Getting the alpha

Cite as: Getting the alpha
Original: https://factorio.com/blog/post/getting-the-alpha
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Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20130301052707/http://www.factorio.com/blog/post/getting-the-alpha
Accessed: 2026-10-26
Licence: © Wube Software; all rights reserved. Quoted briefly for research.
Credit: Tomáš Kozelek, "Getting the alpha", Factorio blog, 13 February 2013.
Notes: Says the alpha is now for Indiegogo backers, and records the original March 2013 promise.

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On 13 February 2013 Wube wrote that the campaign had looked futile in its first week, and that it had then offered the alpha at once to backers, which it believed significantly improved its chances. It stopped giving the alpha away on request; backers could still have it.	`post of 2013-02-13, fourth paragraphfourth paragraphfirst paragraph`	Dev blog