Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography is an educational video game developed and published by Autumn Pioneer.

About

Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography is an educational game for English speakers to learn Japanese. Learning a language should be exciting and help keep you motivated while you study, so Shashingo has been designed to be fun, friendly and accessible for all ages.

Explore a bright, fictional Japanese city street filled with details and interesting objects to capture with your camera. Each photograph you take will translate the name of the object into Japanese and English so you can learn with your surroundings.

Shashingo began as Ryan Pocock’s university thesis project while finishing his bachelor’s degree at Cologne Game Lab in Germany. After this initial concept game was finished, a positive response from the online gaming community prompted Ryan to continue development of the game and to make it into a full game.

Key Features

• A stylized, approachable 3D environment.
• In-game photography system.
• Japanese voice lines.
• Photo album to store flash-cards.
• A game mode that tests your memory.
• In-game lessons for Japanese grammar.