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http://katawashoujo.blogspot.com/2008/02/dd-18-calling-alpha-testers-new-bg-call.html

Hay everyone. TcDohl here. A jam-packed Developer's Diaries for you this time around with lots of news. Firstly, we are making an open call for alpha testers to test the flow and gameplay of the game. Here are the requirements for being an alpha tester:

*snip*

Basically, the alpha tester will be responsible for reporting not only bugs, but the overall game experience. Specifically, the text flow and overall game flow must be critiqued. Alpha testers must also not only catch bugs, but must also try to 'break the game' in the game. The alpha version that we'll be handing out will use the art from the nonexistent demo that may or may not have been leaked last year. If you're interested, head over to the boards and apply over there. Alpha testing begins on Monday, 3 March, but you can apply at any time until we say so.

Secondly, we had a good amount of response from our BG open call, and were able to choose a couple of them to use in the final game. However, we still need a lot more, so I'll be expanding the open BG call for the following locations:

*snip*

Remember that if you'll be submitting a photo, you must be the copyright holder and hand over or release the copyright of your photo to us or release it into the public domain. Found photos cannot be used.

Lastly, it's been a while now, but our art situation has gotten a lot better. The most recent development being our art team now having four members, and having a moemoe style. This is one CG that one of them has finished.

>> No.101229

Looks pretty nice I can reasonably wait for it to come out.

>> No.101234

looking good, can't wait for the finished product

>> No.101239

>moemoe

Not a bad CG..

Could be better, but it could also be KEY, so at least that's a plus.

>> No.101249

I can't help, but I'm excited for this, and want to give thanks, it looks like you guys are putting a lot of work into it. The art looks very nice.

>> No.101259

DO NOT WANT Anon as an Alpha tester.

>> No.101263

Can't wait for 'em delicious cripples.

>> No.101276

Can you really trust anonymous to not leak the alpha?

Moving on, seeing the recent visitor map, it seems there's a lot of attention from Japan. How did this happen?

I can't apply to be an alpha tester, shit sucks for me. Oh well...

>> No.101286

>>101276
There were some threads on 2ch and some Japanese blogs posted stuff about KS.

>> No.101290

Here's some pictures the team is supposedly looking for:

# School nurse's office. There must be no window in the picture.
# School gate. Must be a gate for an English public school or a private school that has Gothic Revival style architecture.
# A solid metal door on a perimeter wall. Bonus points if it is green.
# A shared dorm bathroom. Lots of showers and stuff.
# A dressing room for a stage.
# An art storage room.
# A headmaster/principal's office. Bonus points if the windows are Gothic-like.

#2 and #3 have me interested in why you guys would need them.

>> No.101292

What game is this?

>> No.101307

>>101292
http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=436

>Katawa Shoujo is a bishoujo-style visual novel set in the fictional Yamaku High School for disabled children, located somewhere in modern Japan. Hisao Nakai, who has a congenital heart disorder diagnozed just a few months ago finds his life turned upside down when he moves to a new town and school after a long hospitalization. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends and eventually have romantic relationships with one of five main female characters. There are five main paths corresponding to the 5 main female characters, each path following the storyline pertaining to that character.

>The game is told through the perspective of the main character, using a first person narrative. This game uses a traditional text and sprite-based visual novel model with an ADV text box. Katawa Shoujo contains adult content.

>> No.101351

Win.

>> No.101376

>>101307
Did he call for a cab to get there?

>> No.101509
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>> No.101537

* Must have a lot of free time to do lots of playthroughs.

Ah, I am once again jealous of all the hikis and NEETs here.

>> No.101562

you guys sound desperate.
I'll apply and help you out, but only because I feel sorry for you.

>> No.101600

I would help, but I can't afford to risk my college plans.

>> No.101614

How much familiarity do we need with the Python programming language and Ren'Py?

>> No.101633

>>101562
tsundere anon.
i-it's not like I like you devs, I just happen to have some free time

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>>101614
PYTHON?

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>>101307
So this is a western made japan style visual novel?

I must sound stupid asking this after you already typed all that, but I just want to be certain. The fact that there actually seems to be people in Japan who give a shit is surprising.

Also, on a completely different note, may I ask what ethnicity the name "TcDohl" is? I don't remember seeing the prenym Tc before.

>> No.101669

>>101647
Blame the creators of the Ren'Py engine. Isn't that what KS is using?

>> No.101680

>>101614
None is needed.

>> No.101715

You don't need an alpha tester to say that your profile drawing really sux.
>>101229
>>101234
>>101239
>>101249
are just being nice anons.

>> No.101717

OK, so whichever Anon gets to be in the alpha test, just /rs/ it and we'll take it from there.

>> No.101741

>>101662
facepalm.jpg

>> No.101758

>>101717
No. Because of that comment, we're going to be a bit more tightassed about who we let in.

>> No.101761

>>101562
Tsundere moe.

>> No.101778

>>101758
we didn't expect any less. Just don't be too high and mighty about it.

>> No.101797

>>101715
this

>> No.101804

>>101758
The only way you can be sure it doesn't get leaked is if you don't hold an alpha test.

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>>101662
Oh, I forgot to mention. A majority of our hits to our blog (http://katawashoujo.blogspot.com/)) are Japanese. Which is why we have some posts translated into Japanese.

>> No.101836

>>101808
How much time do you guys spend investing in the project each day? At over 200,000 words, KS is already the longest OELVN yet. You all must be hikkis or something, right?

>> No.101849

>>101836
More like the only one.

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>>101836
Nope.

Only some of us.

>> No.101903

>>101852

This is don't believe.

>> No.101893

>>101836
To be honest, with everything we have planned, 1,000,000 words is not that far off...

>> No.101909

oh wow I want to date the burned girl ;_;
I'M SO FUCKING RONERY

>> No.101923

>>101903
It's the truth I says!

>> No.101945

>>101893
Hm. Could you offer a bit of perspective on how much that is? (i.e. the approximate amount of words in a single route of Tsukihimay or FSN or something?)

>> No.101951

Do you guys have another site or just that blogspot?

>> No.101954

>>101951
Blogspot and the forums.

>> No.101952

>>101945
Around Tsukihime's length.

>> No.101965

>>101945
I can't say too much, but there's the first act at around 100k words, the five main paths (maybe 120~k each), and a whole fuckload of proposed extras that'll take up a lot.

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101972

Are you going to censor their love?

>> No.101978

>>101952
Turkeyhandle is only around 650k words (more like 550~k words since certain scenes are counted twice)

>> No.101979

>>101965
>>101952
Fuck yeah, sufficiently long VN is sufficiently long.

>> No.101988

>>101972
You will like what you see.

>> No.101984

>>101972
No.

>> No.101985

>>101978
Say what.

Wow.

>> No.101999

ETA for final version release?

>> No.101991

Wow, this actually will be out before UBW....

>> No.102002

>>101991
Are you kidding me? Tsukihime 2 will come out before UBW

>> No.102010

>>101988
FUCK YES

>>102002
you are correct, anon

>> No.102008

>>102002
But, thanks to Message, the UBW installer will automatically detect and translate it.

What a great guy, eh?

>> No.102016

>>102008
you forgot about the feature that will automatically export the translated version to your toaster

>> No.102019

>>101991
Not too sure about that.

>> No.102053

ETA for public release demo?

>> No.102059

Are you guys using the free blade engine for the game?

>> No.102064

>>102053
Deadlines are the work of the devil.

The most specific I'll get is the first half of this year.

>> No.102069

>>102059
We're using Ren'Py.

>> No.102081

>>102053
Sometime after UBW.

>> No.102100

>>102081
lol

>> No.102115

I have to ask.

Will there be any of the following:

Bondage (light or heavy)
Footjobs
Fellatio
Anal
Guro (light or heavy)
Diapers/incontinence
Yendere/serious mental issues
Faggotry (of the male or female kind)
Rape
Suicide/suicidal attempts
Eyefuck (with Lilly of course)

>> No.102126

>>102115
Path writer here.

Four of those will be in my route.

Have fun working out which.

>> No.102132

After I played the demo, I thought "hey, this sucked".

So, I think, once the game is done, I'll play it and think "hey, this sucked".

And then the makers will try again, and the next game will be better, and the next game after that will be better, and the next game after that will be better.

>> No.102141

Is there going to be a typical male friend type character?

>> No.102151

>>102064
So your deadline is July 1, great.

>> No.102162

>>102141
Yes...

>> No.102169

>>102115
It all goes as planned (which it won't), ALL will be in the game.

>> No.102191

>>102132
What demo?

The leaked alpha?

The leaked alpha which hasd been repeatedly said to be in no way indicative of the final productm at all?

>> No.102200

>>102141
lawl Kenji

>> No.102204

>>102126
Footjobs, Fellatio, Bondage, Masturbation.

>> No.102206

As long as you guys don't get butthurt when someone does upload it to /rs/ (they will, you know it, I know it, let's call the whole thing off), I'm all for letting alpha testing happen.

I mean, you took it well last time a 'demo' got 'leaked'.

>> No.102218

>>102169
Even diapers and bestiality?

>> No.102222

>>102126
>Path writer here.

>Four of those will be in my route.

>Have fun working out which.

I hope rape isn't one of them. I might be in the minority, but I prefer my eyefucking to be consensual.

>> No.102257

>>102218
Those are actually the two hardest to get into the game; I'll do my all to assure someone wears diapers, can't say too much about fucking (or getting fucked) by an animal.

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>>101951
Yeah, we've got our boards too, and our IRC channel. We had an actual website, but the webmaster maintaining it disappeared off the face of the earth.

>> No.102263

>>102222
Oh, how classy and proper you have become.

>> No.102273

>>102222
I concur. Ocular penetration should only be done after marriage, in the missionary position, and strictly for the purpose of procreation.

>> No.102280

>>102273
In the future, this will be how babies are made.

>> No.102288

Here's an idea guys: It might not work as well too well, but here goes.

How about you uniquely brand every alpha test copy, for each tester? That way, if it gets uploaded, you know who to kick off the team.

>> No.102299

>>102169
If something is good for everything....

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>>102288
Nice idea. I think I'll do that.

Here's a rare picture of Lilly in return.

>> No.102308

>>102300
Good times.

>> No.102313

>>102267
>Scuttling away like a mollusk
Fixed that for you

>> No.102314

>>102191
What, seriously? Man, I totally missed the memo.

>> No.102330

>>102314
Yeah. The game is really different now, but with some of the same scenes in the nonexistent leaked alpha which may or may not have existed in the past.

>> No.102341

>>102126
>>102115

im going to pray this is lily route with eye fuck, rape, beastality, and whatever I guess guro or something.

>> No.102360

>>102341
None of the above. There is no guro in any form in the final product.

>> No.102370

>>102360
Don't be so sure Dohl; there's always the omake section and alternative writers.

>> No.102376

>>102370
Like who? Envy?

Pig disgusting. He's failed to get on any of the good sides of any of the staff.

There will be no guro in any form in this game.

>> No.102386

>>102376
I liked Envy.

And I'm a very important person on your team.

And not Envy. No.

>> No.102405

>>102376
Don't be so sure of yourself; there are plenty idea out there that could make it into the game that would even make Anon cringe.

>> No.102414

>>102386
There's only one dude on the team that liked Envy and likes guro.

>> No.102423

>>102405
That would be a terrible idea then.

>> No.102430

I think it was discussed some time ago, but will there be any H-scenes in the final game?

>> No.102431

>>102386
Go back to bed Nicol

>> No.102436

>>102430
...

>> No.102452

>>101290
The main school building is in the Gothic Revival style, kind of like a British public school.

The metal door is just a door leading into the forest behind the school grounds. The wall is the perimeter wall of the school grounds.

>> No.102465

Lilly no longer has a guide dog, by the way.

Sorry, beastiality lovers.

>> No.102468

>>102430
Yes, there will be h-scenes. Geez.

>> No.102474

>>102465
You lie.

>> No.102480

>>102465

the dream is over

>> No.102484
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102484

>>102465
lawl

RIP, Niji.

>> No.102481

>>102474
It's true. The dog has been written out of the story. Told you the nonexistent leaked alpha isn't the final version.

>> No.102496

Any new art of Shizu-chan or Misha?

>> No.102504

>>102481
IS THIS A YOU RAGE YOU LOSE THREAD?
CAUSE I'M LOSIN HARD HERE

>> No.102506

>>102468

Thanks for answering even though I`m an annoying idiot.

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>>102496
Sure.

Here's a Misha.

>> No.102511

>>102465
No more Hanako loves Niji? T_T

>> No.102518

>>102508
;_________________________________________;

>> No.102529

>>102516
Misha looks pretty QUALITY there

>> No.102540

>>102431
That wasn't me. Wtf? I'm confused now.

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>>102529
Since this thread is almost dead, I'll put in this work in progress right now. Just for you, Gay for KS.

>> No.102547

>>102542
Can I take them home?

>> No.102564

>>102547
tits or gtfo

>> No.102582

>>102579
It's a work in progress shot, genius.

>> No.102587

>>102564

>> No.102579

>>102542
where is the left girls mouth?
why does she not have a mouth?

>> No.102603

i remember seeing a post on fakku about this

glad to see it coming along so well!

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102648

More like this please

>> No.102659
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>> No.102662

LOVE (and dog) IS OVER

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>>102648
Can't... take... eyes off... Rin's... butt...

>> No.102738

>>102659
MORE

>> No.102800

>>102659
FUCKING GENIUS.

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>>102800
Thank you

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>> No.102821

>>102648
Why does this arouse me so much.

>> No.102841

>>102659
Oh boy

>> No.102838

>>102821
Because that's the point.

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>> No.103105

>>102579
>where is the left girls mouth?
>why does she not have a mouth?

duh, that's her disability!

>> No.103112

>>103105
She has no mouth, but she must scream.

>> No.103119

>>103112
A moeblob in pain

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>> No.103272

>>102115

Yendere, Footjob (from no-arms girl), Fellatio ( probably with blind girl at least) are obviously three of them. Maybe suicide or guro with burn girl (licking her face or something)

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>> No.103358

cute stuff, but are you guys actually japanese?

if you got a leg in japan, why not ask them too?

>> No.103404

>>103395
You can't possibly expect people to pay attention to these details.

>> No.103395

>>103358
>are you guys actually japanese?

NOW I'VE LOST IT

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>>102949
And because I focus on little details, here's an edited version of the previous Lilly, showing the uniform a bit closer to spec.

...And because I blindly ignore large details, I don't have Photoshop, and did this all in godawful Paint.

Enjoy anyway.

>> No.103440

It should be noted that I, >>103423
am not >>102949 .

>> No.103457

Is moot in the game?

>> No.103463

>>103457
Rin.

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>> No.103506

>>103457
>>103463
As it said in our boards, we're not affiliated in any way with 4chan. So no.

>> No.103526

>>103506
Our group name says otherwise

>> No.103546

How's the art coming along? The writers seem to do doing quite well, but all those scenes need art too. You working them to the bone?

>> No.103557

>>103546
Judging by the artist quit frequency I guess the answer is yes.

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103572

I want to sex Rin. I want to sex her up.

>> No.103591

>>103546
Not really. The previous artist quit because of personal IRL issues.

That and she drew Poképorn for a living and didn't have the time.

>> No.103599

>>103591
>drew Poképorn for a living

lol, maybe it's a good thing she quit then

>> No.103629

she's actually has a 4chan ad i think, at least there is a similar artstyle in one of the ads

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>> No.103660

It's cool you came to us, but I'll be straight with you here... if you really want an (somewhat) expert opinion on this stuff you should go to Shoryuken.

They have guys with better experience at this (some have been playing constantly well over a decade) there and other devs. have asked for their help before, too. They'll tell you right off the bat what works, is broken, balance and all that stuff that makes it flow.

>> No.103686

>>103660
I'm actually not the OP, nor do I know who is. The open call is on our blog. Anyone who's interested should apply. As I've said in the recruitment page, I'll start sorting people out a week from today, which is when I'll probably close the application.

Remember, Mac and Linux users are wanted as well.

>> No.103756

Test this game all you want, it'll never be anything more than crap like every other oel visual novel.

>> No.103792

>>103756
The old demo is already better than most Original Eleven™ VNs. Not that that means much, mind you.

>> No.103847

Is the art style of OP the one the final product will use?

>> No.103849

Misha's doriru hair is fucking sexy

>> No.103852

>>103847
Yes.

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>>103849
That it is.

>> No.104088

They got rid of the dog? FUCK! Bestiality was the only thing this project had going for it!

>> No.104137

its so sad you guys lost endo, She would have made such nice art for the game.

Although the new one isn't as good, she draws pretty cute stuff.

Now the things about the BG wasn't that Frumps job? or did he quit?

>> No.104163

>>104088
THEY WHAT

>> No.104589

>>104137
Yeah, he kind of quit.

Come back, kekekeke, it'd be nice if you did, just to hang out and stuff.

>> No.104664

>>104163
>>104088
This is why Penguinmayhem brings us nice things.

>> No.105563

>>103423
>>102949
I keep thinking that's a lead pipe.

>> No.106137

>>103756

Agreed.

Shit's full of AIDS

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