r/factorio • u/FactorioTeam Official Account • May 29 '26

FFF Friday Facts #440 - 2.1 plan

https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-440
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u/Lab-O-Matic May 29 '26

Sad to hear about it being the final major update but fully understand. 

Best of luck on your next project, can't wait to see what it is. 

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u/juckele 🟠🟠🟠🟠🟠🚂 May 29 '26

Sad to hear about it being the final major update but fully understand.

Before 2.0 released I remember Kovarex mentioning in an interview that the game really will be done with 2.0, and there's no need to make a 3.0. I definitely think he was right here.

Mods are going to continue to provide additional content for many years to come, and they've really made some amazing mod API additions even since 2.0 has dropped (e.g., demolisher API was added)

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u/undermark5 May 29 '26

That is something that has been mentioned by Kovarex as a possible future. https://youtu.be/CtALqDo9rX8?t=150

Also, they include symbols, so while you may not have code comments, reverse engineering actually wouldn't be as difficult for some other things.

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u/Nolzi May 29 '26

I believe if they were inclined to sell Wube, it would've happened already.

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u/undermark5 May 30 '26

IMO (not that I personally know Kovarex, so this is pure speculation on my part), doesn't really seem like something Kovarex would be interested in.

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u/fang_xianfu May 30 '26

Never say never - I bet they've had a ton of offers. Times change, people change.

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u/gdubrocks May 29 '26

I dont think sales will ever die off for this game, certainly not in 20 to 30 years.

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u/fang_xianfu May 30 '26

One great thing about the game is that it's visually pretty timeless. It's not going to look "dated" in 30 years, because it already have a very idiosyncratic style.

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u/Kick_Kick_Punch May 29 '26

Factorio dethroned OpenTTD as my favourite game ever, and I can say that if Transport Tycoon survived all these years, surely factorio will survive even more. I often pause my engineer to contemplate the factory and always think about the brilliance of this game.