Learning Factory News

Hey engineers! We're back from our summer vacation marathon, and how! This update doesn't need long introductions, it's big enough as it is!





[h2]Buildings & Plants[/h2]

• New building: Omnimill is capable of harvesting High Quality (++) Wood and Boxes
  
• New building: Wohlwill Purifier refines Gold into High Quality (++) Gold, also produces High Quality (++) Jewelry
  
• New building: Quantum Tech Assembler makes High Quality (++) Graphic Cards, Microchips, and Cat Vitamins
  
• New building: Transporter Crafter was renamed to Logistics Assembler: it can now also craft Splitters and Tunnels, and can be placed under the ground
  
• New item: Underwater Neon Cotton is an upgrade to regular Neon Cotton
  
• New building: Corner-shaped Splitter is an upgraded version of a regular Splitter (suggested by Cat (the Black), Rex, Trichouette & others)
  

[h2]Visuals & Sounds[/h2]

• New Cat Houses visuals
  
• New music & sounds - Tundra biome has its own tunes now!
  

[h2]Upgrades & Recipes[/h2]

• Upgrade for Logistics Assembler provides more new recipes
  
• New default recipe for crafting Vertical Cables in Cable Crafter
  
• New upgrade: a recipe for producing High Quality (++) Milk
  
• New alternate recipe for Milk added to Milk Drill by default
  
• New upgrade: increasing the limit of teleported items for Inventory Teleport (suggested by busybeas)
  
• New upgrade: allows underground placement for Concrete Mixers
  
• New recipe for crafting High Quality (++) Concrete from lava
  
• New default recipes for producing High Quality (++) Cotton
  
• Upgrading the Dormitory no longer requires Quality (+) Boxes until 6th slot is unlocked
  

[h2]Other Gameplay Features[/h2]

• Cats can now leave tips in Stores (except for the Roadside Boutique) that depends on their Loyalty levels
  
• 2 new Blueprints added to the Blueprint Library
  
• Improved efficiency of certain trade deals
  
• Added trade deals for buying and selling Milk, along with summoning cats for Milk
  
• Cost requirements in Advertising Cat Gate increased for most cases (and decreased for some other cases), now more depending on the Hype level
  
• More variable cat expectations for the ad budgets in Advertising Cat Gates
  
• Cotton Collector can harvest Underwater Neon Cotton underground
  

[h2]QoL & Interface[/h2]

• Quick saving is now available ('F10')
  
• Improved localization for in-game comics for unofficial languages
  
• Optimization of saving game speed and saved game file size
  
• Improved Tutorial
  
• Performance optimization
  
• UI/UX improvements
  
• Improved recipes display in the Wiki, including recipes unlocked with upgrades
  
• Pressing ‘Ctrl’ + ‘F’ now focuses on the available search field
  
• Added an option to search for buildings on the bottom panel, activated by pressing ‘Ctrl’ + ‘F’
  
• Tooltips for most upgrades show their meaning even before they were researched
  
• Improved transitions between the Wiki, research, and events
  
• It is now possible to place Cat Stores on top of each other
  
• It is now possible to place Neural Networks on top of each other
  
• It is now possible to place (certain) Splitters on top of each other
  
• It is now possible to place Linear and Polynomial Regressions on top of each other
  
• It is now possible to place Manipulators and Long Manipulators on top of each other
  
• It is now possible to place certain buildings from related categories on top of each other
  
• It is now possible to unload Docks with Manipulators (suggested by Trichouette)
  
• It is now possible to manually place items on Transporters
  
• By pressing ’Shift’ one can now plan a whole line of Transporters/Cable from one point to another
  
• By pressing ’Shift’ + ‘Ctrl’ one can now plan a whole line of Transporters/Cable from one point to another, minding underground routes
  
• It is now possible to instantly teleport to the Monument
  
• Added research queue visualization
  

[h2]Other Awesome Stuff[/h2]

• Discord integration
  
• Rich presence on Steam enabled
  
• Bug fixes (reported by Angl, perhonen, Mambo, Cat (the Black), Sylman)
  
• Added community translation to the Estonian language (by Sylman)
  

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

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[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

Hey everyone!

The biggest news about this edition of Dev Diaries: there're no dev diaries this month. Well, kind of. You see, the summer vacation period is upon us, and while KOTOVOD Learning Factory never stops, its devs sometimes need to.

That doesn't mean we'd leave you without content though! In fact, we've been keeping updating the visuals of cat items you'll be producing. Here's a summary of the job Sergei the artist did:





The new building of the month is our brand new Cargo Dock: an intermediate form of evolution between a Small Cargo Dock and the mighty Two-Item Cargo Dock - this one holds but one item but in a greater amount than a Small Dock does. At the same time, Two-Item Cargo Dock now holds slightly less amounts of the two items, and researching it is no longer mandatory:



And finally, here’s a couple of 2022 vs. 2023 screenshots - just so we could anticipate how the game has changed since last year’s summer:





A little heads-up: the next update is scheduled for August 15, so make sure you have a good summer rest, because there will be even more awesome cat-related awesome stuff once we return! In the meantime, here's some more Learning Factory content:

• You can watch one of the latest YouTube videos by Z1 Gaming (English) and Canal do Void (Portuguese). By the way, do you have a favorite content maker who you'd like to see playing Learning Factory? Let us know in the comments, we'll try & reach them!
  
• If you haven't seen it already check out this recording of us playing Learning Factory back in May
  
• Join our Discord to discuss Learning Factory with fellow players and with us personally. We share WIP stuff straight from the devs’ table over there, too
  

Have a great summer (or winter, if you happen to be in the Southern hemisphere)! See you in August.

Some bugs were neutralized since we've released the last update to Learning Factory. Please update again to enjoy an even less buggy game!

[h3]Hotfix v0.22.144 Released![/h3]

• Bug fixes
  
• 'Collect all items' option now picks up items around the map, too
  

This update comes earlier than ususal. It comes with a heads-up, too: present day labor law systems of the present are imperfect, which is why we still have to take annual break from our working activities.

Which is why the updates will be released slightly less frequent than usual. As always, we're planning to return back to rocking and maybe even rolling in the second half of August.

Have an awesome summer, everyone! If you don't go out of your house much (because there're too many video games to play), don't forget to open the window once in a while, and stay hydrated!

As for today...

[h2]v0.22.143 Released![/h2]

• New Smoothie visuals
  
• New Batteries visuals
  
• High Quality (++) Milk recipet altered
  
• Upgrade for High Quality Milk recipe provides 2 recipes instead of 1
  
• Updated tutorial
  
• Updated terraforming Guide
  
• More phrases for selected Legendary Cats
  
• Added a counter for satisfied Legendary Cat requests (suggested by Trichouette)
  
• UI/UX improvements
  
• Performance optimization
  
• Bug fixes
  

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

Say what you want, but we think that when you put the word "Factory" in your game's name, that's basically a commitment. That means, another fortnight - another update! Yes, with more content. Yes, with another new building. Yes, with more gameplay tweaks. No, it's not gonna last forewer: we're going to release the game soon. But there's so much fun to have still!

[h2]v0.22.142 Released![/h2]


[h3]Gameplay[/h3]

• New building: Cargo Dock is more spacious than a regular Dock, but still only fits 1 type of goods
  
• Two-Item Cargo Dock is now a bit further on the Research Tree and is optional
  
• High Quality (++) Cat Food recipe altered
  
• New perk for cat researchers, allowing them to use all types of data from Data Storages
  
• Perks slightly rebalanced
  
• Doubled the efficiency of the Lumber-mill upgrade increasing the chopping speed
  
• Added a new default recipe for Lumber-mill for chopping Fir Trees in the northern biome
  
• After unlocking Tavern Tier 3 players can choose to search for researchers with the focus on selected knowledge field (suggested by Cat (the Black))
  

[h3]Graphics & Sound[/h3]

• New art for Microchips
  
• New art for Graphic Cards
  
• New art for Cat Food
  
• New art for Hammocks
  
• 2 new tracks for Underground level
  

[h3]QoL & Interface[/h3]

• Pressing Wiki hotkey when hovering mouse on an item in the Backpack or on the recipe list in a building opens this item's page in the WIki
  
• Item categories on the building panel are now available underground, too
  
• Improved object pickup (options)
  
• Improved Zeppelin route removal (options)
  
• Sorting by skill feature added to the Dormitory
  
• Sorting by skill feature added when selecting a researcher in a Lab
  
• UI/UX improvements
  
• Bug fixes
  

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