Mindustry: Open-source automation tower defense game

Post by Tyr42 » Fri, Dec 22, 2023, 9:42 PM UTC

mcv wrote: post #35

polivier wrote: post #26

Mindustry is such a great game. I sunk tons of hours in both campaigns with a friend of mine. For those who come from a Factorio background, Mindustry has less automation and more combat. Also a Mindustry map does not take 50 hours to complete; rather it will take a few hours and may sometimes take several tries as some maps can be fairly hard. Space is limited as compared to Factorio, so space-efficient designs do m…

Sounds like something I might try. Factorio has a tower defense element that never really works because the attacks are too small, my base is too large, and I always just wipe out the biter camps. That's an aspect of the game that clearly needs a lot more challenge, but lots of players just ignore it and build. For my first half-dozen tries, I always built may bases far too compact. I really had to learn to use the s…

Post by bombcar » Fri, Dec 22, 2023, 9:53 PM UTC

shzhdbi09gv8ioi wrote: post #42

Brybry wrote: post #38

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They hired the mod creator (as an artist) and, from the Factorio Friday Facts blog posts[1], the expansion has some inspiration from the space mod but is not the same. [1] https://www.factorio.com/blog/

Oh, that is amazing! Thanks for pointing me to the blog!

Post by dvaun » Fri, Dec 22, 2023, 10:15 PM UTC

onionisafruit wrote: post #56

_the_inflator wrote: post #21

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Thanks for the warning, I suppose it is - and that's why I stick to my guns and won't play it. Since playing Age of Empires II online around 2000 took such a heavy toll on my study habits to achieve a 2000+ rating at the time, my mantra goes by the saying: "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure". ;)

It’s funny how saying a game is addictive makes many people want to try it, but people like you and me take it as a warning. For me it’s because I succumb to addictions more easily than most.

Post by nonethewiser » Fri, Dec 22, 2023, 10:48 PM UTC

hutzlibu wrote: post #5

I find the new trend interesting, to sell the game on Steam, but have a link to Github with the actual source. So free for developers and people who care to find out. Thats fair, I think, but I would prefer if the direct donation model would be more established among the masses. But this link points to the general site, with lots of options and also directly the free version. Kudos. Will try it out later.

Post by dmoy » Fri, Dec 22, 2023, 11:04 PM UTC

matkoniecz wrote: post #79

Pay08 wrote: post #41

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You have the difficulty sliders and the death world preset and an entire enemies tag on https://mods.factorio.com . What more do you want?

for me Factorio combat was overall boring and just drudgery, and just adding unfun pressure.