Why Factorio is so Addictive

I’d love to stop and watch this but that factory hasn’t grown at all in the last 2 minutes and the factory must grow

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Why didnt you talk about the enemies? And the guns...

I was wondering why, given I have attention deficit disorder, games like this suck me in so much I can play for 12 hours with minimal breaks. Eventually I realised it's because there is never a moment's peace - there is always something new calling for your attention. You need more coal, you need to get more constructors working, you need to upgrade your conveyor belts, you need to find a bigger oil field. You can't focus on any one thing for too long or you'll create an imbalance in your resources, and that's great for someone with ADD - many things to focus on, but never for very long. And even if everything is working perfectly, you can always scale up.

Because it does.

Factory must expand.

I still love It have been playing it for years now. Can't wait for the expansion.

I really like your point about the Lego/Minecraft castle. As I have built a massive Minecraft castle recently and slightly more recently I've rediscovered Factorio and played 70 hours in 2 weeks. I think your distinction is spot-on. Everything you do in Factorio provides input towards an overarching goal.
One of my other main design takeaways from Factorio is the numerical meaning of all of these pieces. It feels that everything you build contributes to the existence of a bottleneck. Then that bottleneck must be fixed by building something else, and building that thing has now caused another bottleneck, this cycle repeats forever. The input/output ratios responsible for this couldn't have been an accident, I suspect a significant amount of fine-tuning was done to ensure that there is always a point in the factory that is under-served. This game is a masterclass in balance.

Factorio is in the realm of agent based modelling

This is a great Factorio video.

CrackTorio

Last time I played factorio was couple months ago its not that addictive.
Also I occasionally use it to debug a mod I'm making.

GREGTECH the precursor

im addicted to this game just like any factorio player

quill18 ... lol

the cries for help from your organs pleading for salvation is soon replaced by 'the factory must grow'

we are the alien on the planet not the bugs

Back to earth? And stop growing the factory?! Heretic!

THE FACTORY MUST GROW

The game that most resembles hard crack

THE FACTORY MUST EXPAND
THE FACTORY MUST EXPAND
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THE FACTORY MUST EXPAND

Minor issue I’m too stupid to understand the initial learning curve

The belt mechanic plays a significant role. Laying out the belts in the correct way and then observing the flow is highly addictive. Kinda reminds me Transport Tycoon, where you can spend literally hours watching just the buzz of your train traffic.

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This game for me is the greatest mix of old cnc strategy games, terraria, and old sim cities.

Wow, this actually sums it up beautifully

I remember the first time loading up the game and starting the tutorial. Well it had been fours hours before I even got up off the chair.

I love factorio but when I have to set up everything revolving oil, I lose my will to live

Factorio, not even once

ah ... yes crack in .exe format

The factory must grow.

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This is a great breakdown of factorio :D

Amzing video. Thank you !

Idk but how to stop making spaggheti

So basically, need to improve > improvement > satisfaction > need to improve > improvement > satisfaction and wash, rinse, repeat

Before i played factorio: Oh this looks cool imma try it
After I played factorio: T I M E I S O N L Y A N O T I O N O F T H E H U M A N M I N D

its like theres cocainea and factorio is cooler cocaine

I don't need sleep, I don't need food, I don't need social bonds, all I need is 14% faster gear production

Oh come on, at least a minecraft castle can be used for shelter, and maybe you could fill the houses with villagers. Or you could make it as a way of sheltering a dedicated server's worth of players.

i try to have my base as compact as possible while trying to be as efficient as it can be with the space i want to give myself

yea, you nailed it.

this game is bloody adictive!

Then Where is your Big factory???

"Factorio is addictive"

Me who dropped it after barely and forcefully reaching reactor

The game is like a replacement for my alcohol addiction