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New Update, v0.21.134: Teleports, Alternate Recipes & Underground Farming



Here's anothe Major update, which changes the game quite a bit! As usual, it started with a small idea, but ended up in revision of many crafting recipes, along with adding a couple of new buildings, and updating a bunch of art on the way.

Enjoy it and please share your impressions in the comments and on our official Discord server:

[h3]Major v0.21.134 Released[/h3]


[h3]Gameplay[/h3]
  • New building: a network of Teleports that can take you around the map in mere seconds, but each Teleport occupies 1 unit of your ML Capacity
  • New building: Gummy Press allows you to make Quality (+) Gum and/or High Quality (++) Catnip Algae
  • New(ish) item: Neon Cotton Plant grows Underground; research a Growing Neon Cotton Plant on the Research Tree to unlock a possibility to build Cotton Collectors, Hedges and use Fertilizers Underground
  • New(ish) item: Deep Algae works pretty much the same way, allowing to place Algae Harvesters and Booms Underground, once Growing Deep Algae is researched
  • Dormitory upgrades cost less money but will require certain items: the higher the level - the more complex items will be required
  • Catificial Intelligence Endless Research Project now increases ML Capacity with every level reached
  • Fungi From Pluto Endless Research Project now also provides a chance to automatically fertilized a newly emerged plant
  • Soil auto-crafting limit increased from 300 to 1000 (via Trichouette)
  • Fertilizer auto-crafting limit increased from 100 to 500 units
  • Added another Blueprint suggestion to the Wiki
  • New music

[h3]Gameplay Special: Upgrades & Recipes[/h3]
  • New upgrade: Gummy Press can be upgraded to make High Quality (++) Gum (2 different recipes available)
  • New upgrade for Metal Furnace that increases smelting speed
  • The upgrade for increased production quality of Fish Makers now provides High Quality Fish instead of Quality Fish. The recipe's item requirements & unlock requirements have been altered as well
  • New upgrade: Cat House Maker can be upgraded for increased production speed
  • New recipe: all Underground Drills now include a recipe for crafting twice as fast compared to default recipe
  • New recipe: Metal Furnace now includes 2 alternate recipes that make smelting twice as fast compared to default recipe
  • New recipe: Concrete Mixer now includes a default recipe for producing Quality Concrete twise as fast compared to original recipe
  • New recipe: added an alternative recipe for making Chewing Gum
  • New recipe: Claw Sharpener Maker now includes a default recipe for producing Quality Claw Sharpeners
  • New recipe: Bling Machine now includes 2 alternate recipes for producing Blings and Quality Blings
  • New recipe: Cat House Maker now includes 2 alternate recipes for producing Quality and High Quality Cat Houses (both recipes require Concrete)
  • Default Smoothie recipe no longer requires Apple Boxes
  • Producing Cat Food now requires 2 Fish instead of 1
  • Default Graphic Card recipe now requires 2 Microchips instead of 3
  • Bubble Gum Mixer now produces Gum in batches of 3
  • Time for selected recipes was altered within 1-2 ticks to better balance proportions between interdependent buildings

[h3]Engine[/h3]
  • Upgraded to Unity v2022.2.20f1

[h3]Graphics[/h3]
  • Updated Chewing Gum visuals
  • Updated Jewelry visuals
  • Updated Cloth visuals

[h3]QoL & Interface[/h3]
  • Added an option to toggle cat researcher's skills increase notifications
  • Added an option to clear search results upon interacting with the target object
  • UI/UX fixes

[h3]Other[/h3]
  • Performance optimization
  • Bug fixes


https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory

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