Learning Factory News

Dear factory builders, cat lovers, science admirers and all our awesome page visitors! Please take a minute to read our monthly report of building Catopia on Mars.

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Character customization is now avaialable. While in game, press “P” button to make your alter-ego (and their cat) look amazing! Like here:


And here:


Mars terraforming campaign is going according to plan. Lava rivers (and underground waters) now appear under the surface of Mars and clouds are floating up in the sky!





New buildings, resources and items for sale. Introducing hot and cold biomes naturally implied us adding biome-specific buildings, and the first batch is already here!

Smoothie Maker makes the famous Martian Mice Cold Smoothies and must be placed somewhere in the north, as it needs ice for operating.


Another building that prefers to keeps things cool is Laser Pointer Maker, which needs to be sumberged into deep water.

Battery Maker, on the other hand, works on solar power and therefore must be placed under hot desert rays of the south.


As for cat vitamins, they're just good for feline well-being. They also contain nano-bots, which mission is to negotiate with parasites inside cats’ bowels and persuade them to peacefully leave their hosts’ bodies. Because there's no place for violence in Catopia!

And here's a glance on what those awesome buildings are producing at the Factory (plus an image of a Gem, a new resource for making Laser Pointers and Jewelry):


Up next: 4 new legendary cats are spotted at the factory (ok, at least one of them is definitely not a cat). Can you notice them at your Factory and find out what their furry hearts desire?


There are also new upgrades, new achievements, new Ruins on the map and tons of performance tweaks and UI/UX improvements! Finally, we've got a new gameplay trailer:
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That's it for this month, folks, but brace yourselves: we're now working on even more exciting mechanics, let alone drawing new comics and finalizing Stage 2 of our Early Access roadmap:


See you in the next edition of Learning Factory developer diaries! And if you feel like chatting or asking us anything, you're always welcome to our Discord server. Until we meow again!

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[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!

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[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

What is, really, the Catopia?

Catopia is like singularity, but with cats! Catopia is eternal abundance of goods (especially, for cats), without poverty, violence or excess weight.

Catopia is KOTOVOD's engineers end goal and Dr. Katz's big dream. Catopia is YOU.

This week, thanks to the work of our scientists from R&D department, new blueprints are available to be turned into new building, producing exclusive new goods for our beloved feline customers!

That includes mice-flavored icy Smoothies, nanobot-powered Vitamins (which happen to help send the bowel worms away), and, last but not least, the ultimate cat toy - the Laser Pointer. The latter does not include Batteries (to be crafted separately), nor human operators. The latter means more work for you, engineers! Isn't that just wonderful?

In other news, the very natural process of terraforming Mars has passed yet another milestone: clouds now appear in Martian skies, casting smooth and picturesque shadows on the newly terraformed planet!



A lot is done, but even more is ahead of us. Catopia awaits! Glory to science! Glory to KOTOVOD!

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[h3]v0.10.69 Released[/h3]

• 4 new Buildings: Battery Maker, Cat Vitamins Maker, Smoothie Mixer & Laser Pointer Maker. All of them require either specific biomes and/or landscape features for operations, so keep exploring and unlocking new territories!
  
• 4 new goods/resources: Batteries, 'Worm Greetings' Cat Vitamins, Mice Cold Smoothies and glorious Laser Pointers for your cats
  
• New Legendary cats
  
• New customization items
  
• There are now clouds, peacefully floating in the skies of Mars and casting shadows on your Factory
  
• Territories cost are now shown on the mini map upon hovering (no need to click them for that anymore)
  
• New events inform you when there's a Territory available for purchase and/or added to your wishlist. These events can be toggled off in a Territory trade window
  
• Remote territories' prices have been decreased (available in new game only)
  
• Bug fixes
  

Here's a selection of awesome new things (and cats!) to be spotted on your Factory:



Hey, let's discuss how you like all this stuff, shall we? Drop us a line:

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And 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!

We've releasefd a hotfix to make the game run better for you.

Thanks for sending us your feedback, you're very welcome to discuss your game experience with us on our Discord server!

Until we meet again!

Although KOTOVOD administration doesn't offer many benefits to its workers (no vacations, insurance or week-ends - the Catopia won't build itself!), it doesn't mean that Dr. Katz and his team stand against freedoms of the Factory engineers. At least one freedom - the freedom of self-expression! - is considered essential for every worker. Which is why every KOTOVOD engineer can now spend some hard-earned money to buy some fashionable outfits or even redesign their working tools, such as Hoverboard.

(Also, since all the engineers used to look exactly the same, it was hindering performance evaluation)

The other, most exquisite and rare items, however, will be offered for exceptional work achievements.

"We valuz our workearz veri much, jsut not theirz time and opinionz", - Dr. Katz commented in an official statement.

In other news, lava rivers have emerged under the ground. Probably nothing special, but we will keep an eye on this perfectly normal situation.



[h3]Version 0.10.67 Released[/h3]

• Introducing Character Customization: certain items can be unlocked for coins, others become available upon meeting target factory-building goals
  
• Rivers now emerge on the underground level
  
• Lava rivers also emerge under the ground (new game only): they cannot be crossed using regular Rafts. Typically, Lava spawns in the Southern region and under the hills around the map
  
• New resource: Gem Deposits can be found around the map and harvested by a Dredge for Bling production
  
• New Upgrade: Fireproof Raft upgrade now available (for crossing lava rivers). Fireproof Raft tiles can also be found around the map
  
• New Upgrade: 2x increased handpicking speed available for the Multitool
  
• New Ruins
  
• Ruins can now slightly change the map tiles around their spawning area
  
• Underground mini-map now available
  
• Underground map can be viewed in Freeplay mode when setting up map parameters
  
• Territories adjacent to the starting area now cost less (new game only)
  
• Cotton multiplication speed slightly decreased
  
• Wiki entries for goods and items now display the kinds of cats who are requesting them, along with request types (regular, specialized or upsale purchases)
  
• New events
  
• Dr. Katz requests automatically get cancelled if there was no progress towards completing them for 3 hours
  
• 2 new achievements
  
• Performance optimization
  
• Bug fixes
  
• UI/UX fixes
  
• FPS lock is now available in Settings
  

Hey, let's discuss how you like all this stuff, shall we? Drop us a line:

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• Discord

And 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