Home sweet home

[ssilk]

When talking about transport tycoon deluxe, I thought about the Head Office you can place there. That made in the gameplay not very much difference, where you set it, but it was really cool. When you expand, the headquarter grows with your performance. And much more important: you had a home town, some place on the map, which was special!

I thought, that for factorio it can be also a cool idea. This is how it might work:
- at beginning you might have a house. If the map provides it.
- when it is there you come out of the house ("what a nice day")
- the first house can be build from some wood, it's not more than a hut.
- the house can protect you from creepers if needed
- the house works as a chest, it stores much stuff
- you can level up the house by researching:
--- put weapons on the roof, kill everyone, who comes too near
--- more stable walls
--- garage for the car with autorepair
--- inventory of the house is your inventory, see this
https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... hest#p6157
--- simple radar, you have a big map here with the resources
--- some warnings, when resources go out
--- a chimney
--- a wine cellar
--- a swimming pool

You cannot build more than one house! But you can move it (delete the house, built it anywhere new).
Upgrading is simple. Delete the house, create an upgraded house (the old will be taken and upgraded), set it at a new point.

Perhaps the house gives a little bonus to anything? Many ideas...

[Arakasi]

I like the idea of the personal house.

There might be visible some overall progress in the game (same as company overall price in OTTD).

Some new research might be focused on house only (beautifier, gadgets, etc) and there might be put some Milestones for the game.

It might be also used for RTS control center in the future.

[tonberrytoby]

I think the house could be upgraded by inserting resources.
Just like the supply level, only without the time limit. This could give a nice high score condition.