Press kit

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A musical adventure game that teaches you to read Japanese katakana by playing: a rock band story, five game modes, a real ending — bought once, no subscription.

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Katakana Rocks! starts from a simple observation: most of the words a traveller sees in Japan — カフェ, ホテル, タクシー — are borrowed from English and written in an alphabet of 46 signs. So you can learn to read a great deal of it, very fast. The game teaches that alphabet across 36 levels mixing quizzes, a rhythm mode built on original music, battles, a sticker collection, and "street" levels where you decipher real signs. It is an authored game, made by one person: it has a story, an ending and credits. It is bought once, asks for no account, collects no data and shows no ads.

Fact sheet

Title
Katakana Rocks!
Publisher / studio
OnlineCreation SARL — Bordeaux, France
Development
One person (authored project)
Release
31 August 2026
Platforms
iOS (App Store), Android (Google Play). Demo: browser, Windows, macOS, Linux
Price
$4.99 — one-time purchase, no subscription, no in-app purchase, no ads
Genre
Musical adventure / Japanese learning
Languages
English, French
Content
36 levels, 5 game modes, a soundtrack written for the game, an ending
Data
No collection. No account. Works offline
Website
katakana.rocks

Play the game

The demo covers the first four levels. It runs in the browser with no account and no install, and downloads for Windows, macOS and Linux.

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Use of artificial intelligence

We state this up front because it is a question you would ask anyway. AI models were used during production: illustrations, writing assistance, coding assistance. The music consists of original compositions made for the project. There is no AI in the playing experience: nothing is generated while you play, the game runs entirely offline and sends nothing anywhere. The app carries the "AI-generated content" disclosure on both stores.

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