Learning Factory News

Releasing an update every 2 weeks is, to be frank, quite a challenge. But we couldn't be happier that we accepted it. During this pre-final stage of development, each update pumps the game with new content, new mechanics, and less bugs (or so we aim for but Early Access is Early Access). We like to work hard, knowing that we're making something that allows you to kick back and have a tranquil night (or a day? or a weekend?) of cat factory building!

This time we bring you more automation, more planning, and more in-depth research:

[h3]v0.18.123 Released[/h3]

• New building: Experimental Lab requires a base from Cat Knowledge Archive to be crafted. It occupies more space but any scientist inside works twice as fast
  
  
  
  
• New buildings: Soil Silo and Enriched Soil Silo automatically craft ground tiles for you +alternative recipe for crafting Fertile Soil
  
• Updated visuals for Cat Gate
  
• Added the Blueprint Library with pre-made Blueprints and an option to share Blueprints with other players
  
• Added an option to copy Blueprints from both map layers
  
  
  
  
• Area place/removal of terraforming tiles doesn't require an upgrade anymore
  
• New Upgrade: Fishing Spot can now be improved to be placed underground and produce High Quality Fish
  
• Cargo Zeppelins' speed is the same as regular Zeppelins by default; added another upgrade to increase the speed of regular Zeppelins
  
• Granny Cats can now appear out of Shopaholic invasion event but not too often though
  
• Inventory Teleport item transfer limit increased from 100 to 500 items
  
• Added an option to change mouse cursor size
  
• Cursor settings now available in Gameplay Options, too
  
• 2 new achievements
  
• Improved tutorial
  
• Optimization, Transporters optimization
  
• Bug fixes
  

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]
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Hey everyone!

This update came bit later than usual but totally worth the sweat and some occasional tears! The second part of Blueprint functions is now available for you to check out, with some more awesome Blueprint-related goodness to be introduced in the next updates. As for today...

[h2]Major Update: v0.18.121[/h2]
[h3]Gameplay[/h3]

• New Building: Cotton Gin improves the quality of Cotton
  
• Boxing Office now animated
  
• New milestone with a new unlock type: sell items to cats with high loyalty levels
  
• New parameter: ML capacity limits the number of ML models that you can place at your Factory. ML Capacity can be increased by conducting researches, buying territories and unlocking milestones
  
• Cacti growth rate decreased
  
• High Quality (++) Iron can be traded in Trade Ports for lesser amount of Concrete
  
• New Guide explaining the basics of Turing Trees
  
• Depending on Hype level, cats might visit service buildings of the same type several times
  
• Depending on Hype level, cats might add up to 3 item types to their wishlist upon visiting tasting buildings
  
• Five more upgrades of items for Quality: Yarn Balls ++, Claw Sharpeners +, Claw Sharpeners ++, Ropes ++, Pillows +
  

[h3]QoL[/h3]

• Added an option to mass select, copy, and rotate Blueprints (currently without Tunnels and without copying on both layers at once)
  
• New event type: indicates the first case of mass purchasing for a cat type
  
• New event type: indicates when a certain cat type requested more items then there are slots in a Store
  
• Improved tutorial and new research hints (suggested by Евгений Ры́марев)
  
• Added an option to change mouse grid size
  
• Turning on mouse grid enables mass picking items from Storages
  
• Turning on mouse grid enables area deleting Blueprints
  
• Turning on mouse grid enables mass removal of Transporters
  
• Turning on mouse grid enables mass planting (suggested by Евгений Ры́марев)
  
• Added an option to instantly place a Drill or an Extractor (if crafted) by pressing 'Ctrl+click' on a Metal/mineral source
  
• Added an option to request crafting of 500 items at once by pressing 'ctrl+RMB' (suggested by Евгений Ры́марев & xz215279)
  
• Text updates
  

[h3]Interface[/h3]

• Added an option to tune the density of clouds (suggested by Евгений Ры́марев & LoadRunner)
  
• Added an option to prevent requests tab from collapsing (suggested by xz215279)
  
• Added an option to change keyboard hotkeys for zooming
  
• Added an option to toggle sticking of different object types while dragging the mouse
  
• Improved sorting of items on building panel and in recipes
  
• Sorting of objects in the Wiki synched up to the order on the crafting panel
  
• UI/UX optimization
  

[h3]Accessibility Options[/h3]

• Added an option to change mouse pointer visuals
  

[h3]Code Improvements[/h3]

• Decreased save game file size
  
• Decreased game saving time
  
• Bug fixes
  
• Performance optimization
  

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

MEOW YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US

Hey engineers, base builders, and city planners of all ages! As you might know by now, there's an event going on, dedicated the games we like most: those about planning, building and optimizing complex structures.

Naturally, Learning Factory wouldn't miss it for the world! Your beloved cat-catering factory building game will be on discount from January 23 to January 30, and how:

[h3]34% off the main game, and 14% off the DLCs![/h3]

Pack your things, draft your plans, pet your cat - and see you on Mars!



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

Greetings, engineers!

Nothing special here, just a regular round of service of our bug-eradicating department. Please update the game, we hope those pesky creatures won't bother you today.

Hey everyone!

You remember how we told you that this year is going to be super intensive for Learning Factory? Well, here we are today, with new buildings, and some very important QoL improvements. Speaking of which:



[h3]v0.17.118 Released![/h3]

• New building: Furnace is here to help you smelt Metals into higher quality Metals!
  
• New building: Geothermal Furnace: Upgrades Metals in an even better way, but under the ground
  
• New building: Box Office - allows your catstomers test drive Boxes before buying
  
• Smoother items rolling out from Tunnels
  
• Buildings stick to the cursor line while dragging upon placement; for Transporters - only works while alternative layout mode is on. Sticking threshhold can be tuned in Settings
  
• Automatical ML model switching altered: switching happens upon comparing the average of latest prediction results. E.g. if one model is trained worse than the other one, but accidentally gets a lower error rate in a batch, switching won't happen
  
• Added an option to downgrade items in Docks
  
• Added an option to delete all Zeppelin routes altogether
  
• Zeppelins return to the Backpack when their route is deleted in the Zeppelin Routes section (via Евгений Ры́марев)
  
• Added an ability to reset keyboard layout to AZERTY (for players with the French keyboard layout)
  
• Interface fixes
  
• Bug fixes
  
• Optimization
  

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