Factoriz

Minigame

A row of bacteria rolls through the factory. Shoot more into it, pop three of a colour, and empty the belt before it reaches the funnel.

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In the game, type !factoriz in the chat to open it from any room.

Where to find it

  • Its stand on the way to the Bacteria Arena.
  • Walk onto the white middle of its stand and stop there: the game opens. Click or tap the stand to see the high scores.
  • Settings > Activities > Play, or type !factoriz in the chat - from any room.
WinMinigame Surprise BoxRed General's Inferno-D mechanical combat arm
  • Finish the week in the top 3: 10, 6 or 3 Arcade Tokens, to spend at the Prize Counter (Artie, in the Lobby): a trophy of each minigame for your home, the minigame auras and more.
  • Earn a medal: 5, 10 or 15 gems, once each.
  • Do today’s challenge: 10 gems, once a day.
  • Do a feat: 10 gems, once each.
  • Solve the puzzle of the day: 10 gems, once a day.
  • A row of bacteria rolls along the conveyor belt towards the funnel. Do not let a single one fall in!
  • Your cannon is in the middle. On a computer: move the mouse to aim and click to shoot.
  • On a phone: put your finger on the game and slide it to aim. Lift it to shoot. Changed your mind? Lift your finger on the cannon and it does not shoot.
  • A dotted line shows where your bacterium will go, and the one it would land on gets a white ring.
  • The bacterium you shoot joins the row where it lands. Three or more of the same colour side by side pop.
  • After a pop, the front of the row rolls back to close the gap. If three of a colour meet there, they pop too!
  • NEXT, beside your cannon, shows the bacterium that comes after. Swap the two with Space or a right click - on a phone, tap NEXT.
  • A bacterium you do not want? Throw it in the bin beside the cannon (or press B). It costs 10 points.
  • Some bacteria in the row wear a badge. Pop one and it helps you: a bomb takes 3 more on each side, a slow one makes the row crawl for 8 seconds, a back one rolls the row back, and the rainbow one counts as any colour.
  • A gold coin shows up on the belt now and then. Shoot through it!
  • Every 5th level, Munidark hides grey armoured bacteria in the row. They match no colour: hit each one 3 times.
  • When the row gets near the funnel, the funnel flashes red. The first time a bacterium reaches it, the row rolls back: your second chance. The next time, the game is over.
  • Pop every bacterium to clear the level. Each level has 15 more, a bit faster, in a new factory. Some factories have two belts.
  • Hard to tell two colours apart? Press C (or use the switch on the title) to draw a shape on every colour.
  • Need a break? Press the pause button at the top left of the window, or the P key. The game also pauses by itself if you switch to another window.

Scoring

  • 30 points for a pop of three, and 20 more for each extra bacterium in it.
  • 50 more for each pop in a row (when the row rolls back and pops again). This is where the big scores are.
  • 50 more when your shot flew through a gap in the row to pop something behind it.
  • 100 points for a coin. 50 for each armoured bacterium. 10 for each one a bomb takes.
  • Clear a level and a star lights up for every bit of belt the row had left: 20 points each. The faster you empty the belt, the more stars!
  • Press the gold trophy at the top left of the game’s window. It shows two boards: This week and All time.
  • This week: your best score since Monday. The board starts empty every Monday, so everyone has a new chance.
  • When the week ends, the top 3 win Arcade Tokens: 10 for 1st, 6 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd.
  • Spend them at the Prize Counter: press Prize Counter under the boards, or talk to Artie in the Lobby. It has the Minigame Surprise Box, a trophy for every minigame to put in your home, and every minigame aura.

Get far enough in one game and you earn a medal, with gems. Each medal gives its gems once.

  • Bronze5 gemsReach level 3.
  • Silver10 gemsReach level 5.
  • Gold15 gemsReach level 7. Gold also gives you the Red General's Inferno-D mechanical combat arm.

Every day there is one small goal. Do it and you get 10 gems. Tomorrow there is a new one. It is one of these:

  • Reach level 3 in one game.
  • Score 10,000 points in one game.
  • Finish 3 games.
  • Pop 300 bacteria in one day.
  • On the game’s title, press Puzzle of the day. Everyone on the island gets the same row that day.
  • The row does not move. You have 4 or 5 shots, in a set order (you can still swap the two in your cannon). Pop every bacterium.
  • Solve it and you get 10 gems, once a day. You can try as often as you like.
  • Your cannon takes the colour of your best medal: bronze, silver or gold.

Four things to pull off. Each one gives 10 gems, once. The trophy at the top left of the game’s window shows which you have.

  • Big bang10 gemsPop 8 bacteria at once.
  • Chain reaction10 gemsMake 4 pops in a row.
  • Clean belt10 gemsClear a level before the row is halfway to the funnel.
  • Every shot counts10 gemsClear a level without a lost or binned shot.
  • The levels never end: each one is a little harder.
  • Your avatar waits in the room while you play; the others see a game controller over you.
  • Every game is checked by the island's server: a score that doesn't add up isn't counted.