Gameengine / Devtime / Graphics

[Pseudo]

Hello,

first, Factorio is really amazing! Reminds me of old SimCity in 1998 combined with modded industrialized Minecraft.
I have some questions that I haven't found over the boards search function or in the FAQ.

1. Did you use a framework to build up a gameengine or use an existing one and modified it?

2. You wrote, that you started dev in spring 2012, after which period of time you had a working candidate/playable game? (How many working hours?)

3. What programming language did you choose and why? (I presume it's C/Cpp for better porting to Linux? Do you use buildtools like Gradle? )

4. The graphics ingame are 2D, but did you create them with a 3D application?

Thanks in advance. Keep up the good work.

Best regards

[starholme]

Somebody more qualified will likely answer your questions. But you might want to spend some time in the New section: viewforum.php?f=38

Some of the posts have awesome technical details.

[kovarex]

Hello,

first, Factorio is really amazing! Reminds me of old SimCity in 1998 combined with modded industrialized Minecraft.
I have some questions that I haven't found over the boards search function or in the FAQ.

1. Did you use a framework to build up a gameengine or use an existing one and modified it?

We use just engine to draw sprites and play sound (allegro). The rest is customly made.

2. You wrote, that you started dev in spring 2012, after which period of time you had a working candidate/playable game? (How many working hours?)

The first version was released 24.12, so it took approximatelly 8 months.
Then simply multiply 30 (days per month) * 8 (months) * (14 working hours per day) * 2 (people)
The result is 6720 hours.

3. What programming language did you choose and why? (I presume it's C/Cpp for better porting to Linux? Do you use buildtools like Gradle? )

C++, because we need performance and it is also the language I'm most skilled with.

4. The graphics ingame are 2D, but did you create them with a 3D application?

Yes, they are created in blender.