[Locked] Katawa Shoujo Developer Q & A

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Jacob wrote...
In most visual novels that include hentai the characters have certain sexual preferences. One girl might be into one type of sex, one girl might be into another. They might have different fetishes or styles.

Is it possible for you tell us what each of the girls preferences are in bed or how they would act in a hentai scene?


The KS girls are not really traditional hentai characters in that sense. Usually in hentai manga or games when the action starts, everyone suddenly transforms into some crazed sex beast who overacts like an Italian soccer player. They are like different people. It's really weird and crazy, if you think about it from a few steps back.

I'm sure the girls are into different things, some of which you might encounter in the game, but most of all they are just highschool girls taking their first steps in these kinds of relationships. We probably will try to instill some kind of a common theme into the the H scenes as well, to draw more attention to that side of things.
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MeridianPrime wrote...
Anything for us yuri fans?

Plenty of people in /u/ were wondering where the picture of the blonde blind girl groping Shizune came from.

Personally, I was kind of hoping that Misha would be the protagonist of her own spinoff to take the girls for herself... using the drill hair to penetrate two girls at once... but it seems like she's really dedicated to Shizune. Wouldn't be a bad bonus scene, don't you think?


Mostly I think we have cocktease, at least so far.

The image you are (probably) talking about was drawn by Doomfest as a Christmas present to Kagami. So, it's not official art.
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KatrinArdell wrote...
Are you guys ever planning to release hires sprites or CGs? I know you've got them, you lucky bastards.


No.
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Katawa Shoujo was the first visual novel I've read (played?) so this question might be more obvious to veterans but...

At what point are you locked in (or locked out) of a specific path? Are there opportunities to go down one girl's path and then swap down the road? Do you still get a full 4 acts if you finish act 1 with Kenji?
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CrimsonKain wrote...
Katawa Shoujo was the first visual novel I've read (played?) so this question might be more obvious to veterans but...

At what point are you locked in (or locked out) of a specific path? Are there opportunities to go down one girl's path and then swap down the road? Do you still get a full 4 acts if you finish act 1 with Kenji?


Probably not, considering you die at the end of act 1 if you take kenji's route.
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will the act 1 in the full version be any different to the act 1 demo? if not is there a way to load your saved data from the demo act 1 onto the full version? (sorry it that is a really noobish question but KS is the first eroge i've played)
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Juan Trique Poni wrote...
Having seen a crudely translated 2ch thread it seems they like the game so far but a few say the title is very offensive. Are you going to stick to the original doujin page and the title given there or will you change it to be more PC?

Are you pleased with the reception and have you received any complaints (and if so could you maybe share the more humorous ones?)

What part of the scripts do you regret having to cut?

Seeing you're the man behind Rin; Why does she wear a boys uniform? Seems a skirt would be less restrictive.

Keep up the good work guys.

They will stick with the title, they've said it before. And wearing a skirt when she's constantly opening her legs, I'm pretty sure the school itself would have a problem with that. Have to care for the safety of the students. Even if Rin didn't care about that kinda stuff.
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Hisao's heart started racing with really simple stuff, like throwing balls. He also got exausted from a simple walk. Do you have any thoughts on how will he overcome his condition in sex?
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Juan Trique Poni wrote...
Having seen a crudely translated 2ch thread it seems they like the game so far but a few say the title is very offensive. Are you going to stick to the original doujin page and the title given there or will you change it to be more PC?

Are you pleased with the reception and have you received any complaints (and if so could you maybe share the more humorous ones?)

What part of the scripts do you regret having to cut?

Seeing you're the man behind Rin; Why does she wear a boys uniform? Seems a skirt would be less restrictive.

Keep up the good work guys.


We are going to keep the name unless someone gives a really good reason to not to.

The feedback has been so overwhelmingly positive that it's hard to not be pleased with it. The only people who have succeeded in that are moekki, who is now extremely stressed about the expectations for the full game, and A22 (but he is so overwhelmingly negative about everything that nobody cares anymore). But sure, there have been complaints too, both good and constructive kind and the stupid kind.

I don't really regret cutting anything. The stuff was cut for a reason.

Rin wears the boys uniform to prevent flashing her underwear to half the school daily. She also dislikes the shoulder paddings in the girls' blouse.
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Aura wrote...
Questions slowed for a moment so I had time to dig up my digital copy of Schuppen Harnische. Here are the Armor Girls and Drill Girls concept pages, for the person who asked a question about them on page 1 or 2:

h**p://hdimage.org/images/ppuldhfdgiy3z1xoamg_schuppeh70.jpg
h**p://hdimage.org/images/an3216dclf8c1ge22l7f_schuppeh72.jpg

hopefully this prevents the pics from getting killed.

Thanks.

I feel strangely drawn to the Armor Girls and Drill Girls concepts.
RAITA has some interesting ideas, I like it.
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CrimsonKain wrote...
Katawa Shoujo was the first visual novel I've read (played?) so this question might be more obvious to veterans but...

At what point are you locked in (or locked out) of a specific path? Are there opportunities to go down one girl's path and then swap down the road? Do you still get a full 4 acts if you finish act 1 with Kenji?


You can get locked out of several paths very early on (it's possible to lock oneself out of every path except Emi and Rin by Tuesday morning). Conversely, you can stay from being locked to any path until at least Friday, Saturday in some cases. You also can go down some paths and switch within Act 1, but from Act 2 on you can't change paths anymore.

The story with Kenji ends there, after Hisao falls off the roof.
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timmo72 wrote...
will the act 1 in the full version be any different to the act 1 demo? if not is there a way to load your saved data from the demo act 1 onto the full version? (sorry it that is a really noobish question but KS is the first eroge i've played)


I'm sure Act 1 will be changed, but not significantly. The savedata transfer is unknown at the moment (it depends on a lot of things)
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Oh, just thought of one more question that'll probably get the thread on /a/ pissed at me; Are you worried your association with 4chan will drive people away from an already controversial project? I know in Mikes thread on this forum there have been people saying they weren't sure about getting the game simply based on this association.
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Mecha-Tama wrote...
Hisao's heart started racing with really simple stuff, like throwing balls. He also got exausted from a simple walk. Do you have any thoughts on how will he overcome his condition in sex?


He has to get stronger if he wants to fuck like a stallion. However, I'd imagine he can do it fine if he pays attention to his limits and just takes it easy.
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Aura wrote...
The feedback has been so overwhelmingly positive that it's hard to not be pleased with it. The only people who have succeeded in that are ... A22 (but he is so overwhelmingly negative about everything that nobody cares anymore).

Aww... Shizune is my favorite path, I wouldn't want him to feel discouraged.
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Juan Trique Poni wrote...
Oh, just thought of one more question that'll probably get the thread on /a/ pissed at me; Are you worried your association with 4chan will drive people away from an already controversial project? I know in Mikes thread on this forum there have been people saying they weren't sure about getting the game simply based on this association.


Same happened with Otakuism and Crunchyroll(Yeah, fuck you guys, my cover is blown) but it's very clear that whoever wants to check the game out should just check it, if they think it sucks, those who have played the game will always disagree, It's just the same as the Anonymous rule, It's all about the content of the post, not the name.

If they're retarded enough to think that the game sucks because "it's associated with 4chan" than they don't deserve to play it because of their stupidity in the first place.
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Correct me if I am wrong, but is Lelouch Lamperouge from code geass in the classroom, and if it is him, why is he placed there?
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We know that Emi helps Rin get ready in the morning. But does Rin also need Emi's help for other things, such as getting her pants off to go to the bathroom?

Also, if Katawa Shoujo is successful (As it currently looks like it will be) is there a chance for a sequel, or is it just too much work for something you don't get paid for?
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Aura wrote...
Mecha-Tama wrote...
Hisao's heart started racing with really simple stuff, like throwing balls. He also got exausted from a simple walk. Do you have any thoughts on how will he overcome his condition in sex?


He has to get stronger if he wants to fuck like a stallion. However, I'd imagine he can do it fine if he pays attention to his limits and just takes it easy.


hmm... his limits... lol d: so i'm guessing that there will not be any "wild" scenes?
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I like Hanako most of the girls, but I don't particularly like Lilly.
My question is if their routes have to be tremendously intertwined.
I know there's going to be at least 2 directions for each girl, so is Hanako's going to have 1 go more towards Lilly and 1 not?