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100% positive of 5 · 5 user reviews · Live from Steam
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Free on Steam. The demo has its own app, so its players are counted separately.
Urchins & Ink is a twin shooter with a twist! Learn how to properly read and pronounce Japanese while fighting off pesky sea urchins. Help Sumi learn the language and unlock new levels to challenge fluency. Swim quick and think but don't lose your ink to prove practice makes perfect!
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Review score: 100% on 2026-11-01 → 100% today (5 reviews)
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Added in a dynamic tutorial that adjusts to whatever level that is selected Updated menu to include options for other alphabet screens and other vocabulary charts adding in updated vocabulary and alphabet sound clips updated the text files to include the updat…
There was an mismatch on the display for sho and cha in "moshoku" and "chairo" in the vocabulary level. Fixed this!
HUGE OVERHAUL: reworked the menu UI Simplified level selection Added kana chart Improved readability and traversal Improved kana pop ups Kanji vocabulary switches after spelling completed Added color/dance effects Implemented some TTS voice call outs Updated c…
Updated to include Vocabulary levels (Colors) added in Vocabulary levels & audio for Colors1,2,3 added in audio and levels for base kana (han/dakuten coming soon) removed "Spell It Out" level due to redundancy fixed some bugs with Vowels level fixed bug with e…
-fixed controller settings to fully support navigation with cursor -fixed "Spell It Out" level to use new UI -code clean up for optimization -placeholders for new level implementation
In the same way, people learned Japanese phrases and character names through repetition and fun content in anime and games, Urchins & Ink aims to do the same with Japanese letters. Sumi the squid helps you learn a language without flashcards or standardized te…