📢MAJOR UPDATE📢

NEW -> Progress page added!
- You can now track your progress on a dedicated screen
- Stay motivated and keep learning with this extra info
- It also shows you what content you still need to discover in the game

NEW -> Steam achievements added - can you unlock them all?

NEW -> Settings panel added to show you what keys / buttons do what in the game

IMPROVED-> Avoid revision overload with SRS reviews now limited to 30 words / phrases per review session (note: you can still do as many revision sessions as you like)

IMPROVED-> In-game DICTIONARY now easier to navigate and review your learning

IMPROVED-> FABRICATOR expanded so it's quicker to locate the items you want to spawn on demand

Plus these bug fixes & quality of life changes...
- Resolved an issue where Chinese players sometimes couldn't do speech rec if they hadn't chosen Chinese for the UI / menu language
- Added all directions words to the SRS
- Rescaled the text size on the Inbox messages to improve readability
- Added an end of game celebration(!)
- Made all items in the supermarket easily accessible
- Addressed an issue with Pishi rotating the wrong way when in conversation
- Fixed the "skip" button when in Lessons
- Improved menu / sub-menu navigation on Steam Deck
- Fixed an issue with one Lesson where three NPCs partake
- Various fixes to animals misbehaving
- Changed the sprite used to represent Questions in the SRS
- Fixed a bug where the inbox messages don't work after switching to another tab
- Added pagination to the list of Lessons
- Fixed a minor issue with the Streak system
- Fixed an issue where interaction with a Chromoemitter interfered with the game music

Enjoy the update and join our community to stay up to date with what's coming next: https://discord.gg/3K3jWtCy3H


The Noun Town team 🎉

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

📢MAJOR UPDATE📢

NEW -> Furigana added!
- You can now see Furigana throughout Noun Town when learning Japanese
- This was one of our most requested features
- Check it out here:
> Object info (Tab button on keyboard to access)
> Dictionary
> Lessons
> All NPC dialogues
> Colour & Number mini-games

Plus these bug fixes...
- Greek & Ukrainian speech rec improvements
- Pinyin non-speech input options now do not show when romanisation is switched off
- Fixed one of the Japanese clothes store lessons which didn't run
- Resolved an issue with using construction mode in the airship
- Fixed non-speech rec delivery bot locking issue with the Japanese language
- Prevent a hidden cursor from interfering with UI navigation

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


The Noun Town team 🎉

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

In this update we've made some changes to how the Directions and Numbers mini-games work following feedback from our community.

Directions
- Made the delivery bot waaaay easier to drive
- Removed the time penalty on making a wrong choice
- "Play again" button added to final screen
- More tooltips to help players understand the game
- Various bug fixes / UI improvements
- VFX and SFX improvements

Numbers
- Made the haywire robots waaaay easier to hit (doubled the hit radius)
- You can now walk up to a completed bot to hear its number
- UI on workshop easier to understand what numbers you've completed / still need to find
- More tooltips to help players understand the game
- Various bug fixes / UI improvements
- VFX and SFX improvements

More updates on the way!

Thank you

📢MAJOR UPDATE📢

NEW -> No-speech input method added!
- You can now choose to input via text or the original voice recognition method
- This provides a whole new way to learn!
- Pick between phonetic input units to learn words and phrases
- Get hints and quickly find out where your mistakes were
- No-speech is playable without an internet connection, allowing you to play on-the-go

NEW -> LINK feature added
- Back up your progress for added security
- Synchronise your learning between versions of Noun Town (even the VR version!)

Plus...
- Steam Deck optimisations so it is now fully supported
- Multiple other bug fixes and quality of life improvements

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


The Noun Town team 🎉

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

14 more bug fixes as reported by our awesome community!

- All voice files for Arabic items replaced
- Arabic NPC Question dialog lines now correctly read right to left
- Updated demo released
- Ordering of Greek school lessons corrected
- UI for lesson console test phase improved

- Audio menu music setting level adjusted
- Fixed a bug with NPC questions when switching language
- Fixed a bug where clicking the lessons console in constructor mode locks the game
- When talking to an NPC, show three already-asked questions when all unasked questions have been cleared

- Japanese bundle renaming fix
- Various fixes to language content across multiple languages
- Fixed a bug where players can get stuck in the beach area
- Fixed a bug where lessons with three or five lines of dialog don't run correctly
- Fixed a bug where all sports hall lessons didn't run correctly

Thank you!

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[discord.gg].

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[discord.gg].

...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/