Things like items becoming smaller when on top of a belt and drones flying inside each other would look too weird if the game was 3D.

I first saw the game on Steam with great reviews, but from the trailer it seemed to be too dense, complicated. I turned it down. Later I saw a guy on a gaming forum explaining how awesome it was, and then I decided to try. Maybe the trailer should show that you don't necessarily need to build someth...

Thanks!

Any word on Shift+R to rotate things counterclockwise?

TL;DR: Curved rail rotation is too random. When placing curved rails, if we try to rotate they follow that order: http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss342/DiegoPablo/factorio-rail-rotation.jpg This always gives me a headache, because of the weird pattern. See how random these positions are: http://i...

I think it would be fun.

I would prefer a boat, and something to move items through water, like a wire hanging above the water and small hooks carrying one item each.

Holy smokes, that next update will really revamp the graphics!

Bart wrote:So you have to search for hours and hours to find that ore patch far away. Sounds like real fun.

It doesn't need to be THAT rare. Just far enough to justify building trains.

TL;DR: Purple Science should require a rare ore that only spawns far from the starting area. In my experience, the end-game felt short because of two things: - Purple Science is too easy to collect. - The game can be beaten (rocket launched and all science) without ever building trains. To address t...