Katawa Crash
Katawa Crash is a fanmade collision game which features characters from the visual novel Katawa Shoujo and various characters from other games and series. The game's concept was based on Nanaca Crash!!, a fanmade game with characters from the visual novel Cross Channel.
Gameplay
The objective of the game is to launch the main male protagonist of Katawa Shoujo, Hisao Nakai, into the air and avoid him from slowing down to 0.0 meters per second. Hisao has several characters that he can collide into, and specific characters have special effects that can either give a challenge to the player or help out in maintaining Hisao's speed.
The game begins by clicking on a dial that dictates the trajectory and speed of Hisao during launch. The player must maintain a non-zero speed and avoid colliding into Shizune so that the game may continue, and the score is the total distance traveled by Hisao before hitting Shizune or reaching 0.0 meters per second.
Mechanics
Trajectory Control
Hisao follows normal projectile trajectory by default. However, the player can control his movement by using two methods, both of which can only be used if Hisao is between 13 and 3 meters from the ground.
- Mid-air launch - By default, a player has three Misha counters that can be used to launch Hisao in the air and control his collision with other characters. This can only be used if Hisao is in range and is falling.
- AED (Automated External Defibrillator) - Can shock Hisao and slow down and force him to descend. This can only be used if it is fully charged, and automatically recovers energy when colliding with the ground or other characters. Can only be used if Hisao is ascending.
Other Mechanics
- Pig Charges - Hitting the ground decreases Hisao's speed gradually. Pig Charges can be used to avoid this from happening. By default, a player has no Pig Charges.
- Rin Timer - When activated, it allows the next collision with Rin to grant an extra life. However, it does not do anything if the extra life has not been used.
- Multiball Mode - Activated by performing a special or hitting Gendou again when Gendou gathers two clone counters. It splits Hisao into three copies of himself with an initial speed of 50 meters per second.
- ON FIRE Mode - Hisao becomes surrounded by flames if he encounters boosts for three times in a row. When ON FIRE, Hisao's speed adds by 10 meters per second when colliding with a character except for Shizune. This mode deactivates when Hisao hits three non-boost characters.
Characters
Main Characters
- Hisao Nakai - the main male character of Katawa Shoujo and the human pinball in Katawa Crash.
- Shizune - class representative in Hisao's class. Hitting Shizune automatically ends the game, although her special status is the strongest in the game. All the other girls light up her special, while hitting the ground unlights it.
- Rin - Propels Hisao to a 30-degree vector. If she is hit when the Rin timer is active, she can grant an extra live to save Hisao if ever he encounters Shizune or slows down to 0 m/s. Lights up Emi's special.
- Emi - Track star with artificial legs. Propels Hisao to a 60-degree vector, and has a special status errily similar to the special move of Ken Masters from the Street Fighter video game series. Lights up Rin's special.
- Lilly - Propels Hisao to a 45-degree vector. Lights her own special.
- Mutou - the homeroom teacher of Hisao's class. Slows down Hisao twice as much as the effect of touching the ground. Takes all Pig Charges upon contact, with 'LIBRARY PASS' message.
- Yuuko - grants two Pig Charges if Hisao has none, and one Pig Charge otherwise.
- Hanako - extremely shy girl who is "afraid of everything except being afraid of everything". When she is it, it activates PANIC MODE, which blocks the effects of all other characters except Misha's.
- Misha - Although not having a special of her own, she can activate special effects, including summoning a Yukkuri version of herself to carry Hisao past characters without collision while gaining speed until she explodes.
- Nurse - Resets Hisao's flight angle to 45 degrees.
- Kenji - Mirrors Hisao's flight angle across 45 degrees. For example, a 30-degree angle will be changed to 60 degrees and vice versa.
Secondary Cast
- Nomiya - Art Club Adviser. Gives a higher boost to speed than most of the characters.
Special Characters
- Gendou Ikari - commander of NERV and one of the main characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion. Hitting him will gather one clone counter, of which two are needed to ready Multiball mode.
- Orihime Inoue - part of the main female cast of the manga series Bleach. Hitting her will summon the manga series' artist, Kubo Tite, to erase the foreground, leaving out a completely white background (or in Multiball mode, a starry sky) with the words "The Heart" in the middle.
- Creeper - one of the most famous monsters in the video game Minecraft. When the Creeper is hit, it will significantly slow down Hisao's speed by a random amount.
- Chie Satonaka - one of the main characters of the video game Persona 4. When she is hit, she will activate an effect which depends on the timing of the player. Not being able to click in time will cause Chie to slow down Hisao.
- Thurman Thomas - American football Hall-of-Famer who was featured in the Nintendo game Tecmo Super Bowl. Hitting Thurman Thomas will turn Hisao into a football, which Thomas will carry — taking down all characters and gaining speed until he hits Shizune. Hisao will then be launched in true football fashion into the air at the speed gathered by Thomas.
Achievements
- see full article: Achievements