Factory Town 2: Paradise news & patch notes

New Building: Desalinator

A lot of players were having trouble getting enough water to meet their needs. So there is now a new building: Desalinator! It converts Salt Water to regular Water that can be used in all recipes.

The Desalinator has two recipes:

• Salt Water -> Water

• Salt Water + Electricity -> Water

The second recipe is much faster, but does require electricity. And it must be unlocked with a Crafting Token.

The Desalinator can be unlocked on the Research / Utility tab, after unlocking Water Trenches.

New Item: Salt Water

The Desalinator requires Salt Water. The way you get Salt Water is by pumping it out of the ocean using a Water Pump. You can use the same Water Pump you've always been using, but instead of being on a Water Trench, it can instead be placed at sea level overlapping an ocean tile.

The Water Pump should automatically select the correct recipe (pump Water, or pump Salt Water) based on where it is positioned, but you can change it manually.

Salt Water isn't really good for anything besides feeding to the Desalinator. But in the future, I might let you extract the Salt and use it for recipes!

Salt water can be transported using Fluid Pipes.

Balance Changes

• Doubled speed of Windmill energy production

• Islands will now always spawn with at least 1 river / water spring (only on newly created maps, not legacy maps)

• Doubled output of Wind and Water shrines

• Creating a water spring will create a water trench in the same block (required for water to flow)

• Reservoir capacity increased from 100 to 250. This is applied retroactively to all existing reservoirs

Misc Improvements

• Water Pumps will have a ‘drought’ indicator if they are connected to a water trench, which has no water, and there is actively a drought

• Water pumps connected to the ocean will indicate “Ocean Tile” in its “Linked To” selection tab

• Admin / Creative mode now allows “Create River” tool

Bug Fixes

• Fixed game crash and map fail to load if a conveyor belt got a facing direction of ‘none’

• Fixed bug: a map with only trains would not allow them to pathfind correctly

• Fixed bug: In games with Manual Labor modifier, buildings might initialize with zero production speed even if they have a worker.

• Potentially fixed issue where inside at a building would show ‘idle’ instead of crafting

• Fixed game crash when using some terrain tools over part of the map with no terrain

• Fixed bug: some tooltip text labels were appearing yellow or red, because they weren’t resetting formatting after being modified as part of a worker unit’s stats display

• Fixed bug: mastery was not gained when Fishing Hut workers harvested Fish 

• Fixed bug: placing water springs was rejecting locations that had a water trench, even though that is a valid structure to build on top of

Improvements / Bug Fixes

• Added link to “Getting Started Guide” on home page (English only)

• When opening the ‘Save As’ dialogue, the text cursor immediately jumps to the file name input field. And when you hit Enter, it saves the game without requiring you to hit the ‘save’ button

• Sometimes hitting Enter in a text field would prevent the cursor from automatically entering the text box on the Build menu

• Fixed bug: circle and square biomes were not spawning with resources

• Some biomes that are mostly low-lying are now able to spawn resources at lower elevations

• Fixed bug: rivers would not spawn on extremely flat terrain

Patch 128 is now on the main branch:

Improvements

• Changing the top-level item filter at Markets, Stockpiles, Barns, Crates, Animal Troughs, Harbors, and Catapults will now instruct workers at those buildings to supply those items.

In this screenshot, "Wheat" has been selected as the item filter for a Trough.

In this screenshot, the worker Requests for the Trough now indicate that they will pick up Wheat from nearby sources. Before, this only worked if you configured the item filter on the storage slot itself, but that isn't as obvious or convenient for players.

• Added new console command: “reset screen scale” which reverts screen scaling to default value, in case you made it too big or small to use

• Selecting a Trough that is in a pasture will let you select the Trough so you can manage it, instead of the Pasture tile

Balance Changes

• The Quest that unlocks Processing Productivity Level 2 now requires Processing Tome Lv 2 instead of Processing Tome Lv 1

• Reduced the willingness of workers to shop for items they already had in reserve, causing them to do long shopping trips for items they didn’t need

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug: inventory hotbar would not immediately reappear after dismissing the View Mode tutorial panel

• Fixed bug: potential crash if placing zip lines on top of workers while they are moving

• Fixed bug: various logic issues with zip line pathfinding that might cause performance slowdowns

• Fixed broken logic on IF computational block. Now, when it receives a true (nonzero) value, it will trigger its output functions.

• Fixed bug: Meteor Blast button was not flashing correctly 

• Fixed bug: Could use Meteor Blast button even if you had no blast charges ready

• Fixed missing label for Market research

• Fixed bug: workers would sometimes purchase negative numbers of items, resulting in currency loss

Hope everyone is enjoying the game! Here is the first post-launch patch notes.

These changes are right now only on the beta branch. Note: It is EXTREMELY helpful for me to have as many people as possible on the beta branch, to help catch errors before they make it to the main branch! If you would like to help find bugs, and also get bleeding-edge access to fixes & features, here are the instructions on installing the beta branch version. You can switch back any time!

• Right-click on Factory Town 2 in your Steam library

• Click 'Properties'

• Click 'Game Versions & Betas'

• Click 'beta - public testing branch'

• (If the game doesn't immediately update, go to 'Installed Files' from the same menu and choose 'Verify Integrity of Game Files)

If you notice any new unexpected behavior in this patch (i.e. that I broke something) let me know here, or in the Discord. Just mention it's from the beta branch so I know where to look.

Ok, here is what is actually in this patch:

Improvements

• Changing the top-level item filter at Markets, Stockpiles, Barns, Crates, Animal Troughs, Harbors, and Catapults will now instruct workers at those buildings to supply those items.

• Added new console command: “reset screen scale” which reverts screen scaling to default value, in case you made it too big or small to use

• Selecting a Trough that is in a pasture will let you select the Trough so you can manage it, instead of the Pasture tile

Balance Changes

• The Quest that unlocks Processing Productivity Level 2 now requires Processing Tome Lv 2 instead of Processing Tome Lv 1

• Reduced the willingness of workers to shop for items they already had in reserve, causing them to do long shopping trips for items they didn’t need

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug: inventory hotbar would not immediately reappear after dismissing the View Mode tutorial panel

• Fixed bug: potential crash if placing zip lines on top of workers while they are moving

• Fixed bug: various logic issues with zip line pathfinding that might cause performance slowdowns

• Fixed broken logic on IF computational block. Now, when it receives a true (nonzero) value, it will trigger its output functions.

• Fixed bug: Meteor Blast button was not flashing correctly 

• Fixed bug: Could use Meteor Blast button even if you had no blast charges ready

• Fixed missing label for Market research

Hello everyone! I'm extremely excited to announce that Factory Town 2 is now available for purchase! It's been a long process but I'm really proud of how it turned out. Of course, being Early Access, the game will change and improve and I will definitely be looking for all your feedback to help shape it going forward.

Some important notes:

• There is a 10% launch discount

• There is a Steam Bundle that includes Factory Town 1, Factory Town Idle, and Factory Town 2. You can complete the bundle at any time, for instance, if you already own the other games. Using the bundle gets you an additional 15% off. (and the other games are also on very steep discount right now as well, if you don't have them)

• I wrote a Guide for people who played Factory Town 1, explaining the important differences. You can absolutely go in without reading it, but this is just to remove as much friction as possible based on the most frequent questions.

• If you played the demo, your save files will transfer seamlessly. In fact, there's no transfer at all - both games use the same file format & storage directory. (I believe the 'continue' button doesn't work, but you can load your file and then it should be fine)

Cheers!

Erik

• Added pop-up to explain view mode toggle, which appears right after the quest to build a Market

• Can select Italian language option, even though it is in progress

• Fixed bug: Wood Stove, Coal Furnace, and fuel recipes within production buildings were not producing anything when Manual Labor modifier was turned on

• Auto-Transfer upgrade is enabled on Pasture Barn

• Fixed bug: Farm and Forester would not connect via AutoTransfer to adjacent buildings

• Modified texture tint for Pasture Barn since it currently uses the same model as Stockpile

• Changed version label from "Alpha" to "Early Access" ːdd_botː

Gameplay

• Added “Neverending Quest” which appears after you shoot down the meteor - it allows you to continually power up mini volcanoes in exchange for more Meteor Blasts

• Shooting down a Meteor now earns you Stardust. Each time you shoot down a meteor you get more stardust. However, requirements for powering up mini volcanoes also increase.

• Added Stardust Boost upgrade for buildings: adds 1000% production speed and turns building a glowing yellow color

• Expanded final victory cutscene

• Added bonus track that plays after final victory cutscene

• Items sent to mini volcanoes no longer contribute to overall favor level

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug: workers in a building could get stuck in an “Idle” state instead of helping with Crafting tasks

UI

• Progress bar on workers who are Crafting now updates over time, and moves faster based on workers’ crafting speed

• Fixed bug: workers trying to drop off an item at a full building will instead consider working inside a building. This also solves a softlock state with Manual Labor modifier, where a building was full, not producing anything, and all workers were stuck trying to drop off items

• Added icons for Grow Grass, Cut Grass, and Paint Terrain

• Trains now account Blockers and Filter blocks on rail tracks. The path validity is calculated when they start moving, it doesn’t yet take into account changes that happen while the train is moving.

• Fixed bug: Water Pumps were not operating unless they had rotational power supplied (this is supposed to be true if "Manual Labor" modifier is on, but it was being applied to games without this modifier as well)

Gameplay

• Create Custom Game now has ability to add Game Modifiers when creating game

• Added game modifier: Difficult Recipes. Increases complexity and cost of many recipes

• Added game modifier: Manual Labor. All production buildings require workers. Worker production bonus increased. Water Pump (which can now only run via rotational power) produces water twice as fast

• Added game modifier: Marathon. Increases coin cost and XP thresholds in many places

• Added game modifier: High Standards. Raises happiness thresholds required for increasing population

• Added game modifier: Head Start. Maps start with some basic research completed

• Added game modifier: Floating Cities. Removes requirement for foundation blocks on buildings

• Added Game Status overlay when in main game menu, showing game type and active modifiers

• Removed worker distribution flags from Steam Turbine, Steam Boiler, Mana Transmitter, Fountain, Coal Furnace, Wood Stove, Solar Panel, Electric Motor, and Bonfire

• Added worker distribution flags for Farm and Forester

UI

• Item transfer panel now supports multiple rows of items, for example, when workshop is assigned many complex recipes

• Added names for biomes

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug: “The End??” achievement not triggering

• Fixed bug: rotational power boost would still apply its effect for the remainder of the game session even if rotational power had been depleted

• Fixed bug: when loading map, avatar would sometimes respawn near volcano instead of keeping its last saved position

• Fixed bug: transaction alerts were not correctly fading in / out 

Gameplay

• Added more tomes to mini volcano random quests

• Agent Trigger and Inventory Sensor can now be rotated

• Added icon that appears over the avatar’s head when you’re in free look mode. Clicking this icon will return to avatar mode.

• New Interface option: “Find Avatar Icon”, which lets you turn off the icon that appears over the avatar when in Free Look mode

• Steel Rails have a different texture than Iron Rails

• Improved display for message board and sign post

• Villagers primary selection tab is now ‘Status’ instead of ‘Tasks’ (and the previous empty 'status' tab has been removed)

• Added new biomes: square, circle, and mesas. (Square and Circle do not appear in the default list of biomes)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug: player could get softlocked if they used the ‘X’ button on the audio controls panel while in the launch menus

• Fixed bug: Fish were never visible by default in the global inventory

• Removed the ‘Add Task’ cursor target behavior when you have highlighted a rail car (only Steam Train Engines can assign tasks for trains)

• Fixed bug: when in underground view, rail carts and animals were highlighable, and highlighting an above-ground animal or rail cart would cause the camera to switch back to above-ground view

• Fixed bug: header on Rewards panel was not localized

• Fixed bug: “Not linked to any resource” tooltip was not localized

• Fixed bug: “None” label on mastery panel was not localized

• Dialogue panel will expand its height if the text requires it

• Fixed bug: Avatar unable to transfer items to / from Farms and Foresters

• Rail cars that aren’t steam train engines no longer attempt to load legacy saved tasks, which was causing pathing errors

• Fixed bug: Crops that were cultivated and not next to native crops would never gain affinity

• Removed obsolete “Crush Result” item from list of liquids

• Fixed bug: toggling the “Tutorial Highlights” preference would not change the displayed preference value

• Added Flight ability. Toggle with the F key. Unlocked by the “Flight” research, which requires one super power token.

• If the player has never used flight, and is in a campaign map, and it’s unlocked, a prompt to try the flight key will be shown.

Features

• Create Custom Game menu now allows you to choose a list of available biomes used in map generation

Balance / Gameplay

• Underground view is always enabled in Custom Games

• Farms and Foresters can now be upgraded to allow auto-transfer

• Fishery can now be upgrade to allow auto-transfer, or increase max workers

• Added some randomness to cultivation logic, so that workers at farms / foresters will randomly cultivate even when there are lots of fully grown resources to harvest from. But if the collection building has less than 10 units of an item, it will still be heavily prioritized

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug: Farm and Forester workers were not restricting their harvest selections to just linked resources

• Fixed bug: Farm and Forester workers were not getting the same harvesting speed bonus that Harvester Hut workers do

• Fixed bug: workers at non-recipe buildings would show ‘Crafting’ when there was no other task to do. Now, they are correctly marked as Idle

• Fixed bug: Fishing Hut workers would continue to fish, even when fishing hut was totally full

• Fixed bug: pressing the ‘randomize’ button on the Create Game Random Seed property would not update all of the displayed seed labels

• Fixed bug: manually modifying the random seed in the create game panel would not apply its value

• Fixed bug: tooltips were wrong in the Item Stats panel for the different stats & needs that an item provides

• Fixed bug: non-localizable terms “ResearchTypeTire” and “AnimalProducts”

Crop Planting Rework

• Regular farming actions are now unlocked with quests: achieve mastery in the crop by harvesting it, and you’ll unlock the ability to plant it

• Created new quest tab & category “Cultivation”, which holds all the new cultivation quests

• If cultivation quests’ requirements are met on legacy maps, those quests are marked as automatically completed & claimed so you don’t need to click through a bunch

• Removed restriction that crops must be planted near crops of the same type

• Crops can now be ‘native’ (spawned with map) or ‘non-native’ (manually planted). Non-native crops have a fraction of the crop yield of native crops.

• Non-native crops can convert to Native crops, but slowly. They get 1% Affinity each time they regrow, 1% each time they are cultivated by Farm or Forester worker, and a bonus 1% for each native crop of the same type they are adjacent to when they finish growing. At 100% Affinity they become fully native crops

• Removed “Import” farming options - no longer needed since you can plant crops anywhere

Farm / Forester changes

• Workers and Farms and Foresters are now able to harvest items as well as cultivate

• Farms and Foresters now have checkboxes to allow harvest and or cultivation behaviors for their workers. (Legacy maps only have ‘cultivate’ checked to maintain behavior consistency, but new buildings placed will have them both checked by default)

Misc Features

• Added new Super Power Perk: Cloud Blocks. These new blocks cost 250 gold each and can be built at any height, and can support buildings and all other structure types without requiring supports themselves.

UI

• Cultivated crops now show a “Cultivated: Yield x2” item on their selection status panel

Balance

• Max workers for Farm and Harvester Hut increased from 3 / 5 / 8 to 5 / 7 / 10

• If a worker’s inventory is full of incompatible items when they attempt to run a pick up / harvest behavior, they discard those items

• Steel Rail tiles now let trains move at twice the speed of Iron Rail tiles

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug: was unable to use the move tool to reposition trains

• Fixed bug: ‘wake the volcano’ achievement would trigger when loading a custom map. It should only trigger when starting up a new campaign map

• Fixed bug: multiple workers would target the same resource for cultivation

• Fixed bug: clicking the “Move” button from a building’s selection panel while already moving the building would cause it to reposition to world origin (inside the volcano)

• Removed check for ‘cancel’ button during text entry, as that could sometimes be triggered by normal typing

• Fixed bug: build previews were not appearing when moving logistic blocks

• The avatar interact key (default: E) that opens an Item Transfer panel when used on a building, can now be used to toggle that panel off

• Fixed bug: was not possible to place a building that required shorelines (Harbor, Fishing Hut)

• Fixed bug: Fishing Hut workers were not applying the harvesting speed bonus from Fishing Rods

• Added more stats and achievements

• Fixed bug: the "U" (upgrade) hotkey could be used to bypass requirements on House upgrades

• Added some stats and achievements (not available in the demo version)

• Adjusted size and colliders for several buildings to more closely align. This was done to prevent issues like being able to place pipes and connectors above a building but then not being able to actually select those paths due to collider obstruction. The game will attempt to adjust the collider in the rare case that a block was placed inside the newly obstructed region, but if you run into issues with this let me know and I will try to have the game handle it better.

• Fixed bug: indexOutOfRange exception if you tried to drag a belt or chute path to and from the same highlighted building, resulting in unexpected path planner behavior

• If you begin dragging a path on a building, the game will not ignore the building colliders (as it does when dragging a path from the terrain)

• Fixed bug: Item Stats panel would load showing the “Drinks” filter, but would actually show Coins information

• Fixed bug: icon and tooltips were not correctly shown for tool effects in the Item Stats panel

• Backpack type items are now shown in the ‘Tools’ section of the Item Stats panel, with a tooltip explaining their effect on inventory capacity

• Fixed bug: tool effects would not always be applied correctly based on a worker’s current resource target

• Changed logic around detecting if cursor is in a text input field, to resolve an issue where hotkeys would activate while typing in the field

• The U hotkey will now attempt to upgrade all selected houses. It will prioritize low-level houses. It will only upgrade the lowest tier of selected houses.

• Fixed bug: mini volcano quests were missing a category, so they had a blank icon on their quest detail item. They are now assigned to the Primary category

• Fixed bug: Chute (item) was visible in the Mastery panel, even though it is no longer directly crafted

• Added alert for connectors that are not linked to any path

• Fixed bug: when interacting with underground pipes immediately below ground, cursor would attempt to interact with a structure above ground

• Fixed bug: deleting a villager would not immediately update population data or display

• Fixed bug: the ‘move’ button on path structures would not trigger a move action

• Fixed bug: moving a house with a sleeping worker would not move the ‘ZZZ’ sleep particles

• Fixed bug: deleting a house with a sleeping worker would not erase the ‘ZZZ’ sleep particles

• When a house is deleted with a sleeping worker inside, that worker will wake up

• Fixed launch screen foreground offset being incorrect when UI scaling was modified

• Pipes can be built inside many non-solid scaffold blocks, and are no longer blocked by the ‘temporary foundation’ solid green blocks that are automatically placed beneath buildings on slopes. This will make building underground pipe connections to buildings on slopes much easier

• Fixed bug: could not early delete connectors or other non-support structures if they were underneath blocks that required supports

• Fixed bug: quest to connect buildings with chutes or belts would not calculate its completion state if tutorial highlights were off

• Version Notes button now links to steam page’s announcements

• “Toggle Underground View” hotkey control is now show on the context controls panel when building pipes

• Fixed missing ‘¿’ character

• Fixed bug: moving a building would not move the villagers inside it

• Fixed bug: when moving a building, the ‘move’ tool would allow highlighting / interaction with the villagers inside the building, leading to incorrect move tool positions

• Disabled all controller inputs - the incomplete controller implementation was leading to many player problems.

Note: It will be back, I promise! I plan on doing full Steam Deck support as well. Just have a few other priority issues to focus on for now.

• Made collider on catapult smaller

• Fixed vertical pipes not correctly showing their direction of flow in all cases

• Changed exclamation point icon for initial sign post quest

• Made Pause button bigger

• Until you level up your town, a large "Show Tutorial Highlights" toggle is shown on the main quests lists to make it more obvious you can hide these arrows

112:

• Updated model for Magic Chest

• Updated localization

112a:

• Fixed bug: some text on the avatar highlight panel would be missing in certain languages

112b:

• Fixed bug: player could use arrow keys to enter block select mode while still on the intro island, which also prevented the ability to switch back to avatar control

112c:

• Fixed bug: launch screen backgrounds were poorly formatted on extremely wide monitors

• Could hit ESC to bring up the in-game menu while still in the launch menus

• Added Flywheel. Stores 200 rotational energy, and rotates faster based on how much is stored

• Fixed bug: could store non-physical items like rotational energy or steam inside Markets and Stockpiles

• Fixed bug: could change the filter on a storage building to ‘None’, which would allow overriding of the physical item filter limitation

• Fixed bug: workers would retrieve a random nearby item if you assigned them to a Market or storage building that had no active item filters

• Changed icon for “Worker Requested” and “Population Growth”

• Fixed bug: all workers would freeze in a situation where a building was placed in a totally inaccessible location

• Added option for top-level filter on storage buildings

• Buildings inadvertently placed at world origin will be automatically removed on game load

• Grass saturation is lowered when it’s not daytime

• Pasture Barns acts more like Harvester Huts: They will flexibly configure their inventory slots based on what animal types are linked to nearby pastures, and that match the specified building filter(s)

• Fixed bug: side quests to open various panels would get stuck in an odd state if you completed the quest before accepting it

• Fixed bug: changing the interface language would not update the build menu

• Fixed bug: modifying the top-level filter for a building will include the fixed filter (“physical items”) and will NOT include the ‘None’ option. Conversely, modifying the filter for an item slot in that building will NOT include the fixed filter, and will include ‘None’.

• When selecting an item filter for a vehicle, the filter that represents no item restriction will now say “Any Item” instead of “None” 

• Fixed bug: item types were missing from the Data Overlay 'production' option

• Fixed bug: the flag that calculated if you connect buildings with chutes or belts would not be reset when game state cleared, so a new campaign file would consider that requirement completed

• Changed default launch image

• Adjusted grass texture

• When placing a connector, if the connector is potentially linked to a building, rotating the cursor will toggle its access direction once. The next time the cursor is rotated, the placement direction is modified as normal.

• Added requirement to have population (invite) level 5 before you can summon an island

• Tooltips for research that unlocks a specific building or vehicle will include a description of the unlocked object (if available)

• Logic connections are no longer automatically assigned if you select one logic structure and then select another logic structure. Instead you must use the ‘Add’ option under ‘Outbound Connections’

• Logic Connections (inbound and outbound) are now shown on the primary ‘configuration’ tab for the computational blocks

• Fixed bug: unable to delete an outbound logic link with a blank target

• Changed some labels in Logic Link configuration

• When you add a new logic link or task, the newly created item flashes briefly and the UI will scroll to it

• On first launch, the volcano on the welcome panel will be ‘asleep’. If you have woken up the volcano in any save file, the volcano is now awake

• Added warning message if the player has paused the game during the initial quest to build a house and gain a villager

• Volcano uses emissive texture instead of point light

• Fixed bug: “Return to Avatar” button was not being localized

• Pear, Pearl, and Pearl Earrings removed from Mastery list since they are not implemented at this time

• Fixed missing characters in Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese

• Modified font materials to be slightly more readable

• Many primary quests (those that trigger dialogue) now need to be 'accepted' before they trigger the dialogue or guided UI highlights. This allows players to control their own pace through the tutorial

• Fixed bug: quests were not using the correct expand / collapse state defaults

• Fixed bug: if a completed quests’s rewards caused the volcano to level up, the quest rewards were not shown in the quest complete notification

• More color grading adjustments

• Quest to produce Refined Planks no longer instructs player to change recipe on an existing Lumber Mill if it’s the only Lumber Mill

• Quests that are ready to claim no longer shift to top of Quests panel

• When you send invites to raise population level, the changes to new max villager needs are shown in the level up notification

• Notification panel resizes so you don’t have to scroll as often when there are multiple sub-notification entries

• Quests that are ready to claim will always show rewards, even if collapsed

• Droughts can not occur if you have not raised your second island

• Added option to move a building from its selection panel

• The population label in top-right will change to an invite icon when invites are ready to be sent

• When quests become available, or are accepted, their briefly flash

• Newly unlocked quests will appear at the top of the quest list

• Clicking the “Earn Perk Point” requirement opens the Side Quests tab of the Quests panel

• Modified quests around building Kitchen / Academy /  Refreshment Stand / Tailor: the first quest is just to build the building, and the follow-up sidequest is to deliver their primary recipe output to the volcano

• Many volcano delivery quests now have an added requirement to unlock the recipe first 

• Population level required for first house upgrade reduced from 5 to 4

• Population level required for second house upgrade reduced from 10 to 8

• Fixed bug: some research in the Demo was available that should not be

• Added tooltip to Avatar Transfer panel icons, indicating that clicking the player’s icons will open the global inventory menu

• Quests appear in the order they are assigned / claimed

• Fixed bug: build menu affordability would not always update when player inventory changed

• Added hover tooltip to worker needs, to show which equipment is affecting their needs fulfillment

• Goods Supply panel now has one button filter, instead of a huge row of icons

• Changed color grading to have less saturation

• Needs fulfillment panel resizes based on number of icons being shown

• Fixed missing tooltips on the new detail panel that shows needs fulfillment for a villager

• Added entry on Tips panel explaining villager needs

• Fixed bug: quests were not using the correct expand / collapse state defaults

• Fixed bug: if a completed quests’s rewards caused the volcano to level up, the quest rewards were not shown in the quest complete notification

• (107b) fixed some localization formatting issues

• Added Polish localization

• Fixed bug: workers could get caught in a zip line loop if they were harvesting from moving animals

• Completed many missing German localization entries

• Fixed bug: various issues would be caused by deleting a structure that had been painted invisible with the visibility tool

• Fixed bug: Catapults would fire items into Markets if the market slot had an item slots that contained an item, but was missing a filter

• Fixed bug: Items fired by Catapults would replace items in an existing slot, if that slot did not have an assigned filter  

• When a catapult fires an item into a Market (or other building with unique inventory slots), it will automatically assign a filter to the selected item slot

Factory Town 2 launches into Early Access in just a few short weeks. Get excited!!

In the meantime, I wanted to provide the chance for everyone to take an early look, so I made a free demo which is available to download right now! Just go to the main store page for the game and look for the big green 'download demo' button.

Demo files are cross-compatible with the main version, so think of this as getting a 'head start' on the game if you decide to purchase it.

The game is still a work in progress so please let me know if you have any feedback.

Enjoy!

Excited to announce that Factory Town 2 is launching into Early Access this July 14!

It will also be in the Steam Next Fest with a free demo for everyone to try. That begins June 15, but don't be surprised if the demo is available a little in advance : )

Big thanks to all the playtesters who have been providing feedback, finding bugs & making suggestions, so the game can be in a great shape when it publicly launches. I can't wait to share all this hard work with everyone...

...Oh and make sure you Wishlist the game if you haven't already!!

Cheers,

Erik