Katawa Shoujo
Katawa Shoujo (かたわ少女?, lit. "Disability Girls" or "Cripple Girls") is a bishoujo-style visual novel by Four Leaf Studios that tells the story of Hisao, a young man diagnosed with arrythmia, and five other girls (Emi, Rin, Shizune, Lilly and Hanako) suffering with varying disabilities, and how he deals with his newfound situation and relationships. (Even though Misha is considered one of the main girls, her route is shared with Shizune's Route)
As of now, only the demo has been released. This demo covers Act 1 and consists of the prologue and the first 7 days. The full game was released on January 4th, 2012, and was well-received by the community, even when compared to other, more traditional visual novels. It is composed of a Prologue, in which one chooses the route taken, and 3 Acts for each girl. There's a Good Ending and a Bad Ending for each girl too, although some of them also displays a Neutral, mostly bitter-sweet, Ending.
While the demo contains no adult content, the full version of Katawa Shoujo contains adult content with the option to skip all sexually explicit scenes. Katawa Shoujo was created using the Ren'Py visual novel engine. The game uses a traditional text and sprite-based visual novel model with an ADV-style text box.
The full game and the demo, as well as the soundtrack and other media, are available for download at http://www.katawa-shoujo.com/. It is licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND License , thus being free of charge.
Trivia
- The main menu of the game changes as you progress through the storyline
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The Splah For Katawa Shoujo When You Open The Game -
The Main Menu After You Have Started Act 3 For Emi
