Word Factori

fun fact: the "O" is symmetrical

MuwqasStickmin2 years ago

its a circle

FullThrough2 years ago

Hiii, I've made a video about the game and wanted to share some feedback about it, hopefully it is useful to you ^^

-The concept of the game is pretty original.

-The game visually looks really awesome, it has it's own style and fits perfectly the theme of the game.

-The gameplay mechanics are really good and original.

Hopefully this is useful to you :D, also if you could subscribe that would help me a lot :)

Regards

Star Garden Games2 years ago(+1)

Thank you for this!

FullThrough2 years ago

You are welcome ^^

tuck mc nick1 year ago

thank you for making the game

TheUnknown10502 years ago (1 edit)

Great game!!! The idea is so original, I love it :) I can't get past the "IT" level because I can't make a T haha. Apparently joining 1 I and 2 rotated I's doesn't work... It makes your really think hard and its also really fun! Great work!

Oh and a suggestion: You should be able to highlight multiple factories and move/delete them. Same with wires, but only for deleting them.

CodingCrate2 years ago

A t is made by a twice rotated L and an rotated I ;)

i wish there was a steam version because i could buy it and more purchases due to more platforms of release

A	upside down V + rotated I
B	P + flipped C
C	bent I
D	flipped C + I
E	I + rotated I + rotated I + rotated I
F	I + rotated I + rotated I
G	C + I + rotated I
H	I + I + rotated I
I	I
J	rotated C + I
K	ccw rotated V + I
L	I + rotated I
M	upside down V + upside down V
N	upside down V + I
O	C + flipped C
P	D + I
Q	O + I
R	P + I
S	flipped bent Z
T	upside down L + rotated I
U	bent V
V	I + I
W	I + I + I + I
X	upside down V + V
Y	I + I + I
Z	rotated V + rotated I

Comment if any are wrong!

A steam version is coming soon :)

Orgodemirk2 years ago (1 edit)

How soon? Will itch.io purchases include a Steam key when it does release there? Wanting to play this, but not sure if I should wait for Steam or not.

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MuwqasStickmin2 years ago (1 edit)

holy f*** im excited

rough release date?

Star Garden Games1 year ago

2069ish

MuwqasStickmin1 year ago

yeah, actually no, 2420ish

We’ve had a lot of projects in the works and had to push out the full release… we’re releasing in 2023, more details to come!

MuwqasStickmin1 year ago

yayayayaayya

MuwqasStickmin2 years ago

thanks alot i cant buy stuff on itch io

double you haich eeh en?

when?

Ian Boni2 years ago

oh wow

Q is correct i tried it

I + flipped C + I = P

A1501 year ago

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A HOW IN ASGARD'S LANDS DO YOU MAKE AN S, THANKS

hatschi2 years ago

Nice, thank you :-)

One thing that irks me is that when leaving a level with escape after building some stuff (i.e. getting fed up with trying to merge a mirrored and a regular L, both rotated, to get that annoying T and it still not working...) it just forgets *everything* on that level and I have to start all over again if I have some thought some hours later :-(

Is there some other key that I'm supposed to use to save a level or is it just not coded to remember at all?

Also, is there a way (command line option?) to make it start in fullscreen? I always have to go into options and toggle it again.

No idea which version, the download was 1-2 days ago, sha256:

cb80a85dbb6f7d9ba28751d0530d71b7e62be3ef210a26803c9723cfc14f7903 factori-linux.zip

Thanks for the feedback! A few things:

Currently, if you exit a level there is not a way to save the level state. But this feature is on our to-do list!
With T, make sure the L's are completely upside down, with one mirrored, before you try to merge them into T (rotate 2x, or shift click a reflector to make it a vertical reflector)
We also plan to have it remember your full screen selection on startup

Thanks for playing - we are working on a lot of improvements as we speak, and your feedback is helpful!

A1501 year ago (1 edit)

I spent 10 ~~years~~ trying to figure out what S is, and still am

Milenia

Edit: Nvm I found it

0X800007D02 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

I guess in contrast to a lot of people here, I have had no errors on W7. The game is a nice afternoon distraction discovering how to make each letter. There are a number of QoL features that I like to see added like being able to select multiple factories and move them all at once and blue prints.

Some minor gripes, W's aren't upside-down M's, triangular brackets aren't sideways V's, and Z's aren't sideways N's.

If the dev's really wanted to, this game could be quite a bit more taking a lot of pages from shapez.io.

hasrock362 years ago(+1)

Just wanted to warn you, you can't put it on sale in the UK until its been being sold at a certain price for 28 days. Its unlikely to be noticed but just a word of warning, game devs have been fined before.

Clocokid2 years ago(-2)

If you downloaded the jam version of the game, do you get the full version for free, or am I being too much of a choosy begger?

The full version is not free, but there is a free demo available!

Clocokid2 years ago

thnx!

"the full version is not free" -1 player

tuck mc nick2 years ago(-2)

your wanting what i want/making game free

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Star Garden Games2 years ago (1 edit)

Yep, we used Game Maker Studio 2

What was the error? Also which version were you using? We fixed a lot of errors from the jam version in the latest release. Let me know if you're seeing the same error in the current version (either demo or full version)

bananatheo32 years ago

Are you supposed to be able to delete the blue boxes that the letters go in?

haha nope, but that will be fixed in the next version

TheHebatKing2 years ago

seems like so many people got the connect a factory to another directly below it error. like im no smart boy but i understood what happened and confirmed that it is what happened by repeating it. also because of this bug, my S maker factory is 5x6 insted of 5x5 which is kinda annoying but its fine

LindFate2 years ago

I got this error

Extra info: It seems like it crashes when I connect 2 rotate factoris that are 1 block apart

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ERROR in

action number 1

of Step Event0

for object oControl:

local variable (null)(100854) not set before reading it.

at gml_Script_SpawnConnectors

############################################################################################

gml_Script_SpawnConnectors (line -1)

gml_Object_oControl_Step_0

Sorry you hit this issue

This usually happens when you place nodes directly above each other. We'll have this fixed in the next version

LindFate2 years ago

Thanks!

when the factori is fed up with making i's

LindFate1 year ago

Factori

ElNico562 years ago

fullscreen?

Hi, we'll have that in the next version for sure, and it's coming very soon!

mageowl2 years ago (1 edit)

is there a mac version? This looks really fun, and I would love to play it.

Hi, we don't have a mac version for the jam, but we will have mac and linux in the next version (and it's coming very soon!)

mageowl2 years ago

Thanks, I’ll make sure to check it out!

Yu_needs_coffee2 years ago

The full game is now out, including Mac version! :)

Error!

Anyways, I'm enjoying this game a lot!

Thanks, and sorry you hit the error

This usually happens when you place nodes directly above each other. We'll have this fixed in the next version

jofisol2 years ago (2 edits)

Looks interesting but couldn't try it; game crashes on startup:

###################
ERROR in
action number 1
of Alarm Event for alarm 1
for object oUIControl:

ds_list_size argument 1 incorrect type (string) expecting a Number (YYGI32)
at gml_Object_oUIControl_Alarm_1
###################
gml_Object_oUIControl_Alarm_1 (line -1)

Hi, sorry you hit this issue

We recently discovered the root cause, and this seems to happen when people aren't connected to the internet

Can you double check your internet connection and try again?

That said, we have a new version coming out very soon, and this bug should be fixed in that version

Error 0012 years ago

I had an error on a level :(

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ERROR in

action number 1

of Destroy Event

for object oConnectorParent:

PerformEvent recursion depth failure - check for infinite loops, check objects for parenting

at gml_Object_oConnectorParent_Destroy_0

############################################################################################

gml_Object_oConnectorParent_Destroy_0 (line -1)

gml_Object_oControl_Step_0 (line -1)

Mr. Seal Detective2 years ago

that's a lot of "gml_Object_oConnectorParent_Destroy_0 (line -1)"

My game keeps crashing in the middle of me playing with that message

AZX34002 years ago (2 edits)

Brilliant little puzzle game, well done. I've been trying to create solutions that use very little space by placing the building inside each other and ending up with a grid of nodes.

https://imgur.com/gallery/jbA5ajM

I did isolate a bug. If you try to connect a node to one directly above it (two vertically adjacent nodes) the game crashes. I'll post the error message below. Here's a screenshot demonstrating it, the example that caused the error is on the far right.

https://imgur.com/a/Gl6gq9r

Thank you for such a great game!

___________________________________________

############################################################################################

ERROR in

action number 1

of Step Event0

for object oControl:

local variable (null)(100854) not set before reading it.

at gml_Script_SpawnConnectors

############################################################################################

gml_Script_SpawnConnectors (line -1)

gml_Object_oControl_Step_0

Sirdurtle2 years ago

I haven't been able to play the game bc there is no full screen option and you can't resize the window. The window is too big to comfortably fit on my screen and it's very difficult to hit the play button as only a few pixels go above my taskbar.

Star Garden Games2 years ago(+1)

Sorry to hear that, we're releasing 1.0 very soon, and it will have full screen support

JustImagineIt2 years ago

Why is this game so hard to boot up? Anyways, I looked at the .json file. Turns out rounding a flipped L makes a J.

We aren't noticing issues with booting up the game, but it seems that others have recommended unzipping the game into an x86 directory. We are totally unsure why a few are having this issue and most aren't but perhaps this will help? Hopefully this problem is resolved in the v1.0 update coming soon.

Slaimon2 years ago

Adorable little game!

Since you plan on releasing a 1.0, you might want to take a look at this message I got after a crash (as you can tell, I was trying to delete a connector).

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############################################################################################

ERROR in

action number 1

of Destroy Event

for object oConnectorParent:

PerformEvent recursion depth failure - check for infinite loops, check objects for parenting

at gml_Object_oConnectorParent_Destroy_0

############################################################################################

gml_Object_oConnectorParent_Destroy_0 (line -1)

gml_Object_oControl_Step_0 (line -1)

Star Garden Games2 years ago(+1)

Yep this is a known bug in the jam version. Try to focus on deleting the connectors away from the nodes, it seems that trying to delete the connectors at the nodes can cause two separate calls to delete the same connector (one from the connector and one from the building). This bug is fixed for v1.0 coming soon!

tuck mc nick2 years ago(-1)

i got a bug when i was sitting here typing stuff and i got an error down for more info

ERROR in

action number 1

of too many letters

for object oboxender

gml_object_oboxender_produce_1 (line 1+)

btw i wrote this cause i wanted to trick ya all by typing a fake error

denil3802 years ago(+1)

Okay, We need CHEAT SHEET just so to help some folks that lack patience experimenting with the mechanic. Good for mind training.

LogizTV2 years ago

Can you please make this avalible on macos?

Sorry for the late reply - the demo and full game are now available for MacOS!

bgosl2 years ago

Absolutely loving this!! I love the nuance of telling players that you can use just one factory during the tutorial; that had me challenging myself to 1) use only one factory, and 2) never make the same thing twice.
Also had a beautiful epiphany when I realized that after learning to make R by I + (reverse C) + (upside down V), doing D + (upside down V) also works! It means the game is following it's own logic; well done!
(Although I do agree with a poster below, that making T by doing L + (rotated I), and then rotating, should be as valid a solution as rotating the L first.)

Antologik2 years ago

___________________________________________

############################################################################################

ERROR in

action number 1

of Destroy Event

for object oConnectorParent:

PerformEvent recursion depth failure - check for infinite loops, check objects for parenting

at gml_Object_oConnectorParent_Destroy_0

############################################################################################

gml_Object_oConnectorParent_Destroy_0 (line -1)

gml_Object_oModule_Destroy_0 (line -1)

gml_Object_oControl_Step_0 (line -1)

is that meh post?

yep it is