As it is the end of the year, you're entitled to your annual salary bonus. But since humans do not get paid for working at Learning Factory, your bonus is a 35% discount off Learning Factory game:
It is valid until January 2. KOTOVOD factory management, in its infinite generosity, also provides you other bonuses if the form of discounts, provided by our contractors at Luden.io:
All good things must come to an end, and this is what's going to happen with Learning Factory's adventurous Early Access ride.
In fact, this update wasn't even supposed to be here - we were planning to leave the game as it is before we release a really important one, named 'v1.0'. But we decided to make some final adjustments before the next big seasonal sale that starts in a couple of days.
There won't be any more content until the end of the year, but there will be some big news and announcements soon, so follow the news, and again: thanks for being with us! You're breathtaking.
P.S. Oh, we've also got some sneak peek artwork for you, which you can also set as the game's main theme menu (see the second one in the game):
v0.99.193 Released!
Added an option to reroll map seeds for Expeditions (without changing the initial map parameters) (suggested by Sunsphere11)
Tutorial update (kudos to shrewdlogarithm)
QoL updates
Imporved interface for Steam Deck
Improved mode for visually impaired people
2 new menu themes
Yet another 11 items added to the Steam Points Shop
Bug fixes (kudos to S'Kleer, Ennael)
A friendly reminder: don't forget about our collection of items in Steam Points Shop! Sergei the artist makes wonderful factory art to be observed from above, but his works' magic really shows at close-up perspective:
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How to Get More Involved
At Luden.io, we develop games while constantly listening to the feedback from our awesome players. If you feel proactive, you're very welcome to do one or more of the following:
Subscribe to our newsletter, to get the latest info about the game's development, and a sneak peek of the upcoming features and events
Record 10 minutes of you playing Learning Factory, and share it with us via this form. Your feedback is vital for us for making a more awesome game for you!
Here's another hotfix for Learning Factory! It inlcudes:
Tutorial update
QoL improvement for building Manipulators by Transporters (suggested by Sunsphere11
Bug fixes (kudos to (Plagueslav, s50114, vault boy, mylovewill)
Update and get back to work!
Hotfix v0.99.192
Hey factory builders, here's a little hotfix with a little pinch of new content, for a change:
Added sounds for comics
New theme for the main menu
Blueprints now become available after the Monument is awaken
Bug fixees
Update, enjoy, don't forget to share feedback if you have any!
Shadows of Beauty - New Update, v0.99.192
Hey engineers!
Lots of small fixes and tweaks can be found here and there in this update, but most importantly: we've started introducing final improvements to Learning Factory's terrain visuals! More on that below.
v0.99.192 Released!
Added shadows for the shorelines
Selected Ruins re-rendered
Added a new stat in the Statistics tab
Algorithm for spawning cats slightly changed for the first 2 hours of the game
Increased intervals for triggering certain in-game events, especially in the early game
Cats start requesting Fish a bit later in the game
Decreased cost for crafting Quality (+) Catnip Juice
Decreased cost for researching Hill Manipulators
Zeppelins crafting cost slightly decreased (suggested by Дима Тертичный)
Added a new trade deal
Certain trade deal conditions in Trade Ports were changed
Cat Knowledge Archives now provide science points not only upon pickup but also when activated on the Research Tree
Added a bunch of misc sounds for the character moving around and placing buildings
Added an option for regulating the frequency of cats meowing
Improved logic for triggering music and sounds
Activating snapping to line mode now has a visual effect (suggested by Дима Тертичный)
Added accessibility settings for sounds triggered upon hovering in-game elements
Improved tutorials
Added animations for selected tutorials
Improved copywriting for the English language
UI/UX updates
Performance optimization
Improved Steam Deck interface
Bug fixes (kudos to Nameless, Дима Тертичный, vault boy gamehag.com)
A new animated background added to Steam Points Shop
Re: Factory
In this section of patch notes, we answer the questions from the community that were submitted via the in-game feedback form and/or seemed especially interesting to us.
Q: Not sure if these are meant to be like that or not but when the credit scene rolls (at least the part with the ship) if i moved my mouse i could see the name of things on the map (i could also harvest and remove them). Also when building the ship, a few times it said i completed the part when i only gave 2 things instead of 3 (so if it asked for 100a, 50b and 300c and i gave it 100a and 300c it closed itself and said its done) -Nameless A: We've fixed the bug with the tooltips, thanks for pointing that out. As for filling the Catopia Ark, it does not require all the items, just a bunch for you to select from. You can see the overall amount of items needed in the tooltip.
A friendly reminder: don't forget about our collection of items in Steam Points Shop! Sergei the artist makes wonderful factory art to be observed from above, but his works' magic really shows at close-up perspective:
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How to Get More Involved
At Luden.io, we develop games while constantly listening to the feedback from our awesome players. If you feel proactive, you're very welcome to do one or more of the following:
Subscribe to our newsletter, to get the latest info about the game's development, and a sneak peek of the upcoming features and events
Record 10 minutes of you playing Learning Factory, and share it with us via this form. Your feedback is so helpful, that we'll include you in the game's credits for doing this
We're continuing to making the final preparations for our grand v1.0 release! In this update, we've added a bunch of neew sounds and the long-awaited improvements of terrain visuals!
v0.90.190 Released!
Improved tile junctions' look
Improved terrain look
Added shadows for hills
Improved animation of the Catopia Ark engines
Added sounds for the Catopia Ark
Added ambient sounds for Zeppelins
Added sound for Dynamite explosion
Added sound for passing over trees while riding a Hoverboard
Added sound for hovering mouse pointer over an active element
Improved feedback upon interacting with soil, water, and lava
Increased time interval between new cats appearing and new items being requested at the early stages of the game (suggested by Cyber)
After researching the Smart Cat Store, a new quest emerges, with some Dynamite as a reward - to provide an option for terraforming at earlier stages of the game
UI/UX fixes
Improved adaptive interface
Improved tutorials
Copywriting fixes
Big update for Chinese copywriting
Improved tooltips
Performance optimization
Game engine version updated
Bug fixes (kudos to S'Kleer, Cat (the Black))
Re: Factory
In this section of patch notes, we answer the questions from the community that were submitted via the in-game feedback form and/or seemed especially interesting to us.
We have received bug reeports from the players Nameless and el stefano but the text of their messages got lost due to technical issues. If you're reading this and the bug(s) in question is still there, kindly send us a report again.
A friendly reminder: don't forget about our collection of items in Steam Points Shop! Sergei the artist makes wonderful factory art to be observed from above, but his works' magic really shows at close-up perspective:
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How to Get More Involved
At Luden.io, we develop games while constantly listening to the feedback from our awesome players. If you feel proactive, you're very welcome to do one or more of the following:
Subscribe to our newsletter, to get the latest info about the game's development, and a sneak peek of the upcoming features and events
Record 10 minutes of you playing Learning Factory, and share it with us via this form. Your feedback is so helpful, that we'll include you in the game's credits for doing this
This is not a drill: a hotfix has been released, with somy juicy bug fixes inside (kindly pointed out by S'Kleer).
Don't forget to update and enjoy the most wholesome Learning Factory experience!
The great tidying up - New Update, v0.90.189
Hey engineers, in this update we continue to make Learning Factory shinier, and even more colorful (see below). That concerns both the overall game look and the UI/UX:
v0.90.189 Released!
Improved biomes' visuals
Improved visuals for connections between different biomes
2 new colors for Zeppelins
Machine learning optimized (but more complicated models will be learning longer)
Added an option to remove map pins upon picking up the entire factory
Minor UI improvements all over the game
Improved adaptive interface
Improved Steam Deck interface
Bug fixes (kudos to Calame, Alex, Nazura)
Re: Factory
In this section of patch notes, we answer the questions from the community that were submitted via the in-game feedback form and/or seemed especially interesting to us.
Q: "unable to advance the item archiver upgrades" -mike A: The progress required for upgrades is counted for arciving items, not for producing Archivers themselves.
A friendly reminder: don't forget about our collection of items in Steam Points Shop! Sergei the artist makes wonderful factory art to be observed from above, but his works' magic really shows at close-up perspective:
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How to Get More Involved
At Luden.io, we develop games while constantly listening to the feedback from our awesome players. If you feel proactive, you're very welcome to do one or more of the following:
Subscribe to our newsletter, to get the latest info about the game's development, and a sneak peek of the upcoming features and events
Record 10 minutes of you playing Learning Factory, and share it with us via this form. Your feedback is so helpful, that we'll include you in the game's credits for doing this
We have some bug fixes (kudos to S'Kleer for reporting), so don't forget to update to enjoy the most polished experience in Learning Factory, as of today! Happy factory building.
