Mars Faction is a resource gathering factory game. Each player is assigned a different faction and all must survive on mars. The players are viewed from a town down view and are controlled with the WASD keys. The players must start from basics, mining metals and rocks from the surface of the planet, gaining enough reasources to slowly automate things. The players must build intricate factorys to gather, along with defences to protect against mars's harsh environments and other inhabitants... The object of the game is for each player to have a large sprawling base that is covered in pumps, pipes and pistons, all designed to efficiently gather resources and then turn them into objects. Players must find an engery source and use that to power systems, build drones that defend and construct ways of transport to get around.

As the players build these factories the current population of mars, a huge swarm of alien beasts, will become enraged and wage war against the human structures. The players will have to decide whether or not to form alliances and share resources or to face the wrath of mars along.

The idea behind Mars Faction is to combine Open TTD and Factorio.

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