Learning the Ropes
0.2.7
3 July 2026
Industry²
Released
Drop ore, lay conveyors, and refine it into packaged goods to sell for coins in this cozy 2D factory builder.
Learning the Ropes
A changelist for Industry².
🎁 Added
- Guided first-time tutorial, the intro now walks you through your first working line step by step, the toolbar category you need glows green, each placement pops a little celebration, and finishing the tour pays a 500 coin starter bonus
- Locked parts explain themselves, the next part you can unlock in each dropdown now shows what it does and what it takes right in the menu
- First-open panel hints, the Tech Tree and Network now greet you with a short "what is this" card the first time you open them, so you are never dropped in cold
- Rebirth button on the main screen, a Rebirth button now sits top-right, greyed until every Tech upgrade is maxed, so you never have to go hunting for how to rebirth
- Session summary on return, the Welcome Back screen now also shows your current goal, any contract you are holding, and your streak, so you land back in oriented
- Eight new achievements, Task Master, On a Roll, Dealmaker, Apprentice, Foreman, Smooth Operator, Goal Getter and Network Mogul
- Click feedback on machine tasks, tapping a boost task now fires a cyan ripple right on the machine so the click always registers
🧼 Improved
- Late dropper progression stretched out, Uranium and Diamond droppers now unlock over a longer, steadier climb instead of arriving almost back to back
- The Rebirth goal now spells out exactly how to rebirth and points at the new button
- Locked menu rows are now compact again with only the next unlock described, so dropdowns never overrun the screen
- Flow overlay recoloured to a colourblind friendly palette, and border thickness now signals congestion too
🪛 Fixed
- Machine and processor boost tasks were being cleared the instant they appeared, so those boosts and the Oil and Calibrate actions now actually work
- The task marker no longer clips off the top of the grid at any zoom or pan, and no longer hides behind neighbouring machines
- The Try it now and Got it buttons on the unlock popup are now the same size and aligned
⚠️ Known Issues
- The progression rebalance applies to runs already in progress, so an existing factory may show different unlock timing than before, this is intended