- New Influent + Shashingo Bundle! - 7 April 2026
Shashingo + InfluentI've been working with the developer of Influent to bring you an incredible discounted bundle of both Shashingo and Influent \, and now, it's finally live!If you haven't played Influent, it's a great way to learn more Japanese vocabulary around your home, which pairs wonderfully with Shashingo's outdoor environment. So if you've already played Shashingo and wanted to go back to your apartment and learn, this is your chance! Both Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography and Influent's Japanese version can now be purchased together at 15% off!Visual Japanese LearningExplore immersive 3D environments, interact with real-world objects, and build practical vocabulary naturally through gameplay. Whether you’re just getting started or looking to expand your skills, this bundle is designed to make learning Japanese engaging, intuitive, and genuinely enjoyable. If you’ve be…
- Languages Update + Trading Cards & More - 25 May 2025
Localisation Wonderful members of the community have helped to localise the game into several new languages! Shashingo now supports learning Japanese from: French (Français) German (Deutsch) Spanish (EU) (Español (EU)) Spanish (Latin American) (Español (LAT.)) Brazilian Portuguese (português brasileiro) Simplified Chinese (简体中文) We hope that this allows more of you to study Japanese with your native language rather than having to rely on what you know in English. As this has been a community effort, we would appreciate if you could share with us any issues you may find in the new languages over on our Discord server or on the Steam Forums. Romaji + Kana Added Romaji + Kana option for viewing the flash cards! This is good for beginners if you are not yet comfortable with hiragana and katakana! Steam Trading Cards You can now collect Steam trading cards for Shashingo! Collecting complete…
- Movement Speed Increase & Motion-Sickness Reduction & Bug Fixes - 3 September 2024
Changes Movement speed has been increased Running speed has been increased Gameplay options menu now includes a WIP "Motion-Sickness Reduction" setting. Motion-Sickness Reduction This setting removes the offset of the camera and sets the pivot point to the centre point of the player. In theory this should help reduce feelings of nausea, but has not been thoroughly tested. Please let me know if this has helped! Bug Fixes: Fixed: Cars should no longer clip into each other. Fixed: Difficulties stepping into the butchers shop on low frame rates. Fixed: Rain would sometimes randomly occur when not supposed to. Fixed: Favourite button could be pressed on an photo empty slot. (Controller Input) Fixed: Small visual glitch for 1 frame when swapping borders on new photos. Fixed: Audio button input overlapping with take photo input in find mode. (Controller Input) Fixed: Quiz mode could be skipped…
- Small Hotfix - 8 August 2024
- Fixed an issue showing button prompts when the input did nothing - Fixed a lock out during the tutorials when played with controller
- Flash-Card Viewer Update - 4 August 2024
New Photo Flash-Card Viewer Many of you wanted to view your photo flash-cards from your album in full-screen just like when you make new ones. So I've included a new way to view them in the photo album! When playing with keyboard/mouse, simply middle mouse click one of your cards and you'll be able to see it much larger on the screen. If you're playing with a controller instead, use the right trigger when focused on the photo flash-card you want to view. On controller, you're also able to move left and right between the photos on the page you are viewing. Day/Night Transition Slowed Down Many players said they love the sky's colours when the world transitions between day and night, but it was too fast to snap a nice photo. The transition time has now been increased so you can enjoy it a little longer. Bug Fixes: Windowed full-screen was locking the mouse to the frame when it shouldn't h…
- Various changes & bug fixes - 29 May 2024
A few changes: Stool -> Chair. This was changed to teach a more generic and usable word, this word's mastery progress has been reset. 2 typo fixes 2 Small signs at the convenience stores have been updated to retain an E for Everyone rating Fixed a bug regarding the quiz mode selection on controller The Find/Quiz Mode menu now has a small animation to show that it can be swapped more clearly. The "Export Favourites" button in the pause menu now has an icon
- 'Quiz Mode' Hotfix - 24 May 2024
Some bugs have been fixed: 'Focused' list should now not reset. But if you have recently played it may have already reset until you next play through Find Mode at least once for each card. Some Quiz Mode statistics were not saving, or rewarding coins Some pop up translations were not showing Various other fixes, and typos
- 'Quiz Mode' & More Update Now Live! - 21 May 2024
Introducing 'Quiz Mode' Quiz Mode lets you study the vocabulary that you learn on the back of your Photo Flash-Cards! You can set up a study session in-game and answer multiple choice questions to earn more coins for buying Filters! Export Your Photos You can now export your favourite photos as .jpegs and transparent .png flash-cards! If you have any issues with this feature, please let me know in the Discord or Steam discussions area! Incorrect Answers Now Shown After Find Mode! Your incorrect answers will now be given as a list at the end of a session of Find Mode (and the new Quiz Mode!), so you'll know which words you'll need to study more! Reading & Listening Setting Find Mode & Quiz Mode now let you swap between Reading & Listening, Reading or Listening modes so you can practice the way you want to! Extra Answers Accepted in Find Mode Some words in Shashingo could technically have…
- Pop-up Translations Now Available! - 1 March 2024
The bug has been fixed and the update now includes Furigana / Romaji pop-up translations when you look at and click text in the game! Thank you for being patient as I worked on this! The next update will include invert-Y axis and some other things, so please stay tuned! :D As always, if you spot any bugs, please let me know in the Shashingo Discord!
- Hotfix - 28 February 2024
Bugs fixed: 辛い was incorrectly marked as a na-adjective, but it is an i-adjective The Egao Dōri sign was missing the line above the o The Parking entrance next to the hotel did not register as a photographable object Game and TV both displayed "None" as their name when Romaji was set in the options menu The English text at the end of lesson 7's dialogue was cut off and should've said "(I) was not well." The pronunciation of danboru bako/cardboard box sounded like "ganboru bako" The romaji translation of nuigurumi/plush toy, was incorrectly written as meigurumi One of the street signs was not able to be photographed A few other small details The Golden photo-flash-cards styling has been removed as it is causing issues with the cat and sakura border Note: This hotfix release does not include the pop-up translation functionality which is still being fixed/worked on. Thank you for your pati…
- Available Now! - 27 February 2024
Immerse yourself in a unique gameplay experience that combines the beauty of Japan with the art of photography. Start your Japanese learning journey by capture stunning images and making them yours with unique filters and borders. The future But that's not all! Post release, I will be hard at work cooking up some exciting new features, including: -Photo exports -Support for additional languages (including French, German, and Spanish etc) -New lessons In the meantime, join the community on Discord to connect with other players and stay updated on any future development! Thank you all so much!
- Shashingo, out today, helps you learn Japanese through photography - 27 February 2024
As someone who's learning Japanese, I crave other methods of language acquisition that don't feel like studying. Textbooks, flashcards, even watching Japanese media can all feel a bit too close to being back in a classroom. Shashingo , a game that helps you learn Japanese through taking cute photos, may be the study companion I've craved. And having covered it two years ago when it was first properly shown off, I'm very happy to see it's finally arriving later today. Read more
- ２Hours Left to Become a Backer on Kickstarter! - 31 March 2023
The Kickstarter for Shashingo is ending soon! You have less than 2 hours to get some of the great rewards and add-ons which are available: Stickers, Pins, Digital Soundtrack, Flash-cards etc! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/autumnpioneer/shashingo-a-photography-game-for-learning-japanese
- KICKSTARTER NOW LIVE! - 1 March 2023
The Kickstarter for Shashingo is now LIVE! With your help, we can get Shashingo to the finish line and you're able to get some great rewards in return! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/autumnpioneer/shashingo-a-photography-game-for-learning-japanese
- Kickstarter March 1st!! - 25 February 2023
I'm pleased to announce that Shashingo is coming to Kickstarter on March 1st to secure the funding that is needed to complete the game. You can subscribe for a launch notification over on the page here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/autumnpioneer/shashingo-a-photography-game-for-learning-japanese
- Discord Server Now Open! - 18 June 2022
I've opened up a Discord server to chat about Shashingo and to share some behind the scenes development screenshots, gifs and videos! 👀 ➡️Join Here!
- NEW Shashingo trailer showing at the Guerrilla Collective 3 Showcase - 5 June 2022
On June 11th at 8am PT / 5pm CET / 4pm UK, a new trailer for Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography will shown during the 2022 edition of the Guerrilla Collective showcase. Please tune in to watch the new trailer which shows some new gameplay features and information!
