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Nested Factories

Fractal Foundry · published 21 May 2026, 16:50 UTC

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Hi everyone!

It’s been a little over a month since Fractal Foundry was announced. While waiting for the playtests, here is a small look at how nested factories work.

In this example, we create a simple Splitter factory that takes one input flow and distributes it across four outputs.

Here is the creation process of the nested factory:

You can watch the full video here:

Factories can be encapsulated into reusable modules and placed inside larger factories, allowing production systems to scale recursively.

Future updates will showcase factories nested across multiple levels.

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