Lovely! Your idea of a "21st Century Lab" reminds me of a few games by Zachtronics, namely SpaceChem, Infinifactory, Opus Magnum, and MOLEK-SYNTEZ. I suggest you check SpaceChem out! But this is a bit of a risky recommendation, I should mention. They might spark new ideas, but these games are, essentially, a dangerously addictive collection of engineering puzzles.
Lovely! Your idea of a "21st Century Lab" reminds me of a few games by Zachtronics, namely SpaceChem, Infinifactory, Opus Magnum, and MOLEK-SYNTEZ. I suggest you check SpaceChem out! But this is a bit of a risky recommendation, I should mention. They might spark new ideas, but these games are, essentially, a dangerously addictive collection of engineering puzzles.
Awesome, I'd never heard of these before, are they similar to Factorio?
There are a few (mostly thematic) similarities, but I think those games are closer to code golf or programming challenges than to Factorio.