / tips on how to build your own tower defense game with multiplayer? Been deving for a very long time, but game dev feels like a completely different beast.
It's one of the only games I play! I have it on Android and one thing I like is that it's fast to open up and play a bit, save, and then quit. No ads or a bunch of intros to try to skip, etc.
I love this game and even more the distribution model. Do you want a free game? Use officially available sources. Do you want to support the developer or have Steam integration? Buy on Steam. Just want to donate? Donate. Want to change something in the game? Git clone.
Mindustry was a great game prior to the campaign rework, which in my opinion made things harder to progress and really enjoy. But if you've never played it, I still really recommend it as it's a cross between lighter factorio and a tower defense game.
Does it make sense to publish Deb packages for this game?<p>Also this commit: <a href="https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry/commit/5548e727501793479c4cdb557e267a9441dd5698">https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry/commit/5548e727501793479...</a>