JPN Burst
If you’re already familiar with Hiragana and Katakana and feel like you still mess up sometimes and want something to practice with. This is a good way to do it. I was feeling rusty on katakana so I grabbed this to do some drills and then went ahead and cleared out the hiragana sets as well. The one annoying thing was that everytime you beat a lesson/test it sends you back to the menu to select between school/home/whatever books you’ve bought instead of just bringing you back to the page you had been before.
– Real player with 1.2 hrs in game
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A good Japanese learning game/software. I got it for free and I don’t know anything about Japanese language. Within an hour, I gained my basic knowledge about Japanese language and letters. The game is fairly challenging and will actually help you think harder, hence it will actually exercise your brain muscle about the language.
– Real player with 1.2 hrs in game
Typefighters (Steam Edition)
I’m gonna keep it very short and very.. whatever. I played this game a year ago and I took it again now just for fun xD
Well, I won only one thing in my entire life - European championships for typing speed or something like this. I mean, various titles in the same “competition” type XD
One can probably argue that this is one of the many causes that forced me to undergo surgery three times on my right hand, but this is another story.. xD
Well, I have always typed like at 700-800 characters per minute (NOT WPM, that means WORDS per minute! 800 words per minute I think not even an octopus). So this game was one of my very first choices on Steam.
– Real player with 55.6 hrs in game
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This game has very great potential and I love the way it’s programmed. It has a very simple design, focusing only on the typing with no superfluous graphic distractions. The amount of modes is nice, and provides variety for those who want a simple game to play, and it also offers multiplayer options with people online. I personally play the Stream Mode, as it lets you know your WPM (since I purchased the game to help me type faster). HOWEVER. At the time of this review, I am VERY disappointed in the word choices: fake words, misspelled words, Roman numerals, acronyms, unnecessary apostrophes, proper nouns that aren’t capitalized, and way too many words about reproductive organs. I’m not sure if users are the ones who contribute to the word lists, but since you have to be online to play this game anyway, I think it would be better if the game just pulled words from an online dictionary instead.
– Real player with 9.0 hrs in game
You Can Kana - Learn Japanese Hiragana & Katakana
Thank you for your game. I like it a lot, Your game has a great potency. I help me a lot on the journey remembering Hiragana and Katakana. By the way, I have some reviews after 20 hours as newbie Japanese learner.
1. Can you develop an timeless mode? We would like to read correct first, speed will follow later, and yes, we need time to read and also learn the meaning of the word as well instead of rushing to the other words or they will disappear.
2. A horizontal mode to change between the default vertical one would be great.
– Real player with 46.7 hrs in game
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TLDR:
Recommending this to anyone looking to hone their hiragana and katakana reading comprehension and speed.
Disclaimer:
I got my key for free.
I was fortunate enough to get to make some UI suggestions here and there.
I had been studying Japanese prior for quite some time.
Wanikani, Genki 3rd Edition, and Anki.
You Can Kana is a great addition to the other learning tools as it’s the only one really drilling you in the basic alphabets.
I personally struggled a LOT with Katakana.
Now with You Can Kana I feel i’m far better equipped in dealing with the archaic translations from English to Japanese via Katakana.
– Real player with 34.3 hrs in game
TEXT
~ DIFFICULTY ~
🔲 My 90 year old grandma could play it
🔲 Easy
🔲 Normal
✅ Hard
🔲 Dark Souls
~ GRAPHICS ~
🔲 MS Paint
🔲 Bad
🔲 Meh
✅ Graphics don’t matter in this game
🔲 Good
🔲 Beautiful
🔲 Masterpiece
~ MUSIC ~
🔲 Bad
✅ Not special
🔲 Good
🔲 Beautiful
I WILL GIVE YOU MY ALL! and also FLAMES OF LOVE is a hit
~ STORY ~
✅ This game has no story
🔲 Like playing Temple Runners for the story
🔲 It’s there for the people who want it
🔲 Well written
🔲 Epic story
🔲 Imagine Kingdom Hearts but on crack
– Real player with 4.4 hrs in game
Positives:
It is quite good and nice for the price.
There are quite a few modes to try out and mix up the typing.
There are a few fonts to choose from.
Negatives:
No way to customise the font other than the few fonts available.
The settings do not save after closing the app.
Conclusion:
I would recommend it for trying to type faster, while having the experience be a bit more interesting than the online racers, that make you type out a block of text. Please add the ability to customise font and add comic sans as one of the presets for fonts.
– Real player with 2.0 hrs in game
Gude! Jump n Run
This simple 2D glowing cat game is exactly what I was looking for. Simple, no storyline, just shining cats illuminating the dark and finding butterflies.
The good- easy to play, simple mechanics, very enjoyable.
The bad- There aren’t that many levels in this game. You might get at max 6 hours out of the game, but you will smile the whole time.
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
Upon getting this game, I was confronted with an okay-ish platformer with a decent, if rough, control scheme.
Upon getting to the later levels of the game, I was confronted with ‘Com(m)ing soon’ for one of the levels. I assumed it was labeled such because I needed to collect the collectible butterflies (I was on 38/45 required at the time), but as it turns out, after collecting the butterflies? No, the level is still under construction.
This game has a single piece of music to its soundtrack, no sound effects, and frankly, is INCOMPLETE. While I could forgive the first two issues as being part of the game’s style and theme, the incompleteness means I can’t possibly recommend this. Nothing indicates that the game lacks all levels. There’s no warning on the store page, the game’s not in early access, so… what?
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
DreamScript
Solve puzzles by reprogramming your environment!
DreamScript provides completely new and immersive way to learn programming concepts.
You will be able to take control of the game logic and change the rules of the game.
Increase your speed and scale, modify object properties, create bugs, spawn stuff - use your creativity!
DreamScript is an easy and fun way to start your journey to become a programmer.
Game is designed for puzzle game fans and anyone interested about programming.
Typing Hearts
Typing Hearts is an original dating sim where you meet cute anime girls. Your objective? Typing your way into their hearts!
Combining visual novel mechanics with fast-paced typing gameplay, Typing Hearts will allow you to get to know different girls, each one with a story to tell.
Typing Hearts features a unique typing game and an immersive operating system to enrich the experience of meeting girls!
Your story begins when you receive an official invitation for the first beta of PulseOS, a revolutionary operating system dedicated to dating.
This OS comes with a customized assistant that will teach you the basics of dating girls, and then, it will guide you along your journey to find your perfect match.
Just like in real life, all decisions count. Depending on what you do or say, your story could completely change. Choices matter and your journey will depend on them.
Distant Transmission
I think this idea has a lot of potential, it’s a very fresh take on this genre of games but i really think the execution needs to be ironed out. I’m recommending this because i really do think this is such a great idea, but for example: the switching out of verbs imo really ruins it at some parts because sentences end up making 0 sense. It would a lot funnier if this game was more about improv writing exercises and then reading those out with your friends. Personally i would scrap the verb swapping entirely but i also wouldn’t mind if it was done less and the word changes had context behind them so it wouldn’t ruin every sentence.
– Real player with 1.0 hrs in game
You, Calligrapher
Played during playtest, and immediately purchased on the release day, very great game to experience in VR, you also get to learn how to write like a badass Chinese school teacher.
– Real player with 5.7 hrs in game
very good
– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game