Katawa Shoujo.

[Xltyre13]

I recently stumbled on this Visual Novel while browsing Kotaku.

It's incomplete, but the story is very funny and had some emotional parts, too.

Link here:
http://katawa-shoujo.com/

Has anyone else heard of this?

[Blitzen]

I have. It's kind of old news.

I haven't tried it. Mainly because it's a dating sim and I don't like those. >_>

[nza]

Ok. Valter cleared some things up. Checked it out but didn't really understand what I was looking at...

I may download it to see what this kind of thing ("dating sim"?) is all about but I'll need to be without any other priorities first.

[superflous]

It's a visual novel, which is pretty much a dating sim...
Well, think of it as a book with choices and you get to date a girl (I won't go more into it...)
I'm still waiting for the full version before trying it...

[Xltyre13]

It's a visual novel, which is pretty much a dating sim...
Well, think of it as a book with choices and you get to date a girl (I won't go more into it...)
I'm still waiting for the full version before trying it...

Well, that's understandable. They're working a lot on it, and have done really well in the first act they released (about 2 hours).

Dating sims, as a whole, really isn't a major niche market in the US yet (With a notable exception with Persona 3 and 4). But, the underground fanbase is growing, especially for this game, probably because the game is in English.

[superflous]

They aren't really dating sims.
Those are the old versions where you actually went around giving gifts to girls.
I'm sticking with my definition= Visual Novel, i.e. a novel with pictures and sounds with multiple paths and endings that happen to revolve around dating talking to girls.

[Chunx]

I'll will never go on a date a real crippled girl. ;_;

[Xltyre13]

They aren't really dating sims.
Those are the old versions where you actually went around giving gifts to girls.
I'm sticking with my definition= Visual Novel, i.e. a novel with pictures and sounds with multiple paths and endings that happen to revolve around dating talking to girls.

Right, right.
I only mentioned Persona 3 and 4 because of those elements within gameplay.