So it turns out a whole lot of people out there think just because we made KS, we are interesting people. "Tell us more about yourselves" has been requested a whole bunch, and so has links to our blogs and whatnot. So, I thought I'd collate all the 4LS web presence to one place. There's actually not all that much of it, and it's not like we are hard to find (for instance, 4LS twitter follows all the devs' private twitters), but when people can't find one of us, they come to me or someone else asking. So here's everything I could remember off the top of my head, minus private stuff. I'll try to keep this post updated I suppose, so it's possible to refer to it in future as well, and I expect people to complain to me that something that shouldn't be here is or vice versa
- Aura
Four Leaf Studios
twitter: @fourleafstudios
email: staff@katawa-shoujo.com
Aura
twitter: @sharpened_C
blog
climatic
twitter: @climaticsays
twitter: @not_climatic
cpl_crud
blog
twitter: @ONeillCam
delta
twitter: @deltakurshiva
kamifish
deviantart
Mike Inel
deviantart
Facebook
NicolArmarfi
Youtube
twitter: @nicolarmarfi
Pimmy
twitter: @curepimmy
deviantart
Raide
twitter: @Fiohnel
Google+
TheHivemind
blog
twitter: @thehivemindstw
weee
twitter: @_weee_
blog
deviantart
The rest, as far as I know, don't have public web presence/contact possibilities aside from the KS forums or IRC.
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Katawa Shoujo at Comitia 100
I totally missed this by a week, but thought I'd mention it anyway. Our ever active Japanese friends attended the Comitia100 doujin event last weekend. The venue was packed with 5000 doujin circles and a throng of visitors, many of who picked up the 冬至 - Midwinter artbook for themselves. Once again a successful event for us.
In other news, progress on the Japanese translation (and others, I trust) is steady, while the main dev team has been gathering their strength over the spring. Hope everyone will have a great summer!
- Aura
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Sunday, April 1, 2012
April Fools: Katawa Shoujo HD rerelease!
Man, time sure flies. It's been four months since we released KS, even though it feels like it was just last week. As we all know, the aftermath was rather exhausting so we've wanted to move on.
Seems like we're stuck. We've listened to the feedback from our unbelievably cool fans (yes, you), and wanted to act on it. So, we ran down the list of things that were the most requested and more importantly, doable and made two of them happen. Please enjoy the newly improved Katawa Shoujo!
Get the release here
Since it's a rerelease, the game is unchanged except for:
High definition
All right, let's be honest: using 800x600 pixel resolution in 2012 doesn't make sense. So, enjoy KS now in glorious 1080p resolution.
Objectionable content removed
We removed all content that could be interpreted as "inappropriate". Simple as that, and absolutely everyone should be happy now.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Digital copy of Midwinter artbook available
The third Katawa Shoujo artbook, "Midwinter", was originally released in Comiket 81. A digital copy can now be downloaded from our site
Friday, January 20, 2012
Katawa Shoujo Soundtrack Up for Download
The Katawa Shoujo original soundtrack is now available for download. It can be accessed on the official site in the Downloads section, or from this link:
DDL: Katawa Shoujo Enigmatic Box of Sound
All music pieces used in Katawa Shoujo are inside, including the animated cutscene music. Well done to all the musicians who contributed music to Katawa Shoujo, especially our main musician, NicolArmarfi.
- Suriko
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
The Season of Goodbyes
While this is the last part of the Memories series, and my last post about creating KS, it won't be the last post on the blog. We'll use it for future news and announcements, and maybe the other 4LS members still have something they want to write about. Either way, thanks for reading.
Here where I live, it's winter right now, darkness, snow and freezing temperatures. I have to stretch my imagination a bit to conjure the spring of Northern Japan into my mind. A chill wind prickles my skin through my shirt. Cherry blossoms, of course those god damn cherry blossoms have to be there too. It's spring, after all. A walkway lined with blossoming trees, people going somewhere. It's the graduation day at Yamaku High School. And I'm there.
The graduating students walk towards the school building for the last time. It looks just as perfect as Mike's illustration above. We go inside, the hall is packed full of people. Dozens of excited conversations, even in hushed whispers, create a veritable cacophony (so happy I could use that word). The tension is palpable. I can see all the faces that are so familiar to me. Hisao, Shizune, Misha and Hanako. Rin and Emi. Lilly and Kenji. The teachers. They're all there.
And maybe we're all there too. The 4LS members, standing somewhere in the back without anyone realizing it. Graduation is a good metaphor for what we've been going through for the past week.
Maybe Shizune would hold the valedictorian's speech, that sounds like something we would do. I've been to quite a few graduations, and I think speeches are the most important part. A good orator can grip the audience and really move them, while a poor one will make the long ceremonies feel like torture. I wonder if Shizune's speech would be good.
Everyone receives their diploma. One by one, they are called to the front. Would Hanako be comfortable with a couple of hundred of eyepairs on her? How would Rin receive her diploma? All kinds of little questions.
The ceremonies are over. People shuffle outside, and all that tension is released in a flood of emotion. Teary eyes, yet happy faces. Hugs and promises to keep in touch are exchanged. The schoolmates you barely knew are your best friends forever today. Some of them you will never see again, some you might by sheer coincidence, years and years later. Still, even in that distant future, this day will connect you to each other. You might feel an emptiness inside, where the part of your life that is now over used to be. That feeling is familiar to me.
Releasing Katawa Shoujo was our graduation day.
Every day of our lives, we stand at the edge of the future and the past. Events like this just make it much clearer. They are milestones too, markers of the sharp turns your life can take. You dress up for the occasion, tie flowers in your clothes, there will be an audience too. You leave something behind. You head for something new. The future is an open road. From here where we stand, you could go anywhere.
The journey of creating Katawa Shoujo was a long one, but now it's over. I'm happy we could make it together. Thank you everyone.
- Aura
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Here where I live, it's winter right now, darkness, snow and freezing temperatures. I have to stretch my imagination a bit to conjure the spring of Northern Japan into my mind. A chill wind prickles my skin through my shirt. Cherry blossoms, of course those god damn cherry blossoms have to be there too. It's spring, after all. A walkway lined with blossoming trees, people going somewhere. It's the graduation day at Yamaku High School. And I'm there.
The graduating students walk towards the school building for the last time. It looks just as perfect as Mike's illustration above. We go inside, the hall is packed full of people. Dozens of excited conversations, even in hushed whispers, create a veritable cacophony (so happy I could use that word). The tension is palpable. I can see all the faces that are so familiar to me. Hisao, Shizune, Misha and Hanako. Rin and Emi. Lilly and Kenji. The teachers. They're all there.
And maybe we're all there too. The 4LS members, standing somewhere in the back without anyone realizing it. Graduation is a good metaphor for what we've been going through for the past week.
Maybe Shizune would hold the valedictorian's speech, that sounds like something we would do. I've been to quite a few graduations, and I think speeches are the most important part. A good orator can grip the audience and really move them, while a poor one will make the long ceremonies feel like torture. I wonder if Shizune's speech would be good.
Everyone receives their diploma. One by one, they are called to the front. Would Hanako be comfortable with a couple of hundred of eyepairs on her? How would Rin receive her diploma? All kinds of little questions.
The ceremonies are over. People shuffle outside, and all that tension is released in a flood of emotion. Teary eyes, yet happy faces. Hugs and promises to keep in touch are exchanged. The schoolmates you barely knew are your best friends forever today. Some of them you will never see again, some you might by sheer coincidence, years and years later. Still, even in that distant future, this day will connect you to each other. You might feel an emptiness inside, where the part of your life that is now over used to be. That feeling is familiar to me.
Releasing Katawa Shoujo was our graduation day.
Every day of our lives, we stand at the edge of the future and the past. Events like this just make it much clearer. They are milestones too, markers of the sharp turns your life can take. You dress up for the occasion, tie flowers in your clothes, there will be an audience too. You leave something behind. You head for something new. The future is an open road. From here where we stand, you could go anywhere.
The journey of creating Katawa Shoujo was a long one, but now it's over. I'm happy we could make it together. Thank you everyone.
- Aura
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