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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.
Three training days at the Moonview Inn take the support away step by step, from romaji to the written request. Then the real evenings begin.
Four busy evenings, guests waiting on the board, and the clock running. Hear the Japanese, pick the right job and get it done before time runs out.
Your wages furnish a little house: a kotatsu, lanterns, a garden that grows, and a cat or a Shiba to keep you company.
Your wages furnish the rooms too. Swap the scene, decorate, and visit your pets any time.
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.