Hi everyone! I took a break to visit family, but work on uFactory has resumed! The next version, v2.1.5, is expected to launch in the next two weeks!

This next version will include a couple of key auxiliary features to help add more variety and replayability to the game. They include:

• A dynamic fuel system. Need to burn something to heat up your product? Use anything that burns to do it! But some fuels are definitely more efficient than others, and down the line, you may have to worry about how clean they burn...
  
• Assembly-customized tokens. Right now, the commodity tokens always look done no matter how far along you are in manufacturing them. This is most noticeable with license plates, but it was positively game-breaking with the upcoming Pencil manufacturing level (which is why it got pushed back from the last update to this one). Now, you'll be able to see the results of each manufacturing step on the products that move on the belts.
  
• Assembly groups. Right now, you can complete long assembly processes in essentially any order, even if that order doesn't make sense. With assembly groups, you need to complete a group of steps before moving on to the next group. Assembly groups need to be completed in order, but the steps within a group can be done in any order.
  
• Optional Objectives. Adding some replayability, optional objectives will push you to strive for efficiency ratings that seem impossible to a newcomer. You don't need to complete them to finish the level, but you'll get a nice score bonus if you do!

This update will also include two new pencil-manufacturing levels!

After 2.1.5, I'll start working on the big 2.2 update, which will include such major additions as multi-platform support (Windows, Mac, Linux, & Steam Deck) and the return of the fiendishly-challenging petroleum refining process!

As always, if you want to keep up with the development progress, check the Live Development Roadmap[www.ufactorygame.com] or join our Discord Server[discord.gg].

Thanks again for supporting uFactory! Expect some new content in the next couple weeks!