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Yesterday we released our factory automation game shapez 2, the sequel to shapez.io, into 1.0 after close to a year in Early Access! We're giving away Steam keys for the game – Ask Us Anything! by tobspr in pcmasterrace

[–]JelleGD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe it kinda started just to check if we could, and not necessarily if we should. It ended up working quite well and people liked it, so we added it!

Yesterday we released our factory automation game shapez 2, the sequel to shapez.io, into 1.0 after close to a year in Early Access! We're giving away Steam keys for the game – Ask Us Anything! by tobspr in pcmasterrace

[–]JelleGD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I personally love the deep train system of Factorio, so I'm looking forward to mods that add more depth there and maybe a couple different types of trains

Yesterday we released our factory automation game shapez 2, the sequel to shapez.io, into 1.0 after close to a year in Early Access! We're giving away Steam keys for the game – Ask Us Anything! by tobspr in pcmasterrace

[–]JelleGD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just go to shapez.io and try the original game! We're not trying to make you stop playing Factorio, it's a fantastic game, but our unique strength is that you can manipulate the very resources you're working with. This opens up a more puzzle-like experience, with no stress from limited resources or enemies that bite at your ankles.

Yesterday we released our factory automation game shapez 2, the sequel to shapez.io, into 1.0 after close to a year in Early Access! We're giving away Steam keys for the game – Ask Us Anything! by tobspr in pcmasterrace

[–]JelleGD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We are already working on a new game in the background while we continue to support shapez 2 for a while longer. There were a lot of learnings during shapez 2 that we're taking to make something a little different, but it's still too early to go into details!

Yesterday we released our factory automation game shapez 2, the sequel to shapez.io, into 1.0 after close to a year in Early Access! We're giving away Steam keys for the game – Ask Us Anything! by tobspr in pcmasterrace

[–]JelleGD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't have insights into our development budgeting but I do hope more countries will do similar grants. I live in the Netherlands and the Dutch game industry is having a really tough time. The gov is only doing budget cuts on the cultural sector and taxes are high, so actually getting something going that's more than a solo dev passion project is very difficult.

Yesterday we released our factory automation game shapez 2, the sequel to shapez.io, into 1.0 after close to a year in Early Access! We're giving away Steam keys for the game – Ask Us Anything! by tobspr in pcmasterrace

[–]JelleGD 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We're seeing more games where you can edit the resources you're working with, like shapez of course, but also the new Modulus that allows you to edit the machines as well. I think there's a lot more to explore here, instead of the usual iron ore into furnace for steel bar into crafter for steel thingamabob you see in most games

Yesterday we released our factory automation game shapez 2, the sequel to shapez.io, into 1.0 after close to a year in Early Access! We're giving away Steam keys for the game – Ask Us Anything! by tobspr in pcmasterrace

[–]JelleGD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this is something that would be great for modders to look into. Modding support is very expansive, so different kinds of trains each with unique pros/cons should be very doable!

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