Learning Factory News

Can we release a major update every two weeks? We sure can. Though this probably won't last - we'll take a break for Holidays - new (and/or revised, or improved) content for Learning Factory will be coming your way more and more often as we approach the game's full release next year!

Anyway, this time we have a whole new Factory planning mode, a rather important gameplay mechanics, 4 new Manipulator thingies and some visual tweaks - along with more stuff:

[h3]v0.17.113 Released[/h3]

• Cat Knowledge Archives now required to unlock certain parts on the Research Tree. They still provide bonus for research projects in respective research field, too! Some of the Archives might be found on locked territories, but there's definitely more than enough of them for unlocking all the research projects
  
• Blueprints (beta): Blueprints mode can be turned on the map, allowing you to place virtual buildings for advanced planning. More features will be added to this mode later on
  
• Updated art for selected items: Wood & Boxes, in particular
  
• 4 new Manipulators: Loyalty Manipulator (Regular/Long) and Request Category Manipulator (Regular/Long)
  
• Copying and pasting settings now available for Splitters and Manipulators
  
• When a building was copied with a Pipette tool, use 'Ctrl+Click' to place it along with settings from the source building
  
• Transporter layout mode switching button now available on the panel under the mini map
  
• Trade Port menu has an option to toggle displaying territories with Ports on the map
  
• Added an option to remove all the marks from the map
  
• UI/UX improvements
  
• Bug fixes
  
• New slide in comics
  
• New menu theme
  
• New achievement
  

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

And 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

This hotfix is a peculiar one! Not only it eliminates some bugs and improves some interface elements, but it also adds floating elements on Transporters to the picture!

Our hopes is that this will make look more lively. Did it work? You tell us! Drop a comment or swing by our Discord server, we're there for you!

Another day, another swarm of bugs eradicated by our brave bug-fighting squads. Update and build a Factory already!

Please return to work at Learning Factory. Those pesky bugs you might've heard about are no more!

• Regular bug fixes
  
• Text bug fixes
  
• Chinese localization bug fixes
  

If you see a giant and/or potentially carnivorous bug at Learning Factory, do not hesitate to report them with a special button in the upper left corner of the screen! Safe building, engineers.

Another major update in just a couple of months? Yes, that is correct! And it brings you new buildings, more underground gameplay, epic optimization round and so much more:

[h3]v0.16.105 Released[/h3]

• New Building: a Fishing Spot is a smaller version of Fishing Pier, working on shallow water and perfect for placing in the narrow watery spaces, such as rivers
  
• New Building: Hammock Testing Booth works the same way as Scratch-Testing Booth, allowing to try Hammocks before buying
  
• New Building: Napping Booth, same mechanics, but with Pillows. Awesome sauce!
  
• We've switched to a new version of the engine, much optimization happened to celebrate the occasion
  
• Additional art for regular Icebergs
  
• Terrain visuals slightly improved
  
• Underground Gold Veins with quality Gold
  
• Undergroung Gem Deposits with quality Gems, too!
  
• Dynamite can be placed under the ground. To blow up stuff. Finally
  
• Hillraiser Dynamite can destroy the lower level ground itself, creating more lava. You like lava, don't you?
  
• Quality Hammocks
  
• Mass picking upgrade for Multitool: allows mass placement of terraforming tiles and Rafts, also allows mass picking of Rafts (suggested by aCDRph3rr3t_Is_RunningAmok)
  
• If a high loyalty cat appears from a Cat Gate, they might request more items at a Store
  
• Machine Learning models will no longer try to predict optimal prices while gathering initial data
  
• More phrases for legendary cats
  
• Better view of legendary cats in the Wiki
  
• Multithreading is no longer in beta
  
• Optimization while moving to not yet loaded zones, especially if they contain big Storages
  
• Storages optimization
  
• Game loading time reduced
  
• Game saving time reduced
  
• The game no longer creates an exit save if a player saved the game manually before exiting
  
• Right 'Shift', 'Ctrl' and 'Alt' buttons now work the same way as the left ones do
  
• UI/UX improvements
  
• A new bunch of Cat Knowledge Archives will be generated (for future purposes) and everyone gets free science points for this inconvenience
  

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

And 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