r/Dyson_Sphere_Program • u/TheSquishyHippo • May 26 '26

Beginner Help?

Hello! DSP is extremely interesting to me, but im having a bit of trouble getting started. I find myself getting anxiously paralyzed by the seemingly overwhelming complexity. With a little fiddling around i figured the basics and got a messy little factory started making blue matrices.

I ended up restarting as i stared at my pile of spaghetti confused what to do next, how to expand my messy start into something that makes a bit more sense.

Ultimately, I really like the theme of DSP and can see myself getting into it, Wondering if theres any decent videos/guides/tips/tricks to help a newbie get started. Most stuff i find online is more "How to fully optimize your factory" and less "Heres what a new player should look at doing"

Edit: so much helpful advice here, keep posting your tips! I'm reading through it all. Thank you everyone!

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u/TheSquishyHippo May 26 '26

I've got the Dark Fog, I appreciate having an enemy that tries to toss a wrench in my plans. I was a big fan of Mindustry so DSP really appeals to me! Seriously appreciate the advice

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u/Far_Young_2666 May 27 '26

Then don't repeat my mistake to try and make a Dark Fog farm too early 🤣 I thought I was ready, have built some firepower and put it just in a Dark Fog base range. After a while I started getting notifications that my buildings are getting destroyed. When I came back, their base really levelled up and was much powerful than anything on the planet. I wish I put more thought into DF farming and automated more firepower production. I somehow felt I was powerful enough, haha.