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Probable longshot, I remember seeing some hand-written notes on Hanako's path (crud's I guess?) somewhere on the public internet. Used the nickname 'Hana' throughout, mentioned an audiophile hobby and some old friends among other things. Went through crud's blog and recent posts here and whatever sensible search queries I could think of, no dice. Anyone know?

retglu wrote:Probable longshot, I remember seeing some hand-written notes on Hanako's path (crud's I guess?) somewhere on the public internet. Used the nickname 'Hana' throughout, mentioned an audiophile hobby and some old friends among other things. Went through crud's blog and recent posts here and whatever sensible search queries I could think of, no dice. Anyone know?

I vaugely remember scanning something to that effect a long time ago. I think I found it in a notebook that I was using at work at the time.

I will admit that at the time I had put up a bunch of things about Hanako that were shameless self-insertions, but they weren't intended to be that way. I was using examples from my world to illustrate some ideas that I had, but then thigns got a little carried away.


Should I find those notes again I may scan them again, but I'm not about to go through the five or so pre-tablet notbooks that I used from those days...

Aura wrote:the spinning CG when Hisao and Rin are smoking,

This "Marlboro-moment" is my absolute favourite moment in the game where the visuals are concerned, so my compliments to the chef.

Aura wrote:The crayon drawing of child Hanako

This reminds me again: Were there ever any plans during development to possibly create and show proper flashbacks of Emi's and Hanako's accidents in glorious, fully detailed CG?

Shockproof Jamo wrote:

Aura wrote:the spinning CG when Hisao and Rin are smoking,

This "Marlboro-moment" is my absolute favourite moment in the game where the visuals are concerned, so my compliments to the chef.

Aura wrote:The crayon drawing of child Hanako

This reminds me again: Were there ever any plans during development to possibly create and show proper flashbacks of Emi's and Hanako's accidents in glorious, fully detailed CG?

I did write a scene for one of the older Hanako paths that detailed the fire, however it clashed with Suriko's version of Act 3/4 so it was cut.

hey...can i ask if the 4leafstudios will make a part2/continuation of katawa shoujo??

To Aura:

Was there any reason you were inspired you to use the different dialog windows and interfaces that show up in Rin's route, such as the white screen one with "Passing of Time" playing?

Great Cthulhu wrote:To Aura:

Was there any reason you were inspired you to use the different dialog windows and interfaces that show up in Rin's route, such as the white screen one with "Passing of Time" playing?

Well, effects in general are used for added impact, to catch attention. As for why the specific ones, there are no big reasons. They fit the situations they are in, follow conventions (the common visual "language"), and so on.

Suriko wrote:We talk shit on IRC a bunch, and a number of the artists are on MSN. I'm a pretty private (read shy) person, so my circle of private contacts is pretty small, and I don't bother with things like Facebook.

Sorry that I pick this seemingly random one out, but it was what reminded me of a question I wanted to ask:

• Were any paths either written by someone with the corresponding (or a similar) disability, or did someone with it help with details of the character?

Also, horrible game. Really, really horrible. I don't think I ever cried so much over a video game.
(Easily GOTY 2012 for me :X )

Carighan wrote:

Suriko wrote:We talk shit on IRC a bunch, and a number of the artists are on MSN. I'm a pretty private (read shy) person, so my circle of private contacts is pretty small, and I don't bother with things like Facebook.

Sorry that I pick this seemingly random one out, but it was what reminded me of a question I wanted to ask:

• Were any paths either written by someone with the corresponding (or a similar) disability, or did someone with it help with details of the character?

Also, horrible game. Really, really horrible. I don't think I ever cried so much over a video game.
(Easily GOTY 2012 for me :X )

Most, if not all, of our medical information came courtesy of Silentcook. Anything he didn't know we googled the shit out of.

Nobody on the dev team suffers from any disabilities related to the game (well, as far as I know).

TheHivemind wrote: Most, if not all, of our medical information came courtesy of Silentcook. Anything he didn't know we googled the shit out of.

Nobody on the dev team suffers from any disabilities related to the game (well, as far as I know).

Huh. Question for Silentcook: How the hell do you know so much about disabilities?

TheHivemind wrote:Nobody on the dev team suffers from any disabilities related to the game (well, as far as I know).

Unless we count development-induced insomnia/sleep paralysis, sudden BP increases, incontrollable foaming at the mouth, and other such ailments.

Kyvos wrote:Huh. Question for Silentcook: How the hell do you know so much about disabilities?

I am a nurse.

Huh, that's interesting.

What do you do as a nurse, silentcook?

Currently I'm working in a neurosurgery OR. I've previously worked in a general, maxillo-facial, plastic, and thoracic surgery OR.

Silentcook wrote:

TheHivemind wrote:Nobody on the dev team suffers from any disabilities related to the game (well, as far as I know).

Unless we count development-induced insomnia/sleep paralysis, sudden BP increases, incontrollable foaming at the mouth, and other such ailments.

>incontrollable
Aren't you their editor? For shame.

Knowing full well that a lot of story threads were eventually abandoned, scrapped, or burned after reading, I wonder if any of those scrap-bin ideas were recovered later and added back into the story's final version. Basically what I'm asking is this: did any of the writers go dumpster diving to salvage an earlier idea that was shot down?

Silentcook wrote:I am a nurse.

Do you have anything in common with the Nurse except, well, being a nurse?