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A Dyson sphere around a black hole

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214 points SkyMarshal | 1 comments | 19 Aug 21 03:40 UTC | HN request time: 0.43s | source
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DonHopkins ◴[19 Aug 21 05:46 UTC] No.28230740[source]▶
Holy plate of shrimp: I just built a small Dyson Sphere around a black hole, all by myself! Not quite as big and majestic as these though:

Black Hole Dyson Sphere TIMELAPSE | Dyson Sphere Program

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEpTaXRIhE0&ab_channel=Nilau...

[Timelapse] Dyson Sphere around Black Hole (Dyson Sphere Program)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXwrePn_JJc&ab_channel=Pasuk...

Dyson Sphere Program - FLYING INTO A BLACK HOLE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIYooegxSQI&ab_channel=OneLa...

In case you don't know what Dyson Sphere Program is -- think 3D Factorio in Space:

Dyson Sphere Program Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ3fDcm5qaQ&ab_channel=Gamer...

Dyson Sphere Program Release Date Announcement Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh-voJ3TSt8&ab_channel=Gamer...

Katherine of Sky has some great DPS videos, and she also plays lots of Factorio and Satisfactory too:

Dyson Sphere Program Ep 1 - Factorio + Satisfactory + Astroneer = FUN? - Let's Play, Early Access

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fScIOw07QRw&list=PL4o6UvJIdP...

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me_me_me ◴[19 Aug 21 09:15 UTC] No.28231825[source]▶
I am at the stage of producing the warp tokens but I don't feel like going back to it, don't know why.

For some reason DSP is not hooking me as much as Factorio

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mdaniel ◴[19 Aug 21 13:48 UTC] No.28233781[source]▶
It could be the nature of the progression through the games, but I think there's a "what a grind" plateau in the arc of both games, and I would guess it comes at about the 60% in both (for me)

If you haven't played DSP since they introduced blueprints, I'd encourage you to give it a revisit. Although ironically the mass deconstruction in Factorio is equally handy but is still missing in DSP, which can make any rework still be a grind

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Sohcahtoa82 ◴[19 Aug 21 16:00 UTC] No.28235516[source]▶
Oh snap, when did blueprints get added to DSP?

I bought it about a week after it became available on Steam and played it all the way through (Unlocked the last item in the tech tree) and wanted to try again with some different gameplay options, but not until blueprints were implemented. I must have missed the announcement.

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1. mdaniel ◴[19 Aug 21 21:05 UTC] No.28239358[source]▶
I haven't pressed Follow in Steam or anything, but the updates come through as expected, and when an update shows up on the Downloads screen, it has a "View News" under each one that takes me to the "what's new" page for each game

DSP's is https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1366540 and the update in question is https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1366540/view/3008952...

They also added some kind of global scoreboard system (Milky Way) if one is into that kind of thing and want a bigger challenge that just "local universe automation nivrana": https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1366540/view/3044975...

They alleged to have released some portion of the source code (https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1366540/view/5694225...) in order to make mods easier, but there is some massive confusion about where, exactly, one can find such a thing and I'm evidently too old to find my way around Discord