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Urchins and Ink

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Hiccup Interactive | Jul 29, 2022 | game

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  • Release dateJul 29, 2022
  • DeveloperHiccup Interactive
  • PublisherHiccup Interactive

Genres: Action, Casual, Indie

Company pages: Developer: Hiccup InteractivePublisher: Hiccup Interactive

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Urchins and Ink Steam news

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Latest Steam announcements

  • Big UPDATE! Tutorial + extra charts - 13 August 2024

    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 updated kanji fixed the scrolling issue on the combo page formatted vocabulary UI to dynamically resize kanji display to fit on screen edited tutorial copy

  • Typo fix - 3 May 2024

    There was an mismatch on the display for sho and cha in "moshoku" and "chairo" in the vocabulary level. Fixed this!

  • Overhaul for full release - 12 March 2024

    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 controls screen to include dash Added controls to pause menu Separated title screen from menu Condensed “Spell it out” into “Character Practice” level Added more entries to “Colors” Updated readable Japanese text to fonts Improved controller support

  • Nominate Urchins & Ink for Most Innovative Gameplay - 27 November 2022

    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 testing. Learn symbols at your own rate through fun gameplay and cute sea urchins. Nominate Urchins & Ink for Most Innovative Gameplay and change how you approach learning a language!

  • Update Nov 27~ New Vocabulary level! - 27 November 2022

    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 ending screen pop up and toggling between katakana/hiragana audio clean up & swaps fixed some UI bugs

  • Alpha 1.1 - 29 September 2022

    -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

Patch notes and updates

S.noRelease datePatch nameGID number
113 August 2024Big UPDATE! Tutorial + extra charts5963414363409581389
23 May 2024Typo fix5766372999948843970
312 March 2024Overhaul for full release5679673637669239076
427 November 2022Update Nov 27~ New Vocabulary level!4836332027667487119
529 September 2022Alpha 1.14588629064110312063

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