“The twenty-tensies truly were a golden age for games about optimising production lines,” future generations will say under their infrared-heated geodesic domes.
“The way was paved by games like Infinifactory and Factorio, smoothing the way for a flood of followers,” one elder recalls. “Why, one month saw the launch of not only Satisfactory and Production Line but Factory Town too.”
“What’s Factory Town?” asks one of the huddled younglings, their eyes quivering with reverence.
“Ah, yes, I’m afraid the tomes about that one were amongst those devoured for sustenance during The Hard Times,” sighs the elder. They look upwards in reminiscence then quickly back down, trying to unsee the cracks in the dome growing as waves pound overhead.