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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]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

Any KOTOVOD engineer is familiar with the looks of a cat portal — that mysterious gate which brings thousands of cats with pockets full of cash to the Learning Factory stores. Where do they come from? Perhaps, we’ll never know!

What we can do is make it so they would appear in style! Currently we have 2 options for the next version of Cat Portal, and we encourage you to let us know, which one you think looks better!

[h3]Option 1[/h3]


[h3]Option 2
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[h2]Head to our Discord Server and let us know of your decision![/h2]

Everyone knows that felines and humans have had darker pages in their mutual history. Sometimes it was about some tiger occasionally munching on some expendable human. But most frequently it were the humans who were harassing defenceless cats for looking too suspicious.

Fortunately, these grim times are over now. Even more fortunately, humans are now aware that although cats do not possess any kind of magic (which, honestly, would be kinda cool) they do carry around their infinite wisdom. And thanks to the magic of science, humans can make it up for centuries of kicking cats around. The time of KOTOVOD has come!

This week brings at least one more impressive piece of machinery to make your cats feel special: meet the glorious Pillow Maker, which, perhaps not surprisingly, produces pillows of exquisite quality to roll on. In order to make sure that there's enough cloth for making these luxurious items, Cotton Collectors have been redesigned for more efficient production.

Luxury stock attracts luxurious customers: rich and elite cats have been spotted on Learning Factory campus, looking (and finding!) the most extravagant and fashionable goods. And this is but the beginning! Thanks to the work of KOTOVOD engineers, cats will thrive in abundance!



[h2]Version 0.7.8 Released![/h2]

• New types of cats added: rich and luxury cats are here to find the most exquisite items you have to offer
  
• Existing types of cats rebalanced
  
• Cotton Collector updated: it now picks cotton from the area in front and to the side of it
  
• Cotton Collector now animated
  
• Starting map reworked
  
• Tutorial and tasks updated
  
• New type of starting store: Fixed Price Stores feature items that cost 1 coin. The Store that allows price tuning now must be researched before building
  
• Store crafting prices decreased
  
• Research price for the first types logistics machinery decreased
  
• Machine learning model updated, Linear Regression and Research Labs can now take the data directly from the Stores
  
• Data Storage is now optional for building: it speeds up research and stabilizes Linear Regression
  
• New building: Pillow Makers are capable of crafting comfy pillows for cats
  
• Crafting houses now requires pillows
  
• Prices of many items rebalanced
  

[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

Hey everyone! Today's vote is not about art, but rather about concepts: we would like to ask you what would you like to see next in Learning Factory?

🕹 - Smart Manipulator
🤖- Another machine learning model (we're thinking of tabular-based reinforcement learning, but there are other options, too)
🛠 - More means of production

[h2]Head to our Discord Server and help us shape the game![/h2]

On the vast planes of Mars, the harvest season never ends! Especially when it comes to harvesting fruits of hard work, being done by workers of KOTOVOD Learning Factory campus. Although the key to success is hard work around the clock, an experienced manager knows that changing even the smallest detail can sometimes lead to greatest changes.

This fall, thanks to technical modifications suggested by KOTOVOD Optimization Dept., Cotton Pickers are picking cotton from a wider territory than before: not only it boosts production, but helps fighting with excessive reforestation problem, so common on Mars these days. And that's just one of the many improvements, successfully implemented after suggestions from Optimization Dept., where work never stops, day or night. Is this department run by robots? Or maybe there are genetically modified I.L.L.U.M.I.N.A.T.I. operatives at work there? The answer is: it is not impossible! Anyway, the results are exceeding expectations and it's all that matters!

[h2]Version 0.7.7 Released[/h2]

• Wires visually better connect to buildings
  
• Tunnel movement direction can be reversed by clicking on it. Therefore, there's no more need to switch map layers to place some tunnels
  
• Reworked Cotton Picker is harvesting wider areas of cotton fields, cotton can be harvested again after a certain period of time
  
• Apple Pickers now require boxes from Box Makers to be able to pack apples into boxes. Additionally, apples are also being gathered from a 3x3 tiles area
  
• New hotkeys available: Ctrl+click switches between open inventory windows, Shift+click picks half of a stack of an item. Shift+Ctrl+Click sends half a stack of an item between open inventory windows
  
• You can drop items to buildings from your inventory without opening a building interface
  
• There's now a research progress bar for current research
  
• There's now a field for entering promo codes in the main menu. Try one of these below and see what happens: CATBUS, CHESHIRE, IRON_CAT. Also, you can get an extra one for sharing your feedback 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