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The change of perspective

Since nealy every object is a 3D model I had the Idea that you could change the perspective like in don't starve together. And even if objects aren't 3D you could just turn the object. For example by pressing a key you turn the camera 90° but North isnt changing so you prevent missunderstandings (you have north marked on your map). It would give the game a more free feel.

Currently Factorio is 100% 2D. Most of sprites are generated from 3D models but this is not something done on the fly but in a studio with dedicated software.

Graphics is made for isometric view so you can't just "turn" it.

So this is not something we can wish for in Factorio 1.0. Maybe in 2.0 at some point if devs decide to (make it at all) and (make it 3D). But this is not something to speculate upon at this point of time.

That might be true but the same applies for don't starve together but there the Sprite is simply turned.