As it stands, we're unable to port the game to the latest Mac software. The game was only ever developed as a 32-bit application, which Apple no longer supports.
right click on show package content on KanjiCombat select and copy all the files in Content/Resources
Now then again right click on the nwjs executable and show package contents, right click on the Resource folder and paste 6 items.
Now you should be able to play by clicking on the nwjs file; you can delete the original KanjiCombat. The first time you might need to do right click/open if you get the "this software is downloaded from internet" message.
I am not a teacher nor an expert in Japanese, so I can't really judge the game's effectiveness at teaching the player some kanji. However, what I can say is that if you go into this with absolutely no expectations or knowledge what this game's like you'll have a fantastic time. It kept throwing curveballs at me and I loved it for it. Now, I didn't do much beyond the opening and the first two lessons because I have a lot of games to play and I am already somewhat familiar with these kanji, but I think I can safely recommend this game: it's fun, and you'll definitely know more kanji after playing it than before. And who knows, maybe it'll be a good tool for me to refresh my Japanese some time later.
Quite possibly THE best way I've come across thus far for learning Japanese Kanji! The story is engaging, and unlike the first game, the combat does not get in the way of the lessons - on the contrary, when combined with good note taking, I found that the lessons stuck with me when playing Kanji Combat, and there's more to do besides learning the Kanji as well! More of my thoughts can be found here (segment starts at 8:49)
This game is really effective at teaching someone Kanji. It doesn't even feel like i'm learning most of the time which is the beauty of the game. It would be nice to know how many orbs I had though at any given time but overall its a good game, with good graphics and an interesting storyline.
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Having an issue since I loaded it up today (after the third lesson) where, in menus when scrolling is possible, W seems to revert to Page Down.
It does not work on Mac Monterey (M1) any fix?
As it stands, we're unable to port the game to the latest Mac software. The game was only ever developed as a 32-bit application, which Apple no longer supports.
Ahhhhh bummer. I came over to say it wasn't working for my Mac but that explains it :(
If it helps, from https://github.com/corwin-of-amber/nw.js/releases/ you can download the zip file nwjs-v0.70.0-osx-arm64.zip unzip it and you'll find nwjs (The engine behind RPG MV) working on Mac M1.
Download the KanjiCombat from here
right click on show package content on KanjiCombat select and copy all the files in Content/Resources
Now then again right click on the nwjs executable and show package contents, right click on the Resource folder and paste 6 items.
Now you should be able to play by clicking on the nwjs file; you can delete the original KanjiCombat.
The first time you might need to do right click/open if you get the "this software is downloaded from internet" message.
I am not a teacher nor an expert in Japanese, so I can't really judge the game's effectiveness at teaching the player some kanji. However, what I can say is that if you go into this with absolutely no expectations or knowledge what this game's like you'll have a fantastic time. It kept throwing curveballs at me and I loved it for it. Now, I didn't do much beyond the opening and the first two lessons because I have a lot of games to play and I am already somewhat familiar with these kanji, but I think I can safely recommend this game: it's fun, and you'll definitely know more kanji after playing it than before. And who knows, maybe it'll be a good tool for me to refresh my Japanese some time later.
Crashing under Mac OS Monterey 12.2.1 (M1 processor) directly at launch.
なんじゃこりゃぁ…頭痛くなるんだがｗ
Quite possibly THE best way I've come across thus far for learning Japanese Kanji! The story is engaging, and unlike the first game, the combat does not get in the way of the lessons - on the contrary, when combined with good note taking, I found that the lessons stuck with me when playing Kanji Combat, and there's more to do besides learning the Kanji as well! More of my thoughts can be found here (segment starts at 8:49)
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/606324836
This game is really effective at teaching someone Kanji. It doesn't even feel like i'm learning most of the time which is the beauty of the game. It would be nice to know how many orbs I had though at any given time but overall its a good game, with good graphics and an interesting storyline.