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Is that freakin' Cloud Strife driving a Hyundai??

I am a huge fan of tutorials being baked into the intro level.

This took me a few minutes to understand what was going on, but once I really caught on to the controls, I saw how clever this actually is!

I sure hope not...

Oh HEY awesome this is on itch now!  We used this for the SFX in CockBlock Hero!

Loooove the music

You are seriously on to something GREAT!  When I started this game, I was like "GAH I needed this game when I was taking Japanese in 2000!" With that being said, I have always really sucked at hiragana, so I was excited to try this.  (Katakana is a breeze for me,  and I know that's backward, lol)
ANYWAY.. Aside from it not running well on my graphics computer (which I think it might be something on my end--would be happy to test stuff for you), my only big complaint is it is kinda hard using that English keyboard.  And since stuff gets REAL pretty fast in world 1-1,  (which might be my other complaint), it is a little tough getting used to the controls.  I know that I could get used to the controls after a bit, but it is kinda frustrating.  

I wondered if 1-1 was so difficult because, let's face it--your target audience is probably younger gamers which won't normally latch onto an educational game.  Educational games are usually SUUUUUPER slow and easy, as we all know.  I kinda like that you didn't give us a break...but even so, I think 1-1 was a little hard to learn controls on.  If you have never really recognized kana before, now it might be extra hard.  I almost wonder if you might want to add some sort of a quick interactive review as a portal into these worlds.

Other suggestions:

• By default, the music drowns out the pronunciation voices.  Perhaps as a default, the volumes could be adjusted a little differently.
• I wish the text scrolled a teensy bit faster. (I love the "talking" sfx!!)
• I don't like how you can get attacked when fighting a large monster as soon as you input a correct attack.  Not sure if that can be delayed a sukoshi or what...  Sometimes it just seems like a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation when you're fighting with others nearby.  At first, I thought I was getting them wrong because the attack came so suddenly.  I only played 1-1 so far, so I am kinda scared to see what's on the later levels, heh!
• 1-1 seemed a little soon for the powerups; I died from being curious, lol

I am pretty curious about the multiplayer mode this thing has, so I might take this to game night and see what some of my friends think about it.  This is an exciting thing you've done, and I hope you're getting some education grants or something!  I've been looking for any excuse to brush up on my Japanese, so I will be testing this further. ;)  Let me know if I can be of any assistance.

Wooooooow, such cute character designs! <3

Definitely on topic! I felt like the NSA was actually breathing down my neck!

This is what seems to be happening to me right now.

I really liked this. It would be neat to see an official big, non-jam version. :D

Aww man, sorry I didn't update, but I got scooped up by team for art. Maybe we can hook up later, though? :3

Huh, why not? My soundcloud page is http://www.soundcloud.com/Kattywampus

My favorites of my tracks are probably these 2:

https://soundcloud.com/kattywampus/loves-groove-zone-megadrive

Oh hey, good to see you! I remember you. :)

Hopefully I AM in the jam! (Hit me up, folks!)

Hey, (Cuddly Battleship) Kattywampus here, ready to lend a Keytar of Justice to the cause. I also do Vector art and a little pixelling, too. Hit me up, especially if you are fixing to bust on the southern border wall!

Angrily in Arizona,

--Kattywampus

http://www.soundcloud.com/Kattywampus

http://www.reverbnation.com/Kattywampus

http://x.co/vectorgfx

http://www.kemonofriends.com

Thanks for the TS-filled trip down memory lane...

This doesn't seem to work in Windows 10.. :( The most that is happening is I can kind of scroll across what seems to be the top of the screen. Never saw that blue dragon in your screenshots.. (Heh, 4:20) I saw a tiny dude chilling on top of a building eventually.. I can check on my Win7 machine later.