Kana Quest

About this game

A Kawaii Kana Match-Em Up.

Are you sick of educational games that are glorified pop-quizzes? Do you just want to play an awesome game and have a new real world skill at the end of it? Do you want to learn how to read Hiragana and Katakana?

Well then, Kana Quest is for you!

"But how does it work" I hear you think. Excellent question! In Japanese, each phonetic letter is called a Kana. Kana that have a shared sound will match. When all Kana in a level are connected by matches, it will be complete.

Key Features:

• Beautiful pixel art
  
• Over 300 challenging puzzle levels
  
• Hiragana and Katakana included
  
• Great way to learn for beginners of Japanese
  
• Still a great puzzle game for people who know Japanese
  
• No pop quizzes

Latest news

• Patch Notes·14 Nov 2024Official

  Kana Quest 1.2 Update

  We are excited to share a significant quality of life update to you all. We now have full controller support as well as a tool tip to provide feedback when making invalid moves. Along with lots of bug fixes and stability improvements! Also, Kana Quest is now available on Switch thanks to the help of Whitethorn Games! So if you feel like playing on the go, you can! Features: - Added Controller / Keyboard support as well as input based button prompts. - Added Notifications in-game for when an action is unable to be performed and why. - Added Dyslexic font option for better readability of text, this can be toggled in the options menu. - A wide array of stability improvements! Bug Fixes: - Fixed issues where you could move otherwise unmovable Kana on certain levels. - Fixed issue where rapidly progressing a tutorial could cause dialogue to skip, softlocking the level. - Fixed issues where world 3 levels were misordered. - Fixed issue where "NI-HO-NN"/"Japan" achievement was unable to be completed. - Fixed inconsistent Worlds 2, 5, 6, 8 had inconsistent "continue" button sprites on their end level UI. - Fixed issue where flipping mystery kana doesn't show tile back - Fixed issues relating to flipping Kana sometimes gettings stuck - Recolored Green Kana Slimes - Fixed Issues with Blurry Sprites - Fixed Issues with Missing Localization in Dialogue - Improved Visuals of Options Screen - Plus lots more fixes!
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• Announcements·28 Mar 2023Official

  Kana Quest Nintendo Switch Launch Day Stream!

  The day is finally here! Kana Quest is now available on Nintendo Switch consoles! To celebrate, we invite you to join Whitethorn Games' Community Manager Yared and Accessibility/Usability Specialist Britt for discussion about some of the settings and features that have been added to the game since it first launched on Steam! Starting at 12:00PM EDT, you can stop by and get a look at the beautiful puzzle gameplay you'll encounter on your journey to learning Hiragana and Katakana! Hope to see you there!
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• Announcements·4 Oct 2021Official

  MIGW Streaming Celebration

  Kana Quest is celebrating Melbourne International Games Week (MIGW) by streaming during the last little bit of the MIGW Sale.
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• Announcements·12 Mar 2020Official

  Kana Quest is LIVE!!!

  Kana Quest Is Officially OUT Holy moly, its out. It's been a long journey, but its finally here. I'll keep this short and sweet. I hope you all love this weird little game that we've made, we put our absolute all into it. And I hope it serves as a wonderful starting off point for many people's journey of learning a new language. If you love the game, please don't forget to leave a review and tell your friends on social media. It would help us out a lot. From all of us at Not Dead Design, thanks a million. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35982165/40626a111baa744aac558944f00ba63cd8fbe353.png
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• Announcements·12 Feb 2020Official

  Kana Quest Launch Date Announcement

  So firstly, Introductions. Hi I'm Theo. I'm the lead dev on Kana Quest. And I have some very exciting news to share with you all. Kana Quest has an official launch date - March 12, 2020!! Let's start by showing off our sparkly new trailer for the enjoyment of your eyeballs. As you can see the launch is coming up super soon and I am only freaking out a little bit. It has been a long three years of development for Kana Quest and I genuinely hope you all love it when it comes out. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35982165/21fc057d46045ab3f067d5afc703c032f513cb40.gif But what if you can't wait till March 12? Well then, do I have some MORE exciting news for you! Kana Quest is heading to PAX East (It'll be this Aussie's first time in the States) later this month where not only can you play the full game, but we’ll have special pre-release copies available! We will also have some exclusive Kana Quest merchandise including two different pins, and a very limited number of handmade Kana plushies. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35982165/02e875b0e5997ad5786e7567cd2d1bfbe732daff.jpg That's all the announcements I have for now, but before you go. It would be amazing if you went over to our social media pages and shared the announcement trailer with your friends. Twitter: https://twitter.com/KanaQuest/status/1225071848662142977?s=20 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KanaQuest/videos/867518713678376/ Also, if you feel like chatting and talking Japanese, pixel art, game design with me and a bunch of other cool folks we have a discord that you can check out. https://discord.gg/bPyZBAZ
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