Katawa Shoujo Released

stupid computer. Please let the direct downloads come soon

This is gonna be great. Downloading now...

Did I read direct download?

I finished through not aiming for any girl, but making the choices I'd make in real life.

I got the Hanako story line and I finished with the friend-zoned for life ending for the first time... orz

A reload fixed that quickly.

Her story is great and cute. I was very convinced to turn off adult mode so the story wouldn't be spoiled by a random sex scene. I got to it, it did feel quite random, and then I facedesked several times, wishing I went with my gut feeling to turn it off.

Other things I've noticed while playing. Emi's art style is the most inconsistent with the other characters. It's fine if she's alone, but she looks odd in a crowd.
Speaking of art, the teacher needs a bit more love too, cause he was awesome 'that one time' in the Hanako story line. That's what I think a teacher should be. awesome.

Welp time to capture more disabled maidens. I'll be back with more tidbits later.

Imma trying to make a walkthrough at the moment

Ok I think I will be the first to do put this (unless someone did already because I didn't bother to go through all the pages): Is this in English? Looked in the site and didn't say anything about it being translated.

Never played this sort of 'game' before, so I didn't know what to expect when I downloaded it. I just thought: ah, what the hey? You'll never know if it's fun if you don't try, right?

That was about seven hours ago. I just can't stop reading! This game (or interactive novel or whatever it is called) is a-maz-ing. The build-up was a bit slow, but I am glad I stuck around 'till the second act. I wanted to follow Hanako's route, but somehow I ended up with Emi. Shit.

Nah, I'm just kidding. I. Love. Her.

There were moments I just stared at my screen, smiling and feeling... happy. Great art and great writing. The music is a bit basic, but it's fits the mood and is damn catchy. The only criticism I can think of is the resolution. The standard screen is rather small and can't be adjusted manually. There's a full-screen option, but it stretches the pixels when you are playing it on a widescreen display. A minor hindrance, but still, it's there.

Unless I'm mistaken about it's origins, it is an american made game by a group that started on 4chan, and the only language option is english.

This is my first visual novel, although I have been interested and intrigued by previous posts about them, this was a simple torrent away from playing, which appealed to me. FREAKING AMAZING
So THIS is what I've been missing out on.
My mind is only further blown away by the efforts of Four Leaf Studios for making such a high quality VN all without profit.
I'm unbelievably glad that Jacob introduced, and I hope that more VNs can be made out of Japan as freewares in the future (unlikely)

Ended up on the Emi path so far although I was slightly aiming for Hanako in the beginning, oh well <3

I would highly recommend this VN to anyone.

My first VN, heard a lot of hype about this game so I'll give it a go.

OMG I have been waiting to do the Hanako story forever now this can really be marked as a beautiful point in my life and believe me that's in no way sad arigato 4Leaf and thx Fakku for being the first to let me know!!!

Woohoo. Awesome. Thanks!

5 years in the development. Wow been that long. As I recall I think I made I post before that I will not DL the trial version and will wait for the full version. Now it's here I'll be DL it. All thanks to Four Leaf Studios and those 21 people that from around the world that helped making this game. You guys are awesome. God Bless you guys for this.

As I can see in the posts alot of people really like this game. Iam really looking forward to playing this later when my DL finishes.

Pure awesomeness!!!