VN Ren'Py Completed Katawa Shoujo [Final] [Four Leaf Studios]

[JustForHentai00011]

Ok, so for the 10 year anniversary of this masterpiece (a bit late but hey, it is still 2022 isn't it here is something I probably should have posted here a while ago: a fan made (and sadly incomplete) Misha route VN.

Here is the story: This route was posted on Gamefaqs in 5/4/2012 by user "Maharoba". He was at first posting it in text form then made it into a VN. He intended to complete it then sadly went MIA. The download link for it that he provided has since died, so this is one of the very few surviving copies of it (I re-discovered it while randomly checking out my "Finished Games" folder in my old laptop). Considering that, I honestly felt a responsibility to upload it and share it here so that it doesn't completely die out and more KS fans can check it out, especially considering that I remember enjoying it. With all that being said, here is the game guys. Hope you enjoy it and share your thoughts .
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For anyone else interested in a Misha route, moddb user GrandNep released a full route based on two other fanworks.

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[HeoEva]

Wanted to fap left with depression 10/10

 

[rags2rags]

Just a heads up:

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was released 2 days ago

 

[HeoEva]

Just a heads up:

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was released 2 days ago

oh thank you fine gentleman

 

[Chissident]

how do I change MC's name?

 

[a1fox3]

how do I change MC's name?

You don't.

 

[JustForHentai00011]

how do I change MC's name?

You don't.

It could be done, just not in game. You would have to open up the script files (all of them, since it's split up by route and day) and replace all instances of "Hisao," "Hicchan," etc. with whatever you want to name him. You'll need the scripts in .rpy format, so you'd either need an open-source release or to decompile them yourself from either a .rpa or the .rpyc, depending on the version. There are free tools for either.

 

[misteranyone]

don't play this game to nut. its not a nut game, its much more than that

 

[BaeScout83]

It could be done, just not in game. You would have to open up the script files (all of them, since it's split up by route and day) and replace all instances of "Hisao," "Hicchan," etc. with whatever you want to name him. You'll need the scripts in .rpy format, so you'd either need an open-source release or to decompile them yourself from either a .rpa or the .rpyc, depending on the version. There are free tools for either.

I wrote/adapted this very simple script for another game that you could save as an .rpy-file in your own folder. Create a text-file (called my_replacements.txt, perhaps?) and change .txt to .rpy:

init python:
    import re
    def word_replace(text):
        ## Take a text and replace words that match the key in a dictionary with the associated value.

        def translate(match):
            word = match.group(0)
            return replace_dict.get(word, word)
   
        return re.sub(r"\b[A-Za-z_]\w*\b", translate, text)

    ## Create a dictionary of key_word:replace_with pairs.
    ## One pair each line. End each line except last with comma.
    replace_dict = {
        "MCname" : "MyName",
        "MCNAMESHOUTED" : "MYNAME",
        "MClastname" : "MyLastName"
    }

## figure out what main character is defined as ("MC") when speaking and rename ("JohnDoe").
define MC = Character("JohnDoe")
define config.say_menu_text_filter =  word_replace

Just replace the text and definitions and add those you feel need changed. It requires a little know-how of coding to adapt.
Place it in the folder \(Katawa Shoujo)\game\ when finished.

 

[FapDex]

Thk

 

[zooba]

I don't even remember how many years ago it was I played this, it was when it was first released. I remember Rin and the blind girl being the best routes. Didn't a different person write each route?

 

[a1fox3]

I don't even remember how many years ago it was I played this, it was when it was first released. I remember Rin and the blind girl being the best routes. Didn't a different person write each route?

Yes there was a bunch of them on this and each story was done by different dev's.
5 did the writing,

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[zARRR]

If anyone is interested the 15th of April they released the complete soundtrack of Katawa Shoujo on Steam available for everyone for free!

 

[Ferghus]

My wish fulfillment game shouldn't be this wholesome!

When I think about dating sims, two major titles comes to my mind: Tokimeki Memorial and Katawa Shoujo. While Tokimemo is more grind based game, untranslated*, and priced, KS is more linear, originally English and tons of translations, and free. Those makes KS more accessible to the masses and helped to gain KS' deserved fame.

Now why did I write this? Because I want to point out that an indie team consists of randos (Four Leaf Studios) from an image board (4chan) is on par with a professional team funded by a vidya giant of that era (Konami) on character writing. Yes, the game have it's shortcomings on certain stories, but if you know about the development history or witnessed it on first hand like I did, you'll appreciate how 4LS salvaged the remains that fast.

Some people calls KS "gateway visual novel". While it's true that the game's easy to get in, I don't agree with calling KS just a beginner game. It's an insult to the game's effect on the international game industry and introducing more people to the visual novels (and adult VNs by extension). People tend to shoot the word "masterpiece" randomly to everything they love. But I'd like you readers to cut me some slack when I call this game a masterpiece. I would definitely suggest people to play this game, even going after one girl would provide you with a good experience.

*There's a fan tl exists for Super Famicom version, but it is more like the lite version of the game. You don't see many of the unique events and it lacks the voice acting present in the PlayStation and Sega Saturn that makes the game legendary. Why they chose it then? Why Konami didn't publish it to the overseas? It's a whole another debate on its own.

I don't think people mean gateway in a negative connotation. I think they mean it in a "they went in expecting memes, cripple jokes, and degen shit befitting 4chan and was absolutely blown away and so impressed they wanted to chase that high with other VNs" way.

 

[parkourse]

Leaving a comment to commemorate this legendary game.

Hell yeah, 4chan. Hell yeah.

 

[NullVector]

Gotta say, it was a super close call between Emi and Lilly for who I liked best. Lilly just looks too much like one of my friends, though