Welcome back for more patch notes!

We've received lots of great feedback for the screen reader support, and we've taken a lot of that on board for this release. If you're blind or visually impaired, please give it another go and let us know what you think in our Discord server ! We've also included some translation updates for international players.

You can now also play Bits & Bops in

• Vietnamese - thanks to o c Trung!

Features added

• The accessibility settings now include a "Narrate gameplay" option to enable additional narration during levels
• The custom audio engine now has a "Strict buffer" setting which can be disabled for compatibility with non-conforming output devices
• Linux now has basic screen reader support if spd-say is available (apt-get install speech-dispatcher)

Updates

• Loading mixtapes now uses the native OS file picker, which is also accessible to screen readers
• Shortcuts on the disclaimer screen now also accept Shift in place of Ctrl
• The mouse cursor is only locked to the screen on valid mouse input
• The screen reader now describes more details on the title screen, stage select, tutorials and judgement screens
• The default Windows screen reader implementation now supports modern voices and configuration settings
• The Windows build now detects more running screen readers in addition to NVDA
• The default locale for Spanish has been changed to es-MX (from es-US)
• The X button can now be used in addition to the A button on controllers
• The custom audio engine now supports a wider range of audio formats to be compatible with more sound cards
• The custom audio engine now attempts to match your native device format for optimal speed and latency

Bugs fixed

• The Japanese translation was mistakenly omitted and is now included in all builds
• Bubble pop events in Meet & Tweet are now consistently handled before bubble appear events
• The game no longer freezes in some cases on Linux when the audio device is in a bad state
• The custom audio engine now recovers from more invalid device state errors
• Screen reader pacing is now more consistent on non-Windows platforms
• Level names now use translated names in stage select if available
• The keyboard shortcut to enable accessibility (Shift+Win+A) now works reliably and is available on macOS (as Shift+Command+A)
• The game no longer crashes on Windows if text-to-speech fails to initialise
• The "sound check" text no longer disappears after changing language
• The modifier key for disclaimer screen shortcuts no longer sticks on macOS
• The "Screen flash" option now also disables the camera shutter on the Flipper Snapper title screen
• Clicking the mouse no longer interrupts the current screen reader dialogue
• Overlapping nails in Hammer Time customs now use consistent layering