Target player
Factorio and Satisfactory veterans who notice they are executing a wiki. They still love belts, buffers and ratios; they want the ratios to be something they have to find out. Contracts last about 90 minutes.
Core loop
30 seconds
Spend integrity on a probe, get a range back, build a one-unit pilot cell, read the deviation trace.
Spend integrity on a probe, get a range back, build a one-unit pilot cell, read the deviation trace.
30 minutes
Teardown (8 min), pilot iteration (12 min), scale the line to the contract quantity (10 min).
Teardown (8 min), pilot iteration (12 min), scale the line to the contract quantity (10 min).
The market
Rivals tear down your product too. Prices drop weekly once copies flood in.
Rivals tear down your product too. Prices drop weekly once copies flood in.
Standout systems
Sample integrity
100 points across five layers. Every probe destroys the region it reads.
100 points across five layers. Every probe destroys the region it reads.
Deviation trace
A five-band instrument. Each faulty stage bends one band in a recognisable shape.
A five-band instrument. Each faulty stage bends one band in a recognisable shape.
The audit
Above 96% fidelity the original maker finds you. Build a deliberate house tell.
Above 96% fidelity the original maker finds you. Build a deliberate house tell.
Supplier drift
Input grades shift on a forecast schedule, so a solved recipe doesn't stay solved.
Input grades shift on a forecast schedule, so a solved recipe doesn't stay solved.
Differentiators
| Elsewhere in the genre | Teardown Works |
|---|---|
| Recipes are known from day one | Recipes are deduced from a sample you can only read by destroying it |
| Throughput counters | A deviation trace that shows which stage is wrong |
| More accurate is always better | Above 96% fidelity you get audited |
| 100-hour sandboxes | Nine 90-minute contracts, 1958 to 1974 |
Key features
- Deduce each product's hidden recipe from a single sample with a finite integrity budget.
- Test guesses on a one-unit pilot cell and read the error as a five-band deviation trace.
- Scale into full lines with belts, buffers, and tolerance wobble that stacks through every stage.
- Keep fidelity under the 96% audit line by building a deliberate house tell into the line.
- Nine authored contracts from pocket radio to microwave oven, each adding one new kind of pressure.
- Premium at $24.99, with a free 90-minute pocket radio demo.