while True: learn() news & patch notes

A Scientist Cat Can Now Greet Your Steam Deck and Big Picture Mode on PC

Tiny news, but very important for cat-based science

Today we released a Steam startup movie featuring our scientist cat. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/9f497e72c65b17de230d4c7b10898f3b24388d3c.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/e71624b9c5ed1811bf7e8201b7eb14f9153de444.png You can get it with Steam Points at the Steam Points Shop startup movie So yes: every time you launch your Steam Deck or Big Picture Mode on PC, you can be greeted by a very serious, very intelligent cat who clearly understands automation, production chains, and probably where all the missing screws went.

How to Equip the startup movie on Steam Deck

Just press "Equip Now" in the Shop {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/ec4be793c274da18c3c7a6d2e95922c955d0594c.png

How to find the startup movie on PC

• Open Steam on your PC.
• Go to the View menu. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/0ab2d8c5fd4f6afb85db985b05541bef87cb4957.png
• Select Big Picture Mode.
• Open Settings.
• Go to Customization. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/0c4cf31ad2bc3fabaf86acb073d84bd48cdf20a4.png
• Choose the startup movie with our scientist cat.

Want more automation?

Sign up for the closed playtest of our new game

Join our Discord

Our website

Our free games

Write a comment under your favorite gaming YouTuber’s video asking them to review your game

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3818770/SuperWEIRD_Automation_Roguelite/ Hey friends! It’s been a while since we shared what’s going on with us — and actually, quite a lot is happening behind the scenes. First of all, we’re still working. From the office. No matter what. 💪 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/eb09a62ed9e4517e23a45115ec3709e086e500c1.gif Second, we’re deep into developing SuperWEIRD and actively playtesting it in the browser. And oh boy — you’ve sent us a lot of comments and feedback. We’re carefully digging through all of it now. If you’d like the full story, check out our latest devlogs. We answer the most frequently asked questions there and explain how we work with feedback in general: Feedback has always been important to our studio. We’ve tried to stay close to players on Steam, Discord, and across social media. But with this project, we decided to go even further. It basically turned into full-on data-driven development — constant playtests, constant feedback loops, constant iteration. It was our first time working like this, and honestly… what an experience! At one point, we stretched a single version to 9 weeks instead of the planned 2, just because we couldn’t hit the metrics we needed in playtests. Imagine that! But thankfully, the era of large-scale quantitative playtests is behind us — and qualitative ones are kicking off in just a few days. On March 9th, we’re hosting a new closed playtest. Want to join? Fill out the form here: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/fb2f177b6aeb8fe11525c091aa4dc889f4dd7ef8.png Oh, and by the way — look what we’ve drawn. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/64db14ea0d279c9c181ad4df9728eeb927595bcf.jpg Quick question: can you tell what these things do just by looking at them? Let us know in the comments! Want more machine learning for the Machine Learning God? Then don’t forget — we’ve got this DLC right here waiting for you: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1026800/while_True_learn_Mega_Map_of_Machine_Learning/ That’s all the news for now. We hope to come back to you soon with more updates — so don’t disappear on us!

Want even more automation?

Sign up for the closed playtest of our new game

Join our Discord

Our website

Our free games

Write a comment under your favorite gaming YouTuber’s video asking them to review your game

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/7b6af01c598fa66eb98175a954113cd6c905ffd2.png Hey friends! The 256th day of the year is also known as Programmer's Day! That's today. A huge kudos to all the knights of ones and zeroes, present-day, former, and wannabes alike! Without you, there would be no video games! If coding at work is not enough for you (we get it) - did you know that there's a dedicated page on Steam's programming games? Check it out:

Browse Programming games on Steam

As for our own programming games - you know where to find them: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3818770/SuperWEIRD https://store.steampowered.com/app/619150/while_True_learn https://store.steampowered.com/app/1724140/Craftomation_101_Programming__Craft https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory/ Last but not least, here's one for those who fuel our programming power by providing an endless amount of internet memes - the cats! The furry muses of Luden.io say hi: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/9a2223438537a917928771cea55dee3ed3363c9c.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/69087b5814465abee5424f918355dab06ddf1605.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/64b3dc5324eb73619ae0b83cf2204893360d8aea.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/2db367e9e23cd7cfe5ea65b0d4207f867b2c2de6.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/eb26f55bc4184f9b96db7cdb0206082c5eb67306.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/97214e627210ec03ee74d0c9e0dc101bfad88e44.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/5bc429151adaa3135074a0651a508e1a07ad9ae7.jpg Happy coding, everyone!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/7008b92afc87439a9ac0f5afa7fdcd8d6d6f13f7.png Hey everyone! We hope that you're having a great Summer Sale, and your Steam library is full of awesome new games (again). As for us, we've got some exciting news of our own! For one, while True: learn() is expected to become a part of exposition in a hi-tech museum in Antwerpen (that's in Belgium). Craftomation 101, in turn, is getting a lift-up in the UI/UX department: we've hired professional designer to make the game shine, and she's doing an awesome job: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/5d6e57e7470444992ad2ff50f8766563a3d4a8c2.gif {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/14c107a551992f4c151aafb7a25fcd441e8b1e04.gif The next update for that game is just around the corner! As for Learning Factory, it now comes with a controller support, which kind of makes it one of the friendliest factory-building games out there: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/97143333553c15e2dbf68214a4312ebd29dcfa18.png Last but not least: have you heard of our new games? One of them is called SuperWEIRD. It's a tower defense adventure with automation and some resource management, and it looks exacly as the name suggests: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/a0e0be81ec3da01d623fac906dbf2f5c1a1b13ac.png So many games, huh? Are we allowed to wear game publisher hats now? Just kidding, we're still keeping things simple, with all games being done by less than 20 people. So we're still your friendly neighborhood indie devs, who will do their best to bring you tons of fun! We'll get back to it now. Until we meet again! P.S. We're also doing tons of videos on our YouTube channel these days, so there's no reason to not subscribe for it. See you there!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/a9b9823f4ab2fe45024ff5c283d9daac51cd4054.jpg Hey there! 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! (Scroll down for team's cat pictures)

Latest News

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. There's a demo if you haven't tried it yet: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory/ 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). In the meantime, we were honored to be included in the 34th annual selection of pedagogically assessed games by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth of Germany, which, to be honest, sounds very cool to us! Give it a read if you happen to be a German speaker: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/4df48b20dd9a91c2af205b1c5f0285a57c7dc356.png And yes, there's a demo for Craftomation 101, if you want to give it a spin: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1724140/Craftomation_101_Programming__Craft/

New Heights and Horizons

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: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/b4cdd932928730b6705f18da841149246ace42fe.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/4a73418ab83d1a27f58f061985e52674cfd6bbc5.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/821df018d51d4ea7cfb762b03acf729f5b326842.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/3e2a625202e08fe07e6aac38846f90919006a936.png 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! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/0429ec8c357b0e4f2b7d9f662fef5151019c9c51.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/7d53c864da500be7515ff350db581863d03e31f5.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/eac1a5d76ebe2d268aa374c61fbb922e76dc7e68.png 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: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/7e57ac685d6f53ad6ca4050d85180a16835ef732.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/0e8d2139c49b125df4a70873c3b764e44c919b63.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/e94d0058758d71336d8a1c2ed143d5c75a45cafd.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/7525ef534ad023c50edff1f4ee4c0c0a4fd0042e.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/cae24943aa7c351266a464cc342292e4f8d31b26.jpg Until we meet again!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/eb6c7db79a6ee73b1adfa0e46d1c02123084c085.png 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: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/062191ccc8393c6c459d107b5353143d4db7efde.png Until we meet again!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/6805cac4ca0f2900eb5b557210933b44c7f0ac55.png Hey friends! 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: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1724140/Craftomation_101/ 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: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/f249ddb65adf53e84d087de7a594f8c9300e2ead.png 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 do I think about Lua after shipping a project with 60,000 lines of code? (15 minute read)

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 :)

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/d66ce0241d720613bf291a1bda9f6086733c635e.png 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: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1955110?utm_source=impress&utm_medium=presskit Here, check out the trailer, while you're at it, too: Buy yourself a copy or at least add it to wishlist!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/dcd50f13136d956182bdfc9cea53da5328ddb038.png Hey friends! while True: learn() is a game about programming, but honestly, there's no actual programming in it. Most of our players were quite ok with it, but we keep receiving feedback from people who would like to go deeper! Enter Craftomation 101: in this game you get to use visual programming to instruct a gang of goofy robots to help you terraform a frozen planet: Craftomation 101 is now available in Early Access, with a handsome release discount to help you make a decision: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1724140/Craftomation_101_Programming__Craft/ There's also a free demo that allows you to check out the base mechanics! In any case, please share your impressions about the game in the comments, or come by our Discord server - we'd love to chat and hear how you like the game, and how we can make it better for you. Have fun!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/306d1a14e8dd82a98e6652d824425a194d4d2aa9.png Hey everyone, here's a nice little update for y'all!

v1.8.104 Released!

• Added Thai translation
• Bug fixes

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: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/062191ccc8393c6c459d107b5353143d4db7efde.png Until we meet again!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/89906dc9a7d6dd6c222744bdc701b8ed568a5a06.png Hey everyone, here's a little early Holiday present: an unexpected update!

v1.8.103 Released!

• Added an option to force disable controller (suggested by PawelK198604), to prevent occasional random inputs from idle controllers
• Added ChatGPT-made translation into Norwegian

Until we meet again! 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: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/062191ccc8393c6c459d107b5353143d4db7efde.png Until we meet again!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/464108fc72a68c0fb318b0b8330f1852a2ba9b45.png Hey there, machine learning enthusiasts, puzzle master and cat caterers! Since we released while True: learn() back in 2019, machine learning made a huge leap forward. So it only made sense to make the game accessible for more people around the world by adding machine learning translations for certain languages. Because it's the future!

v1.8.102 Released!

• Added alternate translations made via ChatGPT, including the Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Vietnamese & Ukrainian languages
• Added new translations made via ChatGPT: Arabic, Bulgarian, Indonesian, Malay, Portuguese (Portugal), Romania, Swedish
• Copywriting fixes
• Bug fixes

Here's a bunch of cat costume codes. Press 'Esc' from your programmer's room to enter them, and then hover over your cat to select a costume: NEW_YEAR, NOSFERATU, GENIUS, JOKER, FLOAT, GAMER, GHOST, BIRD, ELECTROCAT, ALSO_GHOST, BIG_CAT, ALIEN {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/6a69bcf66bb136afeae77ef9a7be20155d9ada65.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/9c6dca1dbef626b6644e243e1741d2a34c92c471.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/01735aebd04afcd31334f184a6d8385c7f3c4781.png (Just a reminder - those codes work in our next game, Learning Factory, as well) 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: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/4b51635718e770d5e85cf82d97f9c7373d1f970a.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/2974af2bc3d38cc03291a9bf8ca309bc27a7cd16.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/062191ccc8393c6c459d107b5353143d4db7efde.png Until we meet again!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/6ac23d07c9f67e0933779eef9b130b92dc2880ae.jpg You know how it happens: first, you want to fix a thing or two in an old game. Next, you find yourself adding a bunch of features that you always wanted to add, because reasons. That's exactly what happened two us: 2 major updates in a row within a month, is that too much? Dr. Katz says 'NO!' So, here goes:

Controller Support

That's right, it's a thing now! Of course, while True: learn() was designed for good ol' mouse & keyboard, and that's a preferred means of control for most of our team members. But maybe you're that type of player, who likes to play on PC but prefers devices tailored for gaming instead of those clickety-clackety office tools? Well, we got you! Plug in your trusted gamepad, and go solve some puzzles! Controller support includes full compatibility with XBOX controllers, and all other XInput controllers and PlayStation controllers. Other brands may (and most likely will) work, but that is not guaranteed. Additionally, controller scheme includes a very cute paw-shaped cursor! And if you find out that it's just not your cup of tea, just put the gamepad aside and return to the traditional means of control seamlessly! Here's a couple of examples of the new interfaces (can you spot button tooltips?):

XBOX

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/f5d3acdd430f9c3db426efc45cbbbad0c66a0935.png

PlayStation

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/ce6c0f3c84103f174604a416b12b123853aa9b0b.png

Other

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/d789b4caf784a9ea1dcb9bb722c2dff9b58304da.png

Bonus: Virtual keyboard

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/98be7ad19e0172aec3dc8bf50168569dd9641f2f.png Other changes this update brings you include:

• Added an option to turn on a visual keyboard (English only)
• Links to educational materials updated
• Texts update
• Bug fixes
• UI/UX fixes
• Performance optimization

We hope you find this new means of controlling your schemes useful! Please share your impressions in the comments or on our very friendly Discord server. Until we meet again!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/039039afac01f2eaf7d42931557e07e9eaaa3476.png We don't update the game as often these days, but when we do we're trying to make sure it's a significant one! This version brings you:

• Unity Engine update
• Added an option to change screen resolution
• Added windowed mode
• Update community translations: Italian, Hungarian, Hebrew, German, French, Finnish, Dutch, Danish, Czech, Portuguese (Brazil)
• Performance optimization
• Bug fixes

Let us know how you like it: drop a comment or join our Discord server! Until we meet again! And please, don't forget to wishlist and follow our next game, Craftomation 101. Your visual programming skills from while True: learn() will become very handy as you get to manage a gang of programmable robots in an effort to warm out a frozen planet: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1724140/Craftomation_101_Programming__Craft/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/4d64413f8e421d2517ff9f7bceca2858ee5a5a86.png Hey there! We've got great news!

v1.5.99 Released

• Steam Deck now supported!
• Added copy and paste buttons added on Steam Deck
• Localization updates (especially Danish, Japanese and Chinese)
• Improved tutorials
• Bug fixes

Until we meet again! And please, don't forget to wishlist and follow our next game, Learning Factory, which takes machine learning and cats to a whole new level (the level of planet Mars, actually): https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/a4a5df008ee80ac3d3ce77a48c9119e2c6d04598.jpg Hey everyone, Hope you're doing fine! There's been a lot going on around while True: learn() recently, so we've decided that it calls for an update. It might not seem much content-wise, but it brings important technical changes!

v1.4.98 Released:

• New Engine version: the game is now running on a more up to date vewrsion of Unity engine, resulting in +15-20% performance boost (especially for the part that includes real machine learning)
• Updated localizations, thanks to our awesome Discord community. Especially Japanese & Polish, but also Spanish, Vietnamese, Italian, Danish, Dutch, French, Finnish, Bulgarian & Hebrew
• Bug fixes
• Text updates
• Links to educational materials updated

NB: there is a slight chance this new version might not run on some very old PCs. Should it happen and everything else fails please try activating separate branch, containig version 1.3.97: right-click on while True: learn() in your Steam library, select 'Properties', go to 'Betas' from there and select the branch from the list. Until we meet again! And please, don't forget to wishlist and follow our next game, Learning Factory, which takes machine learning and cats to a whole new level (the level of planet Mars, actually): https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/90b6919b6d54b98fd7a2b83aadf1f1e1fb2a9afb.jpg And now for something completely different! This week we've decided to showcase our lovely while True: learn() a little bit! We know it's been almost 3 years since release. But this only makes us more eager to show it to you: we haven't been live streaming this game, like, at all, and it's totally worth streaming, and it's better late than never! In any case:

11/24, Wednesday, 2pm CET / 8am EST / 5am PST

You're invited! Join us on Twitch, YouTube or on this very Steam Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/619150/while_True_learn/ See you all tomorrow!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/b8d9e5f21e7f530cce879b933c2772420240040b.jpg Hey everyone! We've been receiving many questions from our most progressive Mac users on whether while True: learn() supports those top notch Silicon processors? Well, now we've made all necessary preparations, and the answer is: yes, definitely yes, while True: learn() runs fine on any Mac computer with Silicon on board! It concerns both Steam version and the one you can get from Apple AppStore. One more reason to go and solve some machine learning-related puzzles! Please enjoy :)

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/046a6cb16462b012035e3ad45b2a190ef9cdc121.png Oh hi there! It's that frightfully pleasant time of the year again, when we dress up, give out candy and inflict massacre upon pumpkins (sorry, pumpkins!). Luckily, no pumpkins are harmed during Halloween in our games, because it's purely virtual. As you can see, our game page is already chock full of holiday spirit, and the game decorations will follow next week. However, you want some Halloween mood, like, right now, we advise you to get to our next game, Learning Factory, which already has its spooky event happening: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/c61e0caeda395264c1b9ba445db1a9de8fc3ad7e.jpg https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory/ But don't you think that we've mentioned it for the sake of pitching, as we have exciting news to share! Learning Factory EDU, a special version of the main game tailored for teaching engineering design in middle schools, is now fully available for downloading for free, along with teacher's guides. It is designed by professional curriculum developers and aligned with NGSS standards for teaching STEM. If you know an educator looking to gamify their classroom - don't hesitate to spread the good news! What about while True: learn() though? Well, it keeps inspiring people for learning new stuff, and we can't be more inspired by that! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/7e7fd7a51ab6eede55d6f53180255544c7cc1886.jpg If you have your own story to share, you're very welcome to join us on our Discord server! May this Halloween be horribly awesome for you all! Until next time 🤖🤡💀👻👽

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/6c771a6c96fe7a8259780fce3df7c8570e9c159b.pngJust taking a quick second this Sunday to send rays of love towards those lucky of you, hanging out at PAX West this weekend. Wish we were there with you, as we were in good ol' 2019: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/63bfb842bf6a92d0684061428f27234c6c589369.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/33bd2f7fb9df8d8f4d273d28c3b376579747bf69.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/3cdd7dd1a99fa5378a2b8c185a46433c4117a89d.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/a047de0c61f6a764ee0df8358d7adafcc3935e35.jpg The past couple of years were a arough ride, but we hope it will be coming back to normal in time! And we sure hope to catch up with you at PAX next year! Is there a chance you're at PAX West this year? Say hi to everyone on our behalf <3 <3 <3

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/51c2f05dc80e1450d3c47cf23e6c10c830e74d8c.jpg Hey everyone! September 1st is also the first school day in many countries. In a fewer number of countries, it is even known as Knowledge Day! Since while True: learn() is on sale due to 'Back to School' week, we decided to entertain you with another episode of our podcast about educational video games: In this episode, we meet Margaret: Senior Curriculum Developer at CodeCombat, an awesome game-based project that teaches coding to school children.

• How to keep children motivated?
• How to facilitate lives of school teachers with games?
• How to wear hats?
• ...and other important questions regarding video games revolutionizing education worldwide!

You caan watch more episodes in this YouTube playlist! You can also download Learning Factory EDU, our own educational game, for free on our website! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/4039ea0a423e5e06610a3da008abeb3d6267b55f.png Are you an educator or parent, interested in game-based learning? Or maybe you know one? Or maybe you know someone who knows a certain someone? In any of these cases, we encourage you to contact us at [email protected] ! We will give you free stuff and an opportunity to change education! Happy Knowledge Day, everyone! Keep learning

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/c9980d12e44d2c6e9122116e925bdc70c899854d.png It's always kinda sad when summer comes to an end... But that also means that it's time to go back to school! No matter what form of education you prefer: be it distance learning or good old fashioned classroom think tank -- we always salute your wish to learn something new! We even have a special deal for you (or maybe your significant others) who feels that curiosity itch:

while True: learn() is 25% off until September 6, 10am PST

But learning means always moving towards new horizons. Throughout this summer (and good part of spring) we were looking out for new exciting ways for video games to empower and change modern education for the better. We have been collaborating with teachers, we've been meeting with ed-tech experts, hey, we've even launched a YouTube show, in which we discuss the future of education with tech-savvy teachers who care. Like in this episode, we're meeting with Paul Darvasi, an educator with 20+ years of experience, who's now doing a visionnaire job, turning mainstream and indie games into school lessons. And most importantly, we're joined by his 11-years old son Max, with an honest perspective on what is wrong with many of today's "educational games" and how games can and will be transforming classrooms. With help from all kinds of awesome people from the world of education, we were developing our own attempt to adapt game mechanics to fit into classrooms. We're talking about Learning Factory EDU, which is meant to improve problem solving skills and introduce engineering practices to middle school children. It comes with teacher guides, and you can get it on our website. Oh, and it's free for everyone to use! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/4039ea0a423e5e06610a3da008abeb3d6267b55f.png Please share a link to Learning Factory EDU to anyone interested in applying video games in education, as we're looking for teachers and parents, willing to play it along with their learners and share feedback. This will help us turn LF EDU into a razor-sharp tool carving a way towards new knowledge! Happy new school year! Tell us about what you've learnt this summer?

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/159f198b281c5b54ccc98581f9dba54d6686edb2.jpg Hey there! We know it's been a while, but we didn't forget about you! Our players are an infinite source of inspiration for us. Seeing so many people interested in puzzles about programming, machine learning and stuff like that - we just can't afford to let you down! That means, we always think about you! And from this thinking, we find the guts and ideas to move educational games forward. Here's what we've been doing since the last time we've been catching up:

Learning Factory EDU: STEM-Centered, Free, Co-Developed With Teachers

And we've been working on stuff! We've collaborated with Games for Change non-profit organization, to make a special, STEM-centered version of our next game, Learning Factory. And we're making it happen! In fact, you can already download free version of Learning Factory EDU from our website {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/4039ea0a423e5e06610a3da008abeb3d6267b55f.png In short, we've teamed up with teachers who are helping us to develop a lesson plan, that will help understand engineering practices and improve problem-solving skills. It also comes with a podcast, in which you can follow us as we develop Learning Factory EDU, while meeting all kinds of awesome people from the world of education. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/a3a59859ecd8c163bbe7c8886444414cea6764cb.jpg

Watch the podcast

Read the story about Learning Factory EDU (5-7 minute read)

Learning Factory: Expansion Inevitable!

As for the main version of Learning Factory, we're approaching the final step to make Early Edition Stage 1 complete! And that, of course, means lots of new content, new chunk of story and lots of other cool stuff - that is, in addition to what we've already added since February! About aa year ago Learning Factory used to look like this: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/74b7d8000705ddb84b48fc1d27dea65eea72abef.jpg And here's it now: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/6bd244006f52be6651860c86bb1f71d38edbfdd8.jpg Add it to your Wishlist before we reach singularity and disappear in the fog of the future! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory/

But wait...

Something's really exciting has been brewing in Luden.io for the past half a year and now we're almost ready to show it to you! It's new, it haas machines... who knows, maybe it does even have visual programming in it? Stay tuned, you'll see!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/59918920b5c3041fccedcd58a19ca580cf1461eb.jpg Hello! Oleg from Luden.io is here. How are you folks doing? Enjoying summer? I hope you do! And our weeklong deal is here to help. Learning Factory, all its DLCs (including AI-generated soundtrack), and all the DLCs for while True: learn() are now discounted. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1545760/Learning_Factory_AI_Generated_Soundtrack/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1545770/Learning_Factory_Art_Pack/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1026800/while_True_learn_Mega_Map_of_Machine_Learning/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1022720/while_True_learn_Art_Pack/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1019360/while_True_learn_Soundtrack/ Please stop by and say hi in our Discord, Newsletter, and Twitter. We're sharing a lot of development processes. The main topic from the last week was the making of the Seaweed Farming Robot. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/40c52a7dd48afaca2af5f6d0987152a3a32ddd6e.gif And this week we are updating comics for Learning Factory EDU (which is now available for free here). {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/e2e4acd24f4739f7f7474e25ed3134b07bfaa430.jpg In the image, the cat is transferring a trained machine learning model into a Catisfaction Device.

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/3c6225d671fc29270ab63bda5e79b124bb335319.jpg Hey there! Since there has been no updates for some time, we have a fun little activity for you! You know, we have this other game, Learning Factory, which is about automating an old industrial cluster on Mars and turning it into a factory for selling cute stuff to cute cats. This one: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory/ So, we will be releasing a major update this week, which will include a whole bunch of cat researchers, responsible for scientific cat stuff at the Factory. So, want to add your cat (or even yourself, also as a cat) to our roster of brilliant cat minds? All you have to do is fill out this short 1-minute Google Form! We will select some of your suggestions we especially like, and make them into our new cat scientists! Like these fellows: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/329dfccdb4415811766e3e3051bb3b6f3dbc833a.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/865b562a00bd3590be602f25b36c64b705730337.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/27b09c734ff48e8d81d471d1d0ba5c33b8dfe6b0.jpg The submission deadline for while True: learn() players ends at Wednesday, 11:59 pm CET / 2:59 pm PST

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/5828d44c06900bb46c24f5cefefe828d204e0ce3.png Hey everyone! while True: learn() has been around for a couple of years now and some of you have probably played everything there's to play out there. If you have, it might be the best time to move on: our next game, Learning Factory has been in Early Access since February, and now it received its first major content update! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/170ca70ea5276f17df14add20e4756339a27e944.gif

Wishlist and/or play:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory/ Procedural map generation! Hoverboards! Factory building and automation! Cats! Machine learning! Hoverboards (yes, again)! Even if you're still playing while True: learn(), Learning Factory is worth your attention! Because cats are always worth as much attention from you as is possible! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/8217cd28282cdcdcd914350362d26719d36fd577.jpg And even if you want even more while True: learn() (which is only a natural state of a human mind), then we've got even more awesome news for you, as starting from today, while True: learn() is available at GOG.com, where awesome games roam (DRM-) freely! Have an awesome weekend and play some kickbutt games, everyone!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/c7d6d68795f241bf27f06d072b9753d047dca550.png Hey everyone! April 12 marks a historic date of the very first piloted human flight into space! Let's spend a minute or two and dream of the world of the future, when humans and cats will pilot their comfortable space shuttles to infinity and beyond! In our other game, Learning Factory, this dream has already turned real! Check out this rare historic photo, on which the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, is visiting KOTOVOD construction site on Mars: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/8f2de3d6548c45b86700ce764ed0d0ef478c94e2.jpg Don't forget to add the game to your wishlist or start building human-feline utopia on Mars right away, in Early Access mode: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory/ Happy International Day of Human Space Flight, everyone!

In other news:

while True: learn() is now available in Samsung Galaxy store! And if you would like to add the game to your library on GOG.com as well, you'll be able to do so, starting this Friday, April 16, 3 pm CET!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/a77b8553f5fefea9be9c4e5d03347605e481aad3.jpg Hey everyone! This March is special in so many ways. It's been a year since we've all been more or less stuck at our homes. It's been two years since we've embarked on a journey to GDC 2019 and met some of you guys over there. What a fun ride! Could we have imagined how it would turn out just a year later? Of course not. The important thing is: we all gotta move on! This post is just about us, checking in on you and hoping that we will meet again some day! Check out some photos from our 2019 archive. Cheer up! Everything's gonna be alright, eventually. As for GDC, it's still happening. Online. Like, right now, online, and it's free to attend! Life goes on :) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/762f6ae909f871972946587c0a4d5ee3ffda9337.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/d3a17217561a16d2afc309debb56ddfd2b444307.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/e0f04a561eeed52fdb891f08f809455260548108.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/4c53a236d848ad226d80ecd53486e367261bd29e.jpg

------------------------------

Meanwhile on Mars...

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/31382118/c839c7b578d52c7524bf7d94c15c7027d29e1b19.png See, there's no pandemic on Mars. More importantly, cats are not affected by most of the human viruses, which is why KOTVOD Learning Factory is working on schedule. Just last week, we've upgraded the Factory's transporters and added more detailed Factory analytics to our engineers' toolkit! Check it out and join our ranks! Earth is done for, let's build a better future (for cats) on Mars: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory/

Hello all :) Oleg from Luden.io is here. I can't wait to tell you that today our new game Learning Factory finally becomes available. We'll be super happy if you stop by and join us on this adventure of making the best educational game we can. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory/ Please don't hesitate to drop me a line in Discord or privately via [email protected]. I am always happy to talk :)