Evotic wrote:Is there ANY CHANCE for Katawa Shoujo 2? And if you don't mind, can you give an explanation to why, and also the timeframe that we can expect for the release? Please. Pretty please? :P
Of course there's a chance, but it's pretty unlikely.
Making visual novels, especially of Katawa Shoujo's magnitude, is extremely hard work. Since we avoid commercializing KS, the only incentive we have for making a sequel is our own motivation and interest. Let's say we are starting a new project. We could either make a KS sequel, or something else. The problem with making a KS sequel is that it's less interesting than the other option, since that could be literally anything we're into and KS isn't that great in comparison. It's a highschool romance, a trite genre that visual novels are completely saturated with. Even though KS's setting is mildly better than a generic Japanese highschool, it's heavily burdened by some bad design decisions we made when we were beginners. There just aren't any upsides to making more KS compared to a fresh start, except the guaranteed popularity (which we don't give a fuck about) and the already existing setting reducing workload (which isn't really an upside). Thus I, and probably most other 4LS members would rather use our time, creativity and efforts into something that interests us more than Katawa Shoujo 2
Of course at some point in the future we might change our minds about all this, or planets might align in just the right way. This is partially why we reserve the rights of KS to ourselves. I just don't see it happening, realistically. That's why you shouldn't expect a sequel to happen.
<Aura> would you squeeze a warm PVC bottle between your thighs and call it "manaka-chan"
<Suriko> I would do it if it wouldn't be so hard to explain to my parents
