Lights for devices
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 10:55 pm
Hey guys, I'll confess to not having played much of the game but from discussion with a friend both of us thought that it might be an idea for some devices (maybe not all) to have lights built into them, that shine either when they're operating or when they complete an action of some kind (e.g. crafting an item). He, as a more experienced player, thought this might be useful for spotting flaws in his production line (identifying broken machines and such like), but for myself the suggestion was more out of interest with regard to the game concept.
In essence, I can see a huge amount of potential for the game in a Minecraft-esque mould, with factories essentially turning into giant devices whose end goal is not to produce goods in the most efficient manner, but to do something... other, with the flow of goods effectively acting as circuitry after a fashion. It's a different kind of route than the game's taken so far, but it might be a nice option for those who are so inclined to make these kinds of things and wouldn't really affect the way others play the game. Currently, the biggest issue that I see with the game in this regard is the fact that all machine outputs are in goods form, and that doesn't make for a very attractive device; but if one were to implement a visual display via the lights, then there is all sorts of potential for producing muchly prettiful patterns for those who like that sort of thing. It's just an idea, and I'm sure you're all itching to shoot me down as to why it's dumb, but I thought it an interesting prospect.
In essence, I can see a huge amount of potential for the game in a Minecraft-esque mould, with factories essentially turning into giant devices whose end goal is not to produce goods in the most efficient manner, but to do something... other, with the flow of goods effectively acting as circuitry after a fashion. It's a different kind of route than the game's taken so far, but it might be a nice option for those who are so inclined to make these kinds of things and wouldn't really affect the way others play the game. Currently, the biggest issue that I see with the game in this regard is the fact that all machine outputs are in goods form, and that doesn't make for a very attractive device; but if one were to implement a visual display via the lights, then there is all sorts of potential for producing muchly prettiful patterns for those who like that sort of thing. It's just an idea, and I'm sure you're all itching to shoot me down as to why it's dumb, but I thought it an interesting prospect.
