<s>
Factorio	B-Application
is	O
a	O
construction	B-Application
and	I-Application
management	I-Application
simulation	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Czech	O
studio	O
Wube	B-Application
Software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
announced	O
via	O
an	O
Indiegogo	O
crowdfunding	O
campaign	O
in	O
2013	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
on	O
14	O
August	O
2020	O
following	O
a	O
four-year	O
long	O
early	O
access	O
phase	O
to	O
positive	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
on	O
28	O
October	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
follows	O
an	O
engineer	O
who	O
crash-lands	O
on	O
an	O
alien	O
planet	O
and	O
must	O
harvest	O
resources	O
and	O
create	O
industry	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
rocket	B-Application
;	O
however	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
sandbox	O
game	O
,	O
players	O
can	O
continue	O
the	O
game	O
past	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
storyline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Factorio	B-Application
is	O
a	O
construction	B-Application
and	I-Application
management	I-Application
simulation	I-Application
game	I-Application
focused	O
on	O
resource-gathering	O
with	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
and	O
survival	B-Application
elements	O
and	O
influences	O
from	O
the	O
BuildCraft	O
and	O
IndustrialCraft	O
mods	O
for	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
Minecraft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
progresses	O
as	O
the	O
player	O
continues	O
to	O
build	O
and	O
manage	O
their	O
automated	B-Application
factory-style	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
automates	O
the	O
mining	O
,	O
transportation	O
,	O
processing	O
,	O
and	O
assembly	O
of	O
resources	O
and	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
research	O
advanced	O
technologies	O
that	O
allow	O
them	O
to	O
create	O
new	O
structures	O
,	O
items	O
,	O
and	O
upgrades	O
,	O
starting	O
with	O
basic	O
automation	B-Application
and	O
eventually	O
leading	O
to	O
oil	O
refining	O
,	O
robots	O
,	O
and	O
powered	O
exoskeletons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
a	O
blueprint	B-Application
system	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
for	O
players	O
to	O
create	O
reusable	O
blueprints	B-Application
for	O
factory	O
parts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
blueprints	B-Application
consist	O
of	O
a	O
baseline	O
for	O
construction	O
,	O
allowing	O
for	O
the	O
copying	O
of	O
factory	O
systems	O
or	O
entire	O
factories	O
,	O
and	O
subsequent	O
construction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
formally	O
"	O
won	O
"	O
by	O
launching	O
a	O
rocket	B-Application
,	O
although	O
choosing	O
to	O
ignore	O
this	O
goal	O
and	O
instead	O
continue	O
building	O
a	O
factory	O
is	O
possible	O
,	O
as	O
Factorio	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open	O
world	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Constructing	O
a	O
rocket	B-Application
requires	O
a	O
massive	O
amount	O
of	O
resources	O
,	O
motivating	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
a	O
sizeable	O
,	O
effective	O
factory	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
achieve	O
this	O
goal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiplayer	O
mode	O
allows	O
people	O
to	O
play	O
together	O
cooperatively	O
or	O
versus	O
one	O
another	O
both	O
locally	B-General_Concept
and	O
via	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Factorio	B-Application
supports	O
both	O
dedicated	O
servers	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
player-hosted	O
listen	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
can	O
share	O
construction	O
blueprints	B-Application
with	O
other	O
players	O
on	O
their	O
server	O
,	O
via	O
a	O
public	O
blueprint	B-Application
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Factorio	B-Application
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
customisable	O
via	O
mods	O
to	O
create	O
additional	O
content	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
modifications	O
to	O
gameplay	O
or	O
re-texturing	O
of	O
visual	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
offer	O
an	O
online	O
portal	O
on	O
the	O
Factorio	B-Application
website	O
for	O
mod	O
developers	O
to	O
host	O
their	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mods	O
are	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
Lua	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wube	B-Application
Software	I-Application
was	O
created	O
in	O
September	O
2014	O
by	O
Michal	O
Kovařík	O
and	O
Tomáš	O
Kozelek	O
in	O
Prague	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Michal	O
Kovařík	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
lead	O
designer	O
,	O
cited	O
the	O
IndustrialCraft	O
and	O
BuildCraft	O
Minecraft	B-Application
mods	O
for	O
inspiration	O
during	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
as	O
early	O
access	O
on	O
25	O
February	O
2016	O
,	O
but	O
had	O
been	O
available	O
to	O
download	O
from	O
its	O
official	O
website	O
since	O
early	O
on	O
in	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
25	O
September	O
2020	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
moved	O
up	O
a	O
month	O
as	O
to	O
not	O
compete	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Cyberpunk	B-Application
2077	I-Application
,	O
which	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
was	O
scheduled	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
17	O
September	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
28	O
October	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Video	B-Application
game	I-Application
key	I-Application
reseller	O
G2A	O
was	O
accused	O
of	O
selling	O
stolen	O
keys	O
on	O
their	O
site	O
,	O
affecting	O
developers	O
of	O
games	O
,	O
specifically	O
in	O
the	O
indie	O
scene	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
5	O
July	O
2019	O
,	O
G2A	O
offered	O
to	O
pay	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
a	O
game	O
ten	O
times	O
the	O
worth	O
of	O
the	O
stolen	O
game	B-Application
keys	I-Application
if	O
the	O
problem	O
could	O
be	O
proven	O
via	O
audit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wube	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
developer	O
to	O
call	O
on	O
this	O
,	O
stating	O
"	O
G2A	O
-	O
worse	O
than	O
piracy	O
"	O
and	O
emailed	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
321	O
canceled	O
Steam	B-Application
keys	O
due	O
to	O
chargebacks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
over	O
ten	O
months	O
,	O
G2A	O
confirmed	O
198	O
of	O
those	O
keys	O
were	O
sold	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
and	O
paid	O
Wube	B-Application
Software	I-Application
$	O
39,600	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
promise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Factorio	B-Application
received	O
positive	O
reception	O
from	O
critics	O
while	O
still	O
in	O
early	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
2018	O
Steam	B-Application
Awards	O
,	O
Factorio	B-Application
was	O
voted	O
by	O
Steam	B-Application
users	O
as	O
a	O
runner-up	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
Most	O
Fun	O
with	O
a	O
Machine	O
"	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
its	O
release	O
in	O
2020	O
,	O
Factorio	B-Application
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rick	O
Lane	O
of	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
praised	O
Factorio	B-Application
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
manufacturing	O
masterpiece	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nicolas	O
Perez	O
of	O
Paste	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
use	O
of	O
early	O
access	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
Factorio	B-Application
has	O
set	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
what	O
the	O
Early	O
Access	O
system	O
is	O
truly	O
capable	O
of.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
Rock	O
Paper	O
Shotgun	O
ranked	O
Factorio	B-Application
the	O
7th	O
best	O
management	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neobuthus	O
factorio	B-Application
is	O
a	O
species	O
of	O
scorpion	B-Application
from	O
the	O
family	O
Buthidae	O
found	O
in	O
Somaliland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Satisfactory	B-Application
,	O
a	O
2019	O
factory-building	O
game	O
by	O
Coffee	O
Stain	O
Studios	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
compared	O
to	O
Factorio	B-Application
and	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
first-person	O
,	O
3D	O
interpretation	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
