Laughing Warawau
A downloadable game for Windows
Laughing Warawau (笑う、わらわぅ Warau, Warawau) is a free JRPG made in 2011 by Kanao (Kanashimi Hocchikisu), and translated by @NingenDesu in 2023.
Synopsis
A rich, spoiled and wimpy girl named Warawau is teased by her maid again today and heads to school. But on the way, she becomes lost in the strange and mysterious World of Laughter. There she encounters a young kimono-clad girl claiming to be her guide, and goes on a journey through the World of Laughter.
A heartwarming tale of a lady and her protector.
Although Laughing Warawau is the second entry in a series of a spin-off from the Towelket series, it isn't necessary to have played the previous games in order to enjoy it. The game mixes characters and stories from the mainline series with themes from popular fiction; most noticeably, Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. There is some turn-based combat, and the game takes you to many exotic, surreal and sometimes disturbing places.
Warnings
Chihedo Musubi:
"Hark! This game doth delve into nuanced and potentially
sensitive themes, which may stir the hearts of certain folks.
Exercise discretion, dear player."
Links
Developer's twitter:
https://twitter.com/damosi_f91
Developer's blog:
https://damosidamosi.blog.fc2.com
Translators twitter:
https://twitter.com/DesuNingen
Series translation page:
Download
Install instructions
How to Play
In order to play this game, you must unzip the contents. You can use any file archiver of your liking for this purpose.
- Unzip the contents
- Right-click on the downloaded file.
- Find and click on the Extract option.
- Select the destination folder where you want to extract the files.
- After unzipping the game:
- Navigate to the folder where you extracted the contents.
There you will find that the game comes with both the original RPG Maker executable "RPG_RT.exe", as well as EasyRPG's executable "player.exe".
EasyRPG is a more modern, free and open source alternative to run RPG Maker 2000/2003 games. It also offers an option to fast-forward by pressing and holding "F" (which makes the game run at x3 the speed). However, there have been reports of problems with MIDI playback. If you experience any problem, we recommend using the original executable instead.
Controls
| Command | Original RPG Maker Engine | EasyRPG |
| Movement | Arrow Keys (↑→↓←) | Arrow Keys (↑→↓←) WASD Keys |
| Interact/Select | Z Enter Space Bar | Z Enter Space Bar |
| Cancel | X | X |
| Open Menu (On field) | X | X |
| Fast-Forward | [Not available] | F |
| Toggle Full Screen | F4 Alt + Enter | F4 Alt + Enter |
| Change Resolution (When windowed) | F5 | F5 |
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Truly the game of all games 10/10