Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat

Devlog

• Progress - Research Tree WIP
  March 04, 2025 by SirChett

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  #Progress

  Work has begun on the new layout of the research tree. Compared to the old one where you can't see what lies before or after a specific research. By making it more complicated, I made it easier? Obvio... Continue reading

  
• Factory Default: BTR - Updated to v0.0.2.0
  March 01, 2025 by SirChett

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  #Update

  GAMEPLAY Contracts - The new and much needed feature gives the player something to work towards. In both the short term and long term. On the first of every year 10 new contracts will appear in the co... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 24 - Wrap Up
  February 17, 2025 by SirChett

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  I hope that if you have found yourself reading any of these Dev Diaries that they have been somewhat informative. I think I got most of important information out there. Because of that, there won't be... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 23 - Public Shares
  February 16, 2025 by SirChett

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  Currently a bit of a wildcard feature. You are able to take your company public if you wish. This will allow you to release stock for public trading, giving you oodles of money, but putting you on the... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 22 - Loans
  February 15, 2025 by SirChett

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  Like many simulation games, you are able to take out loans. I think unlike other games, you can take out quite a lot of them. I also decided to make the loans work a bit different than expected. Loans... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 21 - Private Shares
  February 14, 2025 by SirChett

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  One of the first challenges for players in the game is to buy back the shares of your company that your uncle owns. By default he owns 50% of the shares when you start the game. If you visit the Priva... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 20 - User Settings
  February 13, 2025 by SirChett

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  While it is nowhere near as robust as I would like it to be. I thought it was important to have as many user options as possible. These are stored in the config.ini file which you can find here: C:\Us... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 19 - Exports and Trade Vehicles
  February 12, 2025 by SirChett

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  Beyond just producing and selling resources, it is just as important to transport them around the world. Trade prices from one country to another can vary, and the market can flux at any moment forcin... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 18 - Power Generation
  February 11, 2025 by SirChett

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  #Dev Diary

  It wouldn't be a simulation game without some sort of power generation. In this game nearly every building uses electricity to function. Each building has its own rate of usage, and it is multiplied w... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 17 - Uncle Ian
  February 10, 2025 by SirChett

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  Does this game need a story? Probably not, but I can't resist. (My one and only plug for my book on Amazon ) Essentially what is in the game so far is a bit of exposition providing the player with a r... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 16 - Character Creation
  February 09, 2025 by SirChett

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  A feature that I spent some time on that I wish I hadn't has to be the character creator. It has zero effect on gameplay and will probably be replaced with wither a portrait selector, or some sort of... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 15 - New Game Options
  February 08, 2025 by SirChett

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  In addition to simply playing the game you want you, I can admit that not everyone wants to play the game the way I intended. Some things I think are fun might be a pain for someone else. Or perhaps t... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 14 - Objectives
  February 07, 2025 by SirChett

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  #Dev Diary

  Objectives serve to push the player along through the game, showing them various aspects of the game while forcing them to figure out how things work on their own. This can be disabled in the new_game... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 13 - Finances
  February 06, 2025 by SirChett

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  Early in the game it is easy to tell how you are doing based on the red or green number in the top right of the screen. This shows whether you are gaining or losing money, and as long as you keep it g... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 12 - Saving & Loading
  February 05, 2025 by SirChett

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  When I started this project I set out to make sure that my saving and loading process was implemented as one of the first things. Honestly, if you are a beginner solo dev, work on saving and loading f... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 11 - News
  February 04, 2025 by SirChett

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  Since there are so many ways you can go about playing this game, there are a wide variety of messages the game might want to give the player. I could have a bunch of different places for messages to a... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 10 - Managers
  February 03, 2025 by SirChett

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  #Dev Diary

  Managers had an interesting start considering where they ended up. But first a bit of background: It was my original intention to have the player control the number of workers, their wage, and their b... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 9 - Research
  February 02, 2025 by SirChett

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  #Dev Diary

  It can't be a simulation game without some form of Research! This game is chalk full of it. Let's start with how you get it, because it is a bit unorthodox. In every country you are allowed to build O... Continue reading

  
• Updated to v0.0.1.1
  February 01, 2025 by SirChett

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  #Game Update

  GAMEPLAY -Changed square tiles over to hex tiles. This turned out to be much easier that I thought it was going to be. I also decided to add to the number of tiles per country. Now countries are given... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 8 - Library
  February 01, 2025 by SirChett

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  The library was the 3rd feature I added to Factory Default: BTR, and the point was to make it easy to sift through items and their supply chains. The layout was inspired by Satisfactory's item informa... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 7 - Market
  January 31, 2025 by SirChett

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  The driving force of this game is the Market. This was the second feature, after influence, that I implemented, and is very simple despite having the most effect over the way you play the game. When y... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 6 - Influence
  January 31, 2025 by SirChett

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  Again taking some *influence* from Anno 1800, "influence" is a big factor in your ability to build in my game. Currently, the only way to get influence is to buy it from the influence menu, or earn it... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 5 - Inventory & Items
  January 29, 2025 by SirChett

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  One of my favorite games in recent years has been Anno 1800. One of the many aspects of the game are long production chains, and oodles of items. This is something I set out to emulate. One thing that... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 4 - Building
  January 28, 2025 by SirChett

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  #Dev Diary

  Most of the player interaction in this game other than checking menus and researching production chains, will be building buildings. This is kind of a broad category, and I'm going to purposely skip o... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 3 - Fertilities
  January 27, 2025 by SirChett

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  #Dev Diary

  One of the goals in making this game were to make a lot of the fertilities true to life. Obviously, in the modern era, you can grow pretty much any crop anywhere if you are willing put in the work. An... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 2 - Countries
  January 26, 2025 by SirChett

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  It is my eventual goal to have every country in the world represented in my game. That is a tall order in some respects, but I have made my self a procedure for doing so. The hardest part is researchi... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 1 - Simulation
  January 25, 2025 by SirChett

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  One of the biggest struggles I faced with my previous projects is not managing my physics processes properly. Leading to huge hangs and lag-spikes. This time around, I set out to avoid that. (I am awa... Continue reading

  
• Dev Diary 0 - Broad Strokes
  January 25, 2025 by SirChett

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  Hello there. Note: This is the first of hopefully many development diaries I will post here. If you have interest in this game, or game design at all, I hope these will be informative or at the very l... Continue reading

  
• Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat - Tour/Tutorial Video
  January 24, 2025 by SirChett

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  #Video

  Hello! Factory Default: BTR can be tricky to get started. Take a look at this tour around the game, and hopefully that will help! Thanks!... Continue reading

  
• Alpha v0.0.1 Release
  January 24, 2025 by SirChett

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  In Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat, you will develop a worldwide conglomerate where you control the entire production chain—starting from mining and farming resources, all the way to selling f... Continue reading