Updates on the new version’s design and progress
Posts tagged ‘factories’
Beta 6 introduces an optional system of stock markets which, while usually being beneficial as they increase revenues, also happen to create a small risk of economic depression. A planet’s stock market normally affects only the output of industrial factories - however, some laws allow the planet’s base income to be indexed on its value (of course, this is a “use at your own risk” situation :))
In Beta 5, factories come in two different models. Industrial factories are factories producing goods which are then sold thus making money in a transparent manner for the user. Military factories allow to construct turrets and ships.
This quite simple design - separation of factories between two kinds - sounds logical at first: the machines required to produce ships are obviously not the same as the ones producing clothing, for instance. However it lead to numerous flaws.
Continue reading ‘Military factories vs. industrial factories’ »