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Re: Factorio: Space Age

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Post by philistine » Sun, Aug 27, 2023, 3:05 PM UTC

gergi wrote: post #279

lazylion2 wrote: post #239

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Only 18.5% of the players got the "Finish the game" (launching a rocket) achievement on Steam https://steamcommunity.com/stats/427520/achievements

I'm more impressed that only 25.9% have been killed by a moving locomotive ("Watch your step" achievement). Those things are murder-vehicles.

I think it means a majority of players never build rail.

Re: Factorio: Space Age

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Post by Zambyte » Sun, Aug 27, 2023, 8:09 PM UTC

lannisterstark wrote: post #359

Zambyte wrote: post #258

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The source is not publicly available, no. It‘s still being actively developed and sold after all. Those two are definitely not incompatible. Take Karia[0] for example, which is fully Free Software[1]. [0] https://store.steampowered.com/app/1261430/Kandria/ [1] https://github.com/Shirakumo/kandria/blob/master/LICENSE

Factorio is arguably way, way more popular than Kandria, however.

I've never played Factorio so I didn't know that :)

Re: Factorio: Space Age

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Post by lannisterstark » Wed, Aug 30, 2023, 4:55 AM UTC

BlueTemplar wrote: post #360

lannisterstark wrote: post #359

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Factorio is arguably way, way more popular than Kandria, however.

It is now , are you suggesting it wouldn't have been as popular if it had been open sourced (more) ?

I'm suggesting that Open Sourcing an incredibly Popular game that has been selling well NOW would be a bad idea for sales.