Assembly Line

Ryan

3 years ago

Really enjoying the app, I do have some gripes about the controls however. They are precise and great for your first drafts of a factory! However, once you have that first version up, that precision becomes unwieldy and its really tedious to make changes to a factory once you've committed to a design. I think some kind of way to move, rotate, and delete more than one piece at a time. This would make the prospect of converting from one good to another way less daunting and help with progression.

Jesse Cobb

2 years ago

Awesome game to kill some time. I would definitely drop some money on this if I could play it on my laptop. I can't figure out what I would use the Robotic arms for when the rollers and selectors are just as sufficient. Would like to see a video..... well after 2 months of playing and restarting the game a couple times I finally started being able to build robots. It would be helpful if the rooms had the numbers on top. New entry: After 4 years I got a new phone and I found this game again.

A Google user

6 years ago

It's a fun sort of idle puzzle game, but it could use a lot of UI improvements. Selecting a group to move/rotate/flip and save/load assembly lines would make the game much less frustrating to play. UPDATE: Revised down to 2 stars because transporters across assembly lines don't work if there is more than a second or two between inputs, making late game totally inaccessible.

MyBoyRanger

1 year ago

Probably my favorite idle game ever. The progression is amazing, and it's a great way to keep your mind sharp and kill some time. You really have to put your mind to the test to create machinery, and use creativity to find ways around flaws in your design. The one thing stopping this from being five stars is the lack of content. It doesn't ruin the game though, because it doesn't make the game feel overwhelming, and I heard Assembly Line 2 is going to release soon, coming with even more content!

RamesGamesLC

2 years ago

The game is good. My only issue is the absence of things like copy, other hilight to select and move. Some quality of life things. Otherwise it's a fun time killer. Unfortunately more time is spent buying items, confirming, moving to a different menu to rotate things, etc. You cant tap off an item and onto the next you always have to select the X to close. It's still fun. Make sure you close the game in active apps otherwise when you open the game you won't be able to double idle income with Ads

A Google user

5 years ago

The game is very intuitive, and easy to learn so long as you check the information tab. It's not graphically demanding so it doesn't run slow by any standard. When first going into the game initially I thought it wasn't going to go very far but it was so much more than I thought. Just about everyone that has seen me play this on my phone has asked me about it. My only grievance is that I wish you could use the same channel on multiple different transporter outputs. Otherwise, great game.

A Google user

5 years ago

I have played this game WAY more then I would like to admit recently. Its satisfying, ramps up nicely, great controls, and just so much more! I honestly have no idea how you could draw any negative profit without just throwing stuff out. The only thing is is that some mechanisms are either useless ot poorly described. Like the robot arm I have no idea how to use at all still and the timed roller is odd... but it is still a fantastic game!

A Google user

6 years ago

The start of the game is good, but the end game suffers. Graphics could use updating for clarity. The graphic style works for this game but adding some color to machines that are working vs idle would help. Adding indicators to certain machines would help - change the color of the arrow on the supply to what is being produced and add something to show how much is being produced for example. The end game suffers from a bug. When you have multiple workshops and are pushing things through multiple splitters I have found that they clog when you are not watching them. Graphically they are sitting on the next splitter in line and more is coming in but nothing leaves. Once the items disappear they start working as normal. This causes product that is getting teleported to not show up.

A Google user

5 years ago

Overall solid, with a few bugs. The general progression seems pretty well thought out, with the step up to the next tier generally being similar in timing/experience to previous tiers, but feeling more robust. The biggest drawbacks are a few bugs I've noticed. One is the control issue some have mentioned, where clicking a button sometimes interacts with the machine below it. Some optimization related issues later too, like complex factories shutting off when they aren't actively being viewed.

DM81

3 years ago

Great game and lots of fun. Only issues are some times the game doesnt recognize when I select a menu item or an upgrade and I have to select it several times, watching an ad doesnt double the money you earned while away and the amount I earn while away maxes out at 2 billion no matter how long im away for and I have been away for a few weeks.

A Google user

6 years ago

I really like this game. I wish there were more like it. My biggest issues with are the loading errors, where sometimes when loading in an assembly line the resources act as if they are not on a moving tile and stop forward production. Another is the idea of the transporters. I got really excited to try and build a multi assembly line processes using these to churn out a lot of advanced blueprints using seperate assembly lines to create the large quantity of items needed. However in practice, this just doesn't seem feasible. You lack the necessary sorting machines to properly create high-end products with the cost of the machines to actually do it. Plus because of how much you produce it doesn't appear to accurately sort and move the needed amounts of components which means you lose more than you make.

A Google user

5 years ago

I want to give this game 5 stars, it is nearly flawless. Gameplay is fun and challenging and I can spend hrs or mins on it so it fits any time slot. the reason I cannot give 5 is because of one major issue. there are times when the watch ad button is unresponsive; worse if your assembly line happens to have a crafter behind the watch ad button you'll often times open that machines menu while trying to hit the watch button and change it's function without realising it. throwing off the whole setup

A Google user

5 years ago

Fun, but not balanced. The game intends for you to go through build paths to increase your profit. You don't have to do that though. Once you get around 1 million you'll be able to upgrade your starters to produce 2 materials at once(later it can go up to 3). The upgrade is almost useless with the normal blueprints, but by itself it's more profit per second than anything I've found in the game. Keep in mind you'll need a high amount of starters and they have to produce once per second.

Blaine

1 year ago

ONE OF MY FAVORITES! This game is awesome, there are a few bugs but nothing game ruining. I wish there was a way to delete everything in one assembly line at the press of a button (with a confirmation screen of course, to prevent accidents.) Even more I wish there was an end game lvl upgrade to turn the 16 by 16 area to a 32 by 32. 1 bug I'm having is the assembly line name won't save the change. Overall great game with endless combinations for your creativity. I would highly recommend it! :)

A Google user

5 years ago

Overall this is a great game if I could change one or two thing they would would be, when you select a block to move it sometimes it opens up that blocks dialogue, and the other thing is for example if you set a crafter to make a laser and you go back to the inventory of said crafter an sometimes have lasers in there but if you clear that inventory out you miss out on all that money. Why can't you send those items to the seller?

Owen Albertson

1 year ago

Few bugs that still need to be fixed, adding a manual save button would be awesome because some times I will close out of the app after making changes, but when I get back on those changes are completely gone, along with a little bit of money I made. Also adding a more consistent average $/second counter would be awesome, overall though, great and satisfying game that ended up being exactly what I was looking for.

A Google user

5 years ago

The simplistic and monotonous gameplay is something I value - It's like real life in that respect, but, as another reviewer said, it is indeed too simple. I have been able to develop a basic formula by which everyone will have billions in two days (the time in which I have played the game, give or take a full day due to sleep and other activities). I also read that the reply was that you were working on a much more complex atmosphere, for which I will indeed be sticking around for. The controls, at least on my phone, are ridiculously jumpy. Upon tapping the screen, I am occasionally teleported to the literal opposite side of the assembly line. An inability to move things you have placed is a bit of a waste, but easily overlookable when you produce at a rate of 47k. Anyway, when a person is selecting a resource for their starter, they simply can't tap another nearby starter - instead they have to tap the x, then tap the next starter. That's... Annoying. Another thing with that: if there is any, and I do mean any, sort of clickable machine behind the x button, the game will assume that you want that machine rather than just the x button, and it starts an endless loop of attempting to click the x until you are forced to restart he game to get rid of the second machine's popup. On the note of graphics, as the play store has recently implented such ability to review that directly, I love it. My phone, which processes at 1.1 ghz on two cores, is able to handle a full screen of artifacts with minimal lag. Even aside from that, the designs of the items are coherently beautiful. I have another qualm with this game. The upgrade system doesn't include upgrades for every item. If the robotic arms had upgrades to allow them to move resources faster, they would be usable, but as they stand, they are useless. With ingenuity, a compact design produces to the maximum efficiency of whatever it is with the use of nothing more complex than literally just the crafter. Thank you for your time, and thank you for making such an enjoyable game.