You Can Kana

James Moulang Developer

James Moulang Publisher

Summer 2021 Release

Indie SingleplayerTags

Game News Posts: 14

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You Can Kana 2022 Update 1

Hi everyone, a new update for You Can Kana is available! Thanks again to everyone who submitted feedback, I do read through it all and try to address what I can. Apologies for the large gap between this update and the last one - I have to balance development on YCK with my day job, which can get very busy some times.

Summary

Challenge Mode Improvements
Added (experimental) touch screen support - feedback welcome!
Added two new colour palettes (which were actually unlocking before, but had no menu option)
New mode: JLPT Training Mode - practise the JLPT Challenges with no time restrictions
Randomly selected words no longer start with small tsu characters ( and )
Improvements to the Learn phase (details below)
Improvements to Answer Processing (details below)
No longer possible to click on chapter select keys while Cheat Sheet or Pause Menu are open
Characters with Dakuten / Handakuten now draw completely in the Cheat Sheet

Challenge Mode Improvements

Fixed words in challenge mode resetting the combo even after being answered correctly, if their timer was close to running out
Visual effects associated with word timers also no longer show if a word has been answered
The minimum number of words that should appear on screen at once, plus word spawn time, now takes score into account. This should help prevent gameovers at high scores due to a lack of words. Starts taking effect at 10,000 points.

Learn Phase

Changed suggested answers for to ju and to jo, and to dju
Show more hints for introduction e.g. (tte)
Fixed a bug which sometimes caused hints to not show

Answer Processing

Thanks to everyone who provided feedback here. There's so many ways to input kana, and some of them clash with each other, which makes this system one of the most complicated parts of the game. I'll try to update whenever people find inputs that don't work. Fixed issues with the following words:

Answer processing now considers the following inputs as valid equivalents:

: dyuu
ffii: ffyii
xtsufii: ffyii
ccha: tcha
shyoo: shoo
shyuu: shuu
shyaa: shaa
chyoo: choo
chyuu: chuu
chyaa: chaa

Enjoy the update! - James

[ 2022-06-03 23:51:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Learn. Practise. Master.

Learn hiragana and katakana, the two Japanese phonetic alphabets.
Quick and engaging lessons make learning simple.
Improve reading speed and accuracy in Challenge Mode.
Being able to read Japanese quickly will make learning the language easier and more enjoyable.

Features

Learn: Study hiragana/katakana, one set of characters at a time, learning sound and writing order.
Practise: Read Japanese and type the sounds you see with the english alphabet to test your understanding.
Master: Battle the clock in Challenge Mode. Type the words before they disappear off-screen! In order to get a high score you will need to read quickly and accurately.

Hiragana

The essential Japanese writing system.
Phonetic: each character represents a syllable.
All words can be written in hiragana and many textbooks require the ability to read it.

Hiragana is also used in furigana, a reading aid that displays the sounds of kanji characters.

Katakana

Like hiragana, katakana is a phonetic writing system.
These characters are used for foreign words (e.g. アメリカ -> amerika -> America / タクシー -> takushī -> taxi)

MINIMAL SETUPProcessor: 2 GHz dual coreMemory: 512 MB RAM
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory
RECOMMENDED SETUPProcessor: 2 GHz dual coreMemory: 1 GB RAM
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory

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