Learning Factory News

Hey engineers!

We're continuing to making the final preparations for our grand v1.0 release! In this update, we've added a bunch of neew sounds and the long-awaited improvements of terrain visuals!

[h2]v0.90.190 Released![/h2]

• Improved tile junctions' look
  
• Improved terrain look
  
• Added shadows for hills
  
• Improved animation of the Catopia Ark engines
  
• Added sounds for the Catopia Ark
  
• Added ambient sounds for Zeppelins
  
• Added sound for Dynamite explosion
  
• Added sound for passing over trees while riding a Hoverboard
  
• Added sound for hovering mouse pointer over an active element
  
• Improved feedback upon interacting with soil, water, and lava
  
• Increased time interval between new cats appearing and new items being requested at the early stages of the game (suggested by Cyber)
  
• After researching the Smart Cat Store, a new quest emerges, with some Dynamite as a reward - to provide an option for terraforming at earlier stages of the game
  
• UI/UX fixes
  
• Improved adaptive interface
  
• Improved tutorials
  
• Copywriting fixes
  
• Big update for Chinese copywriting
  
• Improved tooltips
  
• Performance optimization
  
• Game engine version updated
  
• Bug fixes (kudos to S'Kleer, Cat (the Black))
  

[h2]Re: Factory[/h2]

In this section of patch notes, we answer the questions from the community that were submitted via the in-game feedback form and/or seemed especially interesting to us.

We have received bug reeports from the players Nameless and el stefano but the text of their messages got lost due to technical issues. If you're reading this and the bug(s) in question is still there, kindly send us a report again.

A 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:




[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 peek 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 in the game's credits for doing this
  
• Come say hi to our Discord server, or Twitter
• Check out some other games by us!
  

Hey engineers,

This is not a drill: a hotfix has been released, with somy juicy bug fixes inside (kindly pointed out by S'Kleer).

Don't forget to update and enjoy the most wholesome Learning Factory experience!

Hey engineers, in this update we continue to make Learning Factory shinier, and even more colorful (see below). That concerns both the overall game look and the UI/UX:

[h2]v0.90.189 Released![/h2]

• Improved biomes' visuals
  
• Improved visuals for connections between different biomes
  
• 2 new colors for Zeppelins
  
• Machine learning optimized (but more complicated models will be learning longer)
  
• Added an option to remove map pins upon picking up the entire factory
  
• Minor UI improvements all over the game
  
• Improved adaptive interface
  
• Improved Steam Deck interface
  
• Bug fixes (kudos to Calame, Alex, Nazura)
  

[h2]Re: Factory[/h2]

In this section of patch notes, we answer the questions from the community that were submitted via the in-game feedback form and/or seemed especially interesting to us.

Q: "unable to advance the item archiver upgrades"
-mike A: The progress required for upgrades is counted for arciving items, not for producing Archivers themselves.

A 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:




[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 peek 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 in the game's credits for doing this
  
• Come say hi to our Discord server, or Twitter
• Check out some other games by us!
  

Hey engineers!

We have some bug fixes (kudos to S'Kleer for reporting), so don't forget to update to enjoy the most polished experience in Learning Factory, as of today! Happy factory building.

Hey engineers,

This update brings even more overall polishing, but most importantly: all buildings in the game that were supposed to have animations now have them! These machines were working all the time but now you can see all of them in action - another big step towards the upcoming v1.0 release:

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

[h2]v0.90.188 Released![/h2]

• Animated Inventory Teleport
  
• Re-rendered Splitters
  
• Slightly improved connections between different biomes
  
• Slightly improved effect for items entering and exiting buildings
  
• Catopia Ark now has a visual exhaust when lifting off
  
• New tutorial: Research projects
  
• Milk pasteurization recipe buffed (suggested by S'Kleer)
  
• Improved art for Apple Trees
  
• Improved art for selected harvested plants
  
• Improved main menu interface
  
• Improved Wiki interface
  
• Improved Zeppelin Interface
  
• Improved UI for Steam Deck
  
• New animated avatars in Steam Points Shop
• UI/UX fixes
  
• Performance optimization
  
• Huge UI update to make it adaptive
  
• Bug fixes (kudos to S'Kleer)
  

[h2]Re: Factory[/h2]

In this section of patch notes, we answer the questions from the community that were submitted via the in-game feedback form and/or seemed especially interesting to us.

Q: "1)Привет. Или я не смог найти функцию зеркального отражения чертежа, или её нет.
Если действительно нет, было бы очень здорово, если бы она появилась.Спасибо за чудесную игру. " (Translated: "Hello. Either I couldn’t find the Blueprint scheme mirroring, or it doesn’t exist. If it really doesn’t exist, it would be great if it were added.")
A: Alas, we can't make it happen. We've been experimenting with it, but certain buildings can't be mirrored due to art limitations, and making twice as much art for the sole purpose of enabling building reflection would be too much time-consuming. This is something we should have considered at the very early stages of game development, which we haven't, unfortunately. We might consider adding it after the v1.0 release though.


[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 peek 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 in the game's credits for doing this
  
• Come say hi to our Discord server, or Twitter
• Check out some other games by us!