Fay's Factory

• 🔮 Talking to Smith doesn't get you stuck in an infinite loop of nodding to each other anymore
  
• 🔮 Magic unit labels shouldn't remain on screen after duels now
  
• Fixed "Fullscreen" label in settings
  
• Speech bubbles display properly on tall screens now (btw if you are not playing Fay's Factory in 1000x1000 window you are missing out)
  

• New Time Dilation slider, allowing you to speed up or slow down opponents’ turns and the fighting itself.
  
• Also added post-process and audio effects when changing time scale.
  
  Note: This is in reaction to duels feeling dragged out, and the player having nothing to do during the opponent’s turn. I noticed I myself often speed up the time with internal tools, so I’ve added the same thing for you, dear player. It’s also fun to slow down the spell casting for that cinematic feel.
  

• New camera transitions between the islet and the factory. Factory now hangs in the sky, above the clouds.
  
• Kingdoms Map also uses this transition.
  
  Note: This adds a lot of feel to the place, makes background more interesting, and makes camera transitions less nausea-inducing. I might also add birds or high winds — you are in the skies!
  
  
  
• Added a new UI for switching between the factory and the islet: a railroad switch! Click or drag it to get around.
  
• Of course, you can still scroll up and down, or use keyboard shortcuts.
  
  Note: It’s been a lot of fun adding a 3D UI element, and I feel it adds to the vibe of the game. For too long Overseers have been oppressed by oversimplified colorless interface elements! Long rein the immersive UI!
  
  
  
• UI visual refreshments, including new logo, a few replaced fonts, black background for the pause menu, new animations, and more.
  
  Note: UI designs are certainly not a priority at the moment (releasing the game is!), but it’s something I enjoy doing. It's the little things in life.
  
  
  
• Removed black bars at the top and bottom of tall screens (including 16:10 laptop screens, Steam Deck, windowed mode, and whatever else you might think of)
  
  Note: This required remaking my old and stupidly made UI somewhat, and also adjusting the camera size (since I don’t want to cut off the factory or islands on the sides! instead, you get more real estate at the top and bottom of the screen.)
  
  

• New traversal mechanism for Edge Harbor: you now have to click through gates and stairs to get around town. Or use a new signpost UI for a shortcut!
  
• Remodeled some parts of Edge Harbor a bit, especially the area where your home is located (which is now known as The Wall.)
  
• Rewrote some older dialogues, especially the first meeting with the Board. You now have some lines to say there!
  
  Note: I think Edge Harbor still feels empty, and I’m working on making it not so!
  
  
  
• Added save files renaming (double click on the header of your manual save to do so.)
  
• Adjusted color correction somewhat.
  
• Fixed scroll bars not working sometimes.
  
• Fixed settings toggles acting up on not-1080p screens.
  

• New Side Adventure: Treasure Seas. Buy a boat from a familiar character, and engage in boat-to-boat combat to get to the treasures first. This errand will be given by the Board in HQ, after completing Displace Bay and No Job Slope adventures.
  
• Added New Errand marker ("!") for acquiring certain side-quests. They appear above the building in Edge Harbor, and above the quest-giver
  

• Investments: new mechanic for cross-adventure progression in Edge Harbor. Allows you to buy upgrades for your factory using Investment Rounds. There are currently 5 rows of Investments, affecting your Units per Turn, Health, Heal per Isle, Factory Power, and Max Power per Department. You get Investment Rounds for completing adventures. You will get them retroactively in old saves. You can access Investments through the board in the HQ.
  
• Certain camera moves (opening Journal, opening Pause, etc.) now use percentage value instead of an absolute one, making the zoom-out more consistent in small rooms compared to big islets
  
• Inspect Screen and Calibration Screen now fade out if you have Journal opened
  
• Updated the design of building prompts, now a bit simpler.
  

• Requirements: new mechanic for certain reactions and Engine outputs. You must pass a requirement to use a reaction. Requirements don't show up unless you are failing them. Some examples of requirements are:
  
• "requires at least 1 other magic unit" for "Double 1 random magic unit" reaction
  
• "requires at least 1 other available department" for "Random department of yours goes on Strike. Get 2 Gold" reaction
  
• "requires valid targets" for "Random opponent's department goes on Strike" reaction



• New Quirk: Hidden. Hidden magic units refuse to reveal their element to you. You must deduce it based on what departments are willing to take it. Opponents get confused by Hidden units, using them in a random way.
  
• New Effect: damage multiplier, applied for certain elements. Damage is rounded in favor of bigger number
  
• New Effect: extra unit at new turn
  
• New Effect: shuffle opponent's factory (might be used against you by the opponent)
  
• New keyword: Overtime, makes a department that was busy for that turn available for use again
  
• Inflict keyword now only inflicts quirks on turn began
  

• Reworked Calibration: now departments automatically consume power to support enacted policies, instead of manually adding/removing it. Cutting down on micromanagement.
  
• Reworked Look Close button into Oversee Power button: now it's a lens through which you can quickly manage factory power. Left-click on a department from this lens takes you straight to the Calibration Screen. Right-click on a department quickly reduces power in the department so you can use it elsewhere.
  
• Reset Power button in Calibration replaced with Manage button, which opens Oversee Power mode. Reset Power moved into Oversee Power mode, now located near the power meter.
  

• Calibration policies now display the change in the tooltip, instead of you having to try it to see. This can display changes to damage, element, effects, new crit and crit chance, and authorizing new reactions
  
• New mod type: authorizing new reactions
  
• Added animation for changing the reaction's element through mods
  
• In Reactor Overload (whenever you have departments consuming more power when available), there's now an arrow following your cursor
  

• Calibration Tutorial updated for the reworked mechanics
  
• Building the Spell Tutorial updated, now won't go away until you use a department. Also added an explainer about units per turn mechanic
  
• Factory Building Tutorial updated, now won't go away until you move a department into the Factory
  
• Slightly rebalanced order of after duel rewards, but this will be reworked in the future again
  
• Capitalization breakdown after duels is now available by default, instead of after completing Displace Bay. Hopefully, that will make the system more approachable. Frankie will get another job in future updates
  

• Effect rectangles now appear from the department/engine they are originating from.
  
• New units now appear above the department/engine/effect rectangle they are originating from.
  
• Some effects now have a thread connecting them to their targets (such as Doubling units, Inflicting Curses, Overtiming departments)
  

• In-world UI now can show tooltips. Added tooltip to in-world Factory Power for Building mode
  
• Added a camera cut for Inspect mode, instead of smoothing to it, because that was making me nauseous
  
• Added a camera cut for Engine Inspect mode, and changed how Overdrive animations work (now engine start spinning out of control when you Inspect it during a duel, and cuts away once you click Overdrive so you can continue using the factory instead of watching the full animation)
  
• Fixed return buttons in Engine Inspect, which used to overlap in certain situations
  

• If there are at least 2 reactions, and one of them take Any element, it will now read Any Other, and only work if no other reactions are relevant (this was already the case, but new label makes it official and clear)
  
• Doubled unit now waits until crit roll animation plays out
  
• Rewrote some reactions to be more consistent and clear
  
• Workers now play striking animation when department is On Strike
  
• Broken Engine hint in tooltip now shakes if you try to Inspect a broken engine
  
• Reactions can now have multiple keywords explainers per reaction
  
• Keywords in reactions are underlined
  
• Updated engine tooltip to use more consistent colors with the rest of the factory
  
• Updated department tooltip so that department's name wouldn't overlap with power in department indicator
  
• Updated effect rectangles appearing animation, now doesn't take as long
  
• Updated some effect rectangles icons
  

• Shift-Click on department now opens Calibration
  
• Shift-Drag on parts in Building mode now quickly moves parts between Factory and Inventory
  
• Tooltip now might change input prompts when holding Shift
  
• Tooltip can now show several inputs
  

• Opponents now can use "Select" effects
  
• Opponents now can use Calibration, either on policies assigned by me, or auto-distributing power if they have any available. This is not used widely yet, but I'm planning to use this for new difficulty curves
  
• Added special AI values to be used by opponents for some reactions
  
• Adjusted opponent's timing slightly
  
• Departments now display their status in tooltips, such as Busy (for this turn), on Maintenance (until the end of a duel), on Strike (until the effect is over.)
  

• Polished layout for Journal, now errand steps won't overlap if they're taking several lines of text
  
• Polished Errand Tracker in the top-right, won't overlap with Track button
  

• Improbability Department: fixed improved luck mechanic, now actually checks if you can use the element you get (this is locked behind 1-power policy)
  
• Improbability Department: added new damage reaction, "2 damage for each unique element in unused units." (this is locked behind 1-power policy)
  
• Tsar Cannon: now does damage first, then runs a crit check (with relevant policies)
  
• Wires Department: fixed accumulating damage not resetting between turns
  
• Wires Department: now get +1 damage for each unit that damage, which can be improved into "each unit use" through Calibration
  
• Wires Department: added a new Gold Reaction, "Random department of yours goes on Strike. Get 2 Gold." Must be first authorized through Calibration
  
• Wired Department: updated visuals slightly
  
• Knights' House: added policies for existing reactions
  
• Break Department: updated visuals, removed from the starting factory to reduce confusion in new players
  
• Fay Care: new reactions (Gold: "Restore 3 health", Ice: "Curse next 2 opponent's units"), added policies
  
• Vault: added policies, fixed animations
  
• Hot and Cold Air Manipulation Department: swapped reactions' elements, added policies
  
• Feed the Rich: reworked into a double department, with updated visuals, reactions and policies. Now will do damage or heal both you and opponent
  
• Warehouse: now might be moved into Inventory while you are building the factory, but they still must be in factory to exit Building mode
  
• Warehouse: added mini-version taking only one slot
  

• Train Engine: reworked passive bonus, now gives +1 Fire damage for the rest of the turn on using a Fire unit
  
• Revolution Engine: reworked visuals, replace Overdrive with "Open Build mode"
  
• (new) Drama Engine: "Reroll element of your last remaining unit" as a passive bonus, and "Next crit roll is guaranteed to succeed" as an Overdrive
  
• (new) Inspiration Engine: "Apply random Quirk to random magic unit" as a passive bonus, and "Overtime 2 random departments" as an Overdrive
  
• (new) Nostalgy Engine: "Restore 1 health for each unused magic unit" as a passive bonus, and "Restore 8 health" as an Overdrive
  

• Conversation font size is now a slider, instead of limited options
  
• Slightly adjusted the default conversation font
  
• New font for character names
  
• Added new dyslexia-friendly fonts, Atkinson Hyperlegible and Comic Neue
  
• Freshened up quick conversation settings
  
• If there's too much text on screen in conversation, the text will now go off-screen instead of overlapping with choices
  

• Added toggles in settings where appropriate (instead of list of two options)
  
• You can now press Escape to cancel rebinding
  
• Reviewed settings items, rewrote some explainers
  

• Fixed bug: Microskipping Water sometimes didn't provide a unit as described in tooltip
  
• Fixed bug: After playing Burn the Money mini-game in Displace Bay, departments didn't do any damage until reloading the game
  
• Fixed bug: certain resume gizmos were not moving for a femme Overseer
  
• Fixed bug: Tax Avoider used to give units to the player even if it belongs to the opponent
  
• Fixed bug: save files with longer names sometime had an incorrect layout
  

Engines Reworks

• Nostalgy Engine is a memory of how good your life and health were when you were young. Restore a certain amount as Overdrive, or get +1 health for every wasted magic unit at the end of a turn.
  
• Drama Engine is an invitation to play with the fates. Its Overdrive guarantees the success of your next crit roll, and its passive pulls an Act 3 on your turn, rerolling the element of your last remaining unit (which can both save and annoy you! Plan accordingly.)
  
• Inspiration Engine makes your workers work twice as hard for the same pay. Overtime your departments after they've already taken their turn, or apply a random Quirk to a random magic unit on the start of a turn.
  

• Train Engine has been reworked slightly. Its passive now grants you +1 Fire damage for the rest of a turn when you use a Fire unit. Previous passive always gave you 1 gold unit each turn, which I now think is a bit too predictable. Gaining momentum!
  
• Revolution Engine has new visuals and its Overdrive now opens Build mode in the middle of a duel. I've been cheating my way into the Build mode since forever, and now you can too. Busy departments are not movable — the inventory office refuses to handle dangerous magic materials. Cowards.
  

Hidden Quirk

Updated Tutorials

Departments Updates

Connecting Things

Requirements

Calibration Improvements

Overseeing Power

• Character creation screen now works correctly at any screen ratio, including in windowed mode
  
• Fixed visible flickering in the transition between character creation screen and gameplay
  

• Department popup now warns that magic unit will keep its quirk (Doubled, Cursed, etc) after going through Improbability Department or Tax Avoider
  
• Rewrote Improbability Department reaction to better signalize that you will get the same magic unit back, but with a different element (so it will keep its quirks)
  
• You can now continue dragging and using other magic units while the Doubled unit animation plays out
  
• Added an animation for Tax Avoider
  
• Fixed Failsafe Creativity policy for Tax Avoider, and removed No-limits Creativity policy since it doesn't make sense anymore with changes in the previous patch
  
• Added smoking gun VFX for Tsar Cannon Facility

Duel Flow

• Significantly reduced how much time was wasted on animations and camera moves during a duel
  
• Increased opponent's manipulation speed
  
• Opponent now starts moving their magic units before the "Opponent's Turn" announcement disappears
  
• You can now start moving your magic units before the "Fay's Turn" announcement disappears
  
• Added a slight camera shake on spell impact
  

Semantics

• "Spells" (the boxes with magic elements in them, like Fire or Ice) are now "Magic Units"
  
• "Spells" (the actual damage your sorceress deals) are now "The Spell", which you construct during your turn
  
• "Cast Spells" button is now "End Turn". Sometimes it's time to be immersive, and sometimes it's time to be straightforward
  
• The rectangle boxes in the bottom-left that used to show damage (for example, "6 shock") are now replaced by magical orbs, 1 for each point of damage. This is mostly a visual change, but it feels better to see just how much damage you managed to get from that Wires Department in one turn. They also appear above the department that produced them.
  
• Sorcerers now shoot as many fireballs as there are damage points in the spell. It looks extra-powerful to send your sorceress a lot of damage!
  

Explainers

• Department popup now features explainers for mentioned mechanics, such as Doubled or Cursed
  
• Explainers are also featured in calibration screen, in engine popup, and in effect popup
  
• Effect popup has been reworked to present information more clearly. There're also a few new icons for effects
  

Interface

• Popups are now locked in place, and won't follow your cursor after appearing. They also have a subtle "slide in" animation
  
• Department popup now informs you that department is resting until your next turn (after you've already dropped a magic unit to it)
  
• Department popup is now more clear about the fact that you have to drop either one or the other type of magic unit into department, not both
  
• Polished how department popup reacts to dropping a magic unit into department
  
• Polished engine popup looks
  

Gameplay

• Doubled magic units have been reworked with new animation and logic. Now, the game splits your Doubled magic unit into two basic ones, and applies them one after another.
  
• Some departments won't use up quirks anymore, including Improbability Department, Tax Avoider and The Vault. This means that if you drop a Doubled Shock into the Improbability Department, you'll get a Doubled Ice back, not two basic Ices.
  
• Rewritten Tsar Cannon reaction to clear up confusion about its mechanics
  
• Changed Revolution Engine passive effect: now Moves your Tsar Cannon to the most right at the start of the duel
  
• Fixed: if you restore a Tsar Cannon, and use it again, the first reaction might drop to 1 damage
  
• Fixed: spell queue might overlap with Return button when you are about to overdrive an engine