Shujinkou

Welcome to the World of SHUJINKOU® 🔥

A retired samurai (主) is entrusted with saving his home from intelligent, language-devouring "Akuma" alongside an eccentric fox (人) freed from a cursed abode and an astute princess (公) with her own ambitions.

Shujinkou is a dungeon-crawling JRPG that offers a unique and completely optional opportunity to learn Japanese as you play. It features thousands of Japanese words, phrases, kana, kanji, and grammar elements that players can master through focus, diligence, and consistency. The language content spans from JLPT N5 to N1 standards, accommodating learners at any stage.

Sabaku Arc - Second Full-Length Story, included in this version of Shujinkou®

Key Features ⚔️

• Experience an 80+ hour story—the campaign is primarily split into two full-length story arcs.

• Explore 16 handcrafted labyrinths, each filled with dozens of challenges.

• Learn all hiragana, katakana, and hundreds of kanji through the Kanakae system.

• Learn over 100 types of grammar corresponding from JLPT's N5 to N3 standards and listen to over 700 vocal lines each from native Japanese male and female speakers.

• Fight over 300 enemies with unique names using hiragana, katakana, and kanji.

• Learn over 180 Arawasu (traditional) skills for usage in battle, the field, and as bonuses.

• Bond with six passionate partners and experience 42 story quests & 120 short events.

• View over 80 special 4K illustrations throughout the main story and partner content.

• Play six minigames that review various aspects of Japanese—there's fishing too!

• Enjoy a 7 hour, 158 track soundtrack featuring over a dozen musical genres.

It's not just an "Educational Tool!" - this is a full-blown JRPG! ⭐️

As mentioned above, learning Japanese is entirely optional. For those more interested in the adventure, Shujinkou delivers a rich JRPG experience. Players can immerse themselves in hundreds of skills, items, equipment forging, cooking, fishing, quests, minigames, shops, and countless achievements and records to break.

Explore a vast world, engage with a riveting story, meet multifaceted characters, enjoy stunning artwork, and lose yourself in hours of dynamic music.

All these elements are woven together through an 80-hour story campaign with over 200 hours of gameplay content, gradually introducing a complex set of RPG mechanics throughout the journey to create a truly comprehensive experience.

A game filled with heart, laughs, and unforgettable moments ❤️

Dive into a gripping story, deep gameplay mechanics, unforgettable characters, and stunning art and music that match the JRPGs developed by some of Japan’s finest. Having been in development for over six years, what really sets Shujinkou apart is its additional, seamless integration of Japanese language learning.

Whether you’re here for the adventure or want to pick up Japanese along the way, the ability to learn a challenging, real-world skill makes Shujinkou stand out in the already-crowded genre of amazing role-playing games.

| Playtime Reports 🕰️

It is reported that completionists spend around 200-400 hours, while the average player spends an average of 90-150 hours deep within the world of Shujinkou (Source: HowLongToBeat)

NO GENERATIVE AI WAS USED IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING SHUJINKOU

Player Praise and Feedback (Beta Period) ✅

We hosted a Closed Beta testing period from June to July 2024, where we received feedback from many players who played the Windows version of Shujinkou. They had access to around 30% of the story campaign. Here are some of the comments we received:

✅ "I really love how much Japanese integration there is while still retaining a full game scenario—an ultimate success in gamified learning!"

• Player who knew hiragana and basic vocabulary before playing.

✅ "My favorite part was that I'm learning a skill I can use with time, so it's not even that guilty of a pastime like most other games."

• Player who had no knowledge of Japanese before playing.

✅ "I basically played it every day I was able to, and found myself genuinely learning things to the point that I, without any help, read what someone wrote (in Japanese) on a Discord server the other day."

• Player who has wanted to, but struggled to learn Japanese for over a decade.

For Learners: Swap to English at ANY Time! ⚙️

Shujinkou is able to swap the majority of its user interface text into one of four displays—English, Japanese, Furigana (helper kana for kanji), and Romaji (romanized Japanese).

• If you are not using any English displays but feel a bit worn out from all of the Japanese, you can immediately swap the game into "English Mode" at the click of a button, and continue to play through Shujinkou just like you would any other JRPG.

Dozens of Other Gameplay & Learning Mechanics 🎻

Shujinkou is filled with dozens of other gameplay and learning mechanics, woven into the overall experience in such a way that each and every player will feel like their playthrough is unique. Whether you want to treat Shujinkou like a full-scale learning tool for Japanese, or play it like a story-driven, mechanically complex JRPG inspired by some of the most timeless, classic role-playing games, Shujinkou is at your fingertips, ready to provide you with an unforgettable time.

• Our soundtrack is filled with over 150 tracks of music, including a wide array of genres from classical to metal, jazz to electronic, gypsy to Eastern, and plenty more!

• Experience a full-fledged Jukebox that allows players to listen to all of the music in the game. The Jukebox music continues to play while actively checking any and every menu.

• Reminisce on the dozens of fullscreen illustrations drawn by our talented Art Team through the Gallery Menu, which gives players access to all of the illustrations that they have seen throughout Shujinkou's story and side-content.