138 pointsby signa11Mar 26, 2026

7 Comments

skyberrysMar 29, 2026
What a wild idea, but it makes sense! I haven't taken the time to get it working. I've heard a lot about Factorio, but I stayed away from it so far.
ddlsmurfMar 29, 2026
Well don't if you value sleep and free time. Whilst slightly in jest, sincerely, it is incredibly addictive.
brailsafeMar 29, 2026
Factorio is a great game that's easy to compartmentalize and allocate small, discrete periods of time to, especially if you're an engineer of any kind.
BiteCode_devMar 29, 2026
Sure, in the same way you can easily limit yourself to one cigarette a day.
9devMar 29, 2026
Crack is the best thing you ever can try, my friend, trust me! It’s not addictive at all.
VasbarlogMar 29, 2026
#not
el_ismaMar 29, 2026
* "small" as measured by estimated lifetime duration
jw1294Mar 29, 2026
Truly excellent.
ur-whaleMar 29, 2026
Amazing work, and a fantastic idea, congratulations to the author. I am definitely trying this next week-end!
tomekowalMar 29, 2026
Can it run Doom?
plasticchrisMar 29, 2026
Maybe if you can get it to zoom out far enough and wire up an array of lights on the surface of Nauvis…
ogghostjellyMar 29, 2026
I tried on my 1366x768 display fully zoomed out and it doesn't cover enough space for DOOM's 320x200 display if each pixel is one tile. But maybe you could get the display working on the map? Not sure if that's even possible, are there any Factorio tiles that can change their map color on demand? Or just download some kind of utlra-zoom mod, that works too.
jlogsdonMar 29, 2026
buildbotMar 29, 2026
Verilog to X compilers always bring me such joy. (There are several ones for Minecraft)

I wonder with the new Timberborn 1.0 update with automation if there’s enough to build a computer from water gates…

ivanjermakovMar 29, 2026
> I had a little bug in the ASCII font, so the smiley face is frowning.

Happens to the best of us!

peaboffMar 29, 2026
hey, I made this!

Thanks for showing it here!