I'm building a sci-fi 4x...

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I'm building a sci-fi 4x strategy, space-based game designed to be a never-ending mmo played in the browser. I need a research & tech tree. Base resources are Metal, Gas, Crystal, Radioactives and Energy. These are all produced on planets by different facilities. Other facilities may refine them into something else. Yet other facilities may use the refined materials in different combinations to produce things that are then used to build ships, ship components or more advanced facilities.

"I'm building a sci-fi 4x..." is a public Machinations diagram shared in the Community by Lee Conlin, with 89 components.

It was created in February 2026 and last edited in February 2026.

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