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Follow up on the latest improvements and updates.
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7/8 Minor Improvements and Fixes
Improvements
- Added "instruction" and "instruction voiceover" fields to the CAS form of Drag & Drop, so the instructions on top of the activity can be different from the task description.
- Added a "quest complete" modal in the game at the end of a quest, so that players know when they could close the tab.
Fixes
- Fixed the issue that the player had to click into the 3D world after clicking on the dismiss (x) button of a notification banner.
- Fixed the issue that the game sometimes crash if the player tries to skip the dialogues in a Discourse task too frequently.
CAS Updates for Image Hotspot (Picture Click) and Drag & Drop
- Changed the name of "Picture Click" to "Image Hotspot" to better represent the mechanic.
- Worked out a solution for scaling hotspots/slots so that if the background is changed to an image with a different resolution, the slots will scale accordingly without exceeding the boundaries of the new image.
- Added shortcut for deleting a hotspot/slot: Backspace(Windows) / delete(Mac) key
- Added more ways to define hotspots in Image Hotspot and slots in Drag & Drop!
Other Improvements
- Now clicking an image in the Assets page opens it up in a new tab instead of the original one.
- Minor game UI improvements
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6/22/2026 Updates
Interaction Task Updates
- Animation Target Can Be Triggered Multiple Times ::Before the update, an actor could only be selected once as an animation target. Now you can have different click targets (or zones) trigger the same animation target, as long as it's not set to "remove after interaction". Example: Make Chanthira play different animations based on which boba tea the player clicks on, or play the same nod animation no matter which boba.
- Fewer Button Clicks when Adding New Click Target or Zone:now when a new click target (or zone) is added, you can go select it (or place the zone sphere) in the scene without having to click on the target selection button.
Drag & Drop Updates
- Changed the "number of slots" field to update on blur (clicking outside) or on submission (Enterkey), so it doesn't trigger unnecessary slot generations when the number is being changed or has multiple digits.
- Improved accuracy of concave-shaped slots.
Asset Management
- In the Assets page, we have added the option to give images alt-texts, which can be picked up by screen readers in the game, and will be displayed when hovering over the picture in Discourse and Picture Click tasks. We will make the process more integrated with the content designer's workflow in the future.
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6/3/2026 New Mechanic: Drag & Drop Release
New Mechanic: Drag & Drop
Drag & Drop is a 2D mechanic where the learners move pieces around on a background, and get different feedback based on the location of the pieces. It can be used for
- matchingorcategorizationpractices, such as making a cladogram (as in the picture above);
- simulating resultsof various actions, such as exploring results of cross-breeding with different parents.
Other Improvements
- You can now add background music to your quests. There will be background music default to each level, and you can override it in each quest, in the Scene EditorduringMap Setup.
- Clicking outside of the area when defining a Picture Click hotspot no longer deletes the selection - it saves it instead.
- You will no longer lose the editing access when saving a draft of a task you are editing. To release the access when you're done editing (so your co-worker could take over), use "Save and Exit" in the dropdown options.
- Minor fixes in the game
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5/27/2026 CAS Improvements
Scene Editor Improvements
- Transforming an actor in the scene or removing it is now made easier! Simply click on the actor in the scene, and then utilize the buttons that will popup to edit it. You can also use number keys (1/2/3) to switch between the transforming modes (translate/rotate/scale), andXordelete/backspacekey to remove the actor.
- Updated target selection UI in other tasks to be consistent with the Interaction task.
Asset Management/Selection Improvements
- Added the function to batch-upload assets in the asset page. (If you upload during a task, still only one asset is uploaded at a time.)
- Updated the sound file selection dropdown so that If you upload a sound file during a task, it should be auto-selected, the same way as an image file.
- Fixed the issue that sometimes an asset selection dropdown can be too low in layer-order that it gets obscured by other fields.
Other Updates
- Submission buttons in forms are now hidden, since they do not properly function yet. We will add them back when we implement proper form validation.
- AI conversation in Custom mechanic is updated so the limit for number of
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5/17/2026 Bugfixes and Improvements
CAS Bugfixes
- Fixed the issue that a quest with a newly-created dialogue task cannot be duplicated unless the dialogue task gets edited first.
- Added blocks to the scene editor when it's loading, so that there won't be problems caused by entering the scene editor before the scene is fully loaded
Game Bugfix & Improvements
- Fixed the issue that if the player completes an interaction task step before the guidance arrow has finished an animation cycle, the guidance arrow would not show up for later steps or tasks.
- Updated the enabling logic of submit button in Custom mechanic-questions, so that it enables when any text is entered, without the player having to click out of the text field first
- Updated the enabling and glowing logic of complete button in Custom mechanic-AI conversation, so that it doesn't enable until two responses have been sent and 10 seconds have been spent on the task, and doesn't make an attention-drawing flash until the 5 exchanges has been made.
- Updated camera collision logic to improve game performance
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4/21/2026 Updates
Custom Player Character
We have added the ability for you to choose what the player character looks like for each quest.
Interaction Task Upgrade
We have created a new version of Interaction Task!
In this new version, you will be able to:
- [same as before]select eitherclicking on targetsormoving into zonesas the interaction type;
- [NEW]set up multiple interactions within the same task (they can be completed in any order);
- [NEW]have text / animations / sound or any of the combinations as feedback when an interaction is completed.
The tasks that were created using the legacy Interaction form will still function, but we will help you manually convert them into the new version, so we can properly sunset the old version.
In order to better support collaboration and prevent accidental overrides, we have implemented a lock system for quest editing.
When entering a quest by clicking on the quest title in Content page, you are defaulted to view-only mode, where no changes can be made.
If nobody is editing the quest, you would be able to make changes once you click on the "Edit" button (top-right). If someone else is editing the quest, you would be notified and given the choice of taking over the editing access.
If your editing access is taken over, you would be notified the next time a save or auto-save happens.
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3/3/2026 Updates
UX Improvements
- Added in-game tutorials.
- Fixed the issue that the player has to click into the 3D world after a 2D-overlay task in order to move around with key controls.
- Now game progress is saved for logged-in users, so they could continue an unfinished quest in a separate session without having to start over.
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2/23/26 Bugfixes and Improvements
Bug fixes
- Fixed the issue that the content page of CAS may fail to load if there are too many quests. The solution should also improve the loading speed of the page.
- Fixed the issue that the game would sometimes fail to load until refreshing.
- Fixed the issue that when there are multiple steps in a picture click, the consecutive images flickers for a second before it gets hidden (for the purpose of drawing attention to the instructions).
Other Improvements
- Adjusted the animation for the button to open a 2D task
- Updated the feedback for Custom mechanic so it is appropriate whether the questions are assessable.
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