What I'm Building
I work on WordSen every day. Here's what's happening.
Beta launches April 2026
This is the big one. I'm opening up WordSen to real testers for the first time. The full flashcard system, the Kitsune pet game, voice card creation, and the Oracle AI. Everything I've been building for the past year and a half.
If you're learning Japanese and have an iPhone, I want you testing this.
Join the BetaWhat I've shipped
Card creation got FAST
Moved the AI stuff to the cloud and card creation went from 15 seconds to about 4. That's a HUGE difference when you're trying to capture a word on the fly.
Oracle learned to listen
Redesigned the Oracle AI assistant. You can talk to it now instead of typing, and it has a personal notebook for saving what you learn. Two tabs: Ask and Notes. Clean and simple.
Browse your whole vocabulary
Built a word list so you can actually see everything you're studying. Filter by status (up for review, in progress, mastered) and watch your progress grow through all 1,000 words.
Security lockdown
Did a full security audit. Database protection rules, encrypted storage, cleaned up logging. Not glamorous, but REALLY important before letting other people use the app.
Dango, mochi, and taiyaki
Your Kitsune can eat three different treats now, each one giving a one-hour study buff. You can also pet your fox. Little hearts float up. It's adorable.
Hide and seek (but for koins)
Added a mini-game where your fox sniffs out buried koins with a little celebration dance when it finds them. Spend the koins on furniture for the room.
The fox got smarter
Rebuilt how the Kitsune moves around its room. It navigates furniture without getting stuck and looks way more natural. Also added close-up cameras for when you feed or pet it.
Furniture shopping!
Added a store, an inventory system, and drag-and-drop room placement. Buy items with koins you earn from studying, then make your fox's room look however you want.
The Kitsune comes alive
Imported the 3D fox model with full animations. Walking, running, idle, jumping. You can tap and swipe the camera around. This was the moment the app started feeling REAL.
Flashcards that actually work
Launched the core study experience. Spaced repetition, male and female audio, custom images, furigana on everything. This is the foundation the whole app is built on.
Say it and study it
Added voice card creation. Record a word, WordSen figures out what you said, generates audio and an example sentence, adds it to your deck. This was the feature that made me decide to build the whole app.
We're live
Launched the WordSen website, started writing the dev blog, and opened beta signups.