Hey engineers,
This update brings you not one but two teleportation devices! Use them wisely, enjoy other improvements and tweaks, and let us know what you think of them:
v0.24.157 Released!
New buildings && Gameplay
- New building: Telemanipulator - teleports items in short range. You can change the distance of teleportation by clicking on it. The further the distance, the more time teleportation takes
- New upgrade for Cat Gate: Item Donation Portal allows you to send surplus items to random cats in need all over the Universe. However, you won't make any money out of it. Or anything at all, really
- Increased efficiency of the crafting speed upgrade for Compost Machine
- Added an alternate base crafting recipe for Compost Machine
- Tunnels can be placed on Lava Rafts now
- Increased efficiency of High Quality (++) Fish recipe in the Fish Maker
- Increased efficiency for certain deals in Trade Ports
- Vertical Cable can now be placed on Rafts
- Added a new secret achievement
- Catopia points requirement for some MIlestones decreased
- More cumulative stats
Graphics && Sound
- Added a sound effect for Hoverboard
- Added Holidays decorations
- Concrete Maker re-rendered
- Claw Sharpener Maker re-rendered
QoL && Interface
- Pressing 'Ctrl' + click while adding a research project to research queue places this research to the start of the queue
- When hovering on a Blueprint that lacks resources for crafting, a recipe is displayed
- New tabs added to Stats menu
- Added a lens for displaying tile fertility
- Added a lens for displaying Veins and Trade ports
- CVs from aspiring cat researchers can be leafed through
- CVs from researchers do not appear when there's more than 10 pending candidates
- If a CV from a researcher is ignored for 2 hours, it is revoked by the applicant
- Improved tooltips
- Polish translation via Chat-GPT
Techie Stuff
- Updated engine version
- Game saving speed optimized
- Bug fixes (special thanks to MurpigThe3rd)
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory
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