Craftomation 101 News

Hey mates,

This is one of those times, when the heading says it all! Random act of spring kindness: Craftomation 101 is 20% off for this whole week, and DLCs are 10% off, too!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1724140/Craftomation_101_Programming__Craft/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2795690/Craftomation_101_Art_Pack/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2795680/Craftomation_101_Soundtrack/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2832980/Craftomation_101_Mega_Map_of_SelfReplicating_Machines/

Get one of them, or get them all! Tell a friend! Have fun, and let us know how you like it.

We wanted to throw it last week to celebrate the International Day of Human Space Flight and even made a special art for it (see below)... But then we decided to give that update some more playtesting. Besides, robots really started conquering space a bit later than the first human got there, so it only made sense. And they're doing a heck of a job too! Just look at those handsome shiny beasts:



[h3]----------------------How to get more involved?----------------------[/h3]


If you want Craftomation 101, we got you! Here's what you can do:

• Join our Discord server, find your mates and chat with us, the devs
  
• Subscribe to our mailing list to get the latest Craftomation-related news
  
• Follow Craftomation 101 on Twitter

You probably saw the "Add to your wishlist" message several times here on Steam. But what are all the developers asking it for, should you click that green (or blue) button, what is it?

You can add the game to the wishlist right here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1724140/Craftomation_101/

Or you can do it on the game's page just under the video trailer, like this:


[h2]For players[/h2]
If you have a game on your wishlist you will:

• Receive an email on the release day
  
• See news about the game published by its' developer here on Steam
  
• Get notified about the discounts by email
  

You can always remove the game from your wishlist.

[h2]For developers[/h2]
The developer will know nothing about players who added the game to the wishlist. No email, no account name, no ability to send you a message - nothing. The only thing visible for the developers is the total number of wishlists
This number is a thing that can help the developers understand how much players are interested in the game, and how many additional features and level of quality they should consider to work on.

• 1,000 wishlists - almost nobody knows about the game, probably players don't want it or never heard about the game
  
• 1,000,000 wishlists - players absolutely crazy about that and expecting something really really good from the developers
  

[h2]Now you know what to do[/h2]
If you are interested - consider adding the game to your wishlist right now, it's like hitting the subscribe button on social media.
If you are not sure yet (or you waiting for the discounts) and want to see how the game is being developed to decide later - adding to the wishlist is the best option to tell Steam algorithms that you want to be aware of news and updates from the developer.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1724140/Craftomation_101/

P.S. If you want to talk to developers directly, suggest some features, and get more involved in the making of the game - Discord and Steam Discussions are great for that. Or let's chat down below if you have anything to discuss!

Ahoy, mates!

Slowly, but steadily, we're setting up the rhythm for regular content updates of Craftomation! This time we bring you new content: another obstacle and yet another command for overcoming it!

[h3]v0.72.1 Released![/h3]

• A new obstacle: Thorns appear in the second half of the game and provide you with endless fun of constantly removing them, as weeds do. Some more features might likely be added for them in the future (write us if you have your own ideas!)
  
• A new command: 'Set Speed' allows you to change a Craftomate's gear right from the code. Speeding up increases battery consumption, while speeding down a bit does the opposite thing (duh)
  
• 'Wait' command is now animated, so a bot doesn't look as if it's stuck, while waiting
  
• As was foretold, ales were buffed to the limit they're almost overpowered. We'll see about the balance, but in any case, combined with 'Set Speed', it provides you with new food for experiments
  
• Mid-game objectives (revolving around Sulfur source) were rebalanced
  
• 2 achievements changed, all the achievements are now indeed achievable (also added progress bars to achievements, where applicable)
  
• Fixed a bunch of particularly nasty bugs happening around the Brewery
  
• Other bug fixes
  

See you in a couple of weeks, when the next update rolls out!

And if you haven't done it already, please don't forget to add Craftomation 101 to your wishlist, it is an important marker to us, that brings the game's release closer:



https://store.steampowered.com/app/1724140/Craftomation_101/

[h3]----------------------
How to get more involved?[/h3]


If you want Craftomation 101, we got you! Here's what you can do:

• Join our Discord server, find your mates and chat with us, the devs
  
• Subscribe to our mailing list to get the latest Craftomation-related news
  
• Follow Craftomation 101 on Twitter

Ahoy, mates!

It seems like this is our very first public update (hotfixes don't count)... So exciting!

We're going to start small though: a few QoL improvements that hopefully will make your playthrough more comfortable.

That big war with bugs, however, goes on the very moment you're reading this. We will prevail in the next updates!

[h3]v0.72.1 Released![/h3]

• Visual effects optimization (resulting in the overall performance optimization)
  
• Added key bindings and an option to turn on AZERTY keyboard layout
  
• In the Program editor, tabs can be scrolled through, and their overall display was improved
  
• Fixed the bug (hopefully) that prevented selecting an argument for a node
  
• Fixed a bunch of bugs in processing Variables
  
• Copying and pasting programs works in a more stable way now
  

A little teaser! There is a feature which didn't make it in this update, but will definitely appear in one of the next: it's a new kind of obstacle, which is designed to make your journey to the Volcano more challenging and interesting. Here's a screenshot with a placeholder art, to give you the general idea:



Our goal is to update the game every two weeks, which means - see you in a fortnight!

And if you haven't done it already, please don't forget to add Craftomation 101 to your wishlist, it is an important marker to us, that brings the game's release closer:



https://store.steampowered.com/app/1724140/Craftomation_101/

[h3]----------------------
How to get more involved?[/h3]


If you want Craftomation 101, we got you! Here's what you can do:

• Join our Discord server, find your mates and chat with us, the devs
  
• Subscribe to our mailing list to get the latest Craftomation-related news
  
• Follow Craftomation 101 on Twitter

You probably saw the "Add to your wishlist" message several times here on Steam. But what are all the developers asking it for, should you click that green (or blue) button, what is it?

You can add the game to the wishlist right here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1724140/Craftomation_101/

Or you can do it on the game's page just under the video trailer, like this:


[h2]For players[/h2]
If you have a game on your wishlist you will:

• Receive an email on the release day
  
• See news about the game published by its' developer here on Steam
  
• Get notified about the discounts by email
  

You can always remove the game from your wishlist.

[h2]For developers[/h2]
The developer will know nothing about players who added the game to the wishlist. No email, no account name, no ability to send you a message - nothing. The only thing visible for the developers is the total number of wishlists
This number is a thing that can help the developers understand how much players are interested in the game, and how many additional features and level of quality they should consider to work on.

• 1,000 wishlists - almost nobody knows about the game, probably players don't want it or never heard about the game
  
• 1,000,000 wishlists - players absolutely crazy about that and expecting something really really good from the developers
  

[h2]Now you know what to do[/h2]
If you are interested - consider adding the game to your wishlist right now, it's like hitting the subscribe button on social media.
If you are not sure yet (or you waiting for the discounts) and want to see how the game is being developed to decide later - adding to the wishlist is the best option to tell Steam algorithms that you want to be aware of news and updates from the developer.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1724140/Craftomation_101/

P.S. If you want to talk to developers directly, suggest some features, and get more involved in the making of the game - Discord and Steam Discussions are great for that. Or let's chat down below if you have anything to discuss!