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
In-game event · published 13 Oct 2025, 03:19:55 UTC
Newcomer 1.5 Update!
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 ar…
NewsGame-Breaking API Issue 🐞(Fixing with Update 1.5)———Community
Community · published 25 Sep 2025, 20:22:38 UTC
Game-Breaking API Issue 🐞(Fixing with Update 1.5)
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…
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!
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 pr…
In-game event · published 25 Jun 2024, 18:19:05 UTC
Newcomer 1.3 Update
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…
Major update · published 14 Apr 2024, 20:42:57 UTC
The Winwheat Expansion!
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 writin…
In-game event · published 5 Dec 2023, 19:46:17 UTC
Newcomer 1.1 Update
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'…