Kaizen: A Factory Story News

Kaizen: A Factory Story is a great return from the Zachtronics team

Reformed under the new studio Coincidence, the team from Zachtronics have now released Kaizen: A Factory Story with Linux / SteamOS support.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/07/kaizen-a-factory-story-is-a-great-return-from-the-zachtronics-team/

UPDATE: Minor bug fixes

Today's update fixes a bug, mostly on Mac, where the output previews were dark green. It also slightly adjusts the arms of the "defender bot" puzzle to make it more obvious when they're incorrectly welded.

UPDATE: Graphics bugs, pachi-sol shuffling

In the spirit of kaizen, today's update includes the following improvements:

Moved the text-to-speech key from Alt to F1.
Adjusted the pachi-sol shuffle algorithm so that the first card is always usable and subsequent cards are less likely to be exactly the same twice in a row.
Fixed a bug where GPU utilization would jump to 100% when the game was minimized.
Fixed a graphical bug in the "athletic shirt" puzzle where the hem would stay on the bottom when the product was flipped vertically.
Fixed some issues in the "spring dress" puzzle where valid-looking solutions were not accepted.
Fixed a bug where the completion screen was always stamped by Ishibashi-san, regardless of chapter.

UPDATE: More small fixes

In the spirit of kaizen, today's update includes the following improvements:

Fixed a bug where the Shift+scroll hotkey did not work correctly on Mac when using an external mouse.
Clarified the rules for the ippatsu-dai variant of pachi-sol.
Made a small adjustment to the card dealing animation for pachi-sol.

UPDATE: Launch day fixes

In the spirit of kaizen, today's update includes the following improvements:

Fixed a typo in the "sandwich" puzzle story.
Fixed a bug in the "spring dress" puzzle where the belt buckle would not be accepted when flipped upside down.
Fixed a crash when fully destroying a product.