Learning Factory News

Hey everyone!

The biggest news about this edition of Dev Diaries: there're no dev diaries this month. Well, kind of. You see, the summer vacation period is upon us, and while KOTOVOD Learning Factory never stops, its devs sometimes need to.

That doesn't mean we'd leave you without content though! In fact, we've been keeping updating the visuals of cat items you'll be producing. Here's a summary of the job Sergei the artist did:





The new building of the month is our brand new Cargo Dock: an intermediate form of evolution between a Small Cargo Dock and the mighty Two-Item Cargo Dock - this one holds but one item but in a greater amount than a Small Dock does. At the same time, Two-Item Cargo Dock now holds slightly less amounts of the two items, and researching it is no longer mandatory:



And finally, here’s a couple of 2022 vs. 2023 screenshots - just so we could anticipate how the game has changed since last year’s summer:





A little heads-up: the next update is scheduled for August 15, so make sure you have a good summer rest, because there will be even more awesome cat-related awesome stuff once we return! In the meantime, here's some more Learning Factory content:

• You can watch one of the latest YouTube videos by Z1 Gaming (English) and Canal do Void (Portuguese). By the way, do you have a favorite content maker who you'd like to see playing Learning Factory? Let us know in the comments, we'll try & reach them!
  
• If you haven't seen it already check out this recording of us playing Learning Factory back in May
  
• Join our Discord to discuss Learning Factory with fellow players and with us personally. We share WIP stuff straight from the devs’ table over there, too
  

Have a great summer (or winter, if you happen to be in the Southern hemisphere)! See you in August.

Some bugs were neutralized since we've released the last update to Learning Factory. Please update again to enjoy an even less buggy game!

[h3]Hotfix v0.22.144 Released![/h3]

• Bug fixes
  
• 'Collect all items' option now picks up items around the map, too
  

This update comes earlier than ususal. It comes with a heads-up, too: present day labor law systems of the present are imperfect, which is why we still have to take annual break from our working activities.

Which is why the updates will be released slightly less frequent than usual. As always, we're planning to return back to rocking and maybe even rolling in the second half of August.

Have an awesome summer, everyone! If you don't go out of your house much (because there're too many video games to play), don't forget to open the window once in a while, and stay hydrated!

As for today...

[h2]v0.22.143 Released![/h2]

• New Smoothie visuals
  
• New Batteries visuals
  
• High Quality (++) Milk recipet altered
  
• Upgrade for High Quality Milk recipe provides 2 recipes instead of 1
  
• Updated tutorial
  
• Updated terraforming Guide
  
• More phrases for selected Legendary Cats
  
• Added a counter for satisfied Legendary Cat requests (suggested by Trichouette)
  
• UI/UX improvements
  
• Performance optimization
  
• Bug fixes
  

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

Don't forget to follow Learning Factory on Steam to get the news about new updates as soon as they're out there



[h2]How to Get More Involved[/h2]

Going to Early Access is but the first step to glory (and eternal cat happiness). Wanna be part of what happens next? Head to this blog post and learn how to help make the game even more awesome!

[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

Say what you want, but we think that when you put the word "Factory" in your game's name, that's basically a commitment. That means, another fortnight - another update! Yes, with more content. Yes, with another new building. Yes, with more gameplay tweaks. No, it's not gonna last forewer: we're going to release the game soon. But there's so much fun to have still!

[h2]v0.22.142 Released![/h2]


[h3]Gameplay[/h3]

• New building: Cargo Dock is more spacious than a regular Dock, but still only fits 1 type of goods
  
• Two-Item Cargo Dock is now a bit further on the Research Tree and is optional
  
• High Quality (++) Cat Food recipe altered
  
• New perk for cat researchers, allowing them to use all types of data from Data Storages
  
• Perks slightly rebalanced
  
• Doubled the efficiency of the Lumber-mill upgrade increasing the chopping speed
  
• Added a new default recipe for Lumber-mill for chopping Fir Trees in the northern biome
  
• After unlocking Tavern Tier 3 players can choose to search for researchers with the focus on selected knowledge field (suggested by Cat (the Black))
  

[h3]Graphics & Sound[/h3]

• New art for Microchips
  
• New art for Graphic Cards
  
• New art for Cat Food
  
• New art for Hammocks
  
• 2 new tracks for Underground level
  

[h3]QoL & Interface[/h3]

• Pressing Wiki hotkey when hovering mouse on an item in the Backpack or on the recipe list in a building opens this item's page in the WIki
  
• Item categories on the building panel are now available underground, too
  
• Improved object pickup (options)
  
• Improved Zeppelin route removal (options)
  
• Sorting by skill feature added to the Dormitory
  
• Sorting by skill feature added when selecting a researcher in a Lab
  
• UI/UX improvements
  
• Bug fixes
  

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

Don't forget to follow Learning Factory on Steam to get the news about new updates as soon as they're out there



[h2]How to Get More Involved[/h2]

Going to Early Access is but the first step to glory (and eternal cat happiness). Wanna be part of what happens next? Head to this blog post and learn how to help make the game even more awesome!

[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

Hey everyone! You know the drill: the full release is approaching, much stuff is being added to the game these months, and lots of polishing tasks lie ahead of us!

That said, this issue of Dev Diaries will have little text and lots of pretty pictures: last month was marked with not one, but two major updates, a new story chapter, a handful of new buildings, and a bunch of redesigned items!



Let's start with those buildings though: all of them will provide a lot of challenges and opportunities in the late parts of the game!

Gummy Press & Omniloom produce multiple types of High Quality items but require respectively exquisite ingredients. While Teleports allow you to travel between any parts of the map - given that you have enough Machine Learning capacity to afford them.



Lots of fun stuff is happening under the surface of Mars, too: there're now glowy plants for you to harvest & make into the finest cat goods in the Solar System:



Speaking of goods, the great redesign of in-game art continues! By now, most of the items you produce in the game, including Quality and High Quality items, have their own distinctive look! Within the next couple of updates, we'll complete our collection of uniqe-looking items (that is if we don't introduce more items - no immediate plans for that but who knows!):





Sorry, we won't be showing much of the new comics (except for the art we used for cover image above) - we wouldn't dare to spoil the fun of discovering them by yourselves! But we assure you, they're in the game: adding them allowed us to mark Stage 3 of Early Access as complete! It's been a bit more than a year since we've closed Stage 2 - we considered it a legitimate excuse to show you some images, all taken sometime in May of 2021, 2022, and 2023, respectively:







…here, have some more, wouldn't you:







And here's our roadmap, so you could appreciate the path we've come along with you, our awesome players:



See you with more Learning Factory news in July! In the meantime, you're always welcom to chat with us on our Discord server. Until we meet again!

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