... porting this will only be a lost for the developers in-terms of money, since most people would rather play a game like this with the comfort of a keyboard and mouse. Your statement hold some hard facts - anyhow - it would have been nice to have had... :D

What gameplay mechanic is easier on a mobile device than with mouse+keyboard. I cannot tell befor I tried it :P - but the clever polish producers of "This war of Mine" (won several top-awards) showed how a keyboard driven PC game can be excellent ...

And with a BT keyboard attached to a iPad or iPhone all your arguments fall flat down on her bellies :-) I wanted to include a paragraph about convertibles and keyboard docks, but playable everywhere -, on the bus, train, waiting ...

... MacBook and use no mouse but the build in trackpad - so no big difference - probably not as effective as with a mouse but it works. And with a BT keyboard attached to a iPad or iPhone all your arguments fall flat down on her bellies :-) Everything in life is a evaluation of benefits and drawbacks ...

Your argument was that a pressure sensitive touchscreen does outpace a keyboard driven game by a mile. It was about the input method. I can see how Factorio could work on a touchscreen with greatly reduced functionality, but it will always be easier and faster ...

ratchetfreak wrote:
What gameplay mechanic is easier on a mobile device than with mouse+keyboard.

I cannot tell befor I tried it - but the clever polish producers of "This war of Mine" (won several top-awards) showed how a keyboard driven PC game can be excellent being brought to the mobile world.

Name one task in Factorio that will be easier to do on a (pressure sensitive) touchscreen than with keyboard and mouse. Being able to play Factorio (on) mobile opens a world hundredfold times bigger then being bound to the stationary PC - playable everywhere -, on the bus, ...

Name one task in Factorio that will be easier to do on a (pressure sensitive) touchscreen than with keyboard and mouse. Being able to play Factorio (on) mobile opens a world hundredfold times bigger then being bound to the stationary PC - playable everywhere -, on the bus, ...

[...] open enough possibilities to outpace a keyboard driven game by more the a mile. my2cents Name one task in Factorio that will be easier to do on a (pressure sensitive) touchscreen than with keyboard and mouse. Also, quote from the thread linked ...

That would open a market for this product which could pale the current sales spike on steam. Surely a task but for a mostly keyboard driven game but certainly not impossible giving that the newest generation of iPad & iPhone have pressure sensitive screens and open enough possibilities ...

... have because specific menus cannot be added to a specific shortcut key, and TBH I don't understand why someone would play a game optimized for a keyboard with a controller, I mean there's a reason why a game such as ARMA 3 wasn't ported to consoles, and the main reason was due to the limits of ...

... have because specific menus cannot be added to a specific shortcut key, and TBH I don't understand why someone would play a game optimized for a keyboard with a controller, I mean there's a reason why a game such as ARMA 3 wasn't ported to consoles, and the main reason was due to the limits of ...

Agree too, since factorio does not support korean keyboard (as far as I know) I wrote a Lua function that converts English into Korean. Of course, there are ugly workarounds, by requiring the user to copy/paste commands. Like the author, I have been ...

... mining as soon as the whole ore field is depleted and not the 5x5 area. Sorry for any misspellings, i wrote this on an old mobile device and the keyboard isnt very responsive

I'm not saying it is impossible, but considering the game is currently designed to require a keyboard and mouse, to make it work on a touch screen system would require a considerable modification to the interface. On top of that an iPad might not have the hardware requirements ...

... for each of your suggestions. Your suggestions with the keys: It's difficult to search for that. But we already had a lot of suggestions about the keyboard-layout. You can configure your own layout. Timer: https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=13094 Draft: Better Crafting Infos https://forums.factorio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=10222 ...

I'm with you to rework all keyboard functions. They are sometimes not logical.
I'm against to use an important key for such a seldom needed function.

... could change it to the analog triggers, but I prefer C and Space on the analog triggers, it's easier for dual stick action. You still need your keyboard for Esc and Tab. ;---------------------- ;---------------------- ; Xpadder Profile File ;---------------------- Version=5.3 [Profile Settings] ...

... Fine motor control is another matter, however. In order to do anything besides control the mouse, I have to rely on things like the on-screen keyboard and Dragon NaturallySpeaking (speech to text & voice control software)

... trying to change the controls of the game, I know they are somewhat limited, untill recently, they didn't even allow me to use all keys on my keyboard when remapping, and I'm using a standard UK keyboard. I would welcome more customisabillity.