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<onlyinclude>'''Factorio''' is a game about [[Mining drill|mining resources]], planning and building factories, [[Assembling machine|automating production]], and fighting [[Enemies|alien enemies]]. [[Player|You]] are a survivor from a space colonization effort gone awry, and you find yourself alone on the [[Tile|surface]] of a hostile alien planet. With nothing but the [[Stone|raw stone]] and [[Iron ore|ore]] at your feet, the only hope for survival is to build your [[Automation|automated machines]] and [[Crafting network|factories]] from the ground up to produce the equipment and [[Defense|defenses]] needed for survival on this strange world. Apart from efficiently designing and maintaining your army of machines, you will need to [[Wall|protect your factory]] and [[Modular armor|yourself]] from the unfriendly alien hordes who seek to destroy your automations and remove you from the planet.<includeonly>'''[[Factorio:About|... read more ...]]'''</includeonly></onlyinclude>
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<onlyinclude>'''Factorio''' is a game in which you build and maintain factories. You will be mining resources, researching technologies, building infrastructure, automating production and fighting enemies.
 
In the beginning you will find yourself chopping trees, mining ores and crafting mechanical arms and transport belts by hand, but in short time you can become an industrial powerhouse, with huge solar fields, oil refining and cracking, manufacture and deployment of construction and logistic robots, all for your resource needs. However this heavy exploitation of the planet's resources does not sit nicely with the locals, so you will have to be prepared to defend yourself and your machine empire.
 
Join forces with other players in cooperative [[Multiplayer]], create huge factories, collaborate and delegate tasks between you and your friends.
<includeonly>'''[[Factorio:About|... read more ...]]'''</includeonly></onlyinclude>
Add mods to increase your enjoyment, from small tweak and helper mods to complete game overhauls, Factorio's ground-up Modding support has allowed content creators from around the world to design interesting and innovative features. While the core gameplay is in the form of the freeplay scenario, there are a range of interesting challenges in the form of the Scenario pack, available as free DLC. If you don't find any maps or scenarios you enjoy, you can create your own with the in-game Map Editor, place down entities, enemies, and terrain in any way you like, and even add your own custom script to make for interesting gameplay.


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== Roadmap ==
== Roadmap ==
The [[Roadmap]] is a description of the future goals for Factorio's development. One may consult it to discover what the developers of Factorio have in store for the game.


See [[Roadmap]]. There is an [[Roadmap|article about that]].
Look at [http://www.factorio.com/blog The official blog]; Factorio Friday Facts (FFFs) have become a weekly feature and provide good information about the near future of the game.
 
== Sozializing ==


* [http://ask.fm/FactorioGame Ask.fm]. Very informative.
== Stats  ==
* [https://www.facebook.com/Factorio Factorio on Facebook]. Sometimes nice new pictures here.
* Definition: Factorio is a sci-fi sandbox game.
 
* First public release date: Mid 2012.
== Definition / Genre ==
 
[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage TV Tropes] have a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Videogame/Factorio good definition of Factorio].


== History ==
== History ==
* April 1, 2014: [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3026 Interview of Michal Kovarik in CanardPC]
* July 29, 2013: [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1120 Developer Interview]
** English video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuatfFHT9L0
**German video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lywJUWYM3Yw
* February 5, 2013: [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=125195010 Steam greenlight campaign]
** Released on steam Early access on 25 Febuary 2016. Developers aim for a full release (ie. 1.0) in summer 2018.
**August 14, 2020: Version 1.0 released.


=== April 1, 2014: [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3026 Interview of Michal Kovarik in CanardPC] ===
=== What is the game inspired by? ===
 
* [[wikipedia:Dwarf Fortress|Dwarf Fortress]]
This is no April fool. :)
* [[wikipedia:Transport Tycoon|Transport Tycoon]]-like games, especially [[wikipedia:OpenTTD|OpenTTD]]
 
* [[wikipedia:Minecraft|Minecraft]] (especially the [https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/buildcraft BuildCraft mod])
=== July 29, 2013: [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1120 Developer Interview] ===
* [[wikipedia:Civilization (series)|Civilization series]]
 
* [[wikipedia:SpaceChem|SpaceChem]]
Interview from Myratax.
* [[wikipedia:Creeper_World#Creeper_World_3:_Arc_Eternal|Creeper World 3]]
 
* [[wikipedia:Terraria|Terraria]]
English video:
* [[wikipedia:Starbound|Starbound]]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuatfFHT9L0
* [http://grobots.sourceforge.net/ Grobots]
 
* [[wikipedia:RimWorld|RimWorld]]
German video:
* [[wikipedia:DayZ (video game)|DayZ]]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lywJUWYM3Yw
* [[wikipedia:FTL: Faster Than Light|FTL: Faster Than Light]]
 
* [http://unclaimedworld-game.com/ Unclaimed World]
=== February 5, 2013: [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=125195010 Steam greenlight campaign] ===
* [https://www.coolmathgames.com/0-into-space Into Space] (shortly mentioned that the game will include elements from there)
 
* [https://yogscast.fandom.com/wiki/Dig-N-Rig Dig-N-Rig]
* http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=125195010
** Especially this [http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/125195010/846958001178787026/ discussion] about going steam greenlight.
 
=== [http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/factorio Indiegogo-Campaign] ===
 
* http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/factorio
 
=== From [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=122388.0 Dwarf Fortress forum] ===
 
We put that into the wiki, because it can be seen as a kind of "historical document" and a prove, that no essential point of the original vision has been lost.
Because it is over a yer since then, we added some comment, see down!
 
:Factorio - Factory building game « on: February 01, 2013, 12:46:49 am »
 
:'''What do I do in the game ?
:You will be in charge of a character that is building a factory from scratch. You will be mining resources, automating production, managing energy sources, designing the flow of items in your factory, researching technologies and defending from hostile creatures.
 
:'''What is the game inspired by ? [*]
:We drew a lot of inspiration from Transport Tycoon-like games, Civilization and Minecraft.
 
:'''Why should I care ?
:This game is made by geeks for geeks. The core of the game is building things. You can create huge almost self sufficient factories. There are machines crafting other machines. All the stuff is travelling on transport belts. There are simple means of "programming" the robotic arms that move things around. You also have little logistic robots that transport things among designated containers. The ultimate goal of course is to have self replicating factories:)
 
:'''When & where can I get it ?
:Public demo is available at http://www.factorio.com (win, osx, ubuntu linux). Go and try it now.
:The game successfully finished crowdfunding campaign (March 2013). The alpha version of the game can bought on our web page.
 
:'''What is the current state of the game? [*]
:We plan to start greenlight campaign in the start of december 2013, we are doing all the preparations needed for this to happen. (New trailer, consistent graphics, bugfree gameplay).
:The current version is alpha, but we try to fix all the reported bugs, so the stable releases (latest is 0.10.12) are quite stable.
:We put some effort to make the game moddable from the start, so you are can already choose from several mods extending different parts of the game. The modding support is made in a way that mod incompatibility isn't an issue.
 
:'''I want to know more [*]
:Check our website for trailer, screenshots, demo download and more information in general.
 
:« Last Edit: November 03, 2013, 12:36:32 pm by kovarex »  Logged
 
==== Comments ====
; What is the game inspired by ?
: From some threads in off-topic board: we add to the above list a number of games like
* [http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ Dwarf Fortress],
* Transport Tycoon-like games, especially [http://www.openttd.org/en/ OpenTTD],
* Minecraft (especially the BuildCraft mod)
* Civilization series
* SpaceChem
* Creeper World 3
* Terraria
* Starbound
* Grobots
* Rimworld
* DayZ
* FTL
* Unclaimed World
* Into Space (shortly mentioned that the game will include elements from there)
* Dig-N-Rig
;Current state
: See [[Roadmap]] for more or less actual current state.
; I want to know more
: Look at [http://www.factorio.com/blog the blog]; Factorio Friday Facts (FFFs) have become a weekly feature and provide good information about the near future of the game.
 
== The game music ==


The ingame-music will change, so the current music is a placeholder which comes from free sources. See this threads:
== See also ==
http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2430
* [http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/factorio Indiegogo-Campaign]
http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1047&p=28145&hilit=freesound#p28145
Raised €21,626, started 31 January 2013, finished on 3 March 2013.
* [http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=122388.0 Dwarf Fortress forum]
* [[wikipedia:Factorio|Wikipedia page for Factorio]]

Latest revision as of 10:56, 19 December 2021

Factorio is a game in which you build and maintain factories. You will be mining resources, researching technologies, building infrastructure, automating production and fighting enemies.

In the beginning you will find yourself chopping trees, mining ores and crafting mechanical arms and transport belts by hand, but in short time you can become an industrial powerhouse, with huge solar fields, oil refining and cracking, manufacture and deployment of construction and logistic robots, all for your resource needs. However this heavy exploitation of the planet's resources does not sit nicely with the locals, so you will have to be prepared to defend yourself and your machine empire.

Join forces with other players in cooperative Multiplayer, create huge factories, collaborate and delegate tasks between you and your friends.

Add mods to increase your enjoyment, from small tweak and helper mods to complete game overhauls, Factorio's ground-up Modding support has allowed content creators from around the world to design interesting and innovative features. While the core gameplay is in the form of the freeplay scenario, there are a range of interesting challenges in the form of the Scenario pack, available as free DLC. If you don't find any maps or scenarios you enjoy, you can create your own with the in-game Map Editor, place down entities, enemies, and terrain in any way you like, and even add your own custom script to make for interesting gameplay.

Roadmap

The Roadmap is a description of the future goals for Factorio's development. One may consult it to discover what the developers of Factorio have in store for the game.

Look at The official blog; Factorio Friday Facts (FFFs) have become a weekly feature and provide good information about the near future of the game.

Stats

  • Definition: Factorio is a sci-fi sandbox game.
  • First public release date: Mid 2012.

History

What is the game inspired by?

See also

Raised €21,626, started 31 January 2013, finished on 3 March 2013.

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