Hello, long time no see! Today we are going to talk about the expansion which is called Factorio: Space Age.

Hello, the atmosphere in the last week was kind of special. We experienced the feeling of the final release being on the horizon many times. And we were shown that it isn't the case time and time...

We are a games company based in the Czech Republic. Russia's invasion of Ukraine affects us directly. We have team members there, we have friends there, and we get information first hand. There is no...

For the past one and a half years I've been working on a secret Factorio project. Today we are finally revealing it. As announced during Nintendo Direct, Factorio is coming to Nintendo Switch! It's...

As announced previously, Factorio is now available for Nintendo Switch. You can find it on the Nintendo eShop in your region. I hope you will enjoy it. Remember that if you are not sure, you can try...

Hello! The code refactor of rails presented last week is great, but the motivation for such a task wasn't quite just some shape changes for rails. As explained last week, we can now define any kind...

Hello! There are certain areas in Factorio that we haven't really had the courage to change for a long time. One of those areas has been the rail system...

Hello, today we are going to talk about some flying robot behavior improvements. Some of the problems we fixed were reported countless times, so I hope that some people will appreciate it :).

Hello, I have an irresistible urge to tell you a little story. I'm sure you come here for stories, don't you?

Attention This is the first experimental release after a year and 3 months. We tested it and found it to be quite fine, but there most probably are dangerous…

Hello, trains are one of our most favorite parts of the game. We already talked about the ways we improved rails (FFF-377), so its time to talk about how we improved the way you can control the...

Hello, the 1.1 release is the final release of the vanilla game. It will be maintained, so bugfixes, simple modding interface additions, or minor tweaks can happen, but that's about it.

Click to view full resolution It has been 6 months and nearly 70 releases since we first launched 0.17 to the world. Now is the time to let it be enjoyed by all the players of the game. We are going...

Hello, Several FFFs ago we have shown you what a Space platform can look like (FFF-373), today we would like to explain how they work in a bit more detail.

Hello there, Where shall we go today?

Hello there, I know a lot of you have been eagerly awaiting some solid information on the new planets, if so this blog is for you. Get comfy because it's a long one. As you already know, there are 4...

Hello, long time no see :) We obviously have a lot to talk about when it comes to the game changes we recently did, or plan to do, but we don't want to share any of it yet. Yet, there is currently a...

Surprise! There are 5 new planets in the expansion. The first planet you arrive on is a strange new land, rich with iron, copper, coal, stone, oil, and uranium. Everything a starting factory needs...

Hello, we are going to focus on the general improvements of the way circuit network is used in the game. I wasn't using it often, because all the problems combined made it too big of a hassle most of...

Let me show you around. That's our lab table and this is our work-stool. And over there is our interplanetary space-platform! And here's where we keep assorted lengths of wire. Whoa! A real live...

Hello, It's Earendel back for another electric adventure. You got your first look at Fulgora in FFF-398. (If you haven't read that already please read that first.) Now let's take a look at the new...

Hello, long time no talk, we've got some catching up to do... Almost 1 year ago (FFF-365) we said "we don't think that [the expansion] will take less than a year to develop". Well it has been less...

Hello, Today we are going to talk a little bit about a big feature in the expansion, Quality!

Major Features Added logistic requests to spidertron. Train stop allows to set limit of incoming trains. Features The continue button now respects the last t…

Hello, In the last FFF-386 we covered the natural landscape of Vulcanus which mostly showed the visuals, but as you are probably aware we always put gameplay first. Now it's time to find out what...

Hello, When playing with trains, you tend to spend a lot of time building train stops. In my latest playtesting, I noticed a few annoyances and pain points, which we will go in to today, along with...

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Hello, today we will go over some of the details of Space platforms we couldn't fit into the last FFF, as well as some new features that will tie the whole system together.

Hello, Today we have another dose of anti-frustration improvements for you.

Graphics Updated transport belt icons. Bugfixes Fixed unregistering multiple events at once would not clear event filters. (https://forums.factorio.com/10320…

Hello, let me show you another dose of things we just can't stop ourselves from doing.

Hello, we've already shown the space platform processing cycle in FFF-380. Let's talk a little bit more about the machine which makes it all possible - the asteroid collector.

Hello, This week we will talk about some technology and research related changes coming in 2.0 and the Space Age expansion.

Hello, we have shown some bigger things recently, so it is time to also show some smaller things, because the bigger things wouldn't shine that good without the smaller things working properly!

Hello, we have gathered here today to talk about a new quality of life feature coming with 2.0.

Hello, I'm going to cover a feature I only just finished. I was thinking about this idea for years already. I always thought the feature is too hardcore to be included, but I learned that it is...

Hello, Today we have quite a range of new features and improvements coming in 2.0.

Hello, we would like to talk about the remote view changes coming in the 2.0 base game update. This is one of the foundations to be able to talk about the space platform and planets later, so lets...

1.1 stable kovarex Hello, we have a stable version! When we were releasing the 1.0 FFF-360, we actually stated that there were "around 150 bugs on the forums and around 80 internal tasks to be...

Hello, Another trains FFF!

Hello, Is it me you're looking for?

Gui Added tooltip with list of possible ingredients to the empty furnace input slot. Changes Added a sound slider to control main menu and tips and tricks si…

Hello, if we have any circuit lovers reading, this is another dose of facts for you.

Hello, we finished with the regular Friday Facts series, and yet, there is still so much we want to talk about. I want to clarify, that we are not going to release FFF every week, but there are a few...

Hello, Today we will be looking at (and listening to!) many of the sound improvements we have been working on for 2.0.

Features Steam users can now log in automatically through Steam without needing their Factorio account password. Steam users without a Factorio account can c…

Hello, welcome once again to the world of facts.

Hello, Another year has come to an end, from all of us here we wish you good fortune in the year to come.

This post was written as a joke for April Fools' day. Nothing written here should be taken seriously. No doubt you have heard about NFTs, the latest Blockchain innovation. With some big gaming...

Major Features Added logistic buffer chest. It can request items that are still available to the logistic system. Added the artillery wagon and artillery tur…

It was November of 2021 when we started conversations with Petr Wajsar, a very talented Czech music composer, to create the soundtrack for the Factorio expansion. Since then we have been working...

Menu simulation V453000 In the last FFF, we presented that we now have the capability to show real game simulations in the Tips and tricks. Naturally we asked ourselves what else could we use this...

1.1 is getting close kovarex I have been tracking the amount of tasks and forum bugs required to finish 1.1 since the 1.0 release. This allowed me to get quantifiable feedback whether we are actually...

Hello, We've had a lot of requests to talk about map generation. It's difficult to talk about map generation without first explaining noise expressions. From time to time we need to talk about noise...

Electric mining drill redesign Ernestas & V453000 The electric mining drill is one of the older designs still in the game, and we have had our eye on it for a long time as a candidate for redesign....

Hello, another year has come and gone. We know this year we were very sparse with any details about the expansion, and it is what you all really want to hear about. Trust me we really want to tell...

Hello, engineers! I'm a newer face at Wube and have been mainly working on expansion content for about one year now. Today, I'm here to share some exciting non-expansion news for our Mac players.

We have a long history of trying to bring Factorio to other platforms, including consoles and mobile phones (not including April Fools). We even worked with some external companies, but the projects...

Hello, Today we continue our musical journey.

Bugfixes Fixed multiple issues related to placing blueprints with electric poles near other electric poles or ghost thereof. (https://forums.factorio.com/973…

Configuration Configuration has been reset. Major features Research overhaul. 4 new science packs: Military, Production, High-tech and space. > Space scie…

Bugfixes Fixed loader would not connect to belts in preview in some cases. (https://forums.factorio.com/109999) Fixed bad pumpjack drain logic related to yie…

Changes Changed wire drawing to always have the same opacity regardless of ghost/electric poles being connected. More specific error message when a blueprint…

Scripting Added LuaEntityPrototype::air_resistance read. Bugfixes Fixed black border in spidertron technology icon. (https://forums.factorio.com/98224) Fixed…

Blueprint library finishing touches kovarex At the time of writing the Friday Facts last week, not all of the planned changes were finished, here is the finalisation, so here we go.