Games

Kana Blast

I’ve been learning Japanese and wanted to drill kana. There are many tools/games out there that do this, but I thought it would be fun to write one.

The output of that effort is Kana Blast:

It’s lacking functionality (sorry mobile) and polish, but it’s mostly complete and can be used to drill the basic “50” Hiragana now. A Settings screen allows you to pick which kana you want to drill. On the Play screen a single kana falls from the top of the screen. You type the romanized characters for the displayed kana and press enter. If your entry matches, the kana disappears and you receive 10 points. If the entry doesn’t match, 20 points are deducted. After 25 kana, you are taken to a Game Over screen that shows your score.