Learning Factory News

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
  

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[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

Ahoy, engineers!

A couple of weeks back we've asked you about the next big feature you'd like us to add to the game.

Lots of you voted for a new machine learning model: we're working on it. Maybe it will even land into the game sooner than you expect...

But we were never planning to stop there, so today's question is: what's the NEXT machine learning method that you'd like to see in Learning Factory, improving lives of cats around the Universe?

We've got 2 options for you to consider:

[h3]〽️ The Migthy Polynomial Regression[/h3] (read an article / watch a video)
[h3]🧠 The Notorious Neural Networks[/h3] (read an article / watch a video)

Which of those worthy warriors will win the glorious battle for the hearts of you, the players?

[h2]Head to our Discord Server and let us know of your decision![/h2]

Not all heroes wear capes. Come to think of it, not all of them wear clothes at all. Our robots usually wear no clothes (doing it with pride, too), but their part in building a better future for cats and humans is a very important one! It is our Cat Store Brobot Sales Managers, our Data Storages and Linear Regression machines that make KOTOVOD tick and collect and process data to fuel our very improtant research. And this week, their firmware has gone through a major update to ensure top notch performance on their never-ending duty!

On the other hand, our cat scientists surprisingly wear clothes at times, but their work is even more important and heroic. It was them who were living days with all work and no play with their favorite yarn balls, to make sure this data science breakthrough was even possible. Eternal glory to their heroic deeds!

And then, there are also human engineers, building all that stuff, planning, collecting resources, establishing production chains and doing other less fancy, but also kinda important work. You guys are ok, too.

Glory to science! Glory to KOTOVOD!

[h2]Version 0.7.10 Released[/h2]

• Updated Linear Regression model: other features are taken into consideration and predicting is done in a different way; types of cats making the purchase are also taken into consideration
  
• UI improvements
  
• Bug fixes
  

[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

KOTOVOD is not just a factory to make cats happier (although most time it's exactly what it is): it is also a hub of knowledge about cats and machine learning! That is why, starting from today, a comprehensive wiki is available to all Learning Factory engineers. In that wiki, you will find all the basic information about how machine learning is applied in the game and in real life back on Earth.

That knowledge will come in very handy, as more and more cats are flowing into Cat Stores through the renewed Cat Gates. Where do they come from? We might never know. Who created that Gate? We might never know as well. We sure do know how to make it even bigger, because cats deserve to be living in abundance and to start living like that, they need to visit KOTOVOD and stuff, specifically engineered and designed to make them happy! Glory to science!



[h2]Version 0.7.9 Released[/h2]

• In-game wiki added, telling about machine learning (and other stuff) in game vs in real life
  
• New price setting mechanics: you can now fine tune prices per goods per different types of cats
  
• Improved tutorials
  
• Pillow maker animated
  
• New and animated Cat Gate
  
• Data gathering is now longer available as a shop mod. Instead, shops are gathering data automatically and it doesn't influence the sales anymore
  
• Bug fixes, interface improvements
  

[h3]Warning: Saves from older versions will not be working with this one. If you want to keep playing with older version, select a separate '0.7.8' branch in the game's properties in your Steam library[/h3]


[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