Hey factory builders! As we promised a couple of weeks back: this update is quite grand, especially for those of you who have played it into the later parts of the game! With no further ado...

v0.25.162 Released!

• The GREAT INTERFACE UPDATE officially began! In the upcoming weeks, we'll keep bringing Learning Factory windows to a new, lighter, leaner style
• Catopia Ark space mission - Learning Factory final challenge - is added to the game. Research, build and equip an expeditionary ship and send it to the stars, to teach the cats of the Universe the secret of living in abundance! NB: this is but the first iteration of Catopia Ark, expect more gameplay in the future!
• Added an upgrade for Cable Crafter, increasing the crafting limit
• Mouse grid now becomes available along with unlocking 'Manual operations on area' Multitool upgrade
• Changed conditions of unlocking certain upgrades to make them more comprehensive
• Increased item capacity for Fixed Price Store and Smart Cat Store
• Starting from the fourth milestone on the Research Tree, each milestone is also accompanied by a quest, which provides reward upon completion
• Added an option to generate a random map in the list of presets when generating a map for a Freeplay Mode game
• Crafting window opens on the same tab that's active on the buildings placement panel
• Improved tutorial
• Added an option to reenable watched tutorials, in case you forgot/missed something
• Performance optimization
• Bug fixes (kudos to sdgsdfsdf, Zydox79)

How do you like it? Don't hesitate to let us know: we're available for direct chat on out Discord server!

Re: Factory

Q: "Fish maker bug, the research to allow Fish++ to be produced in this one requires that you first produce 500 Fish++ to unlock it... as far as I've seen there is no other way to produce Fish++ than the Fish maker.Should the research requirement have been to procude 500 Fish+ and not Fish++ or how do I produce the Fish++ without this research?" -Zydox79 A: High Quality (++) Fish can also be acquired by placing a Fishing Spot under the ground. We've specified unlocking conditions to make it more clear Q: "Add rails you can ride on for quick travel" -family-***** A: You can use Teleports for faster navigation around different parts of the map Q: "When you alt-tab to another program, it would be nice if the game would detect that and not switch to the hybrid view" -Zydox79 A: Not sure if we can make this happen, but we'll give it a shot 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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