Would you bash slimes everyday if it helped you learn Japanese?

[UnfasedTanuki]

Hello !

I’m working on a game called “Bash Slimes EVERYDAY!!: Monster Girls Are Useless Again!”

It’s a full-on lewd comedy game with:

- Monster girls
- Fetish-based idle combat ️
- Banana peels
- Way too much slime

But here's the twist — you can also learn Japanese while playing.
Like, actual hiragana, vocab, even grammar and sentence construction.
Not a quiz app. More like: “If Duolingo had tentacles and monster girls.”
(Or you can turn your brain off and just enjoy the lewds ... I don’t judge.)

Would a game like this interest you?
Would you want to learn a bit while getting slimed?

I’d love to hear your thoughts, I’m in the early dev stages, and I want to make sure I don’t make something too dumb. (Just the right amount of dumb.)

Thank you !

 

[tanstaafl]

Interesting concept. I might have years ago, but now that I'm old that just sounds annoying. Might be good for younger people (everyone else), for what it's worth.

 

[Baitch]

dumb... yes... maybe
too dumb? nah i have seen a lot worse and bash slimes to learn is in the spot 50 or more in my dumb list
would play it? probably no, or idk i would have to see
i have seen something similar (no, i dont remember where or names) something like monmosu quest where the fighting was the "typing" of the words to learn but it was really old (like 20 years ago, when flash was starting)
should you stop making that game? hell no, go for it brother!! enjoy the process and the fun of it and if your game is a succes laugh at us

my recomendation... maybe add a sfw and nsfw option in the settings to "hide" so you could enjoy the game more openly and reach other "platforms" to make your game well known

overall, go for it, i like the idea

edit: do you have plans on voice acting for the vocals of the words? i never used duolingo so idk how they approach that. (i know that would be expensive but its another idea to think in the later future)

 

[UnfasedTanuki]

Thanks for the reply ! And don’t worry, I’m absolutely making this mess of a game
I’m not asking if I should do the game, just fishing for early feedback on what kind of chaos people want baked in.

This is my dream project, the kind of game I wish existed when I started learning japanese.

No plans for a full SFW version right now, though you’ll be able to toggle the learning off if you just want to vibe with monster girls and slime goo.

Oh and yes, the game is mouse-only.
One hand for clicking. The other for... learning, obviously.
Gotta keep it educational.

 

[suprisedcrankyface]

Depends on the ratio of learning to game, if its an added bonus it cant hurt, but as a core requirement of gameplay that sounds like it would be very inconvenient

 

[UnfasedTanuki]

The learning part is 100% optional.
You can turn it off and just go full slime-mode with no pop quizzes or brain cells involved.

But if you leave it on, it’s baked into the minigames and fights !
Things like "enchanting a weapon with the right particle" or "guessing a verb to activate a special move."

It’s never about stopping to study, more like:
"Oops, I learned a verb while dodging tentacles."
But if you do want to actually learn, the game is designed to take you from zero to anime decoder... while you bash slimes and flirt with monster girls.

Thanks for the feedback it helps a lot with how I frame the game for all kinds of players!

 

[rk-47]

Nandatte!!??

 

[aaaa1129]

I don't particularly dislike learning games, but I think it's better to prioritize the fun of the game.

 

[Icarus Media]

I recall there is a game on steam that is similiar, you learn Japanese while playing as an adventurer. It came up on my recommended games since languages are something interesting to me.

 

[vaivaliz]

am i to expect slime gurl art? im downnnnn count me in to help too if you need a second hand while yours is busy

 

[UnfasedTanuki]

Thanks for your replies !

Oh don’t worry! The slime girl is very real… and very into “friendly fire.”
You’ll get to meet her. In increasingly gooey situations.

The main cast will be:

- A tanuki girl — ambitious scam artist with zero morals and a gambling problem.
- A zombie girl — tired, falling apart, mildly horny, mostly confused.
- A slime girl — emotionally unstable, dangerously affectionate, probably edible.
- The MC — you... underpaid, over-slapped, armed with exactly one brain cell (shared with the tanuki).

 

[vaivaliz]

probably edible

different flavors to teach different kanji!

 

[Leprosy2025]

Not particularly into slimes personally, so I would probably give it a pass unless I really liked the art.

That said, if the gameplay is good than I don't see any reason to not have a game like this. It's definitely interesting but I'm not entirely sure how easy it would be to balance and whether it could effectively be 'gamified'. Maybe a demo would help gauge interest and let you tweak the gameplay to something that is effective. Also probably worth looking into successful language games and how they do things, although I doubt many of them are particularly sexual.

 

[UnfasedTanuki]

Thanks for the reply

Totally fair, I get that slimes aren’t for everyone (though this one might surprise you).

Gameplay is definitely the priority, and the learning part’s designed to feel more like “enhanced chaos” than homework. I want it to be dumb and snappy.

A demo’s 100% planned, with:

- At least one lewd scene per girl
- Core mechanics for learning
- And lots of dumb nonsense

 

[Goeffel]

Oh and yes, the game is mouse-only.

I'd rather there would be gamepad support ...


and just to mention one of the few games with no sexual content still allowed here on f95zone is:
https://f95zone.to/threads/love-language-japanese-final-papurika-moe.54802/