this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2024
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3x the previous all time high just shy of 35k in August 2020 when 1.0 released - on a Friday during the pandemic.

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[–] bazus1 36 points 3 weeks ago

The factory must grow.

[–] ignotum 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Why does it dip at night?
Do people actually stop playing factorio, just to sleep?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Oh, no, that's just the dip during working hours for the other timezones

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I had to pause and drive to work, 20 minutes of downtime.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I long for the day where one doesn't need to put steam into offline mode for their commute.

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

Shitty tethered internet ruined the work day. Cloud save

[–] ignotum 4 points 3 weeks ago

Aah

Do people actually stop playing factorio, just to work (on something else than the factory)?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago

Totally deserved, such a great game.

[–] Deestan 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Engineer, reporting for duty 07

[–] bazus1 3 points 3 weeks ago

'your corporate steel ax (tm) is on the left, and here is the owner's manual for your mk][ armor that ... you'll need to make for yourself.' 07

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Two days? Impossible. I installed space age within moments of it being available and that was only like two hours ago. Right? right?

On the plus side. Automated red and green science!

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

You're making a joke, but I don't get it.

I bought and installed Space Age about 24 hours ago, and I'm certain I wasn't the first.

So what's the joke? I'm sorry I'm missing it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Just playing on the idea that once you start up a new factorio map the days and weeks blend together and time passes without you noticing. Or at least for me :)

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

Ah, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

The joke is when you play factorio time dissapears

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

It's like playing Civ, just one more turn.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

FCOL, I don't even know what Factorio is. Guess I'd better check it out...

Should I kiss my marriage and job goodbye now?

[–] breckenedge 21 points 3 weeks ago

Nah, you can put it down at any time. Your life I mean, not Factorio.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Your new wife is the factory and your new job is to make her thicc

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I will update a running total here:

steam charts on 2024-11-05 22:00

⁤ 91 801 - 21:00 Monday
 90 572 - 21:00 Tuesday
 89 402 - 21:00 Wednesday
 89 261 - 21:00 Thursday
 95 758 - 22:00 Friday
111 160 - 22:00 Saturday
118 166 - 21:00 Sunday
 98 562 - 21:00 Monday
 93 980 - 21:00 Tuesday
 90 954 - 22:00 Wednesday
 85 407 - 21:00 Thursday
 94 835 - 22:00 Friday
106 844 - 22:00 Saturday
112 738 - 21:00 Sunday
 89 372 - 21:00 Monday
 85 098 - 21:00 Tuesday

Times are in central european time, mind the DST clock-shift on the first weekend.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Such a great game. If you’ve never played - now’s a great time to start. They changed it just enough where all your old tricks either don’t work or are obsolete. Back to spaghetti factories and making blueprints!

Although I was SHOCKED last night to realize cliff explosives are all the way down the tech tree now. I need to redo my entire base now.

[–] bazus1 3 points 3 weeks ago

I was SHOCKED

Elevated rail is the reason. I know you still can't build fabricators over it, but at least your rail system can run straight. Research that Refined Concrete quick.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

cliff explosives are all the way down the tech tree now

Kinda. You do need to get off-planet and land on a different one, but (imo) it's the most accessible of the new planets. You definitely don't need to go all the way down the tech tree.

[–] CodexArcanum 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm still trying to complete Satisfactory before I go back to old habits. Belt management is so unique in Factorio that I'm going to need a refresher anyway.

So they reworked the tech tree and added new planets?

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

And a fuckton of qol stuff. And the new planets each hold a massive amount of new content. In terms of technologies, but they also all have a fundamentally different crafting chain based on different available resources.