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Katawa Shoujo

Postby James » Wed Jan 04, 12 8:00 am

http://www.katawa-shoujo.com/



Time to show my powerlevel. Today, one of the better videogames this year has been released. 4chan's swansong.

Sup nerds, in 2000-2005 some Japanese artist penned up concept art for a visual novel videogame involving disabled girls and a hospital school. It was posted on 4chan in 2007 who loved the idea, that some of them picked up this artist's idea. In 2012 this game is released.



Downloads for the game (420mb) free for Windows, Mac and Linux are at the following link:

http://dl.katawa-shoujo.com/gold/

The Internet, January 4th 2012 - Four Leaf Studios is proud to present the full release of Katawa Shoujo, free of charge. It's been five long years until this day, with a multinational group of twenty-one developers working on art, music, writing, programming, and direction, to say nothing of the innumerable contributors to the project both past and present, but it's finally here.

Katawa Shoujo is a visual novel set in the fictional Yamaku High School for disabled children, located in modern Japan. Hisao Nakai, a normal boy living a normal life, has his life turned upside down when a congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school after a long hospitalization. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends — and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right. There are five main paths corresponding to the 5 main female characters, each path following the storyline pertaining to that character. The story is told through the perspective of the main character, using a first person narrative. The game uses a traditional text and sprite-based visual novel model with an ADV text box.

The story of Katawa Shoujo is a long one, spanning over a decade. In December of the year 2000, the doujin Schuppen Harnische was released by the artist RAITA of circle Zettai Shoujo. One of the pages in the extras section of the doujin contained a sketch imagining a game about disabilities set in a Japanese high school. If not for later events, that may well have been the end of it. With the sticky in 4chan's anime board in January of 2007, though, interest was suddenly sparked in the idea within, and the idea of creating this game came about. After months of brainstorming, but little progress, a core development team by the name of Four Leaf Studios was formed in April of the same year. With this, Katawa Shoujo was set on the path to its final creation.

Four Leaf Studios is a volunteer group of twenty-one developers from around the world, having come together for the sole purpose of developing Katawa Shoujo. Hailing from many different countries, backgrounds, and professions, Four Leaf Studios became committed to working towards Katawa Shoujo as an entirely free game, with no money involved in the project.

With that, the story of Four Leaf Studios is finished. As a single entity, we will not be producing another game. But even though our story has ended, you will now be able to experience a new story; the story that Four Leaf Studios existed to create.

We hope you enjoy Katawa Shoujo.
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Postby Dex » Wed Jan 04, 12 7:52 pm

7:33 PM - [HAHA TIME FOR CRIPPLES] Jorkell: My early impressions about this game:
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Postby James » Thu Jan 05, 12 8:03 am

[spoiler="NSFW, Clix inside"]
http://www.imagocentre.com/images/91/dasjadsjas_107.jpg[/spoiler]
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Postby Professor Layton » Thu Jan 05, 12 9:23 am

So is this game just played so people can edit in their own text?
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Postby James » Thu Jan 05, 12 9:31 am

No idea. I think Jerkell just got the font.
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Postby James » Fri Jan 06, 12 8:00 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC6bzdD45yY[/youtube]

This is a beautiful game.
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Postby James » Sat Jan 07, 12 8:33 pm

Rin done. Time for gay sex with Kenji.
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Postby James » Tue Jan 10, 12 5:16 pm

Anyone else played this fabulous visual novel?
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Postby ynnaD » Tue Jan 10, 12 5:23 pm

I'll play it once i'm finished my San Andreas 100% run
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Postby James » Thu Jan 12, 12 12:56 am

[spoiler]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWaR4le7rVc[/spoiler]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTpsrqvGL2Q[/youtube]

YFW This game was the saviour to the SC2 drought.
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Postby Siva » Fri Jan 13, 12 1:37 am

Needs Nurse-Kun mod

And no I have not played this game I just greatly care for the story of Nurse-Kun and it saddens me everyday that his story was never finished
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Postby Siva » Mon Jan 16, 12 7:45 am

OH MY GOD

I DOWNLOADED IT 4 HOURS AGO

I HAVE NOT STOPPED CLICKING SINCE

IT STOLE MY SLEEP
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Postby James » Mon Jan 16, 12 8:22 am

who is ur waifu
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Postby Siva » Mon Jan 16, 12 8:37 am

emi but i'm not happy about it, i didnt even go running with her when it was raining

i want burn girl, so kawaii~
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Postby James » Mon Jan 16, 12 9:04 am

lol Emi. You get her by taking rational choices towards hisao's health in act 1
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Postby Siva » Mon Jan 16, 12 9:09 am

fucking eroge with their batshit decision making

probably would have ended up with the deaf chick or her handler if i won at risk

HOW DO I END UP WITH THE BURN VICTIM

MY HEART YEARNS FOR HER

also, this game needs 100% less penis and vagina, i was actually genuinely interested in the people, and then emi made me have sex with her

damn this woman
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Postby James » Mon Jan 16, 12 9:11 am

emi is apparently the easiest to lay because lemons.

I've only played rin's route, baleout is the master of cripples here
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Postby Siva » Mon Jan 16, 12 9:18 am

BALEOUT

HOW DO I MARRY THE BURN VICTIM

I KNOW SHE WANTS ME

I'LL WRITE HER A SONG DAMNIT
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Postby James » Mon Jan 16, 12 9:34 am

She tastes like bacon // Yeah there's no mistakin' // From the lovin' to the oven yeah you know what I'm bakin'

She's a timid girl // Like a leaf, yeah she's shakin' // You say Hanako's the best? Well, I know you're just fakin'

It's fuckin' Lilly // It's fuckin' Lilly // It's fuckin' Lilly // BEST GIRL IN THE GAME!
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Postby Siva » Mon Jan 16, 12 9:41 am

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BOUT TIME HOE

I WAS NEVER INTERESTED IN YOU ANYWAY

THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME WASTE MY ENTIRE MORNING
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Postby Siva » Mon Jan 16, 12 9:43 am

NVM HISOU PUSSIED OUT, TOLD HER HE LOVES HER

God I am never going to end up with Hanako
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Postby James » Mon Jan 16, 12 9:50 am

fuck you game I don't want a perfectly normal woman give me the crispy shy girl

emi is brilliant apparently. reminds people of their teenage sex life (assuming you aren't the average sperg lord playing this)
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Postby Siva » Mon Jan 16, 12 9:55 am

Like I give a fuck about drama
Like I give a fuck about her daddy issues
Like I give a fuck about her legs

Give me the girl that has to wake up every day and look at herself knowing she will always be forever scarred
Give me the girl that has crippling anxiety
GIB GIRL WID BURNS, BECAUSE I CAN LOOK PAST THE SUFFERING AND SEE INTO YOUR SOUL
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Postby James » Mon Jan 16, 12 10:08 am

or u cud fuk shizune cuz uve dated a deaf girl
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Postby Siva » Mon Jan 16, 12 10:37 am

i have already dated the deaf girl

this means i must marry a burned girl

where do i find a burned girl? or do i just start a housefire and see what happens
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Postby James » Wed Jan 18, 12 12:12 am

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lmfao if ur some insecure loser who is too scared (aka noob!!!) to try this visual novel.
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Postby Cozmo » Wed Jan 18, 12 3:45 pm

Trying to get closer to Rin until Emi pretty much rapes me.

damnit

[spoiler]I really can't believe how stupid Hisao is though, as if the car crash thing is a big mystery for him. "WHAT ELSE DID SHE LOSE IN THAT CAR CRASH??"[/spoiler]
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Postby James » Wed Jan 18, 12 4:12 pm

Hisao - thankfully - is his own character and not the complete perspective of the player. God he is thick sometimes.
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Postby Siva » Wed Jan 18, 12 10:51 pm

I think I have felt all the feels I can possibly feel

I... I'm going to turn this into action now.
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Postby James » Thu Jan 19, 12 10:36 am

Get a grip of yourself. :/
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