Beltmatic _verified_ (2026)

This forces a delightful optimization puzzle. Do you build a "prime factor factory" that breaks every target into its smallest components? Or do you build a "power tower" of exponentiators to reach astronomical numbers in few steps?

Error: Running one long belt that loops past every machine. Fix: Use a "Main Bus" architecture. Run parallel lines of your basic numbers (1s, 2s, 3s) down the middle of your base. Branch off (splice) from the bus to feed specific machines, leaving the main line uninterrupted. beltmatic

Players have reported a strange side effect: after an hour of Beltmatic, you start seeing arithmetic everywhere. You look at a license plate "244" and think, "That's 15^2 + 19? No, wait, 2^7 + 116—but that’s inefficient. Better to do 4^4 - 12…" This forces a delightful optimization puzzle