Stage 4 Complete - Major Update, v0.24.151

Hey engineers! And congratulations to you, as this update marks Early Access Stage 4 as complete! We've been really focused on updating the visuals in the past couple of monts, so this update is something new. On one hand, we've pushed it hard to make some of the game's mechanics more comprehensive. On the other hand, we've made crafting more complex and challenging for more intense brain stimulation!

v0.24.151 Released!

Visuals

New story comics - the origin story of how our nameless protagonist met their cat (named Cat), under rather rainy circumstances. Hopefully, this story will motivate you to care about cats (in-game, or real-life) even more
New theme for the main menu

Gameplay

Global crafting rebalancing (see below)
Added a whole new Wiki section explaining complicated in-game mechanics: Loyalty, Mass purchases, Upselling, Machine Learning, Data Quality, Research, Hype, Satisfaction Pyramid, and Legendary cats
Legendary cats request Quality (+) or better items from now on
Legendary cats are now classified as Cats with lvl 3 Loyalty
Cats with Loytalty lvl 5+ now request High Quality (++) items
Cats with Loyalty lvl 3-4 now request Quality (+) items
Improved tutorial
Square Cardboard Space Signal Emitter research project now provides a higher chance of summoning a legendary cat
During Shopaholic Invasion, cats with higher Loyalty levels may arrive, depending on Hype
Shopaholic Invasion duration increases along with your Hype level
New events, aimed to give the players better control over the Factory
Increased cat knowledge points reward for fulfilling Dr Katz's requests
Increased bonus cat knowledge points for serving legendary cats
3 new perks for cat researchers
New perk for Dr Katz
Random cats can get generated with the 'Genius' perk (fromerly available only to Dr Katz)
Research efficiency calculating mechanics for cat researchers slightly changed (may result in altered research time for hired researchers in existing saved games)
Selling items of quality gives a bigger boost to Loyalty
Upgrading Loom increases its' speed by 5 ticks instead of 2

QoL & Interface

Added stats showing tips left by each cat type
Added stats showing sales income from each cat type
Added stats showing total income from each cat type
Approximate research cost now shown under each research project
Added an option to clear cache in the settings, in case your minimap seems to be displayed incorrectly
Map name is now displayed for every saved game (starting from this version)
Choosing to involve incompetent researches into research projects results in 4x experience boost for those researchers
Upper panel now displays the amount of money spent on research and ads
Added an option to disable tutorial and instantly get a starting pack of buildings, if campaign is not launched for the first time
Machine learning models now display a warning if there's no Store/Boutique connected to a cluster
If your system language is not officially supported by the game, you'll get a warning and a suggestion to switch into English, when launching the game for the first time
Added partial translation into the German language by ChatGPT (community translation is still there, too)
Improved tooltips
Improved, more stable Twitch integration
New achievement

Techie Stuff

Updated credits
UI/UX fixes
Bug fixes (kudos to CheeseAndChocolate, MarcusZ, squibbons, bloom16night)

Rebalancing Crafting Costs

Previously, most buildings would require regular quality items for crafting. With this update, more complex items will be required for crafting, as you progress through the resarch tree:

Crafting T-shaped Splitters requires Quality (+) Iron
Crafting Quad Splitter requires Quality (+) Iron
Crafting Awesome Golden Statue requires Quality (+) Gold
Crafting Eco Dynamite requires Quality (+) Catnip Algae
Crafting Hard Rock Dynamite requires Quality (+) Catnip Juice
Crafting all kinds of Long conditional Manipulators (except for Cat Manipulator) require Quality (+) Iron and Quality (+) Copper
Crafting Long Quality Manipulator requires Quality (+) Concrete instead of Copper
Crafting Two-Item Dock requires Quality (+) Concrete
Crafting Pawssenger Dock now requires Quality (+) Boxes
Crafting Exit Cat Gate now requires Quality (+) Copper
Crafting Inventory Teleport now requires Quality (+) Copper and Concrete
Crafting Teleport now requires Quality (+) Concrete
Crafting Logistics Assembler now requires Quality (+) Iron
Crafting Cable Crafter now requires Quality (+) Iron
Crafting Soil Silo now requires Quality (+) Wood
Crafting Enriched Soil Silo now requires Quality (+) Concrete
Crafting Apple Collector now requires Quality (+) Wood
Crafting Fishing Pier now requires Quality (+) Wood instead of Iron
Crafting Fish Maker now requires Quality (+) Fish
Crafting Algae Harvester now requires Quality (+) Iron and Quality (+) Copper
Crafting Catnip Juice Brewery now requires Quality (+) Wood
Crafting Smoothie Mixer now requires Quality (+) Concrete
Crafting Brew Intensifier now requires Quality (+) Iron
Crafting Awesome Statue now requires Quality (+) Wood, Quality (+) Iron, and Quality (+) Concrete
Crafting Vitamin Maker now requires Quality (+) Copper
Crafting Geothermal Furnace now requires Quality (+) Concrete, and also 2 Drills instead of 2 Furnaces
Crafting Omnimill now requires Quality (+) Concrete and Quality (+) Catnip Juice
Crafting Wohlwill Purifier now requires Batteries and Quality (+) Catnip Juice
Crafting Dredge now requires Quality (+) Concrete
Crafting Cat Food Maker now requires Quality (+) Wood
Crafting Bubble Gum Mixer now requires Quality (+) Copper and Cotton
Crafting Pillow Maker now requires Yarn Balls and Ropes
Crafting Hammock Weaver now requires Quality (+) Rope
Crafting Omniloom now requires Quality (+) Rope, Quality (+) Catnip Juice, Quality (+) Concrete, and High Quality (++) Iron
Crafting Cat House Maker now requires Quality (+) Wood
Crafting Bling Machine now requires Quality (+) Iron, and Gold
Crafting Battery Maker now requires Quality (+) Concrete and Quality (+) Iron
Crafting Tech Overcharger now requires Quality (+) Concrete
Crafting Microchip Maker now requires Quality (+) Concrete, and Manipulators
Crafting Quantum Tech Assembler now requires Quality (+) Concrete, and Quality (+) Lasers
Crafting Schrodinger's Chamber now requires Quality (+) Boxes
Crafting Neural Networks now requires Quality (+) Concrete
Crafting Dynamite now requires Quality (+) Catnip Algae
Crafting Laser Pointer Maker now requires Quality (+) Concrete, Quality (+) Iron and 1 Battery Maker, instead of 2
Crafting Laser Collider now requires Quality (+) Concrete, Quality (+) Laser Pointer, and High Quality (++) Gold
Decreased Cloth amount reauired for crafting Small Cargo Zeppelins
Crafting Cargo Zeppelin now requires Quality (+) Cloth and Quality (+) Ropes
Crafting all promotional/tasting buildings now require Quality (+) items
Crafting Deep Water now requires Quality (+) Fish
Crafting Concrete Flooring now requires Quality (+) Concrete
Crafting Graphic Card Assembler now requires Quality (+) Concrete
Crafting Land Digger now requires Quality (+) Iron

So close to Catopia! Check out our EA roadmap:

Re: Factory

Q: "Make mouse grid able to multiselect dimantle or destroy. Would make clearing the map from plants much easier instead of clicking on them individually." -CheeseAndChocolate A: This feature already exists in the game, make sure to research an upgrade for your Multitool! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory Don't forget to follow Learning Factory on Steam to get the news about new updates as soon as they're out there

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Learning Factory
Luden.io

Developer

Nival

Publisher

2021-02-18

Release

Strategy Simulation Singleplayer

Out first game about Machine learning

https://store.steampowered.com/app/619150/while_True_learn/

What is machine learning?

Machine learning is a real-world technology that helps us to predict the future. This technology is covered with tons of mysteries theories but how exactly those predictions are made? In this game, you will use real machine learning from the simplest things to extremely complex ones. You will see that there is no dark magic here.

Digital Factory

Everyone can easily imagine a regular factory, but what is going on inside a “digital factory” like Amazon or Google?) How they understand what to offer, how to attract users, how reviews influence their business? We want this tycoon/sim game to help people learn more about digital factories, machine learning tech, and digital marketing.

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Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000
Storage: 500 MB available space

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