{"rewrite":{"id":"r_bf74b431ad0bfd8288c4ab90","clusterId":"c_e0f0dc57ddf643ac7474eae4","slug":"hello-world-studios-announces-beltfed-a-factory-defense-roguelike-for-pc","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Hello World Studios Announces BELTFED, a Factory Defense Roguelike for PC","summary":"Hello World Studios announced BELTFED on September 16. The roguelike defense game tasks players with laying conveyor belts across a planet, placing smelters and assemblers, and producing weapons to hold off insect swarms that reach the scale of hundreds of thousands. If the Nexus Core at the center of the factory is destroyed, the run ends. It is scheduled for release in 2027 on PC via Steam.","whyItMatters":"Hello World Studios is folding factory automation into a roguelike run so that production capacity and firepower scale together, a structure aimed at players who want the genre without the long hours.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eBELTFED is a tower defense game where the towers are produced on site. Players spread conveyor belts across a planet, place smelters and assemblers, and keep power grids and security in balance while the factory turns out firearms, flamethrowers, launchers, mortars, laser weapons, drones, and mines. The insects arrive in swarms of hundreds of thousands. Losing the Nexus Core at the center of the factory stops production and ends the run.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpgrade cards appear randomly and include buildings that explode and cannons that fire black holes. Progression carries across runs, unlocking new cards, buildings, weapons, Nexus Cores, and modules. Multiple planets are planned, each with its own rules.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"BELTFED announced: a roguelike defense game where you build a factory across a planet, mass-produce weapons, and hold off insect swarms of hundreds of thousands. Hello World Studios targets a 2027 PC (Steam) release and is working toward a public demo.","twitterPost":"BELTFED announced by Hello World Studios: lay conveyor belts, build a factory, mass-produce weapons, and fight insect swarms of hundreds of thousands. Random upgrade cards include black hole cannons. 2027 on PC (Steam); a public demo is in the works.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Hello World Studios announced BELTFED, a roguelike defense game where players build factory infrastructure across a planet and turn production capacity into firepower against insect swarms of hundreds of thousands. Runs end if the Nexus Core is destroyed, and upgrades carry across attempts. It is scheduled for 2027 on PC via Steam, with a public demo in development.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260919-468823/\",\"title\":\"Roguelike Factory Automation Defense Game 'BELTFED' Announced. Hundreds of Thousands of Enemies Swarm In; Mass-Produce Weapons and Fight Them Off with Bullet Hell and a 'Black Hole Cannon'\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4553,"outputTokens":636,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789796667,"createdAt":"2026-09-19T05:39:47.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-19T05:43:24.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-19T05:43:24.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_e0f0dc57ddf643ac7474eae4","canonicalTitle":"ローグライク・工場自動化防衛ゲーム『BELTFED』発表。押し寄せる「数十万体」の敵、兵器を大量生産して弾幕や“ブラックホール大砲”などで迎え撃つ","representativeArticleId":"a_4d463f92b5cace7cc6db2c00","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"BELTFED\"],\"studios\":[\"Hello World Studios\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-19T04:42:33.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-19T04:42:33.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-19T05:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20260919-468823/","title":"ローグライク・工場自動化防衛ゲーム『BELTFED』発表。押し寄せる「数十万体」の敵、兵器を大量生産して弾幕や“ブラックホール大砲”などで迎え撃つ"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["BELTFED"],"studios":["Hello World Studios"],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}