Dev Diary 8 - Library
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 information menu. Categories on the left, items in the middle, and full info on the right, taking up most of the space.
Every entry in the library will show the item name, as well as it's description.
After that it will tell you what research needs to be complete before you can produce that item.
It will also show you the global market price (which is just an average of every country's price).
If it is a raw resource, crop, or livestock it will tell you what countries have fertility in that item. (You can click on the country's flag to quickly navigate to it.)
After that, you will see the recipe that is used to make it. (For some animal products, there is more than one recipe. Like eggs can come from Chickens, Ducks, Ostriches, and Turkeys)
Assuming I did everything right, if you see a logo for an item in the game, you should be able to click it to bring you to the library. (Other than the icons that float up from buildings showing what they are producing every day, that is just a 2D partial emitter.)

Upcoming:
DD9: Research
DD10: Managers
DD11: News
DD12: Saving & Loading
DD13: ???
Get Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat
Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat
Develop a worldwide conglomerate where you control the entire production chain.
Status | In development |
Author | SirChett |
Genre | Simulation |
Tags | Economy, factory, Farming, Idle, mining, refining, Singleplayer, supply-chain, Trading, workforce |
Languages | English |
More posts
- Devlog - Resource Generation, Particles, and Production Pop-ups7 days ago
- Devlog - New Building Types27 days ago
- Devlog - Hex-Globe - The Rest of the World47 days ago
- Devlog - Hex-Globe - The Americas... Again...53 days ago
- Devlog - Hex-Globe - Africa56 days ago
- Devlog - Hex-Globe - The Americas64 days ago
- Devlog - Hex-Globe Progress68 days ago
- Devlog - A Hex-Globe Rework Incoming70 days ago
- Devlog - Rivals Leaderboard81 days ago
- Devlog - Global Perception and Influence Generation83 days ago
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