It was crazy to see a Factorio tournament at PAX. I never would have expected that that game would lend itself to a tournament setting, but they did it!
From what I understood, everyone was loaded into identically seeded areas. No combat, basic research already completed, first to a certain late game tech (rocket?) won.
You know, that sounds amazing and I would totally enjoy watching that!
Re:Railroad Tycoon
by JumpCrisscross on Saturday March 18, 2017 @02:41AM
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> Factorio
Is there a good* technological civilization bootstrapping handbook? (For a real person stranded on some random Earth-like planet.)
*intentionally ambiguous
Closest thing I can think of is this mostly silly poster: http://rebuildingcivilization.com/sites/default/files/travel...
Re:Railroad Tycoon
by JumpCrisscross on Saturday March 18, 2017 @03:01PM
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Meh. How does knowing atomic theory while neglecting basic ore --> refined product chemistries useful?
Re:Railroad Tycoon
by adamgibbons on Saturday March 18, 2017 @03:27AM
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The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch by Lewis Dartnell http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18114087-the-knowledge
The Gingery books will at least get you a working machine shop from scratch
I kept getting a "410 Gone" nginx error when trying to download the latest build's Linux demo. Had to keep refreshing to get the download to initialize - got it now but FYI, maybe it's something you need to check out.
About the game: 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. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, apply management skills to keep it working and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
[1] https://www.factorio.com/
"This game is like crack for programmers." -kentonv [2]
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11266471