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A Dyson sphere is a hypothetical megastructure that encompasses a star and captures a large percentage of its power output. The concept is a thought experiment that attempts to imagine how a spacefaring civilization would meet its energy requirements once those requirements exceed what can be generated from the home planet's resources alone. Because only a tiny fraction of a star's energy emissions reaches the surface of any orbiting planet, building structures encircling a star would enable a civilization to harvest far more energy.

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[–] slazer2au 67 points 4 days ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)

this looks like it will suck 500 hours out of my life the moment i press play

[–] 9bananas 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

it's basically factorio, but it allows 3D belt placement and interplanetary/interstellar transports!

it's excellent!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

factorio latest update added interplanetary stuff! its actually quite cool.

please send help!

[–] 9bananas 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

oh yeah, i know!

but there's like 5 planets in factorio...there's upwards of 16 entire solar systems in DSP ;)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

please don't tempt me

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

i cant. tell me if you find a way to escape. please.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

That's correct.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I pirated this to check it out and enjoyed it so much that I bought it even though it's in Early Access and that's very very rare for me. I still haven't played it more though as I'm still waiting for it to come out of EA, looking very much forward to play it again.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Same, purchased after pirating. You'll need cheats to convert your pirated save to legit if you want achievements, however.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

I'm the same lol. I bought several books in print after pirating the ebooks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

$20 is the perfect price IMO

edit: pirating this game is kinda funny to me, its a Chinese Dev. team so who knows if there are assets in the game that are not legit. I will probably buy it but I wouldn't shame anyone who did find another way to get it without purchasing it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

It's a i think 5man dev team and they've poured their souls into it, I think they deserve the money

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I bought the bundle with Shapez 2

both are really good

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Damn that looks cool