Factory In Progress is a semi-idle game about research, automation, and management. Your goal is to launch a rocket. To get there you will research new technologies, automate your factory, and manage your resources.
There is no world to route resources through like a traditional factory builder game. All resources in this game automatically flow through a global resource pool. You and your buildings have access to the resources at all times. Buildings will automatically deposit into and draw from the resource pool as they need.
Mine
Start by mining ore by hand. Later on you can use Mining Drills to automate the process. There are 12 different ore types to be discovered throughout the game.
Craft
Smelt ore into plates with a furnace, and craft plates into components to start building your factory. Some things you can craft by hand, but others you will need to automate in an Assembler.
Research
Build research labs and feed them science packs to unlock new buildings, recipes, and upgrades. Six science packs, each harder to make than the last, lead from your first miner to a rocket silo.
Power and fluids
Pump water, boil it into steam, and run steam engines to generate power. With more research you can move on to oil refining, chemistry, solar, and nuclear power. Fluids like water, steam, and oil are never stored as units like other resources. Instead they are measured as a rate of flow, so make sure your supply keeps up with your demand.
Expand
Every ore has a limited number of nodes. Build radar scanners to survey for more so your factory can keep growing.
Organize
With the Factory Management research you can group identical buildings together, gather whole production lines into Blocks, and file Blocks into Folders. Save a Block as a Blueprint and build it again anywhere with one paste.
Offline Progress
Your factory keeps running while the game is closed. Take advantage of your offline time by queueing up a large build or upgrading a production line while you are away.
Features
Over 50 resources and 25 buildings
Over 70 technologies to research
Offline progress, toggleable in settings
An in-game wiki covering every resource, building, and mechanic
27 Steam achievements and Steam Cloud saves