I had the exact same experience as you, hence my suggestion/idea for a more involving game i did a while back: https://forums.factorio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8592 tl;dr: you are the one bringing the biters to the planet when you crash land, the native population on the planet face extinct...

But that's kind of the point. In the beginning you would be asked to deliver walls, and maybe Iron. Or guns. Then as time goes they need more advanced things and in bigger numbers. In the beginning it's basic defense stuff and building blocks, and endgame is advanced weaponry and large amounts of st...

(edit: I see now that I posted this in the wrong forum, mods feel free to move it Ideas/Suggestions. Sorry for the inconvenience). Hi, New player here. Totally blown away by Factorio. Love how these weird indie games make me sit up all night as opposed to the triple AAA titles that I get bored with ...

I took a look, and after a little while I thought "Why bother with this, why not play the real game instead of trying to play it in Excel". Then I realized that was exactly what you were doing! Playing the game at work, or as close as you could. I know the feeling, I'm at work typing this,...