Hello! I've been working on an online multiplayer Japanese word game called Danobang (ダノバン) and wanted to share an update with r/LearnJapanese. No signup is required to play, you can check it out here: https://danobang.com?game_lang=ja
We currently support 2 game modes:
- 🧨 Classic: Each turn players are given a random prompt and must type a word that includes it in ANY position (e.g. if the prompt is "ゆき" then valid answers could be "ゆきだるま", "こゆき", "はつゆき", etc). We also have a kanji mode with customizable JLPT/WaniKani difficulties where prompts are kanji characters instead (e.g. if the prompt is "人" then valid answers could be "人々", "白人", "工人", etc).
- 🔗 Shiritori (new!): This one should feel more familiar, where players take turns submitting words that start with the last character of the previous answer (e.g. なつ → つき → きた). This mode has some extra rules compared to classic (e.g. nouns only, no submitting words that end with ん, etc) and also has a kanji version which I think is pretty neat.
Even though I've designed Danobang to be more a game rather than a gamified learning tool, there are many players who use it to practice Japanese since the mechanics effectively revolves around vocab, recall, and typing. I think the fact that Danobang can let you practice with friends and not just by yourself is pretty cool too and can make leaning more fun (though we do still support solo lobbies with CPUs!)
The game is still very much a work in progress, so if you find any bugs or have any feedback please let me know! Thanks for reading へ_へ
by maenbalja