Efficient Designs

Disclaimer

***SPOILER ALERT***

If you do not want to spoil the fun of getting to figure out your own efficient designs, DO NOT PROCEED.

Otherwise, if you're having troubles figuring out how to make your designs or want to compare your own to the ones below, then feel free to proceed.

ALSO, if you think you have a something to add or change, you may do so in this area as well.

Stacker/Color Mixer

2- Shape Stacker/Color Mixer

5x2 (5x10 mixer) (5x16 stacker)		Can stack shapes side-by-side for stacking upwards use 6x2 design.

6x2 (6x10 mixer) (6x16 stacker)

5x4

4x5

3x6 (3x30 mixer) (3x48 stacker)

Level 11 Builds

8x2

6x3

5x4

4x5

3- Shape Stacker/Color Mixer

9x2
	Can stack shapes side by side for stacking upwards use 10x2 design

10x2

8x3

5x5

4x6
original probably by uıǝʍɥɔsɹǝǝW on discord
in usage

Level 11 Builds

13x2

4- Shape Stacker

4x10
probably original? design by Hypermobile / Kiwi

6x6
probably original? design by freact

15x2
probably original? design by freact

Painter

Single Painter

6x2

4x4 (GodlessDeveloper)
	Can have inputs and outputs going either left to right, right to left or any mixture of the two

4x4 (Terry Iyou)

Level 11

8x2

5x4

Double Painter

6x3
6x3 Stackable

5x4
5x4 double painter by jwolfie78

6x4 (Without Compact Splitters)
6x4 Stackable without Compact Splitters by Vystel

9x3 (Without Compact Splitters)
9x3 Stackable without Compact Splitters by Vystel

Full array

7x10
7x10 double painter array by Alex_x90#5041 on Discord

Quad Painter

8x5
	Same-ish design like the one below but i didnt know that this was a design already

8x5
8x5 Quad Painter - you can do this without the gaps to make it look nicer, but it will cost you more blueprint shapes.

7x7

7x7
Shape input and output both on the same path but not the same line by MaxBolBas

6x10
Note that color inputs are flipped when hitting painter - As indicated by the matching A, B, C, D labels.

Cutter

Half Cutter

Keeping both halves

5x4
Submitted by GhostieFans

5x4
Submitted by JustANobody2107

7x2
Submitted by Kittekattus

Keeping right half

4x2 - 2x7

Quad Cutter

9x4
different output layouts by MaxBolBas

8x4

6x6
Main variants by MaxBolBas

5x7
variant by MaxBolBas

6x3

Cutting and Merging

8x9 all halves

Right half Left half Bottom half Top half

Blueprint String: >>>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<<<

Assemblers

Assembler factories consist of a combination of only cutters and stackers and are capable of producing one or more complex shapes. Examples are full windmills, 1/4 + 3/4 shapes, double rate diagonals, and a factory for producing every basic shape from a shape that is made from quarters of all the shapes.

Windmill

A windmill shape is this:

Windmills do not occur naturally in the game, and have to be made. Half windmills and quarter windmills can be found. To make windmills you have to use cutters and stackers. shapes are the only half windmills that spawn naturally.

1-Windmill Piece

Remember you need a total of 4 input belts to produce a full output belt

11x4 (1 in, 0.125 out)

12 x 2 (1 in, 0.0625 out)

2-Windmill Piece

You need 2 input belts to produce a full bet of output

8x2 (2 in, 0.125 out)

5x4 (2 in, 0.125 out)

4x4 (1 in, 0.125 out)

6x3 (1 in, 0.125 out)
Input Must have 2 Windmill Pieces on the Top left and Bottom Left of shape.
example of usage: Windmill Array

Level 11

8x2 (1 in, 0.125 out)
Windmill from halves

7x4 (2 in, 0.125 out)
Throughput constrained by merger, one input must be pre-rotated by 180°
example of usage: Windmill/Star array by MaxBolBas

Complex Shapes

Blueprint maker

A blueprint shape is this:

The shapes are used when pasting a copy. Bottom layer shape can be found in the world naturally or made.

Using Natural Shapes

6x9 Tile
6x9, premade shapes

10x6
Uses premade (found) shapes.
Array by MaxBolBas (also Absolute_Human on reddit)

2x25

33x11 (Full design)
Double painter full array design by Anntauri

10x28 (Full Design)
10x28 blueprint maker by Guangdengguan

Making Shapes

7x8

15x12
Redesign by Kjur	You can stack it next to each other, but belts and tunels on left are temporary, so skip those, while stacking (shown here for better visibility)

Logo Maker

A logo shape is this:

Warning!! This is the ultimate spoiler! Do not proceed if you like to have fun playing the game by yourself!

16x4
An old example of such build using painted white circles. Made before the wires update fixed stacker behavior. By u/Absolute_Human Link

16x4 with painting (or 14x4 minimized)
Was the most compact before the wires update. by u/raynquist Link

13x4
Probably the most compact post wires update. by u/Kahyxen Link

12x4
Can accept both full circles and bottom halves. Finalized version by MaxBolBas (u/Absolute_Human), original idea somewhere from discord Link

9x8 (8x8 if compacted)
original by u/DrewTuber (also worked before the wires) Link

11x6
by MaxBolBas (u/Absolute_Human) First posted here

16x6 with color mixing and painting
Tiling 8 of these modules produces a full belt of output. For inputs this takes full belts of red, green, blue, , and (the upper half can be anything as that is discarded).

15x8 with painting (double)
Using minimum paint and shapes by MaxBolBas (u/Absolute_Human) Link

Logo Shape Makers Without Quad Cutter

20x3

Logo maker designed by Jenkins07. A bit long but incredibly thin.

26x5

Logo Maker Designed And Made By AstroTheRandom011. Inspired By The 16x4 Maker. Uses No Quad Cuts.

9x17

Logo Shape Maker By AstroTheRandom. He Tried but most likely used a wee bit too much space.
Usage Of Logo Maker:

Rocket Shape Maker

A rocket shape is this:

It is very useful for upgrades and unlocking freeplay, but it is very hard to make. Here is some help.

12x7
Credit to Harmen Mulder. Uses (from top to bottom) CbCuCbCu, Sr(random quadrant)SrCr, and CwCwCwCW.

15x4
uses red half stars (by MaxBolBas)

18x4
uses particular found shape painted red and unpainted dummy shapes (by MaxBolBas)

22x12 with paint mixer

Includes color mixing and painting, based on the 15x4 design. Will require some copy paste to get all of the tunnels to work. Tiles to the right; 8 will require 3 belts of full circles, 3 belts of red, 2 belts of blue, 1 belt of green and 1 belt of bottom half star.

Purple Shape and White Star Maker

This shape is this:

These shapes are used for upgrading in later levels. One alternative is to use a blueprint maker but with premade purple and premade bottom shape.

18x5
Purple Shape and White Star (18x5) by Spartelfant
Tiling 8 of these modules produces a full belt of output. For inputs this takes full belts of red (2x), green, blue (2x), , and (the empty corner can be anything as that quadrant is discarded).

17x5
Tiling 8 of these modules produces a full belt of output. For inputs this takes a half belt of green, and full belts of red, blue, , and (the empty corner can be anything as that quadrant is discarded).

11x4

6x5
Submitted by JustANobody2107

Martian Logo (Level 18)

The martian face to reach Level 18 (9 x 11)

Smart factories

Factories that uses filters to perform selective actions.

Universal Mixer
Smart mixer by nabbydude#6396, Geo#8488, and Alex_x90#5041 on discord.

Shape selector

2 layer stacker
Stacks into 2 layers when normally a stacker would stack them into 1 layer
Such as logo shape
The top input is considered the top layer
The bottom input is considered the bottom layer
The middle input is junk pieces that end up being trashed.
Top output is "top" layer
Bottom output is "bottom" layer.
This example outputs left and right halves of target shape. If one half of output shape is 2 layers and the other half is 1 layer then the half that is 1 layer will be output at the top output if it belongs in the upper layer and will be output at the lower output if it belongs to the lower layer. The 2 layer half will use the remaining output belt.
If shapes can be stacked into 2 layers normally then the 2 input shapes are ouput unchanged.
The actual final stack of 2 layers not shown.
In a everything machine this outputs up to 2 of the final 4 pieces that can be stacked sequentially top to bottom for final 4 layer shape.
Warning my design is not fully tested. Use at own risk.

2-layer stacker example
4 belt output

See also: Efficient Designs#Everything Machines

Overflow Gates

Wires Update allows use of filters which is generally superior to using overflow gate logic.

Storage units prioritize the top output lane. If the top output belt becomes blocked/backed up then it will start using the lower belt.

This can be exploited in useful ways. Here is a painter than will output uncolored shapes if no pigment is given.

If no pigment is given then the painter shape input belt backs up. This causes the overflow gate to output unpainted shapes using the other path bypassing the printer. One problem with overflow gates is that they stop working as desired if your belts backup for reasons other than what you intend. To avoid this you can add these to prevent belts from backing up.

Here is an example of a universal colour mixer

Other Designs

Rotate one shape

If you have upgraded one and not the other this will help divide it up and avoid a speed loss. This is not necessary when rotator and belt are at same speed.

If you want full shapes made from two left and two right halves:

Combines left and right halves to themselves (by MaxBolBas)

Combined factory example

Example of multiple-designs combined to make a shape.

Everything Machines

Share your everything machine here with the template:

Overlap size length x width

Creator of machine	Physical	Wires	Inputs	Efficiency
	Length & width and image of physical	Length & width and image of wires	State what items go in which belts	Overlap size in square units divided by how many belts outputted divided by how many belts of input turned into a decimal Can be found with $output\div (size\times input)$

Helpful vocab:

• overlap size: pretend everything is on one layer. If you find the size of the machine on that imaginary layer, you will get an overlap size
• physical/wires: physical has white (or black with standalone) background and you can place belt, balancer, etc. In wires the background is green and you can place wires, wires crossings, etc.

If you don't know how to format table, find size, or find rates, just post pics in the comments

See also: Everything Machines

Efficient Design (painter 5x4 repeatable)

The pattern is repeatable and tunnel tier doesn't affect it