Learning Factory News

The faces of KOTOVOD Learning Factory engineers are bright with sweat and excitement, as they are preparing for the big day. The dust be blown away from every single screw, the chromed surfaces of glorious machinery are polished to the state in which they can blind a random observer. Dr. Katz is grooming nervously in his office, sleepless (that means, he sleeps for mere 12 hours a day) and disheveled way more than usual.

The hype is very appropriate at this point, as today KOTOVOD's administration officially announced, that
[h3]Learning Factory is going to Early Access on February 18![/h3]

That's right, folks! We're going big, very soon. Brace yourselves and prepare your engineering tools, because cats won't make themselves the happiest beings in the Galaxy (that's what you are for!)

During the next 2.5 weeks, we'll share some more teasers about what's expecting you. But for now, please feel free to run another couple of training sessions, because the free Alhpa will be shut down on February the 4th! If you haven't played it yet (due to some unbelievable reasons, because really, why haven't you!?), than you still have a chance to take a taste of what's expecting you on February 18!

Anyway, did you have a good run in the Alpha? Share your impressions in the comments or join the discussion on our Discord server!

Or just keep crossing the room, expecting nervously for the Early Access to begin. See you in the future! Glory to KOTOVOD!


[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

[h2]More Engineers Required[/h2]


We want YOU at KOTOVOD! Your participation in our Alpha program will help us create a more bright and enlightened future for cats and humans! Please use the information below to join our ranks:

To play the Alpha, please join our Discord server or sign up for Email list

And of course, don't forget to add Learning Factory to your Wishlist (check out the button on the right of this page!)

Also don't forget to vote for next features on the Learning Factory's Public Roadmap

At ease, engineers!

First things first: your beloved KOTOVOD Worker news sheet is going for a vacation. Updates for Alpha version of Learning Factory are put on a hold as well.

Don't worry, that does not mean our editorial team will be taking it easy - KOTOVOD workers don't have holidays, because we're too busy with making cats happy.

As a matter of fact, we're preparing for Early Access Launch of Learning Factory which is just weeks away - stay tuned for official announcement!

In the meantime, you can help, too! Please welcome our one and only

[h3]Cat Naming Contest![/h3]
The next update will bring a variety of cat scientists to work at Learning Factory's Science Labs. At the moment, Dr. Katz is working all alone, but company is on the way! Who are these cats? Where do the come from? What are their qualifications?

Well, you tell us! Here's how:

- Head to our Discord Server
- Drop a suggestion for a bio for a cat to the chat! Each cat has a Name, an Origin, Education and Previous Position(s). See Dr. Katz's bio as an example:



And that's about it! Number of entries is not limited. We'll add best ideas to the game and their authors' names will be gloriously written into game credits!

See you next week. Keep working and your efforts will be rewarded with knowledge! Glory to science, glory to KOTOVOD!



[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

[h2]More Engineers Required[/h2]


We want YOU at KOTOVOD! Your participation in our Alpha program will help us create a more bright and enlightened future for cats and humans! Please use the information below to join our ranks:

To play the Alpha, please join our Discord server or sign up for Email list

And of course, don't forget to add Learning Factory to your Wishlist (check out the button on the right of this page!)

Also don't forget to vote for next features on the Learning Factory's Public Roadmap

An average KOTOVOD engineer is known to be capable of fixing a synchrophasotron with a pen and some duct tape. These kind of skills are very vital, since the Union-era equipment on KOTOVOD sometimes used to break even before it was put into production.

However, after making some careful calculations, the Factory administration decided that wasting resources of creative minds on fixing holes must come to an end. Which is why they have upgraded KOTOVOD's operational systems. Now they're capable of tracking sales data in real time, allowing engineers to save time on staring at the numbers for hours. And that's not just it! A set of comfort-improving measures was taken, and according to our in-house non-anonymous mandatory survey, over 147% of engineers are completely satisfied with their working experience.

[h2]Version 0.7.13 Released[/h2]

• Event notification system: the game now informs the player of important events, such as new cats attending the factory or new kinds of goods in high demand
  
• Lumber Mill is now animated
  
• New cat features added
  
• Improved starting map
  
• Sphinx is now dug up instantly, along with the Lab
  
• When gathering multiple resources from the map at once, the kinds of resources made more distinguishable
  
• Added a tip for buildings that can be rotated
  
• Crafting window can now be opened separately (use 'C' button)
  
• In-game wiki can now be accessed only after digging up the monument
  
• New pipette tool: press 'Q' to instantly pick a selected building, if you have it crafted
  
• Entrances and exits from the buildings are now displayed in different colors
  
• Player character can move between the buildings placed next to each other
  
• Items can be dragged between windows
  
• Items from the building panel can also be dragged
  
• Minor UI/UX improvements
  
• Bug fixes
  
• Optimization, mainly of save loading time: it now happens twice as faster in certain cases
  

[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

[h2]More Engineers Required[/h2]


We want YOU at KOTOVOD! Your participation in our Alpha program will help us create a more bright and enlightened future for cats and humans! Please use the information below to join our ranks:

To play the Alpha, please join our Discord server or sign up for Email list

And of course, don't forget to add Learning Factory to your Wishlist (check out the button on the right of this page!)

Also don't forget to vote for next features on the Learning Factory's Public Roadmap

Happy Holidays, everyone!

KOTOVOD engineers do not have holidays, however, because cats have needs 7 days a week, 365 days a year (or rather, 687 of your Earth days, because a year on Mars lasts longer). This is why our scientists have released a major performance improvement update to the Learning Factory's apparatus and machinery right before the New Year: so we all could gladly start achieving even bolder goals right from the start of 2021!

Please return to the work ASAP before you get declared a slacker!

But we know how to have fun, too: many cats, visiting KOTOVOD Learning Factory these days, are wearing festive outfits to cheer up our workers. It's the small things that make up the atmosphere, you know, not those useless celebrations and days off!

Happy New Year! See you on the factory real soon. Brace yourself for a year of hard work:

[h3]Learning Factory goes to Early Access in Q1 2021[/h3]

Until next time, engineers!



[h2]Version 0.7.12 Released[/h2]

• Cats now have visible traits and accessories that were present, yet invisible since the previous update. Many cats are also sporting holiday outfits these weeks
  
• Starting objects and buildings on the map were rearranged
  
• UIs for Research tree, Science Lab and Store improved
  
• Crafting queue display improved
  
• While placing a building, actual occupied space is displayed in preview, thus making placing a building easier than before
  
• New hotkeys added, old hotkeys improved: buildings can be rotated both ways using 'shift' button, or instantly rotate it 180 degrees using 'F' button. You can see the whole list of hot keys in a brand new menu we've added
  
• You can now also rotate buildings that are already on the map, too!
  
• You can now add up to 5 orders at once to your crafting queue using RMB, or just fill it up to the max using ctrl+RMB
  
• All shops now occupy 6*6 tiles instead of 8*8
  
• Character running speed increased
  
• Research windows, ground level switching and hybrid view now become available only upon unlocking them throughout the game (and not from the very beginning as before)
  
• You can now see your total amount of money in labs and in the inventory
  
• Stores now display an average income per second
  
• Lots of texts improved
  
• Lots of bugs fixed
  

[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

[h2]More Engineers Required[/h2]


We want YOU at KOTOVOD! Your participation in our Alpha program will help us create a more bright and enlightened future for cats and humans! Please use the information below to join our ranks:

To play the Alpha, please join our Discord server or sign up for Email list

And of course, don't forget to add Learning Factory to your Wishlist (check out the button on the right of this page!)

Also don't forget to vote for next features on the Learning Factory's Public Roadmap

The way of KOTOVOD engineer is a pioneer's way, the one paving the glorious way to cats and humanity through uncharted stars... Alas, sometimes this path has obstacles on it, and one can't follow it without tripping over them once in a while.

But what lies in the end makes it all worthwile! This week, for example, KOTOVOD workers are celebrating the introduction of a new, improved version of Linear Regression machine - Polynomial Regression is reporting for duty to predict optimal prices for the best cat goods even better!

This phenomenal piece of news attracted fancy-looking cats to the Factory's stores. Unfortunately, the coolness levels of these cats, combined, caused distortions in the field of visibility, effectively rendering their fancy hats, canes and monocles invisible to a living person's eye. So these cats can only be recognized by their snobbish posture. But our technicians are already working on ways to fixing this unfortunate physical effect. Please stay tuned for further updates!



[h2]Version 0.7.11 Released[/h2]

• New machine learning model added to the game: enter the Polynomial Regression - a more sophisticated version of good ol' Linear Regression
  
• Three new features are being processed by ML models: cats' headwear, equipped item and accessories are taken into account when predicting the optimal price. These features are processed using Counters NB: Unfortunately, we are yet to add art for said items, which will happen in one of the next updates. As of today, they're all invisible. But they're there!
  
• Cat generation reworked: cats now have hidden features (see above), they can also order multiple item types at once
  
• Lots of minor fixes in UX/UI
  

[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

[h2]More Engineers Required[/h2]


We want YOU at KOTOVOD! Your participation in our Alpha program will help us create a more bright and enlightened future for cats and humans! Please use the information below to join our ranks:

To play the Alpha, please join our Discord server or sign up for Email list

And of course, don't forget to add Learning Factory to your Wishlist (check out the button on the right of this page!)

Also don't forget to vote for next features on the Learning Factory's Public Roadmap