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Site (http://katawa-shoujo.com/)

So, it's apparently a japanese themed dating sim where you have to date disabled girls. It has been developed by Four Leaf Studios (4chan).

 :uhrr:

Clicked on the link and got error 503 - complete with this image:

(http://i28.tinypic.com/k4ceo6.jpg)

1st week into 2012, and we already have the Game of the Year! :why_so_serious:

Gotta say, I'd prefer more pigeons.

That does not belong in green.

How about wingless pigeons? There's a game just waiting to be made there.

melts my heart..and it mixes with the stomach acid, making me quesy.

Writing is supposed to be good, H-Scense are skippable and they actually researched every disability as to not make it just a gimmick.

Wait, internet: HERP! Disabilities and bukkake. Poor paraplegic girl! :awesome_for_real: :awesome_for_real: :awesome_for_real: :awesome_for_real:

you've convinced me. Downloading. Will Radicalthon.  :why_so_serious:

 :awesome_for_real:

Goddamn, FRAPS don't work with this game. I'm not gonna type out all the banal dialogues.


Problem solved! Enjoy! Happy 2012!  :drillf:

Haha, they actually finished this? What next - someone releases The Zybourne Clock?  :grin:

Well, to my surprise, you won't see anything like this in the game:
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/829607/awesome/wellhellothere.png)

Pretty sure in the radicalthon this already happened, and it was a naked guy.

rk47 is writing the Radicalthon.  That being said, you are correct, he just repressed that memory.

what I want:
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/829607/shojo/25/lol.png)

what I get:
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/829607/shojo/16/08.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/i4wpX.jpg)

Oh, you're going to hell.  :why_so_serious:

I admit it, I laughed.

We are all terrible terrible people.

It's not at all creepy I'm playing a cripple dating sim game you see, I turned the H-Scenes off!!

There is a lot of Katawa Shoujo fanart. I'm kind of surprised, really.

tao, im seeing a frozen frog ;(

but that emi comic...wahhaahaha. won-dah-fus-roh-dah, baby!

(http://i.imgur.com/TawH2.jpg)

Derp.

Geez, do I really want to get some torrenting going again just to pull this thing down? Really wish there was a DDL somewhere... :oh_i_see:

(http://i.imgur.com/txehI.jpg)

I snagged it for its freeness and ran a relatively quick playthrough.  I liked Rin for her weirdness but the game apparently decided that boring protagonist was hanging around the two of them to see Emi and stuck him with her.  So I figured "what the hell" and rolled with it.  I was amazed that 4chan not only didn't fuck this up, but also managed to make something at least as good as the games they were duplicating, and did so with something resembling sensitivity.  I actually find myself recommending this as a good diversion for a few hours.  Just be sure to turn off the boobs in the option screen if you might have bosses/roommates/spouses/kids/etc. wandering in.  The game went by just fine without the sex scenes.

Playing through this now on the Hanako route; I'm about halfway through and I must say, this is pretty painful. Not like, offensive just really depressing.

Oooo. Dodged a bullet then,  :awesome_for_real:

Interesting. Gave in and tried to start a Hanako game but got Emi instead and it was mostly really sweet.

For those still wanting a DDL some forum searching turned up a fan mirror at http://naodesu.org/files/katawa-shoujo/, and hashes tucked away on the official site at http://dl.katawa-shoujo.com/gold/hashes.txt.

Is the librarian an option?

Nope, no librarian luvin'.

Emi was sweet, Shizune was not.  Shizune's dad was hilarious, and one should not miss Misha's casual shirt, but Shizune was distant at best.  The writer failed to sell me on boring main character and her hooking up, while boring main character and Emi were acting like they genuinely cared about each other.  If Hanako's a downer and rk's already posting Lilly's story, guess I'll make another shot at Rin.

If you didn't care for the Shizune story, I doubt you'll enjoy the Rin story, either.

There's no Misha route either, right? Is there a Hicchan/Shicchan/Misha three-some option?  :drillf:

That might be the goal of my next playthrough.

Don't forget to save.

Of course, since I figure that'll eventually lead to a Shizune bad end.

wow damn u guys are fast.  :awesome_for_real:
i'm taking it slow since reading quickly didn't make me absorb much. (I hate reading, totally)
on lilly path, the hero seems to be an extremely emo douche so far.

To me it seems that in practically every path the protagonist has to have a crippling flaw to go along with his female counterpart.

I put it on auto mode, adjusted the text speed to something I was comfortable with, then sat back and watched it like an anime; I'm used to watching subs so I can read really fast and still take in the scenes. I only needed to use the keyboard to pause or make a decision.

Remember, the story would make one check this out, and maybe becuase of your radicalthon they may be trying other choices to test results.


I have been reading about this game in a bunch of places, and it seems like a very long (albeit sensitive to disabilities) dating sim, with possibly a couple of disabled hentai images nude as a reward. I did download it, but couldn't really spend time reading or invest in it, besides the story is funnier when reading rk47's version.

Flowchart: http://meta.filesmelt.com/downloader.php?file=KatawaShoujoFlowchartv28.png ..not going to show it, the image is huge.

Also, if you compare the length to other works of its kind (Clannad, Fate/Stay Night, Ever17) it's a bit shorter.

Goddamn...and I thought I had too much time on my hands.   :why_so_serious:

I also gave this a shot, tried for Rin and wound up with Emi. Surprisingly well-written (interior/exterior dialogue, not plot), and the "adult content" wound up being surprisingly irrelevant. They were successful with one goal, which was that the disability became just a sort of detail, not defining characteristic full stop. Maybe that varies with the path.

P.S. Emi = Aimee (http://www.google.com/search?q=Aimee+Mullins&tbm=isch&hl=en&imgcc=&cr=&safe=off)?

She's diabetes. Fuck's sake. Why make her so...so.....  :uhrr: Goddamn!

I have been finding some truly hilarious fan art on the forums for this game. It's better IMO than the actual game...

good one = googled the thread. Holyfuck. Over 50 pages.  :drill:

Not all of them were winners, but some of them made me laugh almost as much as your radicalthon.

Two more that caused spontaneous laughter (from me at least):

Can a brother get a link?

http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1403

(http://i806.photobucket.com/albums/yy350/kosher_bacon/humour/imaginary.jpg)

Wa...

I like Hanako's secret collection in her room better.
Go look for it, I went through 50 pages yesterday. So can you!

I also read the 22 pages of Horatio Caine one liners (http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=1753) and the 13 pages of the Meme Generator thread (http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=5043&hilit=meme), along with a bunch of other threads there.

I found a ton of things there that were funny:

(http://i.imgur.com/eKQQo.jpg)

The Horatio Caine images show up in some weird scroll box for me, so I have to mousewheel down each one to see the second two panels. Is that normal or is my browser fucking something up?

Those are ones that have been uploaded to the forum, and not an exterior image host.. They display that way and I too wondered about that looking for an option in the forum controls to change it, but no luck.

Nailed by the meme generator thread. :oops:







Edited: rationalization

been annoyed by this...frozen frogs on linked images. how do i actually get rid of this 2011 trend?
I cannot stand this shit nowadays. What's with the dickery. People are hosting images and the hosts are blocking it off to select ppl?

It's from Imageshack US, and imageshack blocks according to certain locations. You might need to do some kind of proxy to be able to see them, because that's about the only way to actually see those... Unless someone rehosts them on another photo site.

Because it's that funny, and you've been sick, I'll take care of the last option for you this time.

Rehost of Severian's image:

....oh ok that got me at work. Gigglety.

Haha even more LOLs from the KS forum.

There's a fan made flash game (still beta) with some LOL moments. Fun little game too.
Katawa Crash (download link from Mediafire) (http://www.mediafire.com/?wv4h2oamleqp57v)
Forum Thread (http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3071)

You launch Hisao using angle and power (click and hold.. click determines angle and power when you release). Object is to hit other KS characters for distance and height boosts, but to not hit Shizune or come to full stop.

My high score so far:

Hnnnnnnghhahahahahahhahahahha~!

Ahaha. I'd forgotten about Nanaca Crash. This looks like it could be even better.

I played Nanaca Crash, and this is indeed better.

There's lots of fun little achievements, and special characters, most of them with immense amounts of humor attached to them.

Some of the special characters/specials/achievements:

One of the forum posts (http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3071&start=120#p71385) had a high score of 1,132,609m...  :ye_gods:

A critical decision point for the Hanako path.

They give you a Kenji sans glasses CG in Shizune's story.

Tried this out, really cute story (the one I wound up with at least) and I liked it, but more than once I felt annoyed and frustrated at the lack of choice points.  Two or three times I realized I'd been clicking through dialogue for two or three (or sometimes more, I think) in-game days without making a single decision, when most of these types of games (that I have played before, at least) have me making numerous decisions each day.  Doesn't really take away from the story, but it was an annoyance once or twice to come to that realization.

From the official forum: You Saved My ex-girlfriend from Committing Suicide (http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=5558#p79831)

what

E: Ahahahaha! Just saw that one.

Gotta say, liked this thing much more than I thought I would.  I've gone through each storyline except Lilly's now, since I've been getting that one vicariously via radicalthon.

I think Rin is my favorite, for her hug if nothing else.  I might have teared up a little at that scene.

Sorry if I'm slow :( But the story gets kinda draggy. I'll post more updates tonight.
Oh yeah, did you know 7th February is Lilly's birthday?  :grin: Let's buy her a cake or something.  :awesome_for_real:

Also playing this based on the stuff here. Actually liking it. Wishing there was more 'game' to it, but the story/dialogue is surprisingly good and worth the time.

Yeah, despite my initial annoyance at the lack of choices, I really got hooked into wanting to see more of the stories, and have not been disappointed in doing so.  To my great surprise, I think I like Hanako best so far, despite the fact that the 'extremely shy girl' is a character type I generally do not care for much.

Yeah, that storyline gets points for having me feel like a cunt. :awesome_for_real:

This seems to belong more in Best thread ever, but here goes:
 
Katawa Shoujo to be part of Conference Papers (http://'http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=5462')
By Prof. Coyote
 



Katawa Shoujou: Cure for Aspies

 :awesome_for_real:

After reading the radicalathon and being burned out on Star Wars I figured why not....

After three and a half hours I looked up and realized it was late.

They really did a great job making the people... people. The main character is probably the weakest.

And OMG! the track-field scene in the storage shed. AWESOME  :ye_gods:

I certainly wasn't expecting the track-field curveball. I think that storyline would've been better than lilly's in the radicalthon. :why_so_serious:

i fucking hate myself for buying that fruitcake.

But we love you for it.

But Lilly doesn't.  :heartbreak: She loves that aspie protagonist with heart problem. WHYYYYYYYYYYY CANT I RENAME MYSELFFF WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

I wouldn't feel so bad if he's named Gabe Newell.

To be fair, she doesn't really love him. She just took a wild left turn because for some reason the game demanded it.

I'm still pissed that it made no sense.

 The approach to safe sex on the various characters is.. Odd.

They're teenagers, it's not much of a surprise that they're a little retarded about that.  Emi at least makes a fair effort for protection.

As far as Lily goes, I think it made perfect sense.  We're just friends, we're just friends, HOLYSHITHE'SDYINGNOWAITILOVEYOU.  Putting someone under a sudden threat of something being taken away from them tends to make them cling to it.  Especially because teenagers are insane hormone-bags.  Is it real love?  I wouldn't say so, no; that's the sort of 'love' that can wear off pretty fast once things settle down.  But it could still open the door for something more lasting to grow.

Hanako story uses protection as well.

She's blind. You can just tell her you put one on.

I don't know where else I would ever find a use for this:

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/85916/how_do_i_painted_mural.png)

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/590343

I just played through Hanako's story, and I think it's my second favorite after Emi.  It gets fairly unrepentantly grim in spots, but the payoff is excellent.  Shizune's story gets some bonus points for being the only one that made me laugh in spots, but the actual relationshippy aspect seemed weak.

I'd agree with your ranking...

I don't have the energy to go through a second playthrough and just slogging through Lilly's now. Awful as fuck.

Lilly's was pretty damn surprising, I have to say, but playing through and doing Hanako's storyline was actually a bit more surprising, given the difference in how Hanako behaved/developed in those two storylines, and Emi was nothing like the other two.

I'm curious as to what the other storylines play out like, now.

Rin is utterly fucked in the head.  I think she's my favorite character, but her storyline is depressing as hell.

Rin's just sorta confusing.  Most of the people in the game have a straightforward 'bad thing X happened, so person has some issues they're dealing with'.  And it makes a great deal of sense.  But Rin's issues don't seem to involve her arms in the slightest, rather they involve her being completely batshitzania for apparently totally unrelated reasons.

One of the things that really struck me about the writing of this game is that Hisao turns out completely different in the different storylines.  Some of the girls lead him to be healthier, some lead him to be smarter, they start him on different hobbies and give him different perspectives on things.  I'm used to games where the protagonist changes others, but not where the protagonist is changed as well.  Aside from lightside/darkside 'ooh your character's wearing black and edgy now' things that only really change appearances.

Having started with Emi's story with her health and exercise bent made it stand out a lot for me in other playthroughs where Hisao's getting winded just walking around a while.  And that was neat.

The problem with Rin & Hisao as a couple doesn't lie with Rin.

I chuckle nearly every time it happens in game. It's a nostalgia comedy moment.

Finally got a decent screen cap
Gabe Newell and Obama also causes me to smile. Lots of humor, and great when watching patchers for MMOs.

New high score!!