Noun Town Language Learning News

Introduction of a save backup system to prevent issues if a player's system crashes whilst the game is saving. Also some bug fixes reported by our [awesome!] community:

- Enabled directions game words to be reviewable in the spaced repetition system (SRS).
- Resolved issue where NPCs didn't spawn in the school learning environment.
- Fixed the pear item so that the button can be pressed during Learning Rush on Steam Deck.

Thank you!

Welcome to our latest update!

In this update we've fixed lots of bugs, and made some major enhancements to the speech recognition!

HUGE THANKS to our community for suggesting improvements and reporting bugs! You can join us on Discord here.

If you're enjoying Noun Town, a rating and a review are always incredibly appreciated!

Speech recognition improvements:
- Switched to an improved server for players in China - this also removes the need for players in China to use a VPN to access speech recognition
- Resolved issues with speech recognition during longer sentences and Japanese lessons
- Resolved other issues with speech recognition functionality, particularly after using kiosks improving the experience for all players

Bug fixes and quality of life improvements:
- Cursor Enhancement: Constructor mode cursor VFX now appears enlarged when opening Numbers workshop for better visibility and usability for users
- Lesson Progress Display: Fixed an issue where the HUD lesson progress did not immediately update upon completion.
- Audio Settings: Revision, SRS, and Dictionary audio playback is now correctly linked to the "Voice" setting instead of "SFX" so players can more accurately control the sound levels to suit their needs
- Robot Interface Improvement: Changed buttons on the 2nd robot numbers screen to feature active text with a speaker icon (similar to multiple choice) rather than phonetic text
- Learning Rush: Fixed visual glitches where characters Muri and Lindo faced the wrong way and twisted their bodies during gameplay
- NPC Interaction: Resolved a bug where NPC faces turned without their bodies when speaking during conversations
- Network Connectivity: Fixed issues related to internet connection checks
- Tutorial Improvement: Enhanced handling of request failures during tutorials to reduce the chance of players losing their way when starting the game
- Graphical options: Added a "depth texture" to settings to give players greater flexibility to control visual quality vs speed to suit their setup
- Minigame Fix: Corrected a typo in the landmark ID for directions.
- SRS Enhancement: Implemented a fix to prevent non-ISO items from being included in the testing list.
- Implemented a solution to delete corrupted files upon application start to reduce the instances of players opening unplayable games
- Audio Playback: Fixed Japanese lesson audio playback issues in certain areas and addressed instances of audio being cut out.
- UI Enhancement: Fixed empty textbox issues in lessons after toggling off phonetic text.
- SRS Testing: Fixed sprite issues in the SRS test location to make these look more attractive for players
- Learning Object Fixes: Addressed collider issues in learning objects so players can't accidentally throw and lose objects
- NPC Interaction: Implemented checks after all questions are asked during NPC interactions so users know when all questions have been asked.
- Lexicon: Adjusted dictionary list order for improved organization so players can see what they've learnt more easily.
- Learning Kiosk: Prevented double-tap of "V" during Noun Test, which resulted in losing two lives at once.
- Lesson Navigation: Added pagination to lesson lists for easier navigation by players
- Dictionary UI: Ensured correct button coloring when switching between tabs for easier understanding of progress
Island Environment: Improved floor collider outside the cafe to prevent spawned Fabricator items from falling through.
- Lessons at Farm: Fixed roleplay part of lesson 1 for Yaya, particularly in German language lessons.
- SRS Multiple Choice: Fixed audio playback for directions in Spanish (MX) and Arabic languages during SRS tests.

Enjoy! :)

Welcome to our latest update! As ever, a HUGE THANKS to our community for suggesting improvements and reporting bugs! Join us on Discord here.

...aaaaand if you're enjoying Noun Town, a rating and a review are always incredibly appreciated!

NEW FEATURES:
1) We've added a Romanisation toggle in Settings menu (can now turn off all romaji and other romanisations)
2) Added GRAPHIC SETTINGS to Settings menu so you can optimise how the game performs and looks for your setup

Bug fixes and quality of life improvements:
- Update LEARN MORE WORDS so it can be triggered by users whenever they want
- Fixed various missing UI translations
- Added NOUN TOWN: LINK beta (feature to back-up and sync your save with the VR game)
- Fixed Portuguese localization showing Mexican sometimes
- Fixed speech recognition bug causing animation to stay too long
- Fixed mouse click movement issues for some scenes
- Stopped taller NPCs blocking mouse clicks on buttons in Learning Rush
- Added non-QWERTY keyboard layout compatibility for French keyboards
- Fixed missing Directions and NPC Questions game audio files in Dictionary + SRS
- Deploy corrected Arabic sound files
- Implement improved Chinese pinyin localiser
- Fix issue with fabricator and vehicle menu during elevator ride
- Fix LONGEST STREAK calculation
- Add Dictionary images for Phrases
- Update Constructor Mode for left click/right click functionality
- Added trial of dynamic background audio in BAKERY
- Fix bug where learning English Lessons would sometimes not work
- 33 assorted language audio fixes
- Prevent save corruption if computer crashes during saving
- Make mouse click available for roleplay character selection in LESSONS
- Prevent issues in Tutorial
- Fix Star object in LEARNING OBJECT
- Allow users to learn the same language as their UI
- Fix localisations issues for chromoemitter in Italian
- Fix double audio track bug on Island caused by DIRECTIONS minigame
- Implement respawn fix for Music
- New SETTINGS menu layout
- Ensure BGM plays on AIRSHIP
- Fix squares appearing in Russian and French BEOUF fonts
- Ensure Noun test item names in LEARNING KIOSK are dynamically resizing properly
- Ensure LEXICON dictionary shows all SRS learning progress accurately
- Fixed bug and now new seeds available after each new day in COLOURS (PSUB)
- Updated SRS to make new words available as soon as time is up, instead of after scene change
- Addressed Learning Rush broken item issues in MINIGAME
- Fixed frame moving off screen when entering car on moving elevator in DELIVERY GAME
- Updated UI/LEXICON to ensure object information and dictionary panel update SRS stage information
- Show door-exit arrow at the end of the tutorial to indicate room exit
- Fixed issue with items getting stuck behind walls or under floors in OBJECTS (PSUB)
- Corrected placement of item VFX in LEARNING RUSH
- Fixed location issues in MINIGAME directions game
- Now shows NPC names correctly in NPC QA Answer, NPC QA End, and Lessons
- Fixed DICTIONARY, now correctly shows Date Learned info
- Added fisplay color adjective images in DICTIONARY
- Disabled fabricator during TUTORIAL
- Addressed issue with VSYNC not working in SETTINGS
- Fixed CONSTRUCTOR MODE bug +allow raycast pickup of objects through scenery in CONSTRUCTOR MODE

Enjoy! :)

📢HUGE LANGUAGES UPDATE📢

Not one, not two, not three, but SIX new learnable languages added!

> American English
> Egyptian Arabic
> Greek
> Spanish Mexican
> Russian
> Ukrainian



As well adding new languages we've also localised the menus and user interface to the following languages: Brazilian Portuguese; Chinese (Mandarin); French; German; Italian; Japanese; Korean; Mexican Spanish; and Spain Spanish.



We've also dropped a whole load of fixes based on community feedback, including:

> Fixed issue with INBOX notifications not appearing
> Fixed issue with Learning Rush bug in Sports Hall
> Fixed issue with Sports Hall floor and items falling through
> Fixed issue with not being able to put items on the counter in Bakery

...plus loads more! Enjoy the update and join our community to stay up to date with all of our exciting future plans to expand the game:
https://discord.gg/3K3jWtCy3H


The Noun Town team 🎉

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2313720/Noun_Town_Language_Learning/

Some small fixes in this launch (our time is mainly being spent putting in the ability to learn ENGLISH, which should come out in a week or two!)

Anyway, here are the notes - as every, come join us on Discord to discuss more!

• KIOSK - When you 100%'ed a room, the noun kiosk would break. Now it says 100% complete!
  
• SPEECH REC: SR has been adjusted in Japanese to fix a bunch of small errors, such as 17 not working correctly
  
• LESSON - Sometimes, getting answers wrong in the test still allow you to pass it. Now you must get them all right! Hohoho.
  
• NUMBERS- Second stage of finding robot parts wouldn't take controller inputs automatically. Now does!
  
• LESSONS - Clothes store and Supermarket lessons did not appear for users. Now do!
  
• CAFE - Unable to correctly learn CD due to word being in lowercase when spoken. Fixed!