Windows 9x/NT/2k/XP DirectX7+ FREE!

Goal: Make studying Japanese and Chinese fun!
                                                  (...or at least more fun than flashcards)

In an effort to make studying Japanese kanji and the Chinese hanzi characters fun, we developed a Tetris like (ie. things move and you can't stop them) matching game. Basically, you have to match:
           "kanji character"+"phonetic reading"+"English meaning"
to score points. And keep your penguin happy!!?! ^_^ Yes!! And if that isn't fun, then I don't know what is...well, maybe I don't.

Current word lists follow the Basic Kanji Book series:
     Basic Kanji Book vol. 1-2
     Chieko Kano, Yuri Shimizu, Hiroko Takenaka, Eriko Ishii
     Bonjinsha Co., Ltd.

If you have any .LVL files you created for other books, please send them to us, and we will include them on the website with a link to your page. Some Chinese levels would be greatly appreciated! The .LVL files are UTF8 files in the format:
     kanji word | phonetic reading (hiragana/katakana) | english meaning
Edit the included files for an example.

Download

     2000build10 [1,053,839 bytes] - Penpen00b10.exe
     Japanese/Chinese fonts (required)
     DirectX (required) - Microsoft

More Levels!

Screen-shots

Main Screen
Main Screen

Features

  • 17 Levels - ~1000 words ~500 Jouyou kanji
  • The game remembers what you missed and drills you on the ones you miss based on a configurable percentage.
  • The level files are simple UTF8 (Unicode) text files that can be easily edited under Windows 2000 with notepad.
  • Works with the JquickTrans and CquickTrans Study List files!
    Just:
    • copy the *.bfg study
      list files to the appropriate sub-folder of your Kanji Trainer Penpen directory, for example:
    • c:\Program Files\Penpen\cquicktrans\
    • c:\Program Files\Penpen\jquicktrans\
  • Snow
  • Penguin

FAQ

  • Yo.

Email Support

  • suggestions [at] coolest.com
  • support [at] coolest.com

Links


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