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cpl_crud wrote:

Draganada wrote:Did the Non-American writers ever experience frustration at having to change their writing-style to suit the others'? Or was it only a slight alteration in spelling with no real problems?

Hell yes.

Americans still don't know what a "servery" is. That caused no end of grief early on.

And they seem to jam "z"s in everywhere so that they can get more Scrabble points.

xD I thought as much.

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kindspy wrote:

Aura wrote:

kindspy wrote:Why haven't there been any live performances or covers of Ah-Eh-I-Oh-You or Red Velvet on saxophone yet?

Let me fix that. Heres my own of Red Velvet if your interested.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/cav ... Velvet.mp3

Let me know what you guys think of Red Velvet. Suggestions, comments, etc. (Also, I hope I'm not breaking any rules by posting this here. I posted this in the Sheet music thread as well.

I'll be working on Ah-Eh-I-Oh-You as well, so stay tuned.

Funny you should mention that, because for KS 1.1 we've redone Red Velvet with a live sax. It sounds smoooooth.

Do you have a recording of the redone Red Velvet that you'd like to release to the public soon? Also, any intentions of redoing Ah-Eh-I-Oh-You? Once I'm done recording, your more than welcome to use it. (I'd be using a midi rhythm section).

Maybe after the release, if we care to. I doubt the musicians are going to do anything else, but who ever knows about those guys.

On the topic of music, I was wondering if there were any other video game soundtracks that had an influence on the KS soundtrack. Were there any that had such a big impact that you used some similar elements in your own work, or even inspired you to start working in your respective field?

SpecimenSix wrote:On the topic of music, I was wondering if there were any other video game soundtracks that had an influence on the KS soundtrack. Were there any that had such a big impact that you used some similar elements in your own work, or even inspired you to start working in your respective field?

I'm a huge, huge fan of video game music, it's what got me into music in the first place. I played Final Fantasy X when it came out and I wanted to learn the opening song, To Zanarkand. After I picked up a keyboard and started teaching myself to play I'd also write down arrangements of game music on paper, and later on I downloaded Finale and started to make arrangements which I would submit to a website called Square Sound. I must've submitted over a hundred of these in the span of a couple years, but most of them were pretty crap. But to this day I still regularly make arrangements of video game music, they're a lot better now.

Despite that, I can't say the KS soundtrack specifically was inspired by any video game music. When I started working on KS I was just learning about visual novels so I was exposing myself to the medium and absorbing all the terrible VN soundtrack archetypes, so there were a number of pieces that were designed solely based on the assumption that "any visual novel has to have this kind of piece" (ie, "Comfort" was meant to be a generic music box track). Specifically, I liked the VNs by KEY and their anime adaptations, so I drew a lot of influences from those. The most direct nod at KEY was "Hokabi". I wanted that track to sound sort of like "Yuki no Shoujo" from Kanon; the drum riff is identical to the one from "Yuki no Shoujo", and the instrumentation is largely the same.

kindspy wrote:Also, any intentions of redoing Ah-Eh-I-Oh-You? Once I'm done recording, your more than welcome to use it. (I'd be using a midi rhythm section).

I'm always up for some live recordings, send me a PM sometime and we'll see what we can do. Thanks for the offer.

Nicol Armarfi wrote:

SpecimenSix wrote:On the topic of music, I was wondering if there were any other video game soundtracks that had an influence on the KS soundtrack. Were there any that had such a big impact that you used some similar elements in your own work, or even inspired you to start working in your respective field?

I'm a huge, huge fan of video game music, it's what got me into music in the first place. I played Final Fantasy X when it came out and I wanted to learn the opening song, To Zanarkand. After I picked up a keyboard and started teaching myself to play I'd also write down arrangements of game music on paper, and later on I downloaded Finale and started to make arrangements which I would submit to a website called Square Sound. I must've submitted over a hundred of these in the span of a couple years, but most of them were pretty crap. But to this day I still regularly make arrangements of video game music, they're a lot better now.

I myself have also been a huge fan of video game music, from the old school 8-bit days to where it has evolved to now, so I know where you're coming from, except for the being talented part. Final Fantasy has always had some of my favorite music in any video game franchise as well, and X is my absolute favorite. I had a hunch that you may have been a fan as well when I heard the intro of Painful History and first thought of To Zanarkand.

Nicol Armarfi wrote:

kindspy wrote:Also, any intentions of redoing Ah-Eh-I-Oh-You? Once I'm done recording, your more than welcome to use it. (I'd be using a midi rhythm section).

I'm always up for some live recordings, send me a PM sometime and we'll see what we can do. Thanks for the offer.

Your PM button is, uh, missing

I cal see his PM button perfectly well, but it's also possible to simply open a new PM and enter his name in the recipient box manually.

Mirage_GSM wrote:I cal see his PM button perfectly well, but it's also possible to simply open a new PM and enter his name in the recipient box manually.

Either I was drunk or he put it back

neio wrote:

Mirage_GSM wrote:I cal see his PM button perfectly well, but it's also possible to simply open a new PM and enter his name in the recipient box manually.

Either I was drunk or he put it back

it wasn't there earlier lol

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Aura wrote:Well the whole self-improvement thing (which is a common theme for many reactions!) was quite bewildering at first. People out of shape exercising, socially reclusive people connecting with friends, etc. I had, and still have, a very hard time understanding why it was reading Katawa Shoujo that became a catalyst for so many people for such a drastic, in some cases life-changing reaction.

Yea, I've looked at some of the threads around here (also my own reaction), and that puzzled me, too. I can see how one would get emotionally engaged, because, well, I am too, but some of the reactions really seem to go up to 11. This probably varies from person to person, but it would be really interesting to know why this is. On a scale from 1 to 10, the things I change are at about 2, but that is still 2 more than most other stories manage to prompt me to change. Maybe it's a lot of small things that just come together really well. Good writing in general, relatable protagonist in particular, etc. I guess Hisao works well as a mirror for a lot of people that just need a little nudge to break out of any given situation. In contrast to many other characters in fiction, especially video games, which are usually all about empowerment. Part of it might be that Hisao has relatable problems and starts out pretty low but in many paths ends up overcoming the issues in a believable way. In contrast to... hm... Let's say Commander Shepard's problems in Mass Effect. For me, it might also be that a visual novel was not a place where I'd expect to find viable live advice and the surprise adds an extra level of emphasis. Either way, I find it pretty interesting.

Aura wrote:For five years we thought we were making a mediocre love story, so this all caught us off guard.

Well, I guess we can safely say you failed at mediocrity. :3 But seeing how much effort went into it, I'm really happy for you guys that it got received this well.

Are any of the devs/team members/ etc. working on anything, or is this the end as far as projects for everyone? Suppose this has been asked a million times but... doesn't hurt to ask, eh?

mav807 wrote:Are any of the devs/team members/ etc. working on anything, or is this the end as far as projects for everyone? Suppose this has been asked a million times but... doesn't hurt to ask, eh?

Some are, yes. For example, we are working on and releasing a small KS-related thing in August. For bigger announcements you'll have to probably wait.

mav807 wrote:Are any of the devs/team members/ etc. working on anything

Sure are.