Goatacorn Goes to Japan!

Support for the app · Last updated September 30, 2026

Goatacorn Goes to Japan! is a Japanese word-learning flying game for iPhone and iPad, made by independent developer Richard Nelson under the studio name Blondee Games. You hear words, read them in romaji and fly through matching picture doors. The Phrasebook keeps travel words close at hand. The game works offline, with no accounts, ads or in-app purchases.

How do I fly?

Choose a playable stop on the map and tap FLY. Tap the flight screen to start. Each tap flaps your wings and lifts you; stop tapping to sink. Tap more often to reach a higher door and leave a longer gap between taps to reach a lower one. The flight moves forward for you. The pause button is at the top.

What do the doors and the romaji sign mean?

The sign shows a Japanese word written with the same letters used in English. This is called romaji. Listen to the word, if Voice is on, and fly through the door with the picture that matches its meaning. You steer your character into a door; tapping its picture does not select an answer.

When a new word is introduced, one door is open and the other is closed. Follow the open door to meet the word. Later, both picture doors are open so you can choose. You do not need to read Japanese characters to play.

What happens if I choose the wrong picture?

You keep flying. The game highlights the correct picture and shows the word with its English meaning. With Voice on, the game can also say the correct word again. The missed word can return later in the flight, or be saved for later review if there is no room. There are no lives to lose, and touching the ground bounces you back up.

Where do stars and stamps come from?

A stop gets its stamp the first time you land at the end of a flight there after answering at least one two-door check. That answer does not have to be right. The stamp records a visit, not mastery of all the words.

Land at the end of a flight with at least one answered check to earn one star. Get at least 80 percent of the flight's planned checks right for two stars, or all of them right for three. Your best stars for each stop are saved.

The marks beside words in the Phrasebook track learning separately: New, Met, Got it and Remembered. Word stars come from correct answers and reviews on later days. Repeating a word on the same day does not earn all its stars.

How do I use the Phrasebook and my pocket?

Tap the book icon on the map. You can browse all the included words, even ones you have not met in a flight. Tap a word's speaker to hear it. Tap its heart to keep it in My pocket, then use the My pocket filter to find it again. Tap the heart again to take it out. The Show card also has a Keep in my pocket button. Your pocket is saved on this device.

How does search work?

Type an English meaning, romaji or Japanese text in the Phrasebook search box. Everyday searches such as bathroom, pay and bag also find related entries. Use the filters to look in one place or in your pocket. Choose All to search across the Phrasebook. Search works offline and looks through the included words; it does not translate new sentences.

How do I show a word to someone in Japan?

Tap the word's row in the Phrasebook to open its Show card. Hold up the screen so the other person can read the large Japanese text. The card also shows kanji when the entry has it, along with a picture, romaji and English. Tap the speaker to play the word, or the X to close the card.

What are sprinkles for? Does anything cost money?

Sprinkles are earned by collecting them while flying and getting word answers right. Tap the sprinkle counter on the map to open the Shop. Spend sprinkles on characters, outfits and power-ups that multiply the sprinkles you earn. Nothing in the Shop costs real money. You cannot buy sprinkles with money, and there are no in-app purchases or subscriptions.

How do I change characters and outfits?

In the Shop, choose Characters, tap a character card, then use the button at the bottom to buy it with sprinkles or fly as a character you already own. Buying a character selects it.

Choose Outfits to preview an outfit. Buy it with sprinkles or tap Wear it for one you own. Buying an outfit puts it on. To remove it, choose No outfit and tap Take it off. Some outfits do not fit every character; the Shop tells you when one does not fit. If you need more sprinkles, keep playing and come back.

How do I turn off voices, music, effects or vibrations?

Tap the gear icon on the map to open Settings. Under Sound and touch, switch off Voice, Music, Effects or Haptics. Voice turns off spoken gameplay prompts. You can still play a word yourself by tapping its speaker in the Phrasebook. Voice speed offers Normal and Slow.

Haptics turns off flight and reward vibrations, but some menu taps, including Shop cards and pocket hearts, can still vibrate. The app's audio can play even with the device's silent switch on, so use the sound switches for quiet play. Settings also has Reduce motion.

How do I start over?

Open Settings, tap Reset progress and confirm. This clears learning progress, stamps, stars, sprinkles, Shop unlocks, power-ups and the local session log. Your settings and Phrasebook pocket stay. There is no undo button.

To remove all saved app data from this device, delete the app. Apple's device backups and any files you already shared are separate. The app privacy policy explains the details.

Does it work on iPad?

Yes. The app supports iPhone with iOS 18 or later and iPad with iPadOS 18 or later. On iPhone, play with the phone upright. On iPad, you can use portrait or landscape.

Can I use it without the internet?

Yes. Flights, the Phrasebook, search and the Shop work offline. The words, pictures, music and Japanese speech clips come with the app, and progress is saved on the device. The clips were made with ElevenLabs; if no bundled clip can play, Apple's on-device Japanese voice is used when available.

The app makes no network requests of its own. Settings → About opens the privacy policy and support pages in Safari or your chosen default browser, which needs a connection to load them. Sending an email or sharing a log through an online service also needs a connection.

Has the Japanese been checked?

The words and phrases have been checked by AI models. A native Japanese speaker review is planned and has not yet been completed. If a word, picture, meaning or pronunciation seems wrong, please email us with the entry so we can check it.

Something is wrong, or I have an idea

Write to contact@goatacorn.com. Tell us which device you use, the app version, the stop or word involved, and what you expected to happen. Richard Nelson, Blondee Games.