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Re:Mindustry: Open-source automation tower defense game by Brybry on Friday December 22, 2023 @08:23AM (#38733885)
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/

Re:Mindustry: Open-source automation tower defense game by shzhdbi09gv8ioi on Friday December 22, 2023 @08:36AM (#38733987)
Oh, that is amazing! Thanks for pointing me to the blog!
Re:Mindustry: Open-source automation tower defense game by bombcar on Friday December 22, 2023 @04:53PM (#38739109)
If you like Factorio and are at all interested in game design I can highly recommend every one of those blog posts.

It’s amazing how time and time again a they describe a feature and you’re like wow this is perfect and then later they’re like “here’s how to fix all the problems you don’t even notice”.