It's us, your friendly neighborhood experimental indie game devs. It's a fact that while True: learn() is a game that is done by now, We're still happy to see new feedback from you, the players, years after the game was released! It's an honor and joy, and we are endlessly grateful to all of you!
We have some thoughts about future updates for the game (no dates or promises yet, though), but for now, we are exploring some new ideas, which we'd like to share with you!
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As you may already know, we have released the v1.0 game of our next cat-themed game, Learning Factory, which PC Gamer once called 'an adorable factory game about machine learning and cats'. Adorable AND gigantic, we might add. A simple idea of a cat-themed tycoon led to almost 5 years in development and over 100 hours of content.
As for our other game, Craftomation 101, a spiritual successor of while True: learn(), in which you get to actually use visual programming on goofy robots, things are going fine for it. We have prepared a plan of things that we're planning to add before the 1.0 release (here's a deep dive into it).
Ivan the programmer now has some spare time (when he's not making updates for Learning Factory) to experiment with a new prototype. It's very, very early for any details, but it's safe to say that this project involves cats... and hexagonal tiles? Sure, why not:
Our lips are sealed for now, but stay tuned for more updates. To make sure you don't miss anything, do subscribe to our newsletter!
Remember how we called ourselves 'experimental game dev studio'? We sure love experimenting, and we have recently assembled another brave internal team to try something completely different. Some teammates have joined us - a game designer, an artist, and even an animator. And they're experimenting like it's going out of style!
Once again, we're deep in the pre-production stage right now; more gameplay types and art styles will be tested before - and if - we decide to move on.
But we will pick a direction eventually, so which one do you like more, 1, 2, or 3? Drop your thoughts in the comments or talk to us directly on our Discord server!
It makes even more sense because Discord server members will be the first to try out our next stage prototypes. Don't be a stranger!
We'll be in touch! But before we part ways for today, take a moment to gaze upon our studio's cats. As you can see, they are very well fed and taken good care of:
Until we meet again!
35% Off while True: learn() - It's Winter Sale, Everyone!
Wow, is it the end of the year already?
I hope 2024 was a productive time for you! And even if it wasn't - you sure deserve some time off for playing awesome video games!
while True: learn(), for example, is 35% off these days!
Have a great Holidays, and have a lot of quality playtime!
while True: learn() is 33% off, because it's the Autumn Sale!
It's that time of the year again, folks! The Autumn Sale is here, and so many awesome games are available with handsome discounts these days. That includes while True: learn() too, of course!
It's Ada Lovelace Day Sale, while True: learn() is 38% off!
Hey friends,
If you're following our news for some time, you might know that in our spare time from making games, we're also organizing an event that gathers games about programming, automation and engineering.
This year it is dedicated to Ada Lovelace Day, celebrating the first programmer in the world. We've got over 80 participants this year, and you might find some familiar names and hidden gems there:
And of course, all our games are discounted as well. while True: learn() is sold 38% off the price throughout this whole week, and the DLCs are 15% off as well:
There isn't much to add to the headline: we've got a sale! Except maybe for the fact, that this is the biggest discount on while True: learn() so far, and the game will remain discounted until October 14!
If you want even more games about programming, you might like our latest game, Craftomation 101, in which you get to use visual programming to instruct a gang of goofy robots and terraform a frozen planet:
In our other game, Learning Factory, you get to use machine learning and build a factory on Mars, that produces items for sentient cats. We've just released our biggest content update for it, and the v1.0 is just around the corner:
A friendly hint: Consider adding these 2 games to your wishlist, because there's a very special event planned for the next week. Just wait until October the 7th, and come back for more awesome deals!
New Update: v1.8.105
Hey folks, we've released another update to make while True: learn() shinier!
v1.8.105 Released!
Game engine updated to the latest version
Improved copywriting
Community localizations updated for the Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese (kudos to JAnthony and Auryn)
Performance optimization
And remember, that you're very welcome to discuss any while True: learn()-related issues with us on our official Discord server.
And if you happen to color up your Steam profile, don't forget our awesome new additions to Steam Points Shop, where you will find wT:l()-themed avatars, animated profile backgrounds, stickers, frames and emoticons:
Until we meet again!
Summer Sale! while True: learn() is 37% off!
It's that wonderful time of the year again, everyone! Time for picking flowers, enjoying the time in the sun, and (or?)... buying bulks of awesome games!
We mean Steam Summer Sale, of course, where you can get while True: learn() 37% off the price, and all the DLCs are 16% off too:
It appears that a few months have passed without any news from us, so we decided to write this post and share some updates.
First, while True: learn() has reached a formidable number of 6000 reviews on Steam! We're infinitely grateful to you, the players, for your love and attention: could we ever dream that a niche puzzle game like ours could get this big? Well, we certainly did dream about that, but we did not really expect it to happen, and yet here we are. Thank you!
Although the active part of development is now over, we are still supporting the game: the plan for the next update is to improve localizations to all the available languages. Stay tuned for the news!
Second, as you may remember, we launched the spiritual successor of while True: learn() named Craftomation 101. It uses similar node-based gameplay, but this time the programming part is very real: you'll get to write programs for a gang of goofy robots that will be helping you terraform a frozen planet:
If you like while True: learn(), we suggest you add Craftomation 101 to your wishlist as well, because, you know, a certain Steam Sale is coming in a couple of weeks, wink-wink, nudge-nudge! And in the meantime, you can check out the demo and decide whether this game is your cup of tea! Last but not least: the game was selected as finalist at Gamescom Latam, so keep your fingers crossed for us on Jun 26-30:
On a related matter, Craftomation 101 is made using Defold Engine, which we love very much, because it allows us to create a web-based versions of games in a very easy way - we'd like our games to be playable at schools, which are mostly equipped with Chromebooks these days.
And Defold engine runs on Lua programming language - which turned out to be a very peculiar experience for us! In fact, we wrote a whole article about writing a game on Lua, which made a splash on Reddit and The Hacker News. Check it out if you're into programming (lots of juicy details on coding with Lua inside):
What else is new? Learning Factory is getting closer to release scheduled for this year, and if you'd like to keep track on our progress, subscribe to our blog, in which we share news about our games every month!
And if you feel like saying hi to us personally, we're always up for a chat on our Discord server (and in the comments, and in the email inbox, and almost everywhere, really).
Thanks for being with us through all these years! We'll be back with more exciting news :)
Star Stuff - Does this world need more automation/puzzle games? It sure does!
Hey everyone!
We come with a game recommendation today. Our good friends at Ánimo Games Studio made this cute puzzle/automation adventure, in which you're reparing a star factory with some help from a bunch of robots! It's called Star Stuff, and it's out today:
