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Automation and Factory Builder Games

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A community surrounding automation (e.g. The Farmer Was Replaced) and factory games (e.g. Factorio, Satisfactory).

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Allow programming automation games? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 3 months ago by Elevator7009@lemmy.zip to c/automationgames@lemmy.zip
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The title of the community is "Automation and Factory Builder Games" and the address is !automationgames@lemmy.zip. I was wondering if programming automation games would fit here too; it's not the same thing as the factory automation ones, but I realize with the name and how the audiences might overlap it might be smart to accept them. Besides, small Fediverse: I do not think splitting them out makes sense quite yet, though it might if the Fediverse and this community ever grows. However, I also know people might have subscribed and only really seen Satisfactory-type games here and only expect that, and I am happy to respect that too. So I'd like to defer to the community on this. What do you think?

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[–] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 15 points 3 months ago

IMO, programming automation is a good fit for this community. The concepts are similar and Fedi is pretty small.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 12 points 3 months ago

Personally, I'm a big fan of both the factory style and the programming style of automation games and would be happy to see content related to either or both.

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The Farmer Was Replaced instantly comes to mind.

[–] undefinedTruth@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago

All code is stored in .py files and can optionally be edited using external code editors like VS Code. When the "File Watcher" setting is enabled, the game automatically detects external changes.

Ok, that is really cool.

[–] Elevator7009@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

That's what I had in mind while making this post too!

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago