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Katawa Shoujo: Re-Engineered. Fan-made modernization of the classic visual novel

by yablak on 3/26/24, 4:16 AM with 1 comments

• by yablak on 3/26/24, 4:16 AM

  Katawa Shoujo (translated "Disability Girls") is a bishōjo-style visual novel by Four Leaf Studios that tells the story of a young man and five young women living with varying disabilities. The game uses a traditional text and sprite-based visual novel model with an ADV-style text box running on the Ren'Py visual novel engine. The game is licensed under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND.

  Katawa Shoujo: Re-Engineered offers a battery of accessibility features to accommodate players with disabilities. Using the tools available in modern Ren'Py, we've added quick access to self-voicing, two dyslexic typefaces, a special high contrast text box, and various optimizations to improve functionality with common screenreaders- and that's just the beginning. We're already looking into other ways to make KS:RE even more accessible.