Hacker News Reader

Comment by escherize | Hacker News Reader

I've been playing a great factorio-like called Mindustry. It is less resources+logistics and a little more starcraft. It is relaxing and satisfying to rebalance resource lines and optimize production.

https://anuke.itch.io/mindustry

View on HN

Where Mindustry falls short for me is where once the waves are over, you're forced to leave your base and start all over.

I'm not motivated to invest in optimization if the production line is going to be abandoned soon; the game becomes more of a tower defense, and less of a production one.

Play custom game, survival mode and see how many waves you can survive. I think the campaign is more of a tutorial thing and to have a mode with a sense of progression.

I felt this same way. Survival is the real challenge. Campaign is just for fun / learning the mechanics.

Have you tried multiplayer? I think it would make optimization more important, as I agree in single player it's a bit too easy to cheat the system with sloppy production lines by just adding hella barricades and getting the best guns.

Schematics! Like in most industrial automation games the player is always the limiting factor.

It's also open source, and the code is very readable / easy to hack on, even for someone like me who barely knows Java.

I’ve never had my flights pass by so quickly as when I play Mindustry on the plane. I would say that it’s less complex though and the maps don’t allow infinite expansion.

It looks nice but it feels like its design was heavily influenced by the desire to make it mobile friendly. 15 min sessions, starting from scratch every single time, etc

Reply on news.ycombinator.com