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by rvillanueva 1036 days ago
“Oh man the guy who made the Space Exploration mod is gonna be pissed they’re copying him”

“Oh wait it’s the same guy”

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Love when game companies just employ their best modders rather than fighting against them.
That’s the indie version.

The big corporation version is: “We own the rights to w/e you made, going to make bank with it and perhaps mention your gamertag in some blog post.”

Factorio devs are exceptional. This game is so polished, well thought-out, optimized and unique. I remember I read some dev blog about belt optimization and got an idea how passionate the devs are about their game.

Still regular patches that just make the game better. Much love.

Valve even employ other company game's modder
yes, this is the way
Yep, they employed him a while ago.
My first thought was "but there's already a mod for that". I was delighted to see that addressed directly in the post, and doubly delighted when I actually read the answer.