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Dyson Sphere Program cover artvsFactorio cover art

Dyson Sphere ProgramvsFactorio

Dyson Sphere Program leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Factorio leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION10 /10
Dyson Sphere ProgramFactorio

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Factorio leans harder on execution: Some APM in early hand-crafting; otherwise irrelevant.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Dyson Sphere Program leans harder on variance: Star system layouts vary per seed but are fully mappable

Optimization10 vs 10

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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