FLOWORKS Demo

A node-graph automation × idle factory builder. Materials flow along the wires you draw and transform at each machine. Fix bottlenecks, optimize your layout, grow a trade empire, and rise to rule the robotics industry. Zero art assets — every visual and sound is generated in code.

<h2 class="bb_tag" >Wire your factory. Watch it flow.</h2>FLOWORKS is an automation × idle factory builder where you design your factory as a living node graph. Materials flow along the wires you draw and change shape at every machine — mine, smelt, build, ship — all the way up to a robotics empire.<h2 class="bb_tag" >The &quot;aha&quot; is the game</h2>Place a machine, draw a wire, and raw materials start flowing and transforming on their own. When a line jams, the bottleneck literally glows — and that little &quot;ah, THAT's the problem,&quot; followed by the fix, is the loop you'll keep chasing. Every factory is a puzzle you wrote yourself: untangle it, parallelize it, make it hum.<h2 class="bb_tag" >Play at your own pace</h2><ul class="bb_ul"><li>Relax and idle — lay down a line, close the game, come back to progress. No timers, no fail screens; running low on power just slows you down, it never punishes you. </li><li>Or optimize obsessively — shave power and wire distance, balance throughput, and push the deep production tree to its endgame. The ceiling is high. </li><li>Five minutes or five hours — tinker briefly, or disappear into &quot;just one more line.&quot;</li></ul><h2 class="bb_tag" >Is it for you?</h2>If you love the build-a-machine-that-builds-itself feeling of factory and automation games, the steady number-go-up of idle/incremental, or simply the quiet satisfaction of turning a tangled system into something elegant — FLOWORKS is made for you. No reflexes required. Just you, a blank canvas, and materials waiting to flow.<h2 class="bb_tag" >Features</h2><ul class="bb_ul"><li>🏭 Lines you wire yourself — Mine → Smelt → Build → Ship. Connect nodes and watch materials flow, changing from raw → intermediate → final at each machine.<video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4858700/extras/05a1ac2fbf2fff71ccbad34d12e82942.poster.avif?t=1782855663" width=800 height=300 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4858700/extras/05a1ac2fbf2fff71ccbad34d12e82942.webm?t=1782855663" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4858700/extras/05a1ac2fbf2fff71ccbad34d12e82942.mp4?t=1782855663" type="video/mp4"></video> </li><li>🔎 Bottlenecks at a glance — jammed nodes glow and buffers back up. Diagnose, parallelize, and optimize — a living engineering puzzle.<video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4858700/extras/13f593900ba5d2d6650f4440bb57efa7.poster.avif?t=1782855663" width=800 height=300 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4858700/extras/13f593900ba5d2d6650f4440bb57efa7.webm?t=1782855663" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4858700/extras/13f593900ba5d2d6650f4440bb57efa7.mp4?t=1782855663" type="video/mp4"></video> </li><li>⚡ Power × distance — longer wires draw more power, so compact, clever layouts win.<video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4858700/extras/e3abab8c4f2c602f8cc7ba2f6c32a0ca.poster.avif?t=1782855663" width=800 height=300 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4858700/extras/e3abab8c4f2c602f8cc7ba2f6c32a0ca.webm?t=1782855663" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4858700/extras/e3abab8c4f2c602f8cc7ba2f6c32a0ca.mp4?t=1782855663" type="video/mp4"></video> </li><li>🗺 Economy map — sell products to towns for ¥, open trade routes to neighbors, and watch populations grow and demand more.<video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4858700/extras/14dc3dab2810198a16f1218cedc17a61.poster.avif?t=1782855663" width=800 height=300 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4858700/extras/14dc3dab2810198a16f1218cedc17a61.webm?t=1782855663" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4858700/extras/14dc3dab2810198a16f1218cedc17a61.mp4?t=1782855663" type="video/mp4"></video> </li><li>📈 A deep production tree — steel → electronics → chemicals → aluminium → engines → robots &amp; drones (agri, care, combat, construction, logistics, space, medical).<video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4858700/extras/9e990a7b5da04f59c3e12afaf3cb190c.poster.avif?t=1782855663" width=800 height=300 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4858700/extras/9e990a7b5da04f59c3e12afaf3cb190c.webm?t=1782855663" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4858700/extras/9e990a7b5da04f59c3e12afaf3cb190c.mp4?t=1782855663" type="video/mp4"></video> </li><li>☢ Nuclear &amp; beyond — a full uranium fuel cycle with reprocessing (MOX) and breeder reactors for near-endless power.<video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4858700/extras/425fd9f1f6d9d96663dfdc0053032bec.poster.avif?t=1782855663" width=800 height=300 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4858700/extras/425fd9f1f6d9d96663dfdc0053032bec.webm?t=1782855663" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4858700/extras/425fd9f1f6d9d96663dfdc0053032bec.mp4?t=1782855663" type="video/mp4"></video> </li><li>🤖 Import vs. in-house — buy intermediates to spin up fast, then switch to in-house production to raise your margins.<video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4858700/extras/3ab74173da4299e425ca41ddc5c2d299.poster.avif?t=1782855663" width=800 height=300 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4858700/extras/3ab74173da4299e425ca41ddc5c2d299.webm?t=1782855663" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4858700/extras/3ab74173da4299e425ca41ddc5c2d299.mp4?t=1782855663" type="video/mp4"></video> </li><li>🧩 Easy or Normal — play on one enormous board (Easy) or master multi-board logistics (Normal). </li><li>💤 Grows while idle — progresses on your device even when closed. No server, fully offline. </li><li>🎨 Zero assets — no image or audio files; every visual (SVG/CSS) and sound (Web Audio) is generated in code.</li></ul>