History VideoGame / CaptainOfIndustry

** Carbon dioxide emissions are counted as air pollution and will therefore increase the probability of illnesses spreading through your settlements. Carbon dioxide is harmless to people in real life[[note]]The atmosphere is a different matter, but air pollution in this game is a measure of the pollution's effect on the population, and does not simulate climate change[[/note]], unlike the other emission sources (like blast furnace gas, boiler exhaust, sulfur dioxide, burning trash) that are counted as pollution, which absolutely are harmful to people in real life. If it weren't you would no reason to engage in carbon sinking, or really any reason to deal with carbon dioxide outside of electrode production for your electric furnaces.

** Carbon dioxide emissions are counted as air pollution and will therefore increase the probability of illnesses spreading through your settlements. Carbon dioxide is harmless to people in real life[[note]]The atmosphere is a different matter, but air pollution in this game is a measure of the pollution's effect on the population, and does not simulate climate change[[/note]], unlike the other emission sources (like blast furnace gas, boiler exhaust, sulfur dioxide, burning trash) that are counted as pollution, which absolutely are harmful to people in real life. If it weren't you would no reason to engage in carbon sinking, or really any reason to deal with CO2 outside of electrode production for your electric furnaces.

** Petrochemical processes are exceptionally detailed. Refining crude oil distills three different weights of oils that can be further refined into valuable products like diesel and naphtha, which are further used for other products like fuel gas, rubber, plastics, and more. Learning to balance these products is necessary to keep your refineries running consistently. And, much like metal refining, oil refining produces a nasty waste product in the form of sour water, which can either be dumped into the sea (dropping Unity due to the extreme amounts of pollution this does) or processed into sulfur.
** This is probably the only game of its type that requires you to create hydrogen, oxygen, chlorine, and ammonia for processes like steelmaking, fertilizer, and petrochemical cracking.

** Unity: A currency that is steadily earned every in-game month, which can be spent to instantly build or deconstruct structures and to purchase goods from neighboring villages. Unity represents the islanders' "contentment" with their current situation, and it can be increased by building nicer housing, better food, or providing services such as healthcare to your settlements. However, certain actions such as building research labs, boosting production on machines, and operating off-shore resources such as oil rigs consume monthly Unity growth, and environmental factors such as pollution and illnesses can even force growth into the negative.

* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: Mining activity does not create pollution, and neither does dumping trash into the ocean.

** Excavators and tree harvesters require trucks to transport their material to storage.

** Steam cannot be stored in storage tanks. That said, it never loses temperature.
** On the other hand, if you spend Unity, you're able to instant deliver construction material to a new construction site, and any goods you buy from outside villages will also immediately appear at your trading dock.

** Petrochemical processes are exceptionally detailed. Refining crude oil distills three different weights of oils that can be further refined into valuable products like diesel and naphtha, which are further used for other products like fuel gas, rubber, plastics, and more. Learning to balance these products is necessary to keep your refineries running consistently. And, much like metal refining, oil refining produces a nasty waste product in the form of sour water, which must either be dumped into the sea (dropping Unity) or processed into sulfur.

* WeBuyAnything: Averted. External villages will only accept barters of specific items (along with some Unity), such as wood for coal, or construction material in exchange for diesel. [[AdamSmithHatesYourGuts Buying too many items at once will raise your cost as well]].

** Electrical distribution is handled automatically. There is no need to build power poles or connect buildings to the grid. So long as you're producing enough power for the whole island you're covered.

* EasyLogistics: About the only convenience this game gives you is your fleet of trucks that will automatically ferry needed items from A to B. Everything else is your responsibility.

** Iron and copper smelting produces slag, and the molten metal must be funneled to a dedicated casting machine to produce plates. Slag must be either crushed to be used in concrete, or dumped into the environment. Higher level furnaces also require the addition of limestone (for iron) or sand (for copper), more closely approximating how those metals are smelted in real life. Furthermore, to be made useful copper needs to be further refined with electrolysis.

* YouRequireMoreVespeneGas: Construction Materials are required for all new buildings, and there are four tiers at the moment. They also require significant amounts of manufacturing-intensive resources such as iron, steel, electronics and wood to produce, along with more exotic materials such as glass and electronic circuit boards, so it's important to build up a stock for when you aren't aggressively expanding.

* YouRequireMoreVespeneGas: Construction Materials are required for all new buildings, and it has four tiers at the moment. They also require significant amounts of manufacturing-intensive resources such as iron, steel, electronics and wood to produce, so it's important to build up a stock for when you aren't aggressively expanding.

* WeBuyAnything: Averted. External villages will only accept barters of specific items (along with some Unity), such as wood for coal, or construction material in exchange for diesel. [[AdamSmithHatesYourGuts Buying too many items at once will raise your cost as well]].

* BeefGate: High-value resource points (such as iron mines) are usually hidden behind a very high level enemy ship on the world map that you won't be able to take on without investing in significant upgrades into your Ship.

* BeefGate: High-level resource points (such as iron mines) are usually hidden behind a very high level enemy ship on the world map.

** If you spend Unity, you're able to instant deliver construction material to a new construction, and any goods you buy from outside villages will also immediately appear at your trading dock.

* InconvenientlyPlacedConveyorBelt: Trucks cannot pass under conveyors that are less than 2 units high, and excavators and tree harvesters cannot pass under them at all. If you plan to have the latter two vehicles cross through your conveyors, you'll need to build a bridge and pass the conveyors under it.

* GreenAesop: Water and air pollution negatively affects Unity growth, encouraging the player to seek ways to control pollution such as air scrubbers and wastewater treatment plants instead of simply dumping toxic chemicals into the sea and air.

* GreenAesop: Water and air pollution negatively affects Unity growth, encouraging the player to seek ways to control pollution such as air scrubbers.

** This is probably the only game of its type that requires you to create hydrogen, oxygen, chlorine, and ammonia for processes like steelmaking, fertilizer, and petrochemical cracking.

** This is probably the only game of its type that requires you to create hydrogen, oxygen, chlorine, and ammonia for processes like steelmaking, fertilizer, and petrochemical cracking.
** Conveyors consume power, unlike most games of this type.
** All machines consume maintenance packs, which must be produced in maintenance depots. Failing to keep up with maintenance consumption will result in your machines and vehicles breaking down.

* CoolShip: The Ship your survivors arrive in. With upgrades you can turn it into a powerful battleship capable of taking out all but the strongest threats.

** Food: inarguably the most important resource, as famine will wipe out your island shockingly quickly. It's important to make sure your food production keeps up with population growth.
** Diesel: Needed for trucks and heavy equipment. If you run out of fuel and your trucks stop, it could result in your logistics network collapsing (especially for necessary goods such as food delivery and garbage collection) with disastrous consequences.
** Unity: A currency that is steadily earned every in-game month, which can be spent to instantly build structures and to purchase goods from neighboring villages. Unity represents the islanders' "contentment" with their current situation, and it can be increased by building nicer housing, better food, or providing services such as healthcare to your settlements.

** Iron and copper smelting produces slag, and the molten metal must be funneled to a dedicated casting machine to produce plates. Slag must be either crushed to be used in concrete, or dumped into the environment. Higher level furnaces also require the addition of limestone (for iron) or sand (for copper), more closely approximating how those metals are smelted in real life. Furthermore, copper needs to be further refined using electrolysis.
** Petrochemical processes are exceptionally detailed. Refining crude oil distills three different weights of oils that can be further refined into valuable products like diesel and naphtha, which are further used for other products like fuel gas, rubber, plastics, and more. Learning to balance these products is necessary to keep your refineries running consistently.
** This is probably the only game of its type that requires you to create hydrogen, oxygen, chlorine, and ammonia for processes like steelmaking, fertilizer, and petrochemical cracking.

''Captain of Industry'' is a [[ConstructionAndManagementGames colony sim]] with a rather simple premise: you lead a band of survivors who land on a deserted island, and you're tasked with rebuilding civilization from scratch. The catch here is, you'll have to build the island's industry from nothing into a highly intricate web of different machines that produce the various items needed for the island to function. In short, imagine ''VideoGame/AvenColony'' with a heavy dose of ''VideoGame/{{Factorio}}''.

** This is probably the only game of its type that requires you to create hydrogen, oxygen, chlorine, and ammonia for processes like steelmaking, fertilizer, and petrochemical cracking.


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* SurprisinglyRealisticGameplay: ''Captain of Industry'' is remarkably intricate with its simulation of manufacturing processes, even in comparison to its inspiration ''Factorio''.

''Captain of Industry'' is a [[ConstructionAndManagementGames colony sim]] with a rather simple premise: you lead a band of survivors who land on a deserted island, and you're tasked with rebuilding civilization from scratch. The catch here is, you'll have to build the island's industry from nothing into a highly intricate web of different machines that produce the various items needed for the island to function. In short, imagine ''VideoGame/AvenColony'' with a heavy dose of ''VideoGame/Factorio''.