Turtle builder

About this model

This diagram models an intricate resource management and production system, focusing on a wide array of raw materials and their conversion into valuable goods through various production facilities. The system begins with basic resources like sand, coal, clay, limestone, iron ore, coral, and saltpeter. These resources are then processed in factories—such as a glass factory, cement factory, brick and shingle factory, foundry, and a coinage—to produce intermediate goods including glass, bricks, coal fuel, steel, cement, and gold. Additionally, a special emphasis is placed on the production of armaments, with resources being directed towards facilities like gunpowder and weapon factories, culminating in the generation of firearms, armor, grenades, rockets, and ammunition.

Complexity within the system is further increased by the inclusion of converters, traders, and a myriad of Pools and Gates to modulate the flow and transformation of resources. Strategic control points are represented by Machination Registers and various Drain cells, indicating consumption or loss of materials, potentially simulating market dynamics or resource scarcity. The system also incorporates State Connection cells to introduce modifications and conditional logic into the flow, allowing the simulation to adapt based on specific criteria such as resource availability, processing thresholds, or external interventions. Overall, this diagram functions as a comprehensive simulation of a multifaceted economic system, encompassing the extraction, processing, and trading of resources in a dynamic mutable environment, introducing participants to the complexities of managing a resource-based economy with multiple interconnected dependencies and outcomes.

"Turtle builder" is a public Machinations diagram shared in the Community by Nikita Soin, with 302 components.

It was created in May 2023 and last edited in May 2023.

Open the diagram in the Machinations app and press Play to watch the resources move, adjust its values to test how the system responds, or remix it to make an editable copy in My diagrams.