Automated Production Lines - The Core Loop

Production lines are the game: automated, desktop-scale, yours. Official loop: build automated desktop lines, deploy drone logistics, launch units to orbit. (Source: Steam store page)

What Is Confirmed?

• Lines are automated — they run without you.
• Drone logistics move things between stages.
• Orbital launches are the output ceiling — units go to orbit as your industrial wonder grows.
• Roguelike modifiers vary how lines behave between runs. (all: official page)

Machine rosters, recipes and ratios are in-game data we will not invent.

Line-Design Habits That Scale (community estimates)

• Straight before clever. A boring visible line you can debug beats a compact braid you cannot.
• Balance before speed. The slowest stage sets output — upgrade the bottleneck, never the showpiece.
• Drones for distance. Drone logistics (official) exist precisely so lines need not be adjacent — use them to bridge, not to replace, belts. (community estimate)
• Buffer the joints. Small buffers where stages meet absorb hiccups; a perfectly lean line stalls on every hiccup. (community estimate)

How Perks Change Lines

Tech perks boost output (official) — early perk picks effectively choose which line designs pay. See our perks guide.

Related Guides

• Tech Perks
• Drone Logistics
• Getting Started

FAQ

Is there a blueprint or copy tool? Not documented. (community note)

Do lines run in wallpaper mode? Desktop mode is confirmed; a wallpaper factory that kept producing is the natural design — verify in-game. (community estimate)