Space Age release date

If you&#x27;re wondering whether to get involved in this game, and you&#x27;ve ever suspected you&#x27;re a little vulnerable to getting addicted, then I&#x27;d suggest keeping a very cautious exclusion zone around Factorio.<p>Alternatively, if you do get ensnared, then installing a mod which allows you to edit and experiment freely might help you &quot;see the matrix&quot; behind the game and dispel the enchantment somewhat.<p>The jokes about losing days, months, sleep, relationships, and jobs are not always jokes.

If you want to pass the time until October, i would recommend the Ultracube: Age of Cube mod [0]. It does not stretch out the base game with additional tedious steps, instead it gives a big twist to what you knew about factories. Here is a good let&#x27;s play introduction to the early game: [1]<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mods.factorio.com&#x2F;mod&#x2F;Ultracube" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mods.factorio.com&#x2F;mod&#x2F;Ultracube</a><p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=eOOANJhv2MU&amp;pp=ygUJdWx0cmFjdWJl" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=eOOANJhv2MU&amp;pp=ygUJdWx0cmFjd...</a>

Pushes back the timeline for AGI by a good 3 months!

I always feel like &quot;I should rather do real work instead&quot; while playing such complex games that almost feel like work to learn. maybe that&#x27;s just a byproduct of a &quot;toxic productivity&quot; mindset I developed

<i>&quot;Includes Factorio 2, which is a free upgrade for all users.&quot;</i><p>Honestly, Factorio is one of those games I would pay extra to keep going. Kudos to them for making the base game upgrade free.

Pairing in Factorio for an hour could replace a round (or two) in an interview loop. I&#x27;m convinced it would produce much stronger signals for engineering teams on how folks approach solving problems in a collaborative&#x2F;team setting.

I can&#x27;t wait.<p>I played it years ago and it was a lot of fun. Recently I&#x27;ve been playing Workers &amp; Resources which has a similar focus on logistics so it&#x27;ll be fun to go back to the OG.

The incoming bot, blueprint, and train updates are so good I can’t play 1.0 anymore :(<p>I’m still not sure how I feel about the planet stuff though

Oh, how odd. That’s exactly the day I am catching the flu!

Hmm, looks like some Hacker News mod did not like this post :&#x2F;<p>(title was edited (OK, it was not strictly following the rules) and post moved to bottom of the front page)

If you don&#x27;t want to wait, the rather stupendous Space Exploration mod to Factorio is available now:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mods.factorio.com&#x2F;mod&#x2F;space-exploration" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mods.factorio.com&#x2F;mod&#x2F;space-exploration</a><p>Warning: this is <i>stupidly</i> time consuming (as in, hundreds of hours just to get to orbit) and you&#x27;ll need to already be proficient in Factorio to make any headway.

I really dislike the idea of &quot;quality&quot; in the context of Factorio.

I always bounce off of Factorio because I want to be able to play with the default settings but I always end up getting killed by bugs&#x2F;aliens not long after starting the game.

The first time I played was right at the beginning. I bought it on Friday afternoon and spent the entire weekend playing. I did almost nothing else, and I must have spent over than 50 hours that weekend.<p>After that, I kind of avoid the game, but if you are a controlled person, I highly recommend it, especially if you are familiar with Kafka or other queues. Setting up the assembly lines is basically the same thing.

Perhaps I&#x27;ll be finished my K2SE run by then. Probably not.

I was really put off by the pricing fiasco. Was that unreasonable?