[Locked] Katawa Shoujo Developer Q & A
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Aura wrote...
4.5 I'm sure that whenever two or more females gather, someone, somewhere starts thinking about group sexlol this was hilarious xD
Aura wrote...
Yes, Rin is a big challenge to write. I did not draw outside inspiration for Rin when I created her, she's entirely a product of my own mind. However, later on she has absorbed some influence from outside.about Blue, mm what a shame, well I hope he can answer them later.
If is it not, to much to ask, what were this influence?
Since she is the most amusing of all the girls so I am quite curius about her. And is amazing to hear that you make it complete yourself, you really made an amazing and intriguing character.
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dokomademobro wrote...
I still need to get around to playing this game.What kind of visual novels do the developers like?
How does members of the staff communicate? Is there bi-weekly meetings or something to discuss where the project is going? Do you have deadlines or is it more "get/ it done/this done sometime"
Has working on this changed your ideas? Like do you look at visual novels differently, did it become more daunting, or whatever?
Since these girls have disabilities, has much research gone into what they can realistically do? or is that not much of an issue
In general, we like well done VNs that go the distance to rise above the sea of average blandness. Some games are liked by specific devs for personal attractions too, of course. Here are some games we like: Narcissu, True Remembrance, Quartett, Tenshi no Inai Juunigatsu, Crescendo and Yume Miru Kusuri
We communicate through forums, IRC, MSN and our game developement platform, redmine. There are no meetings, all discussion is done when enough people to discuss are around. There are no deadlines either, they are impossible to adhere to in a free project like this.
Yes, at least my perspective on VNs has been greatly and irrevocably changed because I work on KS. We have done research on the subject of disabilities, but KS did not require much in the way of background work.
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ROLDY wrote...
Aura wrote...
@ MikeIt's not possible to estimate how much of the game is done, as pretty much is subject to change and it's fairly hard to project how long things will take in the end. Very little beyond Act 1 is in "final state" as of now. There will be multiple H scenes in each path, and some paths will have more than others.
Japan, the real Japan is a very interesting and weird country. I went to Comiket 74 last summer, and it is probably the maddest event I will ever see in my life. It's really crazy, with the thousands of visitors packed in Big Sight and more doujins than one can read in a lifetime. I didn't meet RAITA though, despite him being at the same event.
4LS doesn't have any plans on what to do after KS, but some people are idly working on small side VN projects which probably get released before KS full will.
Rin's footjobs are mean indeed.
curious, but did you judge japan based solely on Comiket? if not, what other things were "weird" (*w/ quotation marks*) to you?
also, what do you think of hitting on physically disabled people? is having sex with physically disabled people like a game to you?
does 4LS realize that such a game featuring having sex w/ physically disabled people/ kids could end up being flamed by some activist?
what will 4LS do in the event that an activist grps starts to protest the development of the game?
Comiket was one day of the three weeks I spent there, no. The weird things are mostly anecdotes about things that seem very queer or somehow "wrong" to a person from a western culture. Like Comiket, or a pipe organ in a shopping mall. Why would you do that?
Yeah sure, I guess it's possible some people might not like KS. In the case of some activist group protesting us, we'd probably do nothing (provided that they stay off our turf).
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Sillier question.
If you went to Yamaku, who would you hang out with the most?
We'll say your disorder is severe chronic migraines.
If you went to Yamaku, who would you hang out with the most?
We'll say your disorder is severe chronic migraines.
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Aura wrote...
ROLDY wrote...
Aura wrote...
@ MikeIt's not possible to estimate how much of the game is done, as pretty much is subject to change and it's fairly hard to project how long things will take in the end. Very little beyond Act 1 is in "final state" as of now. There will be multiple H scenes in each path, and some paths will have more than others.
Japan, the real Japan is a very interesting and weird country. I went to Comiket 74 last summer, and it is probably the maddest event I will ever see in my life. It's really crazy, with the thousands of visitors packed in Big Sight and more doujins than one can read in a lifetime. I didn't meet RAITA though, despite him being at the same event.
4LS doesn't have any plans on what to do after KS, but some people are idly working on small side VN projects which probably get released before KS full will.
Rin's footjobs are mean indeed.
curious, but did you judge japan based solely on Comiket? if not, what other things were "weird" (*w/ quotation marks*) to you?
also, what do you think of hitting on physically disabled people? is having sex with physically disabled people like a game to you?
does 4LS realize that such a game featuring having sex w/ physically disabled people/ kids could end up being flamed by some activist?
what will 4LS do in the event that an activist grps starts to protest the development of the game?
Comiket was one day of the three weeks I spent there, no. The weird things are mostly anecdotes about things that seem very queer or somehow "wrong" to a person from a western culture. Like Comiket, or a pipe organ in a shopping mall. Why would you do that?
Yeah sure, I guess it's possible some people might not like KS. In the case of some activist group protesting us, we'd probably do nothing (provided that they stay off our turf).
and if they do not stay off your turf?
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GrimAngel wrote...
If is it not, to much to ask, what were this influence?
Since she is the most amusing of all the girls so I am quite curius about her. And is amazing to hear that you make it complete yourself, you really made an amazing and intriguing character.
The influences are some sides of a few people I know. They didnt really change Rin per se, more like added new facets to her personality
Prismatic wrote...
Sillier question.If you went to Yamaku, who would you hang out with the most?
We'll say your disorder is severe chronic migraines.
The blonde girl in the back row of 3-3, probably.
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ROLDY wrote...
Spoiler:
and if they do not stay off your turf?
We'd stock up on bullets, gin and 70's Playboys and then retreat to our bunker.
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ROLDY wrote...
and if they do not stay off your turf?Considering that their "turf" consists of their website, their forums, their blog, and their IRC channel, I'd imagine they'd just ban the troublemakers and go on with life. They know that some people might find what they're making controversial (I'm not sure why everyone who suggests this thinks they're the first person to realize this), and they wouldn't have started in the first place if that bothered them. What did you expect him to say? That they'd break down crying and withdraw the game forever because someone flamed them on the internet? It's utterly amazing to me that a bunch of people are here on the forums of a hentai site worried about what might happen if someone in real life doesn't like them...actually, put that way, it doesn't surprise me at all.
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Ok so, About Hanako. I have yet to play the demo or anything but from what you have the on the website, she seems like a very complex character. Also from the pics I've seen, she is also kinda sexy in that kinky sorta disfigured sorta way. =^,.,^=
~Xio
~Xio
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While I do not have any questions or anything I figured this might be a good place to show my thanks for creating something as awesome as this.
So here it goes, thank you! Keep up the good work, KS is awesome!
So here it goes, thank you! Keep up the good work, KS is awesome!
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king wrote...
So where did the idea for this game come from? I mean it is out there.Page by RAITA.
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[size=12] [/h] This game is just to addicting it took me a while to get 100% on the demo even though i still skipped some scenes. I really didnt have any ques. Except, I wanted to ask about that scene on the homepage of fakku.net with yukko. Is that a real scene from the full game. If it is, thank you so much when i saw that image i got really excited and know im becoming more impatient. Please hurry up and release the full game.
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Xioxus wrote...
Ok so, About Hanako. I have yet to play the demo or anything but from what you have the on the website, she seems like a very complex character. Also from the pics I've seen, she is also kinda sexy in that kinky sorta disfigured sorta way. =^,.,^=~Xio
Play the game, most people who stick with Hanako in the beginning fall for either Lilly or Rin in the long run.
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Well thats it, well for me at last. thx a lot for answering the question I had in mind. Hope to see the final realase without much problem, to see more of this awesome game.
And the best of luck for the team. =p
And the best of luck for the team. =p
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Time for me to go to sleep. Thanks everyone for attending, hope you found the session interesting at least in some way.
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ElBandidoMonco wrote...
Xioxus wrote...
Ok so, About Hanako. I have yet to play the demo or anything but from what you have the on the website, she seems like a very complex character. Also from the pics I've seen, she is also kinda sexy in that kinky sorta disfigured sorta way. =^,.,^=~Xio
Play the game, most people who stick with Hanako in the beginning fall for either Lilly or Rin in the long run.
ok will do ^_^
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Alright. G'night, Aura. Thanks for this, again; a lot of people are very interested in what you guys are doing: amateur writers, net-culture freaks with an eye for emerging genres and web-based projects, and a bunch of people who just like "playing" VNs and can't wait for the final release. I think everyone here's looking forward to it, and a lot of people are impressed with and interested in what you've done up to now. Hell, if I'd known it was ever going to get this far, maybe I'd have stuck around on the KS forum and gotten involved in development waaaaaaaaaaaaay back when this all first started - even with a two-year development cycle, you're still exceeding expectations just by demonstrating that you're actually going to finish it.
