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Small apps and games with big heart.
ChiboStudio makes small apps and games you can enjoy a few minutes at a time. Try Lantern Alley, a game that teaches Japanese by running a lantern-lit inn.
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ChiboStudio makes small apps and games you can enjoy a few minutes at a time. Try Lantern Alley, a game that teaches Japanese by running a lantern-lit inn.
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Learn Japanese by running a lantern-lit inn.
Free beta · Play nowIn the works.
Coming soonLearn Japanese by working in a lantern-lit alley. Kon the fox needs a hand at the inn tonight — and every guest speaks Japanese. You hear it, you act on it, and Kon tells you how you did.
No flashcard grind. Every word shows up in a job you actually do at the inn.
A guest speaks to you in real Japanese. No translation handed to you.
Arrange the cushions, re-time the dinner booking, answer the front desk phone.
Kon tells you how you did, and the words come back on later shifts.
ChiboStudio is a one-person studio. Feedback from players shapes what gets built next.
Each word is taught through a job you actually do at the inn, not a flashcard.
Works in your browser and offline, so it fits on your commute.
A public feedback board where players tell me what to fix and add.
Kon has a table that needs setting. It takes a minute to start, and it's free.