Noir Vice v1.01.14a

Hentai Senpai: Noir Vicev1.01.14a is live now!

🌟 New Features:

• Expanded Full Localization – 31 of Steams most popular languages are now fully localized!
• Gallery Mini-Player (Picture-in-Picture Mode) – Transforms the game into a compact, discrete desktop overlay designed for autoplaying your unlocked gallery images while multitasking. Features customizable corner anchoring, adjustable window transparency, click-through toggles, and more!
• Focus Mode – Added a new Focus Mode that dims the background and UI elements while rendering a translucent guide of the completed image directly beneath your board for an alternative solving experience.
• Rank, Accuracy, Streak & Star Rating System – Comprehensive scoring overhaul introducing letter ranks (with an extra-large S-Rank star), accuracy percentages, move streaks, and near-miss placement feedback cues.
• Hint System – Added an in-game hint button giving players 3 uses per puzzle to flash and identify correctly placed vs misplaced pieces.
• Puzzle Undo Feature – Added an undo button allowing you to roll back up to 3 puzzle moves per game without ruining your progress.
• Progressive Color Saturation – Puzzles now begin slightly desaturated, gradually restoring full vivid color as you place more correct pieces.
• Insta-Autocomplete Unlock – Players with over 3 hours of playtime now unlock "Insta-Autocomplete" for instant puzzle completions.
• Persistent SFX Mute Toggle – Added a quick-mute toggle button for sound effects that functions seamlessly across both puzzle and gallery scenes and saves between sessions.

🔧 Improvements:

• Store Page – The store page has been updated to reflect the latest changes with a new trailer, feature list and store page description all fully localized.
• Languages Dropdown – The language select dropdown now groups all fully localized languages to the top of the dropdown, above the divider for quicker selection.
• Smart Scroll View & Thumbnail Auto-Centering – Pack and Image menus now auto-scroll to center your active pack and next uncompleted puzzle. Partially cut-off thumbnails smoothly center when clicked, and the gallery thumbnail grid dynamically scrolls to follow keyboard/gamepad/autoplay navigation.
• Image Select Panel Overhaul – Thumbnail select now displays your personal best stats, earned stars, and clear ranks while allowing you to choose puzzle mode and difficulty directly from the image select menu.
• Par-Based Accuracy Scoring – Shifting puzzle variants now calculate score accuracy using target par moves, matching sliding puzzle mechanics.
• Language Dropdown Organization – English and languages featuring localized character profiles are now neatly pinned to the top of the dropdown with a clear divider separating remaining supported languages.
• Dynamic Animated Preview Backfill – Added animated background backfills behind image previews to eliminate empty space on 21:9 and 32:9 Super Ultrawide setups.
• Puzzle Scene Fade-In Transitions – Puzzles now smoothly fade into view once aspect ratio calculations finalize.
• Steam Deck 16:10 Puzzle Scaling – Implemented dedicated aspect ratio rules for Steam Deck displays so board elements scale cleanly without visual overlap.
• Cum Clock Save Interval – Cum clock and playtime session counters now save on the minute.
• Dynamic Preview Aspect Ratio Scaling – Gallery and puzzle preview windows now dynamically adapt their framing to match the aspect ratio of any selected artwork.

🐛 Bug Fixes:

• Mouse & Controller Navigation – Fixed a conflict that caused mouse input to stop responding when a controller was connected.
• Unsolvable Sliding Puzzle Generation – Resolved a mathematical parity bug that caused up to 50% of sliding puzzle boards to generate in an impossible-to-solve state.
• Scroll Drag Highlight Persistence – Swiping, scrolling, or clicking empty space in grid views no longer drops or clears your selected thumbnail highlight.
• Focus Mode Scaling Issues – Fixed board shuffling and display resizing conflicts that caused artwork to distort when toggling Focus Mode across non-standard aspect ratios.
• UI Element Click Blocking – Inactive UI views now cleanly deactivate their game objects to prevent invisible collision layers from blocking button clicks.
• Mini-Player Window UI Restoration – Fixed an issue where the top-right quit and control buttons could become non-interactable after exiting Mini-Player mode.
• 32:9 Super Ultrawide Menu Bleed – Fixed preview graphics leaking into the main menu when playing on 32:9 monitors.
• Shift Button Visibility & Anchoring – Fixed directional shift buttons appearing in incorrect coordinates and corrected fade/appearance logic.

Cheers, Kink Master Studios