Learning Factory News

Hey engineers,

When you get to design a factory, every small detail matters! And not only because you're working with complicated machinery, where everything will break if a detail breaks (do you like silly jokes as we do? share your favorites in the comments!). It is also important because we want you to feel comfortable while playing Learning Factory.

Which is why this new update is dedicated to making game prettier, along with making complicated mechanics more easy to learn!

[h2]v0.31.184 Released![/h2]

• Re-rendered Vitamin Maker
  
• New phrases for cats, specific for their place of origin
  
• Increased speed (by 1 tick) for selective Manipulators (suggested by S'Kleer)
  
• Increased size of bubbles for cat phrases on Transporters and in Stores, to facilitate reading
  
• New premade Blueprint for Cargo Docks, available in the Wiki
  
• New premade Blueprint for the tutorial
  
• New item requests and cat types appear less frequently in early parts of the game
  
• Performance optimization
  
• UI/UX improvements
  
• Tutorial fixes/improvements
  
• Improved tutorial upon picking a Cat Knowledge Archive
  
• Bug fixes (kudos to VladGev, U[A]T morningstar2651, Malolitrazhka)
  
• Massive community localization update for the German language (kudos to Bass)
  
• Improved Steam Deck interface
  
• 1 new unique cat researcher
  
• A new item per each categories of appearance for cat researchers (3 items total)
  

[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, You can always contact us directly in the comments or join our Discord server

Q: "My life would be so much easier if selective manipulators worked faster, because I need 4 of them to load/unload a Dock, and it gets clumsy" -S'Kleer A: We'd like to make it so Manipulators would occupy 1*2 tiles instead of 1*3 tiles so they wouldn't occupy so much space. But since they were not designed to be of that size from the beginning, it would take too much work to change them. So we've tuned up their operational speed, which is supposed to make more comfortable to work with, as one would need less Manipulators to achieve the same result.

Q: "My game froze during the map change, or at least it didn't continue loading. I even have it on video since I was recording at the time. With an interstitial sequence, I was asked if I wanted to pack my things and get to know another map. After some text exchanges at the bottom of the loading screen, no new line appeared. I waited an additional four minutes, then I exited using ALT+F4." -Emanuel - Vito A: Please send us a saved game filee and/or a video of your gameplay, so we could better detect and fix this issue! Contact us at [email protected], or on our Discord server.

A friendly reminder: you can always chat with us directly on our Discord server. We're using Discord for work, so you'll find many of us there most of the time, don't be a stranger!

An even friendlier 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!
  

It's that wonderful time of the year again, everyone! Time for picking flowers, enjoying the time in the sun, and (or?)... buying bulks of awesome games!

We mean Steam Summer Sale, of course, where you can get Learning Factory 37% off the price, and all the DLCs are 16% off too:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory/

Come one, come all! Make this summer count!

Hey factory workers!

With this update, we introduce an array of new tutorials, which will make the game much friendlier for new players.

We'd like to take a moment and thank those of you who played the previous, less comprehensive versions of Learning Factory: your feedback and your occasional confusion helped us understand which parts of the game must be improved and explained better. Together, we paved the way to a more cozy and relaxed Learning Factory!

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[h2]v0.31.183 Released![/h2]

• Re-rendered Neural Network
  
• Re-rendered Deep Neural Network
  
• Re-rendered Logistic Regression
  
• Re-rendered Stores
  
• New tutorial: Zeppelins
  
• New tutorial: Docks
  
• New tutorial: Store placement
  
• New tutorial: Service buildings
  
• New tutorial: Storage units
  
• New tutorial: Sales data
  
• New tutorial: Machine learning
  
• New tutorial: Logistic Regression placement
  
• New tutorial: Blueprints
  
• Updated tutorials upon starting a new game
  
• Updated CV window
  
• Minor fixes for Transporter connections
  
• Bug fixes
  

A friendly reminder: you can always chat with us directly on our Discord server. We're using Discord for work, so you'll find many of us there most of the time, don't be a stranger!

An even friendlier 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 friends!

We found some bugs in the game. This hotfix is here to deal with them. Please update and enjoy a less-buggier version of Learning Factory!

Hey factory workers,

This update brings you an array of animated and re-rendered buildings, but also improved tutorials and interfaces!

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[h2]v0.31.182 Released![/h2]

• Re-rendered Compost Machine
  
• Re-rendered Fish Maker
  
• New art for the Arctic Ocean
  
• Updated art for Transporter crossroad tiles
  
• Animated Smoothie Maker
  
• Animated Milk Drill
  
• Animated Brew Intensifier
  
• Re-rendered Logistic Regression
  
• Metals on the map shoot sparks when a player crosses them over on a Hoverboard
  
• Updated particles from crossing objects over on a Hoverboard
  
• VSync option in the Settings
  
• Improved tooltips for ML models
  
• Improved visualization of Blueprints on the mouse pointer
  
• Improved interface
  
• Updated interface for Machine Learning model window
  
• New interface for Science Labs
  
• Improved tutorials for Data Storage, Dr. Katz's Office, Tunnels, and Blueprints
  
• Added more info about real-life data processing
  
• A new achievement (suggested by Ferri)
  
• A new parameter for Stats & Scores menu
  
• Improved controls on Steam Deck
  
• Improved tooltips
  
• Performance optimization
  
• Bug fixes (kudos to Ferri, Cat (the Black), mylovewill, 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, You can always contact us directly in the comments or join our Discord server

Q: "Consider SHIFT+LCLICK on a placed object, like a lumber mill, to go into "place mode" for the lumber mill. This will allow players to not have to find the building in their build menu if they want to quickly copy a pre-existing building." -rosco.greenmage A: You can activate the Pipette tool by pressing 'Q', hopefully, it solves the issue for you!

Q: "I think it would be good to have a type of store that can also sell multiple types of the same item. In this way, I think this would resonate with loyalty. Cats that are okay with basic Yarn will have that sold to them, while there is a different shelf for Yarn +, and yet another shelf for Yarn ++ reserved for only the pickiest of catty clientelle." -rosco.greenmage A: That would be really cool, but the way the game code is organized does not allow implementation of such feature. Besides. the release is just around the corner, it's a bit late to add that.

Q: "To continue with the theme of a learning type factory, would it be good to have Catopia Ark contruction worker type cats go through a store to get the required parts rather than player supplied?" -rosco.greenmage A: Sounds interesting, but again, does not match with the game's design.

Q: "WHEN I PAUSES WHY DO I STILL MOVE?" -Pubaroo A: That was implemented for your convenience, but you can always choose not to move if you don't want to!

A friendly reminder: you can always chat with us directly on our Discord server. We're using Discord for work, so you'll find many of us there most of the time, don't be a stranger!

An even friendlier 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!