Hey everyone! Are you ready to check out the very first Cat of the Week?

A couple of days ago we've suggested you vote in this form for next cat outfits in while True: learn()

Well, the top pick of the first week was way ahead of everyone else! We've already removed this option from the voting list, but you can already activate it in the game using this promo code:


We did add to the list some of the options, suggested by you! Feel free to vote for one of them (or any other one!), we'll be adding another new cat outfit next week!


In the meantime, Holiday preparations are starting early in the game this year! That is, today. We hope you'll notice a little bit of holiday spirit in the game, and to make you feel a little bit even warmer, try using this promo code for a new main menu theme: NEW_YEAR

Happy (Upcoming) Holidays! See you next week!


Thanks to technical modifications[/url] suggested by KOTOVOD Optimization Dept., Cotton Pickers are picking cotton from a wider territory than before: not only it boosts production, but helps fighting with excessive reforestation problem, so common on Mars these days. And that's just one of the many improvements, successfully implemented after suggestions from Optimization Dept., where work never stops, day or night. Is this department run by robots? Or maybe there are genetically modified I.L.L.U.M.I.N.A.T.I. operatives at work there? The answer is: it is not impossible!

To join the party, add Learning Factory to your wishlist and play the free Alpha:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory/

Hey everyone! How have you been?

As you probably know by this time, our game features a bunch of custom cat outfits for the game’s main screen, that can be unlocked by special codes. Like these ones:



Anyway, we’ve decided that the game can use even more cat costumes, and you get to decide which ones.

It’s very simple. You go to this Google Form, you vote for the skins of your choosing. Each week we pick one of the top-3, add it to the game and publish the code to unlock it!

Obviously, you’re welcome to suggest your own ideas! Do it anywhere: write them into the form, let us know in the comments or on our Discord server!

We’ll be looking out for best ideas and add them to the list! Any options can become cat skins (except for obviously offensive ones)

Let’s make some cats, folks! The first one will become available next week.


KOTOVOD workers keep their brains busy day and night, trying to make the Cat Learning Factory even more efficient. This week, several new models of heavy machinery, which will bring cats and maybe even humans one step closer to the utopia, are expected to land on the Factory's campus! Hooray, comrades!



To join the party, add Learning Factory to your wishlist and play the free Alpha:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory/

This week brings in a little, yet lovely update to the French version of the game: a better translation pour les gens francophonnes. Allons y!

Une autre nouvellce cette semaine: if you're looking for some relaxing reading (only English this time, nous sommes désolées), please enjoy a blog post about how Learning Factory, our next big game, was conceived and brought onto Steam: Meet Learning Factory: Story Behind the Game

You're also very welcome to add the game to your wishlist and play the free Alpha:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory/

See you next week!

It would be a tough challenge to try and actually frighten people in the year 2020: we've all seen... a lot.

Which is exactly why this Halloween it's only good news from us to you!

First things first: from October 29 to November 2, while True: learn() is 27% off! If you still don't own a copy of the game or if you want to scare your friends with brain-melting puzzles - this is your chance!

Another cool thing about this event is that you can decorate your game with some uncanny cat skins. Try entering these Halloween codes in the game's main menu:

• NOSFERATU
  
  
• GENIUS
  
  
• JOKER
  
  
• FLOAT
  
  
• GAMER

And if you want to Halloween up your main menu, use HALLOWEEN code and see what happens!

The final piece of good news for today is that the Alpha version of our next big game, Learning Factory, is available to play for free on Steam at this very moment:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory/

It's a game about automation, building factories and selling cool stuff to cats with the help of machine learning! The Alpha is already available to our Discord server dwellers. Don't forget to add it to your wishlist, too.



May this Halloween be horribly awesome for you all! See you next week 🤖🤡💀👻👽

Hey there! So great that you came by!

In this update, we have improved the game's performance by using cutting-edge technology from Mars!

No, seriously (well, almost): we've used some tricks from our next game, Learning Factory to make while True: learn() run smoother. And speaking of Learning Factory: did you know that you can play it, like, right now? Check it out:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory/

It's a factory building game in which you get to use actual machine learning models to learn what cats REALLY want! The Alpha is already available to our Discord server dwellers. Don't forget to add it to your wishlist, too. Huzzah!

See you next week!

Boo! Wait a sec, that didn't sound very impressive...


Are you scared already? We know you're not, because Halloween is about excitement, dressing up and having a good time! Which is this update is actually all about!

In while True: learn() it's Halloween already, and you're invited! Go ahead and decorate your in-game cat with those horribly hilarious promo-codes:

• NOSFERATU
  
  
• GENIUS
  
  
• JOKER
  
  
• FLOAT
  
  
• GAMER

And if you want to Halloween up your main menu, use HALLOWEEN code and see what happens!

(If you have read this far, we've got a secret to share with you: launch the game on Halloween to get a very special achievement! Don't tell anyone else about it, ok?)

But wait, there's more! The Game Festival is still on and out next big game, Learning Factory is available for you to check out! It has cats, machine learning, factory building and lots of other cool stuff you're gonna fall in love with!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory/



What's even better, the game's still in Alpha mode, which means you can help us make it better! Join our Discord server, where players can vote for game art, discuss gameplay and lore and help us shape the game into its full glory!

Hello all,

We do have some great news! Learning Factory, the upcoming game about automation, machine learning, and cats is a part of Steam Game Festival. That's why the free demo is now available and we hope you will enjoy it. Here is our Quick Pitch for the game. Take care!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory/

P.S. We hope you will stop by and say hi because we have so much happening here in Luden.io's office. Can't wait to talk to you folks and hear all the feedback you have.

Hello all,

I've heard that the fall season is the best time for video games!

From September 21 to September 28 you can save 26%+ on while True: learn() and additional content like Mega Map of Machine Learning (oh boy, you should print it for your workplace, we are obsessed with a meditation on it), Soundtrack and Art Pack.

And by the way, drop us a line here or in Discord, how are you, what is going on - we are always happy to talk.

P.S. Free Alpha of Learning Factory is now available and it's growing like hell, I hope we'll handle all of this successfully. Jump into the Learning Factory channel in our Discord and grab your copy.
If you like it please feel free to Add the game to your Wishlist.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory/

Meet Learning Factory

• Public roadmap
  
• Blog
  
• Discord
  
• Twitter
  
• Facebook
  
• All in-game machine learning materials, links and videos ONLINE

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1150090/Learning_Factory/

September 13th is a very special occasion for us: it is also known as World Programmer's Day! Although while True: learn() is not a programming simulator per se, machine learning would not be possible without coding!

It might seem a little bit weird, but on this year's Programmer's Day we'd like to talk to you about a coding-free game about coding. In our next big project, Learning Factory, a player embarks on a journey to build a huge factory which is all about understanding cats using the means of machine learning.

This time it's for real! Where while True: learn() was mostly simulating a lifestyle of a data scientist, Learning Factory is all about real machine learning: it is using linear regression for calculating optimal price of goods in a store, catering to need of some very picky cats!

"Machine learning helps to take all the factors into consideration. But before that would become possible, a player would have to prepare raw data for the algorithm. Actually, this is what 95% of working with machine learning in production is all about. In Learning Factory, we are trying to make this process as graphic and illustrative as possible -- hence the factory building concept. Different kinds of buildings would collect different kinds of data, which then flows to data cluster cores where the mathematical magic is happening. Say, a player wants to build a model which would acknowledge the price of goods, the type of store and something less obvious, like, cats' ears shape. They would have to streamline the data to a cluster core, push a button and let the algorithm calculate the optimum price within the dataset" -- Ivan Kapranov, lead coder at Luden.io

You can read the full story in this post. And if you're interested in learning more about machine learning (and/or building automated factories for cats!), it's easy as pie! Here's your short list of options:

1. Join our Discord Server to play Learning Factory's Alpha
2. Subscribe to our E-mail list (which will also allow you to play the Alpha!)
3. Add Learning Factory to your wishlist:


Don't be a stranger! Let us know what you think about our next game and don't hesitate to join our ranks of cat-loving engineers! And in any case: HAPPY PROGRAMMER'S DAY, EVERYONE! The future is digital!

Hey fellas! We've heard you like machine learning and cats, so we've taken some cats and put their data into a machine learning algorithm and put this algorithm into a cat machine learning factory. And that's how Learning Factory, our next game, was conceived!



Now first playable Alpha Version is available for everyone to play and share feedback about! If you want to become a part of our community of aspiring cat learning engineers, join our Discord server or sign up for our Email list

For more details about the Alpha, check out this post

And of course, don't forget to add Learning Factory to your Wishlist on respective Steam Page

• Public roadmap
  
• Blog
  
• Discord
  
• Twitter
  
• Facebook
  
• All in-game machine learning materials, links and videos ONLINE

Rewire.Education project for kids with autism spectrum disorder.