Kana Quest

Want to learn Japanese kana? Cool! This isn't the game for it. The problem is that this is a puzzle game first, and a Japanese teaching tool 2nd. It adds a lot of gimmicks very quickly that just devolve into well, puzzle game. That, sounds fine, however it really breaks the pace of learning. Even if you disregard the "complete each level in optimal number of moves". Flipping around tiles doesn't necessarily help either as there are many puzzles that must be solved in a very specific way, with no way of going back a few steps unless you restart. That constant slow down to figure out a puzzle, some of which are actually rather difficult, quickly takes the fun out of learning. Kana are just a side to a puzzle. So that's why this is a "no" If you're here to learn Kana. They also inexplicably put the English letter visible on each slime kana. I get that the slime is supposed to be transparent, and the English letter is on the back of each tile. but imagine if a flashcard had the answer visible on the front. Puzzle game first, Teaching tool second. IF you are looking for a puzzle game however, by all means. It's a fine puzzle game, and can be replayed at least once, due to Katakana and Hirigana. But as is, it's just not a effective teaching aide over something like Duolingo, or lessons on Smile Nihongo.

[b]Another tool to help beginners? Count me in.[/b] To start off, I am a beginner in terms of learning Japanese. In fact, I actually started my journey years ago but stopped due to being overwhelmed with schoolwork (it also didn’t help that I had my Spanish class to worry over as well). I only recently started back up again and while I still remember the easy Hiragana and words, I’m more or less starting from scratch. And there’s a long road ahead. As many probably know, one of the first steps to learning Japanese is learning Hiragana and Katakana (or Kana to quickly refer to both). You have to learn them to the point where you can easily recognize and recall them as well as knowing the correct pronunciation. Just don’t rely on Romaji past using it as a stepping stone. It doesn’t really help you as it interferes with pronunciation, homonyms are hard to tell apart when written in Romaji, there are many different types that often don’t agree with one another, and the simple fact that it isn’t used past the beginning steps. Anyways, other than using mnemonics to help the process some video games have been developed to make this process to make it more enjoyable so you’d want to continue. One of the recent releases is Kana Quest. In Kana Quest, you’ll be given 300 levels to chew on with all of them spread around 13 different worlds. So what are the puzzles here? You’ll basically be matching the Kana (I focused on Hiragana, but you can enable Katakana) by how it’s pronounced (or how it’s spelled out in Romaji), and sliding them into place so they all make a match-string. For example. let’s say you have “mi” (み), “he” (へ), “to” (と), “mo” (も), and “te” (て) on the grid. Other than worrying about how to slide them all into place, you’ll notice that they all share at least one sound with another so to make the match-string you’ll connect them like: へ-て-と-も-み. One of the worries with having 300 levels with something so basic is how can you spread this concept over them while also keeping it fresh and challenging. Kana Quest luckily knows this and actually addresses within the first couple levels. Each world, aside from the last, introduce a new mechanic. To name a few, you’re first introduced to stone blocks that can’t be moved and later mystery blocks that you have to figure out by what is and isn’t matching with it, ice blocks that slide, and slime that will alter a Kana. You’re given a couple levels to get used to it before previous mechanics from other worlds are put in. So as the game goes in, it becomes more and more challenging. And man, does it get hard as you’ll slowly transition to having to plan out your moves. There is a small irregularity where Kana where the Romaji is three letters is shortened down back to two so matching them just by looking at the Romaji is smoother. For example, “shi” (し) gets turned to “si”. As long as you keep the normal spelling in mind (which is shown on the top right when checking the Kana blocks) as well as how you pronounce it, you should be fine. The only Kana that doesn’t follow this are the Combo Kana, which gets introduced at World 7. One aspect that I’m just neutral on is requiring so many levels to have a gold medal (or finishing it with the least possible moves) to move onto the next world. On one side, it gets you to practice more, but on the other you might just not know how to achieve a gold ranking. Thankfully, you can just unlock all the worlds if you want as well as all the levels if you’re someone that likes to move on rather than being stuck. Even though you’re going to be staring at the puzzle grid as you try to figure out how to move all the Kana blocks to solve the correct puzzle, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t have to take up the whole screen. Each world features a different background to the otherwise plain grid as well as different music for each world so you won’t be listening to the same song each world. Each background looks beautiful as well as the music being pretty good at keeping a relaxing tone that pairs well with the background. [h1]Verdict[/h1] From what I could tell from the developer’s comments and store page, Kana Quest set out to do two things: (1) be a helpful tool for beginners to learn/test their Kana memorization and (2) have Kana Quest be fun and worthwhile no matter what level someone may be at. I can safely say that Kana Quest succeeded at both. Despite getting stuck a lot, I enjoyed my time with it and I soon started correctly recalling what most Hiragana (that I didn’t already know) was. While I can’t speak for anyone that isn’t a beginner, I do suspect that Kana Quest would still be enjoyable. Yes, part of the focus is on helping players learn Kana, but the rest of the focus is on the puzzle half. It goes from casually matching the Kana to thinking ahead and using your knowledge of all the different types of Kana blocks to complete the level. Not to mention figuring out how you can complete a level by the minimum amount of moves to move onto the next level or to get all the achievements. So, if you’re someone that happens to like puzzle games and interested in learning Japanese, or just like puzzles assuming you’re past this step already, Kana Quest will be helpful in your journey. I do recommend checking what the Kana is less and less frequently as time goes on or only check if you’re not sure. And of course, check out other resources available to you such as apps (Memrise, Bunpo, Anki), websites (Tofugo), textbooks (Genki is considered the best by many), and videos if you’re planning to continue onward. [code]💜 Check out my other reviews at [url=http://saveorquit.com/author/ripwitch/]SaveorQuit[/url] or visit [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/28714255/] my curator![/url] 💜 [/code]

Kana Quest is a great puzzle game that also helps beginners learn Japanese! I already know Japanese, but I still find the game engrossing and challenging. I love puzzle games, and this is a solid experience for puzzle lovers. The music is awesome, the art gorgeous, and the kana are absolutely adorable. Whether you are looking to learn Japanese or for a fun puzzle game, pick up Kana Quest! It's a great indie title made by a small team that deserves attention and a spot in your steam library.

This is a great game for anyone learning japanese

If you like puzzles and want to improve your kana recognition (or learn kana) then Kana Quest is an enjoyable alternative to flash cards and rote learning. The artwork is very kawaii and the soundtrack pleasant. I don't play lots of games, so in my case there were a few things that took me a while to pick up, such as where I was up to! Also, you may need to go into settings to unlock worlds etc if you end up stuck in the first few puzzles, and indeed to do katakana if that is what you want to do. I'm currently playing it as hiragana only, but am looking forward to improving my katakana with it at some point. Then, I hope there might be a sequel: Kanji Quest!

结合了推箱子和五十音的一款游戏，目的是将元音或辅音相同的假名排列在一起 解谜的part有点难，而且难度坡度有点陡了 个人感觉适合事先已对五十音有所了解的人去玩，而非新人用来记忆假名 本人作为一个玩之前就懂五十音的人，玩起来都有点费劲 新人在把所有假名记住之前，估计在解密这一关就挫折了…

-No exit button -Upon closing the game and reopening it your progress has gone back a few levels forcing you to complete them again if you want gold medals on every level -Won't learn much outside of hiragana and katakana shapes and pronunciations + dakuten & handakuten. -Besides the achievements for them, you won't learn any Japanese words or sentences. -Lack of being able to use the keyboard to type in the characters for mystery kana. A noble attempt but overall not a very good learning tool and an otherwise lengthy puzzle game.

Kana Quest is visually gorgeous, and the music never gets old, but I knew I was actually learning something the moment I started copying down each puzzle and labelling kana in order to solve them. As a person who is objectively terrible at puzzles, I found it was absolutely necessary! On the upside (and I'm sure this was the intention) I've been memorising kana really quickly. This game has had me transcribing, retranscribing and sounding out every glyph in every puzzle, perfectly reproducing the Saturday afternoon ethnic school classes of my childhood - except I'm doing it willingly this time, somehow. For that alone, I have to recommend this game.

Un jeu de puzzle qui vous fera mémoriser vos kana. Un vrai jeu de puzzle qui vous fera vraiment mémoriser vos kana. Kana Quest est un mix de sokoban et de domino, où le but est de créer une chaîne de kana reliés par leur prononciation (KA se lie avec MA ou KU par exemple, mais pas NO). Le gameplay demande d’avoir cette prononciation constamment en tête , ce qui fait bien mémoriser les kana (prononciation disponible sur simple double clic). Par ailleurs, les règles de combinaison (YA, YU, YO, tenten et maru) et quelques autres variations enrichissent le gameplay, ce qui apporte une diversité bienvenue. Hiragana et katakana sont tous deux disponibles. J’ajouterai seulement deux avertissements. Premièrement, le jeu présente un certain nombre d’agaçant petits bugs. Le développeur s’est montre réactif à ce propos et une mise à jour est sensée bientôt arriver. Deuxièmement, c’est un solide jeu de puzzle. Même en étant une grande habituée du genre, je ne lui ai pas roulé dessus. Si les jeux de puzzle ne vous attire pas plus que ça, vous aller vite bloquer dans les niveaux et rager.

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