Learning Factory News

Hey friends!

We've got exciting news to share with you today: our next game, Craftomation 101, is now in Early Access for you to check out!

In this game you get to use visual programming to instruct a gang of goofy robots to help you terraform a frozen planet:

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Craftomation 101 is now available with a handsome release discount to help you make a decision:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1724140/Craftomation_101_Programming__Craft/

There's also a free demo that allows you to check out the base mechanics!

In any case, please share your impressions about the game in the comments, or come by our Discord server - we'd love to chat and hear how you like the game, and how we can make it better for you.

Have fun!

Hey factory builders!

So, this week's Leearning Factory update got postponed for a week, due to seasoned epidemiologic situation (some of us got sick with the flu, but we're all betteer now!)

Which might be good, because at least one, maybe even a couple, new juicy buildings now have beter chances to appear in the game! Check out this WIP lava-pumping machine:



What do you think it does? Let us know in the comments or come to our Discord server!

Speaking of which: we have changed the procedure of working with community localizations. Instead of using external services, we now rely on good old-fashined Google Spreadsheets.

If you want to help us translate the game into your native language, please go to our Discord server, we will provide you with the link and appropriate editing rights.

Just a reminder: if you aren't happy with community translations, you can always try ChatGPT translation as an alternative.

In other news: though Steam Deck is not yet officially supported by Learning Factory, it can be launched still, and we improved the controls for better access to in-game hotkeys. Let us know if it helps, portable geeks!

Another friendly reminder: don't forget about our collection of items in Steam Points Shop! Sergei the artist makes wonderful factory art to be observed from above, but his works' magic really shows at close-up perspective:



Last but not least: please don't forget that we have a new game going to Early Access in less than a week! Add Craftomation 101 to your wishlist, to make sure you don't miss the release discount!



[h2]How to Get More Involved[/h2]

At Luden.io, we develop games while constantly listening to the feedback from our awesome players. If you feel proactive, you're very welcome to do one or more of the following:

• Subscribe to our newsletter, to get the latest info about the game's development, and a sneak peak of the upcoming features and events
  
• Record 10 minutes of you playing Learning Factory, and share it with us via this form. Your feedback is so helpful, that we'll include you into the game's credits for doing this
  
• Come say hi to our Discord server, or Twitter
• Check out some other games by us!
  

Hey factory builders!

It's been almost 3 years in Early Access, and we seem to have completed the list of things to have on Steam!

Let's see:

• Mod support and Steam workshop: check!
• An array of beautiful items in Steam points shop: check!
  
• And now, a demo: check, and check!
  

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

Send it to your friends and significant others! Let the fellows at school/work know, too!

Learning Factory's free demo has limited content, but its choke full of our significant chill vibe, a true zen factory building experience! And it has cats, too!

No reason to not download it. (Except for maybe if you own the game already - then you'd have to ask a friend to show it to you on their account)


[h2]How to Get More Involved[/h2]

Going to Early Access is but the first step to glory (and eternal cat happiness). Wanna be part of what happens next? Head to this blog post and learn how to help make the game even more awesome!

[h2]Share Your Gameplay and Become Part of KOTOVOD History[/h2]
Learning Factory needs your help! Record a 10 or more minutes of you playing the game, share a video using any way you see fit, write your name into Learning Factory credits and get a promo cat! Make history here

Here's a handful of kilobytes that make Learning Factory better:

• Bug fixes
  
• Lunar New Year in-game event is now effective
  

Hey factory workers,

This update is pretty standard stuff: polishing the game, improving the visuals, adding some features requested by you, the players! Business as usual, for a change.

However, we might have a Learning Factory-related surprise for you later this week! Stay tuned, stay alerted! Until then...

[h3]v0.26.169 Released![/h3]

• New upgrade: Priority Merger is an upgrade for the X-Switcher, and it only lets items from one of the two inputs to pass - unless it's empty, in which case items from another input are allowed (suggested by Lord Neodym)
  
• Re-rendered Rope Maker
  
• Re-rendered Dredge
  
• Animated Furnace
  
  
  
  
• Updated engine version (comes with slight performance improvement)
  
• Added contextual error messages for promotional buildings
  
• Added contextual error messages for Roadside Boutiques
  
• Upgrade for more spacey Storages now provides even more space
  
• Decreased Dormitory upgrade costs in the early stages of the game
  
• Grandma cats now appear a bit later in the game
  
• Hitting screenshot buttons no longer skips slides in the comics (suggested by S'Kleer)
  
• New cats are now registered at the Factory as soon as they arrive, and not when they reach the Stores (suggested by S'Kleer)
  
• Research projects slightly rebalanced
  
• Trading deals slightly rebalanced
  
• Added ChatGPT-made translation + community translation for the Estonian language
  
• Updated fonts for the Arabic, Hebrew and Thai languages
  
• Added alternate, ChatGPT-made translations for both Chinese languages
  
• UI/UX fixes
  
• Bug fixes (kudos to S'Kleer)
  

A friendly reminder: you can always chat with us directly on our Discord server. We're using Discord for work, so you'll find many of us there most of the time, don't be a stranger!

An even friendlier reminder: don't forget about our collection of items in Steam Points Shop! Sergei the artist makes wonderful factory art to be observed from above, but his works' magic really shows at close-up perspective:



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

Don't forget to follow Learning Factory on Steam to get the news about new updates as soon as they're out there



[h2]How to Get More Involved[/h2]

Going to Early Access is but the first step to glory (and eternal cat happiness). Wanna be part of what happens next? Head to this blog post and learn how to help make the game even more awesome!

[h2]Share Your Gameplay and Become Part of KOTOVOD History[/h2]
Learning Factory needs your help! Record a 10 or more minutes of you playing the game, share a video using any way you see fit, write your name into Learning Factory credits and get a promo cat! Make history here