Chinomikon

Chinomikon

dimosha_92 · September 2, 2017 · Adventure, Indie, RPG

Buy Chinomikon from Steam at $0.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.

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Chinomikon price by region

Chinomikon costs £0.79 in the United Kingdom, $0.79 in Georgia (USD), $0.99 in the United States, €0.99 in Europe (EUR), CA$1.09 in Canada, NZ$1.19 in New Zealand, R$2.19 in Brazil and zł3.59 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Chinomikon offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £0.79 £0.79 — 1
Georgia (USD) $0.79 $0.79 — 1
United Statesyour region $0.99 $0.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €0.99 €0.99 — 1
Canada CA$1.09 CA$1.09 — 1
New Zealand NZ$1.19 NZ$1.19 — 1
Brazil R$2.19 R$2.19 — 1
Poland zł3.59 zł3.59 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Chinomikon

Chinomikon is an adventure-learning game about a Hero who arrives in China. Hero wants to earn some money by teaching English, but, due to unxexpected set of events, he starts fighting with fearsome monsters for Chinomikon pages. Which is, bytheway, a book of great value.
In order to survive, our Hero must complete a set of challlenges and acquire 34 Chinomikon pages.
RPG maker battle system, but with a slightly different approach.
Algorithm of learning process:
1. You are seaching certain location for items - words that connected to this location. Any item has pinyin (romazition) and tranlation.
2. After searching all of the possible items, you are gaining an access to battle zone's portal of this location.
3. During fight, you have to use right item on an any giving monster. All Monsters, on their part, have chinese characters atop them.
4. Monsters have a chance to drop key item, which you need in order to continue story and learning process.

So, during multiple fights you could remember chinese characters and their translation.

Learn and play at the same time!
- 34 chinese words, that you could learn;
- fast storytelling;
- simple gameplay.

Chinomikon — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Chinomikon is a brief educational game that teaches basic Chinese characters and vocabulary through monster-battling mechanics, with players praising its story achievements, useful HSK 1-level words, and soundtrack. Common criticisms include its very short length (completable in about an hour) and a learning method that some find unengaging, though players suggest audio pronunciation guidance could significantly improve the experience. At its low price point, reviewers feel it offers decent value for those interested in learning introductory Chinese.

Recommended Sep 7, 2017
Taking into consideration price, I'll recommend this game. + Story related achievements + Definitely could learn several chinese characters + Soundtrack - Very small - The way of learning is not so interesting
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Recommended May 6, 2019
I am actually teaching English in China just like the character in the game, therefore, this game was quite appealing to me. The entire game can be completed in 1 hour and I really hope more games like this will be made. The words are useful for someone at an HSK 1 level (The 34 vocabulary words are related to greetings, living space, office, shop, etc.). The correct "pinyin" is needed in order to defeat the Chinese character monster. I think this game could be improved if a Chinese person spoke the words every time you attack the monsters. It would be amazing if someone could play this game and at least mimic the correct pronunciation of a few Chinese words. For $0.99, it was well worth it.
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