> This isn't so much a game as it is a digital Zen Garden. I've lost hours (400+ apparently) tweaking my factory. Sometimes to make it look prettier. Sometimes to rebuild it because I need space for yeah another stream of components. Sometimes just because I've approached Zen and don't want to give it up.

For every bottleneck in material flow you find and fix, you'll create two more. And once you've got everything working perfectly, Your factory will be stalled because of resource exhaustion, spitters and bitters, or a new production option changes your resource needs. If that sounds like …

> Flow theory postulates three conditions that have to be met to achieve a flow state:
1. One must be involved in an activity with a clear set of goals and progress. This adds direction and structure to the task.[14]
2. The task at hand must have clear and immediate feedback. This helps the person negotiate any changing demands and allows them to adjust their performance to maintain the flow state.[14]
3. One must have a good balance between the perceived challenges of the task at hand and their own perceived skills. One must have confidence in one's ability to complete the task at hand.[14]