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>>DonHop+(OP)
For those who don't know factorio is truly a masterpiece of a game. It's described as "programming the game". Strongly recommended to everyone here.

>>gnulin+tq
So I must be the only person on HN who doesn't like it too much. I love the concept and the factory building - but I found the necessity to move a player character manually with direct controls to be incredibly detracting from the process of building factories. I have no idea why they couldn't just include a mode where you have your typical RTS-like mode where you just go and click on things that you want to do without playing a game of "will this 5 pixels tall character fit through this gap between two machines or not". Also, this might be a personal preference - I found the game's style to be hard to read, it's far too dark even when played at maximum brightness...it's just an endless sea of dark brown.

>>gambit+yA
My solution to this is just a mod for being able to interact with anything on the screen, and another for being able to move through all the gaps in structures you can't normally squeeze through. I think they are "Long Reach" and "Squeak Through", respectively. You still end up having to move around, but its much closer to what you're looking for, especially once you start getting player speed upgrades.