I think it appeals to people who are always thnking of ways to be more efficient. Which is ironic, since games are ultimately a waste of time. (I know from extensive time wasted) But... So are most hobbies.
Watch someone play and see how much their focus is on the main task at hand and getting stronger versus how obsessed they are with making the factory perfect, and you can even diagnosis the level of autism on top of it.
If you are playing it then there is a foundational amount of autism to begin with. I think the level of efficiency into levels well beyond what the game needs is where we go up the scale into "capable of existing into normal society" all the way into "needs a disability check, cannot interact with humans."
Based entirely on my one friend who exists in the latter category, and his fucking mindboggling factory he bragged to me about once, I think that's a fair scale.
It's also a great ADHD test. I have diagnosed ADHD and I couldn't keep up with ANY of the shit in Factorio because there was too much shit to micromanage. I got bored of it quick and went back to playing Devil May Cry 4.
I think it appeals to people who are always thnking of ways to be more efficient. Which is ironic, since games are ultimately a waste of time. (I know from extensive time wasted) But... So are most hobbies.
It's fun to optimize and solve emergent problems.
I think game's like factorio are decent brain games. it's good to exercise your noggin.
Its also a great autism test.
Watch someone play and see how much their focus is on the main task at hand and getting stronger versus how obsessed they are with making the factory perfect, and you can even diagnosis the level of autism on top of it.
So what is the scale we are using for this? If only bare min then zero autism and if hyper efficient then there is no return?
If you are playing it then there is a foundational amount of autism to begin with. I think the level of efficiency into levels well beyond what the game needs is where we go up the scale into "capable of existing into normal society" all the way into "needs a disability check, cannot interact with humans."
Based entirely on my one friend who exists in the latter category, and his fucking mindboggling factory he bragged to me about once, I think that's a fair scale.
It's also a great ADHD test. I have diagnosed ADHD and I couldn't keep up with ANY of the shit in Factorio because there was too much shit to micromanage. I got bored of it quick and went back to playing Devil May Cry 4.