In my opinion, Music Box Studios recognizes that Katawa Shoujo‘s atmosphere comes from the union of the writing and plot with the design of the GUI and menu.
KATAWA SHOUJO GAME ENGLISH FULL
Full Hearts also uses the same font as Katawa Shoujo. However, everything else trying to capture the spirit of Katawa Shoujo-including a similar menu and GUI design, similar music, and backgrounds made from real photographs-remained. It was meant to take place within Yamaku Academy, with nearly the same prose, but after some early development issues and community drama, the VN was renamed and placed in a new setting. Here’s a look at some of these works, and what makes them “ Katawa Shoujo derivatives.” (I call them derivatives because they’re not one-to-one clones.) Full Hearts (Music Box Games)įull Hearts began development in 2014 as Katawa Shoujo 2. However, some visual novels that will be mentioned here are not included. Additionally, the list is made up of many unfinished titles. This list does not include many popular works, such as Somnova Studios’ Missing Stars. The question is, how did this subgenre come to be? And more importantly, what makes a work part of a subgenre? To clarify, here’s a list of visual novels inspired by Katawa Shoujo. In doing so, they are creating a subgenre (or mini-genre?) of visual novels. I believe that the creators of these projects are striving to create an emotional experience similar to Katawa Shoujo‘s. Regardless, there’s a few things that these visual novels have in common-namely, a premise and atmosphere similar to Katawa Shoujo‘s. Renamed to Full Hearts, Music Box Studios’ visual novel has been in development for nearly a decade. One such project, made by Music Box Studios, went into development hell and subsequently rebranded itself as a visual novel inspired by Katawa Shoujo rather than a fan-made sequel to the classic title.
Usually these projects are put on hold, or are canned completely. Since Katawa Shoujo’s release in January of 2012-a little over 10 years ago-it seems that nearly every year, there’s a new team wanting to make a game inspired by Katawa Shoujo, or (on rare occasions) make Katawa Shoujo 2. You’re going to take them on a journey-one much like the one that you’ve just been on.” (From CplCrud) You’re going to transport your audience to another world, make them weep with happiness and foam at the mouth with rabid anger. You are going to make this, and it will be awesome.
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