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@newcomer.bsky.social

Hi! I'm Jay๐Ÿ“—I'm American, C1 in Spanish, and an edtech indie dev. ๐ŸŽฎ Creator of Newcomer (language learning rpg) ๐ŸŽฎ Creator of Wisp (learn languages from any PC game) Check out my projects here: (newcomergames.com)

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yep - although it's a bit difficult to find it. I'd send you the link, but I wasn't able to find it. I recommend finding a link to a ROM archive through reddit

07.11.2025 21:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I just updated Newcomer! It's my indie language learning RPG I've been working on for a few years.

Here's what's new in update 1.5. Enjoy! #langsky

13.10.2025 03:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They really need to bring this once back!

24.09.2025 21:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I just discovered a pretty neat language learning/accessibility feature from Microsoft Copilot (for Edge browser).

Hover your cursor over any YouTube video, and you can translate the audio from <Language> to <Language> and it works pretty well!

#langsky

06.09.2025 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New Spanish language learning stack I'm trying.

PokeMMO in Spanish (DM if you'd like the ROMS!)

Wisp - which can be used to translate back to your L1 for additional assistance

#langsky #spanish

20.09.2025 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I just discovered a pretty neat language learning/accessibility feature from Microsoft Copilot (for Edge browser).

Hover your cursor over any YouTube video, and you can translate the audio from <Language> to <Language> and it works pretty well!

#langsky

06.09.2025 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

nice - that's a good place to start, thanks!

08.04.2025 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

squid game has funneled me straight into k-pop

any song suggestions?

23.01.2025 02:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dreaming Spanish is a good one. Comprehensible Input videos at your level

19.01.2025 18:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I've worked a lot making Newcomer accessible to English language learners, but I rarely receive feedback from this group

Today, a Spanish-speaking mother and her daughter shared their experience using Newcomer to learn English (I may have shed a tear or two)

18.01.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's wild how in English, most letters are just one or two strokes, but in Chinese, some glyphs formally go up to 40+ strokes

03.01.2025 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My style:
1๏ธโƒฃGames
2๏ธโƒฃSeries
3๏ธโƒฃPodcasts
4๏ธโƒฃConversation

03.01.2025 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow, thankyou! ๐Ÿ˜

30.12.2024 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hey ya'll, Newcomer is the cost of a fries on Steam until the Winter sale ends. It's an immersion-focused language learning experience that I've been making for the past 3 years!

Available L1s: En, Es-MX, Fr, It
Available L2s: En, Es-MX, Fr, It, Ger, Pt-BR, Es-Es, Ni, Fil, Tr

Happy holidays!

29.12.2024 17:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Newcomer: A Language Learning RPG - Six Flags Update
YouTube video by Newcomer : Language Immersion Newcomer: A Language Learning RPG - Six Flags Update

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8xf...

I just added 6 new languages to my language learning rpg, Newcomer!

German, Portuguese (Brazil), Turkish, Dutch, Tagalog, and Spanish (Spain)

It feels really good to offer Tagalog because not many apps support this language!! #langsky

06.12.2024 05:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh! This one looks great, thanks

01.12.2024 16:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I do love the duollingo spanish podcast too!

01.12.2024 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ohhhh pimsleur is an obvious one, thanks!

I'll check out some of these other resources too ๐Ÿ‘

01.12.2024 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What are you favorite audio resources to learn your target language? #langsky #studysky

I'll be doing a lot of driving over the next few weeks and I'd love to put something on for more spanish input

01.12.2024 15:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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new way i added of unlocking new language content in my game

basically, every new area you reach, you get a pack of cards that contains expressions you'll use in that village

30.11.2024 23:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

that feel when you land somewhere new but you're already planning your move in a month to the next place lol

30.11.2024 15:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#pixelart

cozy coastal language learning vibes

makes me so happy seeing new languages come to life in this world ๐Ÿ˜Œ

30.11.2024 04:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

omg ankiweb.net/shared/info/...

they added pokemon to anki

you catch and raise pokemon by completing decks

27.11.2024 19:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Mexico City Gentrification
YouTube video by Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan Mexico City Gentrification

youtu.be/tAMNPeo7AG0?...

For my #langsky moots from Mexico, is gentrification a fairly big political topic broadly in Mexico?

And also, is gentrification mainly occurring in Mexico city or in my other areas of Mexico too?

This video gives a few interesting perspectives about the issue

26.11.2024 23:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Recently stumbled upon a bunch of badass educational #StarWars games from the late 90's

This is "Star Wars: Droidworks". You build and control droids (physics) to solve missions. Too bad it's not on Steam ๐Ÿ˜”

26.11.2024 21:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

just curious, how many games do you run into that don't have subtitles?

26.11.2024 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A Spanish way of telling someone to stay in their lane, originally borrowed from a Latin phrase, is zapatero a tus zapatos. It means โ€œshoemaker, to your shoesโ€

26.11.2024 18:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 567    ๐Ÿ” 66    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 43    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

greetings followed by sware words haha

25.11.2024 16:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No beans, keep the tomatoes and mushrooms

24.11.2024 14:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know like - they honestly put the effort in ๐Ÿ˜ญ

22.11.2024 16:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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