u/maenbalja

Hello! I've been working on an online multiplayer Chinese word game called Danobang (大脑嘣) and wanted to share an update with r/ChineseLanguage. No signup is required, you can try it out directly here: https://danobang.com?game_lang=cmn

The rules are simple: Each turn players are given a random Chinese character (like "爱") and must type a word that includes it in ANY position (e.g. "可爱", "爱好", "恋爱", etc). You can submit answers with either raw pinyin or hanzi via an IME.

The game currently supports modes for simplified and traditional char prompts. If you'd like to customize gameplay further, I would recommend creating a custom room where you'll have more control over settings like difficulty, timer length, lives, cpu level, handicaps, etc.

I've added many updates since my last post (thank you for all the great feedback), but here are some notable ones:

• HSK 2.0 and 3.0 level support! This was requested before and lots of players have been using it to practice with specific character sets.
• Replaced single Chinese language option with separate Mandarin and Cantonese ones. There was some good discussion about this in my last post, and I decided to separate the options to avoid mixing unintuitive words and characters. The game rules and mechanics for each language option are exactly the same, the main difference is mainly with the dictionary and the types of words you can play. Word collection progress is also tracked separately for each language.
• New game mode: Word Chain! (接龙) In this mode players take turns submitting words that start with the last character of the previous answer (e.g. 天气 → 气球 → 球场).
• Bug fixes relating to hanzi input resolution (sometimes the hanzi you typed wouldn't appear properly as the answer, but now it should be way more consistent)
• Much much more, if you'd like to see the full changelog you can check out https://danobang.com/updates

The game is still very much a work in progress, so if you find any bugs or have any feedback please let me know! Thanks for reading ^_^

Hello! I've been working on an online multiplayer Japanese word game for the past year called Danobang (ダノバン) and thought people here might be interested. No signup is required to play, you can check it out here: https://danobang.com?game_lang=ja

We currently support 2 game modes:

• 🧨 Classic: Each turn players are given a random character prompt and must type a word that includes it in ANY position (e.g. if the prompt is "ゆき" then valid answers could be "ゆきだるま", "こゆき", "はつゆき", etc). We also have a kanji mode with customizable JLPT/WaniKani difficulties where prompts are kanji characters instead (e.g. if the prompt is "人" then valid answers could be "人々", "白人", "工人", etc).
• 🔗 Shiritori (new!): This one should feel more familiar, where players take turns submitting words that start with the last character of the previous answer (e.g. なつ → つき → きた). This mode has some extra rules compared to classic (e.g. nouns only, no submitting words that end with ん) and also has a kanji mode to check out.

Even though I've designed Danobang to be more a game rather than a gamified learning tool, there are many players who use it to practice Japanese since the mechanics effectively revolve around vocab, recall, and typing. I think the fact that Danobang can let you practice with friends and not just by yourself is pretty cool too and can make learning more fun (though we do still support solo lobbies with CPUs!)

The game is still very much a work in progress, so if you find any bugs or have any feedback please let me know! Thanks for reading へ_へ