I think it might be worth looking into some poll type approach. This way issues can be and concerns of the community can be addressed almost at the same time, it helps the devs streamline the issues of the community instead of tackling everything at once, while also ensuring the community feels heard. Deciding decent intervals will probably be the key, perhaps a new poll shortly before a new patch?
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Some constructive criticism from my (so far) short time on the app practicing intermediate level German would be: 1. on the listening questions, allow users to click other audio options before the previous audio is completed so you dont have to listen to the full incorrect choice. 2. (And maybe I've just not gotten to this point), but questions where you can type out your answer instead of multiple choice, I think, would be useful.
7 months ago | 19
There are definitely some bugs that need to be fixed, but overall I think it will be a fun app to supplement language learning. People are expecting the app to be perfect as soon as it launches, and that will never be the case for any app. So keep up the good work fixing everything, and I can't wait to see what this can accomplish :-)
7 months ago
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Awesoooome this is exactly what I was hoping for after seeing the state the app was in on release. I'm so glad y'all took our concerns seriously and are going to make Fluyo great. 🐬
7 months ago
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A hangeul course sounds great. I tried to do the beginner korean courses and had a lot of trouble because i have 0 hangul knowledge lol. I imagine its the same for JP learners
7 months ago
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Dude the community course will be the greatest update ever omg, we need more tools to bring knowledge to people!!!!
4 months ago | 0
Hi there, at first I was confused when I tried my first battle on the journey mode for Korean, but since I’ve loved Pokémon since I was little this sort of helped me defeat the first one. I like how we’re learning our target languages and the battle concept is fun👍🏻
7 months ago | 0
The app is being pretty fun, looking forward for its future! I have a suggestion. When I'm learning new words, I'm mostly using the text option, because it's giving me the best results, but it feels missing because it doesn't give you an audio for the learned word, only if you fail, but it would make sense for me to always have the audio Thank you for the app, have a good recovery!
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You should try learn a certain dialect of Arabic! I think Egyptian would be good as it’s the most popular and the most spoken one.
6 months ago | 0
Been watching since like the first vrc video, when you announced the kickstarter for fluyo I wanted to donate but simply couldnt afford to at the time. I got premium pretty much as soon as I saw the app was available and can't wait to see how it progresses with time. Keep up the great work ya'll. :)
7 months ago
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I've been loving the app! I hope one day you add Norwegian as I have been trying to learn it for a year now.
7 months ago | 0
The partial support languages are really lacking especially with Asian languages. The battle mechanics are cool but overly simplistic and the animations are really subpar. It’s not what I expected and it’s very underwhelming. Sorry.
7 months ago | 6
Hey Ikenna, I've sent an email to Zack mentioning an Idea which I hope makes it to you. I know you receive plenty of comments and messages about advice however I do think this one leads towards some wonderful things for the future of Fluyó.
7 months ago | 0
Having 2 lessons a day with an ad everytime to make me pay, made stop playing, no thanks
7 months ago | 7
Will Belarusian be added? Я вывучаю беларускую мову. It is hard to find anything in English to learn this language, mostly because most resources are in Russian. [In the future, I forgot to put that] 😅
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What if we missed the deadline for 39.99 annually for life? Do the customers who taking this seriously get more time to pay? Cuz I'm doing fluyo everyday since I heard it launched. How much more time when we can donate to invest? It's a great experience so far for me.
7 months ago | 2
Ikenna
FLUYO ROADMAP! 🐬 🗺️ This is going to be your deep-dive on everything we’ve got planned for Fluyo over the next year. This video walk you through our short-term plan to improve the app, the new features currently in the pipeline, and our long-term goals for the year. My Co-CEO Zack's video walkthrough: www.loom.com/share/2db198bd3b054e9da439112e33ef7bc…
A quick announcement first: we’re extending our $39 annual launch special until January 20. We’ve got a lot of improvements shipping for our Android app next week, and I want you all to have extra time to try those out.
The Full Text Version from Zack:
Short Term
All of these items will be rolled out over the next two months. Everything here is a sure-bet. Our team is already actively working on all of these items, if they aren’t already finished.
Bugfixes Everywhere!
We’re working hard on implementing bugfixes throughout the app, especially Android. We’ve already shipped dozens of these. Many of you have already noticed improvements, and the app will only be getting better.
Android Blur Removed
We’ll be removing background-blur from the app early this week. This should dramatically improve framerates for most users.
Improved matchmaking
Our team is working on improving our matchmaking algorithms to make it easier to find matches in the game. Alongside this, we’ll be working on improving mini-game stability.
Language Data
We’re working hard to improve language data issues as well. We have a Head of Languages starting this week who will be leading the charge on getting corrections rolled out as quickly as possible. Additionally, we’ll be publishing a toolkit that will let volunteers help us with language data corrections.
Improved Word Challenges
We’ll be working hard to make Word Challenges less frustrating - accepting more synonyms and providing more consistency in which word forms we accept (infinitives, etc.)
More Wayfinder Lessons
We’ll be rolling out the French beginner Wayfinder lessons, the remaining Korean beginner Wayfinder lessons, along with the Hangeul course, and our intermediate Wayfinder lessons for Japanese, Spanish, Korean, and French. These courses are written to 90%+ completion, and we’re already creating Audio for the Wayfinder lessons.
Premium Exclusives
We’ll have exclusive premium item sets releasing every two months - the first, the Glacial Enigma set, should be available to all premium users next week.
Gem Items
Our Gem-currency item sets will be dropping into the app very soon. Premium users and Kickstarter backers will be swimming in style.
Wayfinder Questions in Battles
The questions you answer in Wayfinder lessons will soon be repeated as exercises in your creature battles. These will be appearing on a spaced-repetition system, so you’ll be getting detailed grammar review throughout your Journey.
Furigana and Transliteration Throughout the App
Currently, furigana and transliterations only appear in limited places throughout the app. Very soon, you’ll see them both in creature battles and word lessons.
UI Improvements
We’ll also be working on a wide array of UI improvements to make things more user-friendly and to improve quality-of-life inside the app. Here’s one example:
Medium Term
These items will be our focus 2-6 months from now. Most of them are planned, and many are in design or early development. Unlike the short-term items, these may change or priority may shift.
Creature Battle Improvements
We’ll be balancing and tweaking creature battles as early as next week, but we’ll be looking for major improvements and adjustments to the format over the next several months. These changes will include recruiting creatures to battle alongside you, changes to the moves and format, and more.
Wayfinder Lesson Improvements
Bugfixes for the Wayfinder lessons are already underway. For the lessons as a whole, we’re pretty happy with the format, but we’ll be working to make them more engaging and a little faster-paced. This will likely roll-out alongside a bigger change to the Journey format.
Extended Courses
We’ll be working hard to roll out more Wayfinder lessons and matching Word lessons as quickly as we can for our core five languages.
Full Journey For All Languages
Although Wayfinder lessons may take us more time, we’re aiming to have a Journey mode with Word lessons covering 3000 vocabulary words for all 10 of our launch languages (Japanese, Spanish, Korean, French, German, Chinese, Russian, Italian, Portuguese, and Dutch).
Pod Quests
Pods will become a much more central part of the app as we begin to add Pod community quests and challenges where you’ll work together with your Podmates to unlock epic rewards.
Multiplayer Creature Battles
Creature battles will be coming online. You’ll try to survive as long as you can against hordes of enemies, and work with your friends to take down epic bosses.
PvP Battles (1v1 Arena Returns)
You’ll square off against other players in a fast-paced battle following the creature battle format to climb the ranks and become the ultimate 1v1 Arena champion.
Speak-to-Answer
Sooner than later, we’ll be adding the option to speak-to-answer. As we refine our toolset for this, it will play a more prominent role throughout the app for users who want to use it.
Fluyo AI
Fluyo’s AI tier will be launching with:
Personalized mistakes review
Extended audio lessons and personalized practice
Real-time social chat assistance
Personalized lessons and tutoring
Pronunciation and voice practice, models permitting
Long Term
These items are more like goals for the year, all slotting in at least six months from now. The priority on these items is likely to change significantly between now and development.
New Mini-game
We’ll be adding at least one new mini-game to the app. We’ve set an internal goal to keep development focused on the game’s educational value. Don’t worry, it’ll still be fun though.
Wayfinder Lessons For All 10 Languages
We’re aiming to have our first Wayfinder lessons for all 10 of our course in the app by the end of the year.
Community Courses
We’ll be rolling out course-writing tools to the community to support courses we aren’t choosing to write courses for internally. These tools will be more-or-less the same as the tools we use internally, and we’ll have a volunteer program to help manage getting the courses created.
Begin First English Course
We’re aiming to begin development on our first English course by the end of the year, but we don’t have an ETA for when it will make it into the app.
And Tons More!
Our roadmap is constantly changing while we adapt to your feedback. We’ll be keeping you up to date periodically with announcements like this one.
That’s all for now! We’re unbelievably excited about the future of Fluyo, and we hope you are too. We’re on a mission to make our users fluent, and Fluyo will be the most fun and effective language learning app ever.
Zack Smith
Co-CEO, Fluyo
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