Newcomer : A Language Learning RPG Steam news

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• Review score78% positive
• Total reviews63
• Release dateNov 20, 2023
• DeveloperJason Kappes
• PublisherJason Kappes

Genres: Adventure, Indie, RPG, Early Access

Company pages: Developer: Jason KappesPublisher: Jason Kappes

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Newcomer : A Language Learning RPG Steam news

Newcomer : A Language Learning RPG news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

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• 1.5.1 Memory Issue Hotfix - 14 October 2025

  1.5.1 Hotfix:Fixed a memory issue leading to Newcomer taking up too much memory and freezing when entering new scenes.

• Memory Issue in 1.5 - 13 October 2025

  Hey everyone,I just discovered there is a memory issue in the current build of Newcomer that is leading to Newcomer freezing upon entering new scenes. I'm currently investigating it and I will be releasing a hotfix once the issue is addressed. Thankyou for your patience, and sorry for all of the bugs recently!Cheers, Jason

• Newcomer 1.5 Update! - 13 October 2025

  Bookmarks:Players can now bookmark and save any word.All bookmarked words appear with their definition(s) inside your phrasebook.Bookmarked words will appear during battles, allowing you to practice them.Character Selection:Players have 10 different pre-built characters to choose from. Each character has their own animations and custom dialogue portrait.NPC Animations:NPCs are no longer static and unmoving!Every NPC has a new set of walking and idle animations in addition to their own path around town.Other Improvements:New and improved Dutch and Tagalog voices.Search any word or translation in your phrasebook.Chat history (memory) for NPCs is now saved. In intermediate mode, NPCs have memory of your conversations with them and remember their conversations across play sessions.After a NPC dialogue in intermediate mode, players can immediately begin typing instead of needing to press Ent…

• Game-Breaking API Issue 🐞(Fixing with Update 1.5) - 25 September 2025

  Hey Everyone,An API endpoint that Newcomer relies on for intermediate mode has gone down permanently (RIP Gemini 1.5 flash).This means that conversation in Intermediate mode will not work. However, beginner mode should mostly work since the dialogue is hardcoded. There may be a few instances later on in the Beginner mode game where this API is needed and it would break the game.I'm choosing not to release a hotfix since I'm almost done with Update 1.5. Instead, I am going to leave the game in a broken state for a few weeks while I finish the update. Sorry if you've been impacted by this, and I'll do my best to release 1.5 soon!Cheers, Jason

• 1.41 Hotfix - 3 February 2025

  In intermediate mode, when talking to Earl before crossing Solara River, his dialogue would sometimes infinitely load. This has been fixed and intermediate users can now reach Ashar. For both modes, if there is an issue with initial account creation, the user is never able to start a game. I added a way to delete local account data so user's can retry creating an account to play. Thanks!

• The Six Flags Update! (1.4) - 6 December 2024

  Language Expansions: 6 new target languages have been added to Newcomer! These languages are now available in beginner and intermediate mode. German Portuguese (Brazil) Spanish (Spain) Turkish Dutch Tagalog Content Additions: 16 new NPCs added Collectable gold coins spread around the world. Knowledge orbs that can be found and bought. Knowledge orbs unlock new vocabulary to practice in battle. Feature Modifications: Level-ing up has been removed from Newcomer and replaced with Town Chapters. Upon reaching a new town, in beginner mode players will receive new expressions that can be used. Players receive a letter where they can cycle through the new expressions and words unlocked. Phrasebook has been changed. Now, players can view words and expressions for each town chapter. Feature Improvements: Intermediate mode chat experience improved! Faster speech to text NPCs have more dynamic per…

• Newcomer 1.3 Update - 25 June 2024

  This update added a variety of small changes that improves the experience. Change List: Easier sign-in process SFX added for mage bosses, some creatures, and interactable buttons ~20 First person intermediate tasks added Intermediate NPCs will now ask you more questions Intermediate NPC dialogue no longer overflows Player cursor works properly and changes over interactable elements Battle UI/UX improved - Jason P.S. Try out my 2nd project which turns any videogame into a language learning experience. It's free, but only on Windows. Try it here: Wisp: Turn any videogame into a language learning experience

• The Winwheat Expansion! - 14 April 2024

  Language Learning: Intelligent Translations: Click any word to receive a grammar explanation and definition. In-context learning has never been so smooth (Beginner & Intermediate). Sentence Building: Beginner mode communication is simpler and better to use. Lifelike Communication: Intermediate mode communication is much simpler, making it easy to engage in lifelike communication by writing and speaking quickly with in-game characters. (Intermediate Mode Only) Auto-Correct: In intermediate mode, receive auto-corrections to your input to help you improve your writing (Intermediate Mode Only). Try Speaking: Search for any phrase and try speaking it. (Intermediate Mode Only) Content Expansions Winwheat Addition: An entire new village, Winwheat, has been added Ashar Expansion: The third village, Ashar, has been expanded with a giant explorable tomb. Main quest continues through Ashar New NPC…

• Newcomer 1.1 Update - 5 December 2023

  General Changes: Digital keyboard size increased Jeremiah and Mustafa sales sequence modified for easier trading For Spanish natives, Grandma no longer sounds like a man. Added the ability to spawn at the port during the onboarding sequence. Added password reset mechanism in the main menu Removed 'Play with no account' for PC version. Dialogue can be forwarded by pressing 'enter' Player can be moved using numpad keys (French natives playing on PC now have a proper way to move their character) Intermediate Mode Changes: NPCs do a better job of remembering what's already been communicated. Current conversation task is always shown You can submit writing and speaking input by pressing 'enter' You can start typing by pressing 'enter' Thanks everyone for the feedback over the first version. I have even more small changes I'm adding to improve the experience. First major content update is pla…

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