Mindustry: A open-source sandbox tower defense game

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Post by botayhard » Sun, Jan 03, 2021, 11:25 PM UTC

Mindustry: A open-source sandbox tower defense game
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Re: Mindustry: A open-source sandbox tower defense game

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Post by jmiskovic » Mon, Jan 04, 2021, 10:30 AM UTC

The project is quite impressive. It's not old-school tower defense as the title might suggest. This is a complex base building and resource processing simulation game similar to Factorio. It is implemented in clean Java and runs smoothly on both desktop and mobile platforms. It has a full campaign, competitive multiplayer and a dedicated reddit community.

Re: Mindustry: A open-source sandbox tower defense game

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Post by rkagerer » Mon, Jan 04, 2021, 11:49 AM UTC

Any screenshots?

Re: Mindustry: A open-source sandbox tower defense game

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Post by botayhard » Mon, Jan 04, 2021, 12:07 PM UTC

rkagerer wrote: post #3

Any screenshots?

You can look screenshots on itchio[0] and steam[1].

[0] https://anuke.itch.io/mindustry

[1] https://store.steampowered.com/app/1127400/Mindustry/

Re: Mindustry: A open-source sandbox tower defense game

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Post by Aeolun » Mon, Jan 04, 2021, 1:00 PM UTC

It’s really good. Costs money on Steam but is much easier to do multiplayer then, which is really where the game shines in my opinion.

Re: Mindustry: A open-source sandbox tower defense game

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Post by Kim_Bruning » Mon, Jan 04, 2021, 2:30 PM UTC

I've installed it on android and nixos. The touch controls on android are a little finicky. Better to play on desktop with keyboard+mouse.

Pretty addictive for most of the campaign! I wonder how it plays in multiplayer?

Re: Mindustry: A open-source sandbox tower defense game

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Post by nolroz » Mon, Jan 04, 2021, 3:10 PM UTC

This game single handedly justifies my phone's stylus. Without it playing on android is a bit fiddly. Works great on a chromebook with keyboard and mouse though.