/jp/ - Otaku Culture

The new one that came out recently was Valkyrie of Phantasm

>>41578754
>AREA ZERO
Damn they're still doing literally the same fucking game. I remember doing Sky Arena netplay with /jp/ 10 years ago

>>41578714
Some game i can play in android 4.4?
No a danmaku.

>>41578899
Lost Word

>>41578807
Are either games good?
I played Sky Arena against NPCs, and the game didn't seem to have much going for it. Just circle strafing and managing cooldowns was enough to beat even the hardest NPCs. I hope they reworked it in Valkyrie to make it more engaging to dodge.

I'm playing through the latest batch of game jam games. I've played 3 good games so far, and a few that are alright.
I will post an informative image once I've gone through all of them.

>>41579067
I just bought the game now and it has netplay and its not awful. Got my ass kicked by some dude with a japanese name in room 9215.

Feels about like old Sky Arena just prettier.

>>41579108
If multiplayer is the main appeal, I'm not too keen, since I don't want to get owned by Japanese superplayers who've played Sky Arena for 10 years. It might be cool if I can play against other noobs from /jp/.
Which characters are in? I remember Okuu being somewhat fun in Matsuri Climax, about as fun as a character can be in that game.

>>41579142
Just these 4 but store page says by the end of early access it'll go up to 8 characters and 30 story mode stages. CPU kinda sucks honestly just spams melee attacks to stunlock you when it gets close.

I got VoP and it's pretty fun but it's mostly just mindless spamming and it's hard to tell what the hell is happening with the crap netcode. It's still fun but it's mostly eye candy. These are some 2hu games I've been playing recently along with Scarlet Symphony. I refunded E.E.R.I.E because it kept crashing on me.

I own both sky arena and valkyries of phantasm and would be willing to do some casual mashing with other /jp/ers.

>>41580056
>hoppin flappin
Man I love this game and i need to finish it but some bosses are just pure bullshit and drop rates for materials make me wanna scream because I have to finish the craft log.

>>41580344
It's too difficult so I ragequit

>>41580359
It expects you to grind a bit along the way which sucks, also making specific boss tactics for each boss. Fortunately you can see exact boss moves with Star's scan so you can formulate a strategy without having to look up a guide.

>>41580373
I can't imagine playing for 67 hours good on you man

>>41578714
What ever happened to that WarioWare style game? I think it was called Nitorinc.

>>41580465
>Nitorinc
It hasn't come out yet

https://store.steampowered.com/app/772260/NitorInc_Touhou_Microgames/

What should I play?

>>41580600
All of them at once

>>41580600
Touhou block fall!

>>41580373
I've been playing that game a bunch recently. Just managed to get past the desert by formulating a strategy to beat the snot out of koishi before satori. And, while I was there, I finally got some sunstone so star can sunbathe. The difficulty is definitely going up at this point. I'm kind of regretting not getting some of the strategies I could have bought if I grinded stuff to sell earlier in the game since I'm stuck in this part of the game for now. The english translation is kinda lol but mostly understandable. The fairies are cute, and that's pretty motivating in and of itself.

>>41580600
Sky Arena

>>41580501
It's literally never coming out, by the way.

>>41580600
Luna Nights is solid and well made compared to most, Yuuka's game is an alright unity platformer with some difficulty spikes, the castlevania clone is old and feels old. I haven't played the rest but I heard Mystia's game is decent.

GoS is getting a steam release in a week, it looks like it is the remake which afaik wasn't on PC until now, so I'm curious how the performance will be.

>>41587223
Any chance they'll add the fan translation to it like they did with Labyrinth of Touhou 2. Also are there any good build guides for LoT 2?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2089490/2ndBreak/

Huh, can't believe i'm still finding vs games months after this released. Free too.

>>41588572
touhouwiki has a very comprehensive guide for LoT2
https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Labyrinth_of_Touhou_2

>>41580600
What is the first game on the left on the second row? Can't seem to find it on steam.

>>41588658
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1299420/Touhou__Shooting_Star/

I've tried to play it a few times but the controls are so awkward and you cant rebind any of them ingame. It's somewhat more tolerable with a controller but you still cant rebind any of those either. It's rather unfortunate because it's a neat idea and looks like it has a lot of content but the game is just way too uncomfortable to actually play. Oh and the game is barely even translated. I think the developer gave up on it.

>>41588679
Yeah just literally found it myself, looks very neat plus it has Yuuka in it but it looks like it's probably not worth it sadly.

>>41588679
What is it with 2hu fangames having the worst control schemes in existence

Any fun games with Tewi?

>>41587223
Could anyone else who's outside of Japan see if the link works?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2101110/
All I get is this.

>>41597513
works on my pc ;)

>>41597554
What country

>>41597557
USA

>>41597573
Hi Americabro

>>41597554
>>41597573
I guess it's just an issue with Brazil then.
Well then if they don't want my money I'll just pirate it once again.

Strange that they would region lock it when they aren't even bothering translating it themselves.

https://steamdb.info/app/2101110/

You can still view the db page even though its blocked on steam.

I played through the Halloween jam fan games. There is a bunch of decent ones, as long as you view them as 1-screen arcade games or short interactive pieces of fan art (not full length games).

You can download them here:
https://itch.io/jam/touhou-jam-9/entries

>>41578714
What game is this

>>41598129

>>41589536
I'm struggling to think of any games with her at all. Stuff like Touhou Soccer and Meddlesome Magician have her but she's just one of the many characters in those games. Pic related is her design in DollDraft which is a game with a much smaller roster which means she might get more of a focus but I couldn't tell you if that game's any good or not.

>>41598107
thak you for your hard work, I will check some of the recommended titles

This got announced
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2190220/Touhou_Danmaku_Kagura_Phantasia_Lost/

>>41603828
I have nothing but respect for them for doing what 99% of gachas won't.

>>41604446
qrd? I'm not acquainted with gachas enough to see what you mean.

I'm surprised that there wasn't any touhou horror fangame yet, It has the potential to be effective depending on how you use the grim aspects of Gensokyo (outsiders getting eaten and stuff)

Perhaps a dark concept where you are an outsider brought in the SDM and you must escape without getting caught by the residents (which results in a death scene)

Anyone else can relate to this idea?

>>41604467
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1131900/3rd_eye/

There's this game which is technically "horror" but it's more about unsettling and weird imagery than actual dread and fear.

>>41606006
This one is definitely trash, we need an actual horror game, preferably survival-based

Cirno Racing

>>41604466
The gacha is shutting down like, today, and instead of letting that be that they're turning it into a regular game that, presumably, isn't always online and relies on microtransactions

I need recs pls

>>41604467
I'm surprised that no one tried to rip off Slenderman when that was big and just had Rumia chase you in a forest. This is the only Touhou "horror" game that I've seen besides 3rd eye but you can tell that it's just garbage using Touhou just to sucker people into buying it.
Something like Clock Tower or Haunting Ground where you're stuck in the SDM could be pretty damn cool but I doubtful that anyone would ever make something like those

>>41606663
What genres do you want?

any with akyuu as a character or main focus?

>>41606475
What the fuck, isn't that game kind of recent? Was it that much of a flop?

>>41606803
Nightmare of Rebellion kinda, Strawberry Bose's 3rd RPG.
I felt it was a massive downgrade from their previous two games though.

>>41606806
It lasted 14 months, which is pretty short but not even close to the shortest for these sorts of things. But yeah, it was a flop.
>Though over 5 million players downloaded the game since its launch, sales ended up “far below” forecasted levels. Despite attempts to boost sales via promotions and updates, things didn’t turn around. A plan to continue service at a “greatly reduced” level was ultimately rejected, as it would not match the level of service desired.
https://www.siliconera.com/rhythm-game-touhou-danmaku-kagura-to-end-service/

When the FUCK is FMW Complete Box coming to Steam?

>>41606006
That's just Fran Bow but with 2hus

>>41606810
Would you recommend Devil of Decline? I really enjoyed Genius of Sappheiros back in the day, and playing through Lotus Labyrinth R recently reminded me that I never got around to the sequel(s).

>>41581438
>>41580373
I've been playing it on and off and have around 2 hours in the game so far but it hasn't been too hard for me so far. I just beat Aya and Hatate while using basic tactics. It does seem like it does require a lot of grinding for crafting though.

>>41607940
It's a bit different from GoS in that your party composition doesn't matter as much, but it's still a very good RPG anyway.

I like mystery dungeons but I hated all the gimmick dungeons and naked dives in Gensowanderer. Lolus Labyrinth R was too much of a clusterfuck with the large parties too.

>>41580600
Yuukarin is a great yet challenging game.
Tempest of Heaven and Earth is entertaining and enjoyable and not overly difficult.

>>41578714
I'm playing MegaMari right now. The game is kicking my ass and some parts feel straight up unfair, but I'm determined to grind it out.
YuuYuu Jiteki no Yuukarin and Udongein X are next on my list. After those I'll probably be done with platformers for a while.

Does anyone have any recommendations for games of other genres?

Has anybody played any translated tabletop Touhou games? I've played Gensyoko Horror, but was wondering if there were any more.

>>41610982
Gensou Shoujo Taisen is good if you like Super Robot Taisen or Sakura Taisen

What's the most addicting Touhou fangame you've ever played? Or the ones you've put the most hours in.

>>41616781
I would have to say gensowanderer tod and all of its expansions since the game is basically setup to play forever if you wanted to. there's a ridiculous amount of content with infinite replayability if you enjoy mystery dungeons.

Where do people pirate fangames that aren't on Moriya/Nyaa?

>>41608875
>>41608875
Loved Reloaded, but I don't know what they were thinking with Lotus Labyrinth.
Removing item fusion was bad enough, but then you have that awful party system that filled the screen with 20+ partners. Gameplay boiled down to ramming your mob against the enemy mob and waiting for each unit to take their turn, much less strategy involved. They even fucked up the mystery dungeon aspect cause you could just restart from the floor you died on.

>>41617212
>cause you could just restart from the floor you died on

TOD reloaded had the same thing as well if you restarted the game at every death. it was actually intentional since they could have easily made the game auto save at every death. Also lotus labyrinth R is a weird situation since it's a remake of an older game. It's a mix of new and old. I would have liked to take some of the QoL updates it has into reloaded without the shitty party system. I had fun with the game but I feel that it doesn't have as much replay value as reloaded due to the party system being heck. I also hate that they got Rie Tanaka to voice Joon. Her ability is actually a detriment to your party to have her in there since she trades your money for damage. I like Rie Tanaka's voice but not enough to ruin my runs.

I wish skydrift had more people playing it, its fun as fuck

>>41597584
The issue is because a law here don't allow the games to be sold if they don't give themselves a rating or something like that.

>>41618149
i suck at racing games. whenever i joined the community nights I always ended up in last place.

>>41618394
Thats why it would be cool with more people, not everyone would be a tryhard

>>41617263
I hate that artstyle so much

Are Capricorn's Rock Maiden games any good? I usually eat up even the most basic Megaman clones, but those games look particularly uninspired.

>>41604467
i was thinking of making something similar to darkwood, where you have to fight mostly low level youkais(maybe fairies too) while trying to find a way out/safezone, whatever that means

>>41618818
it's cute

>>41617166
You just search up the fangame on Google and hope it gives you the vorrect download link

This was a pretty fun tower defense game with working online.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1019920/Gensokyo_Defenders/

>>41618149
It's really tough to get more than a couple of people together for online games, and Skydrift costs too much to get most people to try it out on a whim

Any decent turn based rpgs that aren't roguelikes or dungeon crawlers?

>>41619202
It's on sale for £5 right now I think? Might be a good time to convince some people to give it a shot

>>41619365
£6.59, $7.19 USD. I'd try to convince people but I'm not exactly sure how to do so, unless you want to make an entire thread about it.

>>41617263
True, but giving a restart option on death is different from having to manually restart the game to savescum. I just hope they dial back and revise the system if there's ever another entry.

>>41618939
>trying to find a way out/safezone, whatever that means
It could mean finding Reimu or the Hakurei Shrine.

>>41623702
that could work, but i feel like that would be too short/easy, and i would like for it to have a few hours of gameplay, maybe situated in the forest of the lost or adding a more of grimsokio

>>41606703
>Haunting Ground
Would be fun to get killed by sakuya and start hearing her chopping/cooking the player character.
The mansion could also follow some bizarre rules like some buildings in Silent Hill.
Honestly I'm also surprised by the huge lack of grim games considering there are grim doujinshis, but maybe game devs don't want to invest the time in something that they feel might not be popular.
>>41618939
Huh maybe I should play darkwood to get a better idea but that sounds nice.

>>41598107
Thanks anon, I had fun playing those games.

>>41618838
No and the bosses are even less original than the ones in Rosenkreuzstilette. It's especially egregious in the two Famicom Rock Maiden games which don't have an original bone in their body.

And why the fuck is Doc Robot Rumia and not Satori. What the absolute fuck.

>>41618149
I've been meaning to try it out for a long time, but it just hasn't happened. It'd be a time investment since i haven't played a similar game since Mario Kart 64, but I like to challenge myself by learning new genres of games so I'm looking forward to it.
I don't have time to play this upcoming week, though. (And I guess this attitude is part of why I keep postponing it.)

>>41619144
Gensokyo Defenders is so much better than it looks. It's an ugly game but it's really fun to play with most characters feeling unique and viable, and the different stages forcing different strategies.

>>41628027
I had a lot of fun with it when I played it. I'd be willing to play through the game and dlc again if anybody would be interested.

>>41607940
Speaking of The Genius of Sappheiros. The Steam version with all the Vita and Switch expansions comes out in a couple of hours.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2101110/Touhou_Soujinengi_V_The_Genius_of_Sappheiros/

>>41629079
i wanted to like that game but every boss fight is way too strict. it's basically play exactly how we designed or just fail every time.

>>41629460
there are quite a lot of tactical options, but on default it's not an easy game. Thankfully there are difficulty settings now

anyone knows a download for nightmare of rebellion? i wanna finish playing the series

>>41633743
You could probably find it on Moriya. But from what I understand, the devs went stupid hard with the DRM on that game (and the subsequent expansions of GoS and DoD) to the point that it is borderline unplayable unless you constantly cheat.

>>41635227
I remember finding a download here on /jp/ around 1 or 2 years ago which worked fine, but when I finally beat it I realized that it was only the base game or that you need to activate something to get the expansion and so I couldn't get to it. Can't remember the link either anyway but it's somewhere.
Also it looks like SteamDB changed GoSV to "coming soon" instead of today, I wonder what's the issue.

>>41629079
It just came out. Yeah no thanks.

https://steamdb.info/app/2101110/

>>41636575
Seems it's way more expensive in burger money. I just bought at slightly under half that price.
Thank you third world.

>>41636575
So they just hate me after all. Sure yeah everyone should hate Brazil indeed but at least let me spend my money god damn it.
So now I just wait until Moriya Shrine or cs.rin get it I guess.

>>41636830
Pirate it, anon

>>41636830
doesn't brazil have a thing where they are not allowed to sell a game in the country if it's not rated?

>>41636976
This is the first time I've seen this happen so I have no idea.
>>41636953
I mean, I wanted to give them something back after spending so long on this game and loving it so much, but maybe this is just another reminder that I should stay a pirate forever.

>>41636976
https://oneangrygamer.net/2019/10/steam-reportedly-blocks-games-in-brazil-without-age-ratings/
Looks like it. If Strawberry Bose really hates gaijins then yeah, I guess hues will have to keep pirating as usual.

>>41636830
Leave south america brazil bro, this area is doomed.

>>41637626
do you think anyone who lives in sudamerica doesn't know that already? if you could get out you would have already done so

>>41637626
Let me move in with you.

>>41629460
"Weekend version" or w/e it was called wasn't that bad until you get to the death spammer bosses.

This part is driving me insane. Do I get an later on that will let me see the traps or do I just have to constantly trial and error all the way through?

>>41643305
Have sex in the favela

>>41578714
how hard is Yoiyami Dancers for someone that has never played a Touhou game before?

>>41637316
They probably just forgot to do that, i remember it happening with some other titles.
I suppose just get their email and ask.

>>41647987
>trial and error
bro... the thing at the start tells you where to look

>>41648134
It's nothing like a touhou game, its more like necrodancer but on a set grid that you dodge shit.

>>41648359
yes and the route goes on for a very long time and it's not obvious where the traps are the deeper you go in. that entrance is only the start of the room.

>>41578714
ive been playing blooming chaos 2 again, and mystias izakaya. i also bought a physical copy of Touhou Hisoutensoku and will try that out soon.

was thinking of buying YuuYuu Jiteki no Yuukarin once it goes on sale too
>>41578754
>>41578807
>Patchouli is playable this time
might have to pick this one up

>>41578908
kill yourself

>>41648405
>was thinking of buying YuuYuu Jiteki no Yuukarin once it goes on sale too
You literally just missed it a few days ago

>>41648378
> and it's not obvious where the traps are the deeper you go in
Its literally the same pattern every time
Every raised block will be that pattern

>>41648432
well shit...

>>41648449
Actually sorry I missed a couple don't go charging straight ahead there

>>41648405
>physical soku
Good shit, though if you don't have a copy of Scarlet Weather Rhapsody you won't be able to play the characters from that. It's a fun and surprisingly technical game and each character feels balanced compared to others. There is a thread for soku on /japan/ and they still regularly have matches and a yearly tournament.

>>41648585
>if you don't have a copy of Scarlet Weather Rhapsody you won't be able to play the characters from that
Noted.

soku would have been fun if it didn't have the stupid weather system along with the deck building. why can't touhou just get a normal fighter?

>>41648654
There was, it's Immaterial and Missing Power. You get weather because it's important for introducing Tenshi. And fuck you, the spellcard deck is neat.

>>41648654
The weather isn't that bad.

>>41654829
>random super armor on all attacks along with random extra damage on attacks isn't that bad

>>41654890
Wallslam your enemy before superarmor weather appears to skip it.
Alternatively, prep your strongest spellcard right before it pops so they eat the full amount.

>>41654921
or they could just make a fighter with no dumb gimmicks.

>>41654930
Dumb gimmicks is literally touhou though.

Maybe try this one
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1920420/SONOHIGURASHI_VS_TOUHOU_UNIVERSE/

>>41654930
Gimmicks are what make a fighting game unique. Undernight has vorpal, blazblue has drives, P4G arena has status effects and personas, etc.

>>41655086
those mechanics are stuff under your control. weather and spellcard draws are rng bullshit that don't belong in any serious fighting game.

>>41655100
>rng bullshit
Fighting games arent strangers to RNG

>>41655100
Spellcard draws sure but that can be mitigated by building a deck that suits your needs or gitting gud with default spells, weather is not RNG.

>>41655143
sure but the only reason why the 2hu fighters have any kind of following is because they are 2hu. if it was an original IP nobody would have cared about these games because of all the bad mechanics. People also don't ever want to call out these games for being bad just because they are Tasofro / Zun. Also take a look at sf x t and see how hard it got blasted for its gem system. Fighting game players like solid mechanics with standardizes systems. The game introduced too many modifiers to the formula and nobody wants to waste their time on a game like that.

>>41655160
You can be dicked out defensive options just because you didn't draw the card you wanted. Basically any other fighter gives you all of your tools at your disposal. Also I view weather as an RNG system because they are massive modifiers that can drastically change a match based on when they come and go. They change how you play and situations can be played out differently with various types of weather. It would be a very different experience if the weather was just removed from the game.

>>41655198
>People also don't ever want to call out these games for being bad just because they are Tasofro / Zun.
People constantly shit on HM/ULIL/AOCF because of how bad they are.
> Fighting game players like solid mechanics with standardizes systems.
Then IAMP would be the most popular one, not Soku.

>>41655241
>Then IAMP would be the most popular one, not Soku.
People only play these games because its 2hu, not because its a good fighter. Soku wins out in popularity for being the oldest with the largest cast. If IAMP had the full cast of Soku then I'm sure a lot more people would rather play that one. AoCF and the others are also plagues with problems and it's no surprise more people play Soku over them this many years later.

>>41655198
>Fighting game players like solid mechanics with standardizes systems
im a fighting game player and i like fun gimmicks and interesting mechanics.
>if it was an original IP nobody would have cared about these games because of all the bad mechanics
this is a really gay argument. An IP is a big part of the appeal, but an IP does not make a game good. I love Kill la kill, but the game is ass. i love OPM but the game is ass. I love one piece, but burning blood is ass. i love shonen jump but jump force was ass.
The IP gives it a boost, but if the game itself was bad, people would have moved on to newer and better touhou games.

>>41648654
So your ideal touhou fighter would be a IaMP with soku characters?
Maybe someone has already done that in mugen or you could probably edit the characters to not have cards but then I guess it would be harder to find people to play with.
I also think one anon in the oc thread wanted to make a fighting game but had to learn netcode first.

>>41656318
my ideal touhou fighter would be more like a garou or kof with touhou characters. i would prefer more traditional combos instead of the auto combo nature of the tasofro games. IaMP is just the most "pure" of the official fighters.

>>41617263
What are they looking at?

>>41656645
me

Is Luna Nights worth getting as a metroidvania fan?

>>41657298
For sure but wait for some sales.

>>41656453
NTA, wouldn't that just make it a kof clone? Zun likes to use new gimmicks.
I will admit I'm not a fan of the later fighters but I still have fun with Soku.
>>41657298
Yes but it's a bit easy and short.

>>41657335
>wait for some sales.

>>41657298
its like a 5 hour game. It's "fine" if you intend to replay through it I guess.

I wish this game would get a modern release for steam. They are working on a new title that will be promising too.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1631640/__EERIE/

Has anybody played this? The sequel is coming out in a few days and it will be free for everybody that owned the first one. It looks like some sort of tactical shooter but with touhou characters made by some chinese dev.

>>41657344
Pirate it then.

>>41658221
if you didnt tell me this was a touhou game, i wouldnt have known

>>41658221
The reviews on this are so weird
>recommended 5 hrs on record
>bad gameplay
>controls suck
>barely any content
>way too short
>but features cute animoos

Labyrinth of Touhou 3 will release in 2023.

>>41665134
I can't wait, i've put so many hours into 2 and im still not "done"

>>41578714
What's a good fangame for a beginner?

>>41666406
That's like going to /v/ and asking "what video game"

theres so many different games spanning several genres that you should honestly narrow it down a bit to something you like first and there's more than likely at least 5 different touhou games for it

>>41665134
Somehow I never noticed that an improved version of 2 was released on Steam last year, with a full translation too.
Hopefully GoS will get an official translation as well one day.
And the devs will realize the thing about Brazil.

>>41578714
Shanghai.exe was fantastic, though you can definitely tell that the back parts weren't fully fleshed out.

I miss slow /jp/...

I wish there was a 2hu jrpg in the same vein as compile heart jrpgs with full 3d models. It would also be really fun to get a game like senran kagura but with touhou. Tamsoft made one for Utawarerumono. It probably wouldn't be too far fetched to get a professionally made and funded 2hu game if Zun approached a studio.

Despite how fucked up the Steam release of GoS is looking on my computer, at least it seems they have plans to release it on other languages. (trying to change it from Japanese doesn't work)

>>41675697
if theres english support with an "easy" mode I may give the game a try again. I remember getting to the end dungeon in the old version and rage quitting because every fight was just getting too tiresome.

>>41675711
My strategy for the final dungeon was basically using Aya to make everyone go before the enemies, then buffing Sakuya as much as possible and using her time stop to kill everything in three turns. And then gettnig the fuck out if any miniboss spawned instead. Fun times.
That BGM, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0bJltGjwqI

>>41677509
i like the idea of the game, i just hate having to organize and plan for every dungeon / boss fight. there was no need to make the game that difficult. I enjoy difficult turn based jrpgs but GoS basically punishes you for not playing exactly how they want you to.

>>41666486
>And the devs will realize the thing about Brazil.
Has anyone told them about it? They might be totally unaware or not even think they have fans in Brazil.

>>41683678
There's a post about it on the Steam discussion forums at least.

>>41616781
Not a standalone game, but the Mountain Blade Warband mod.

>>41686403
how the hell did they mod touhou into warband?

>>41686499
pic related
It's really fun, give it a try. Feel free to cheat because it isn't a very balanced mod.

>>41686499
Theres touhou mods for almost anything of varying quality.

>>41686499
It was originally a pretty terrible Chinese mod, but an anon from /jp/ started working on it and made it into something actually halfway decent, which spurred some other /jp/ anons into helping out too. The original anon apparently had another anon partner working with him too, but he disappeared so progress on the original mod stalled.

After some time, the one anon that was still working on it came into contact with the original Chinese devs, and helped reboot it into Tinder, which was basically a completely overhauled version of the original mod. Now he's helping them out with the Bannerlord version of the mod.

I still remember the very first threads where anon was posting his Warband stories and showing off the mod, time sure flies. It was noteworthy to me because I played the original mod back before then and it was pretty bad, they really turned it into something fun. /jp/ anons can do some cool stuff sometimes.

>>41675697
>change windows's regional data format
>game now runs as it should
Man I fucking love Japanese games

>>41668491
How is the state of Shanghai.exe? I've been waiting until it's done to start it. Last I knew most of the game proper was done, but anon was working on the post-game segment.

>>41706699
The main game is finished, the post game is almost done, but as you get towards the end of the main game dungeons and scenarios become simpler with less involvement from other characters, there's less side quests at the end, things like that

>>41580600
Scarlet Curiosity is garbage tbqh but I like it because it has Remilia.
Similarly for Remyadry, which isn't on that list.

>>41599871
>I couldn't tell you if that game's any good or not.
It's not but the art is cute.

Just got this tower defense game on sale and had some fun with it. The dlc characters / units are really overpowered and seem pretty heavy pay to win though. Maybe they are more balanced for lunatic or the challenge modes.

>>41711888
Jesus christ those are some expensive DLC characters, is it even remotely touhou themed or just a cash grab with the girls on it?

>>41714553
its still a typical tower defense game but every tower is based off a girl with some of their powers. A lot of towers are "fitting" but there's other meme ones like Kaguya where she's just a neet and summons bunnies to attack for her. It's by a chinese dev that likes to meme it up with the fandom to a degree. The game is a pretty solid tower defense game though even though it leans on the easier side of things usually.

>>41714553
I'd say its a real fan game, and not just a cash grab. It doesn't take itself serious or stick to canon, though.
It's a bit too easy on anything but Lunatic. I haven't tried the DLCs, but I had fun just playing through the base game, and that was enough for me.
Gensokyo Defenders is a better Touhou TD game, if you haven't played it yet, but they are different enough that both are worth playing.

>>41714553
Chinese devs

>>41717762
It's a tower defense game, outside of simulation/AAA games insane amounts of DLC and pricing the only other thing that compares is RTS games. Gemcraft has repackaged updates as brand new games for full price, Dungeon Defenders does the LoL thing where they nerf new systems or otherwise completely invalidate them while also having an insanely retarded progression system tied with Diablo-esque loot, and Bloons has a literal fucking app-store in its newest entry where you can get in-game 100% resource and placement-limit free towers, despite the fact that you can both farm for currency and also the game is entirely singleplayer meaning you can just cheat engine all the paid stuff in. Far as I know none of those games are chinese, and while I don't think this game has gameplay deep enough to get away with this shit it's not exactly a new concept.

>>41580600
No Kubinashi Recollection?

>>41720415
i'm not really a fan of platformers like that.

>>41720776
>platformers
It's less of a platformer and more of a puzzle game, until you start getting into speedrunning strats (but it's mostly just abusing the mechanic as much as possible, so it's still not really platforming)

>>41587223
I remember downloading this game from from the Moriya Shrine website and playing it until I reached the Yuyuko boss fight. Her bullshit instakill moves filtered the fuck out of me.

>>41587223
god I remember writing a guide for bosses back when the translation was still fresh, gamefaqs style
I don't use this word lightly but it was unfiltered cringe, nowadays though I wish it hadn't been lost in many a PC migration just to look back on it and laugh a little

>>41720967
I feel like it wasn't THAT bad, compared to games that were entirely memes or total wish-fulfillment like the Mother fangames.

>>41724980
I think that Anon was talking about the guide he wrote, not the game.

>>41725183
Ah, I see my reading comprehension skills have failed me yet again.

Are there any decent fangames I can play with Kasen involved in them? Ive been thinking about it but I dont think I ever see her in fangames unless its one of the games with everyone in it.

>>41728297
I can't speak of its quality but this game that's from the same dev as the game from OP's webm has Kasen as one of its 3 heroines. However it's mostly untranslated so I'm not sure how much enjoyment you'll get out of it.
https://moriyashrine.org/files/file/120-sanae-momie-with-ibarakasen/

>>41728297
東方逆妙乱 ~ Ephemeral Unnatural Balance
Its western shmup. Pretty decent one, nothing really mind blowing but some spellcards are interesting, and overall difficulty at least on normal is on the easier side of official games.

The only drawback is that artstyle may be too western for your liking.

>>41728297
Gensou Skydrift

>>41579142
Juding from Steam page: Reimu, Marisa, Youmu, Patchy, Cirno, Meiling, Remilia and Clownpiece
Too many EoSD cast. Sky Arena roster was more balanced until the DLCs

>>41730494
It's frankly one of the most bizarre rosters I've seen. Youmu making it in is understandable, but Clownpiece being the only other non-EoSD character makes absolutely no sense to me

How long does Puppet Dance Performance take for it’s battles to get interesting? Early game seems as bland as normal pokemon but it might just be cause it’s early game. Does it eventually make you use mechanical nuances and really understand the game or does it stay kinda braindead like pokemon?

>>41730980
Probably just them picking their favorites and not worrying about what makes ‘sense’.

>>41734214
The end-game is probably the most mechanically complex of any Pokemon fangame I've ever personally seen, but as for the normal battles I couldn't say as I don't know if it's been patched beyond what I played years ago. I remember grinding and then steamrolling after a point but that's about it.

>>41730980
They just picked popular character post-TD for variety, but that doesn't fix their EoSD boner issues

>>41734214
>Probably just them picking their favorites and not worrying about what makes ‘sense’.
I can respect it, but I think that kind of approach works better for other kinds of games. At least for me, getting good at playing a character I like is a good motivator in versus games.

>>41578714
I've been looking for a touhou game it had a Yukkuri with only legs
That's all I remember but look really rad but no one had link to it or the name of the game.

>>41736543
You referring to Takkoman?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1732480/Takkoman_Kouzatsu_World/

>>41578714
nice animations but that nigga need to learn color theory.
It's all green and I cannot see shit

>>41736652
Thanks King

>>41728297
She's playable in gensowanderer but she's also the worst character to actually use I think.

>>41736738
Pretty good for a fangame made in 2009 imo

>>41736652
Sex on legs.

Just finished Mystia’s game. It was fun. I’ll probably buy the dlc during the holiday sales.

>>41736888
It's nice to see Flan is still cheerful even after contracting diabetes.

I had no idea touhou on another world existed, I was in the mood for some old style pokemans because I'm not interested in the new one so I went looking for that touhoumon rom I played years ago and turns out there's a whole new sequel

>>41578714

>>41578714

>>41580600
Looks like you are missing 3rd Eye in your library there, anon.
Any of these in particular you'd recommend?

>>41753735
I added and played few new games at the end since I initially made the post.

Green = I enjoyed a lot and would highly recommend
Yellow = Decent but have some issues. Not all necessary bad but a bunch are games I will never replay or recommend. I still had fun in most of them regardless of mid ranking. Dropped a few of them and will never play them again.
Red = Games I outright didn't like or just didn't play at all due to not being translated or stuck in early access.

>>41728297
Devil May Cry 5 with the Kasen mod

>>41753886
Takkoman in red. Yuuka in yellow. Mystia in yellow.
Dont tell me you got filtered.

>>41755351
I got filtered by takkoman but the game is also weird as fuck to begin with. It is also not a very good action platformer either. I finished Yuuka but it had too many annoying gimmick stages to make me want to ever replay it. Mystia just got boring for me along with the annoying localization making it confusing and sometimes annoying to figure out what people actually wanted. It had cute sprite work but the gameplay loop wasn't very good.

>>41753886
Which one would ,you recommend first, Lotus Labyrinth R or Gensou Wanderer? I've heard that they're both in a weird spot of being different enough so release order doesn't really matter compared to the rest of Aquastyle's MD works.

>>41756316
gensowanderer is you want a more structured game, it also has a lot more content. Lotus Labyrinth has some quality of life improvements over it but it's mostly a big clusterfuck because of the large party system. Treat Lotus Labyrinth more like an expansion that makes the game cuhrayzee if you like the mystery dungeon elements in the series.

>>41749156
one day later I'm already starting to drop the game because the very first important battle requires grinding up levels on the whole team and I got no time for that shit

>>41580600
>>41753886
How is top row & 4th from right a 2hu game?

>>41758266
that looks like Sumireko

>>41597584
>I guess it's just an issue with Brazil then.
Correct.

>>41758302
So vaguely resembling a Touhou makes it a Touhou game? It has nothing whatsoever to do with Touhou. It's a rougelike/mystery dungeon game where you type words into crystals to make spells.

>>41758442
Note that if you're in Brazil you can still buy the game by using SteamDB and finding the package that contains the game:
https://steamdb.info/sub/750916/
I doubt this kind of thing works for region blocks anywhere else in the world due to how silly the one for Brazil is in first place (I guess Valve just lazily hid the store page for games that don't have age ratings).

>>41756368
Alright then, thanks.

>>41758166
LMAO. Welcome to Aichiya's shitty romhacks. At least you didn't have to fight a fucking Vocaloid in the early game with 990 BST like in World Link.
Speaking of Another World's "sequel", it's more of a rebalance patch with a better leveling curve, rebalanced stats + movepools and better 2hu sprites (Though it doesn't fully fix the overworld's visual glitches). So you might want to give that one a try instead.
I can't tell you how much you'll enjoy it since I dropped it early on though. Puppet Dance Performances system pampered me way too much to enjoy Gen 3's archaic system.

>>41763067
In his defense, it was pretty clear he was a Deviantart kid and most of the games were made in like 2011-2013 back when Pokemon romhacking was both at its peak and (also kind of it's shittiest?), which is partially why they were so popular because the expectations were incredibly low and what was delivered was relatively (keyword) high. All to the point where it even managed to break free of being a Touhou game and managed to make it onto normalfags lists of Pokemon fangames to play back in the day.

But yeah, if you're going to be playing any of them just don't, play PDP instead. use the Revised patches, they dropped a couple years for both games and while I've yet to play them I can only imagine a rebalance from a fan almost a decade later will innately be better than the original game.

8/41 (19.5%) green.
16/41 (39.0%) yellow.
17/41 (41.5%) red.
I don't know why I counted these but I did.

>>41753886
8/41 (19.5%) green.
16/41 (39.0%) yellow.
17/41 (41.5%) red.
I don't know why I counted these but I did.

>>41763067
where do I get that patch?
What is it called exactly?

This just came out today.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1741030/Sanae_Toumaden_X2/

Has anybody played the first one? Are they fun?

>>41771673
They're not the best MMX clones but it's hard to fuck up that formula enough for it not to be fun.

>>41770248
They are called Touhoumon Another World/Touhoumon World Link Revised.
You can get it from their Discord, but just to save you the trouble, here are the patches.
https://mega.nz/folder/XdoyxLxK#h_yndx33YL-26brcMK6MLA

This spreadsheet has a general overview of the Touhous, moves and abilities.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eRFOhlZ5l9XvE2YSbcTs7cres9W4OVQUM_VHB8plvwM/edit?usp=sharing

>>41771673
I still haven't finished Udongein X, mostly because I forgot.

Why is this suddenly so popular of a spinoff topic

>>41780936
I wouldn't say suddenly, but I imagine MMX-likes are relatively easy to make. Doesn't have to be a long game, just has to have some unique powerups, and the genre is so dead that there's even Roguelikes of it. Not to knock on that genre, but it tends to have a lot of those "games people want to play but nobody is making" like Peggle or Beat 'em ups. We need more Zero-likes though, Gravity Circuit is nutso.

>>41774800
I've been playing AWR for the past 15 hours and I've been having a blast.
plain AW just made me miserable, I'm having tons of fun now and I can't stop playing

Replaying Luna Nights and just now learning there was a Cirno boss that was added in a later update. Kind of weird, but it was fun.

>>41793587
I remember her fight being fun and unique but a little easier than I’d like. Though that makes sense considering it’s Cirno, I guess.

Still wish she’d been added to the bossrush challenge though.

Because I was so bored having no new games to play, so I decided to grind until lv99

>>41793587
Oh, did they actually add her to the PC version? I thought she was exclusive to the Switch port.

>>41780936
I got some new Seiran dlc today that includes playable Seiran and a new story apparently. I got it for free so I guess all existing owners of the game just get it?

https://gitgud.io/SHNecro/shanghaiexe/-/releases
Is this the latest shanghai.exe release? I haven't followed it that much and stumbled on my bookmark from ages ago so I want to make sure before I start playing.

>>41799372
I've been looking forward to this for a long time. Just beat up Tewi and Seiran feels great to control so far. I'm very excited about upgrading her.

>>41797901
Yeah, after like a year or two they added her to the Windows Game Store version, and then half a year after that I think they added her to the Steam version. It's honestly really scummy bullshit but in the end there's content parity so I'm not too upset anymore

>>41802564
Different anon but I really don't care about exclusivity clauses if the content eventually reaches parity, if its not really that much content, or both. Especially for smaller studios because, and people who scream about the doujin spirit being the most #1 thing in the world forever and ever and ever and thus by default this is EVIL and WRONG, these guys need the fucking money. Christ, they literally made an entire 3-hour Metroidvania with a surprisingly deep combat system only available for a month. Team Ladybugs already proven through and through that they're quality and I'm willing to give them a pass on something like that.

For those interested in card games this got an english update
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1140150/__Lost_Branch_of_Legend/
This also came out but I don't know how it plays
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1929900/Touhou_Dreamland_of_Infinity/

>>41801086
Yes, and while it's been a long while since I've played from what I understand it's been basically feature-complete for a good year and some change now, with most of the stuff in it being cleaning up endgame request board quests and, like the fucking hero that anon is, actively trying to bring back some extra post-game boss fights and chips that never actually made it into the game in the first place by working off of some streamed beta development footage from pre-takedown iirc. So you really shouldn't hold off on playing as basically the only thing thats missing is netplay and the very last bits of postgame.

No download link for Mystia Izakaya with DLC, huh?

>>41697755
I remember those Warband threads too, never really care for the game but any threads like that and the GTA ones where /jp/ could band heh together were always nice.

>>41808805
>I remember those Warband threads too, never really care for the game but any threads like that and the GTA ones where /jp/ could band heh together were always nice.
I was really disappointed there was no play with /jp/ Halloween event this year.

>>41809438
I'm assuming you mean the GTA thread, and in general I'm just sad they haven't really been around recently. Felt like there was one every couple or so months but I don't think I've seen one this entire year.

>>41809438
>>41811274
I hadn't originally planned to say anything, but I guess I do feel pretty bad about keeping things in the dark for so long.

This and that happened, and I've sort of been homeless for a while! Things happened suddenly and I even had to leave some stuff behind. So, right now my only possessions are a suitcase and a laptop. Didn't even have a bed to sleep on for a bit! My PC and RAID are stored somewhere safe though, at least, so none of the server-related stuff was lost.

I wish I could say I'd be back by such and such date, but honestly anything is up in the air at the moment. Could be as late as February or March. Once I've got a real place to stay again I'll think about what to do with the server, but for right now at least my hands are completely tied.

>>41811996
>This and that happened, and I've sort of been homeless for a while!
That's horrifying, I thought the reason was loss of interest or something mundane, not the NEET nightmare scenario of ending up homeless. If you can't host the server again it's totally understandable.

>>41811996
I didn't mean to make you feel bad about it, if anything now I'm just worried. I'm glad you at least have a rough idea of when you're going to be able to get back to a good living situation, but you matter more than a thread on the jay man.

>>41812554
>>41812561
Ehhh it probably sounds worse than it is, really. I finally have newfound time to clear my backlog of VNs! Frankly being reduced to a single monitor is by far the biggest nuisance more than anything, really hinders any kind of productive work. Now that I've been without stuff for a while though you kind of realize how unimportant a lot of it is, can hardly say I even miss most of it.

As for the server - I'd hoped things would be more stable by now, but alas many months had passed before I even knew it. I don't like making threads myself, so I figured if somebody eventually complained about it then I'd offer an explanation. Though it is true that even before this I was pretty worn out from it at the time, so I can't blame my absence entirely on it. Scripting new stuff takes creativity and motivation, neither of which I really had at the time. It's sort of a downward spiral of not having motivation but also feeling increasingly pressured to do something, which causes you to feel even less motivated.

I would like to rehost it when things are normal again at least, my downtime's given me plenty of time for recreational thought and (hopefully!) some fun ideas.

>>41803529
Might be cool. Has anyone tried any of these games out?

>>41815737
The card game is literally slay the spire (and is better imo), bit pricey but highly recommend
Haven't touched the other game but I think it's a loop hero clone which I didn't really like but maybe I'll give it a go

>>41799372
> I got it for free so I guess all existing owners of the game just get it?
Just checked, unless it was limited to launch day then I got fucked.

>>41817848
i didnt have to add it to my account or anything, i saw that the game got an update and I just owned the dlc.

>>41803529
the second game looks neat, i may pick it up when the steam sale starts in a few days.

>>41812756
Thanks for not leaving us in the dark, sorry to hear about your situation, I really hope things get better on your end but I'm glad to know it's not as bad as it sounds. Take your time, I look forward to the server's comeback when things are normal again!

>>41803529
Gonna keep my eye on that StS clone, looks surprisingly competent.
>>41815903
How bad are the event translations? I couldn't find any english previews except for the card descriptions which looked decent enough.

>>41812756
It's good to know it hasn't totally wrecked your life then, a friend of mine was homeless when I was a teen and though he was more than able to make it through it like it was just a minor scrape, even now as a fully fledged adult the idea itself is hard to wrap my head around. But I digress and still want to stress; you really don't need to feel a need to feel pressured because of this dopey-ass board, just take our appreciation for the fun times and hopes that you'll be able to settle back down into true comfort again soon.

>>41812756
>I finally have newfound time to clear my backlog of VNs!
Any good ones?

>>41821194
I won't derail the thread anymore, but I really loved the Kara no Shoujo series, I wasn't aware the original had gotten an HD remake and it turns out they're doing one of Cartagra too, pretty cool. I highly recommend both starting with Cartagra if you've never read them. Innocent Grey VNs definitely aren't for everyone but I greatly enjoy them. The settings have a nice atmosphere.

>>41618818
>I hate that artstyle so much
This, the retardedly huge foreheads and bows make me angry.

>>41820173
From what I've played the translation for events has been fine except for one which was literally just in chinese

>>41817977
I think they may of fucked up, I HAD the DLC (for free) and now I no longer have it.

>>41818024
Good thing I checked this thread before I bought a couple games, didn't know a sale was happening in two days.
>>41824103
Adding onto this anons post, the translation is apparently 98% done and is going to be wrapped up in the next week or so, and it has credits of like 7-8 different people in the original announcement for the english translation, so at the very least they're not doing the DeepL thing and have either hired full-on translators or just people who'd proofread things enough to not make it look janky.

>>41799372
Sometimes Seiran's hammer strikes hit multiple times per swing and other times they don't.
I sort of got a "feel" for it by the end of the game, but I never did figure out precisely what causes it, which lead to getting hit a fair bit by not knowing whether an enemy would die when I wanted them to or not.
Aside from that, she's fun, unsurprisingly. Just gotta go back and actually pay for her lol cause I played before that got fixed

>>41824103
>>41828908
Good to know. Just wanted to make sure the MTL level engrish on the store page wasn't indicative of the in-game translation.

>>41578714

bodiga ameze

>>41829466
It seems like it's just the cards that have the worst of it, but I haven't noticed anything thats really REALLY bad.

>>41826010
Yeah, the dev made mention of his fuckup on Twitter.

>>41836907
And?

>>41843079
shingo kick

Just beat the final boss of Three Fairies Hoppin Flappin Great Adventure. Pretty fun game, though I hit the level cap before the end. Basically ended up using two main tactics through the whole game, so getting a whole bunch didn't really do much for me. I wonder if you can go over level 100 in the post-game? It pretty explicitly opens up some stuff and there are crystals to refight the bosses. Might check those things out before moving on. The art used ingame is pretty cute, though.

>>41578714
any truely Megaman Zero-like touhou clones?

what's some good fangames I can get on steam?
so far I have Luna nights, Gensokoyo night festival (i hope it finishes soon), the orignal 2huvanias, and Dolldraft. Im considering getting the Sanae toumaden x games since theyre cheap, Genso wanderer reloaded (im dying for more Kasen in fangames), and lost branch of Legend (looks really fun and promising for an early access game.) Also dont know how blooming chaos is considered but it also looks neat at least. The more I play the mainline games the more fangames ive been wanting to play.

>>41578714
I've always wanted a 3rd person hack-and-slash where you play as Momiji.

>>41862207
I just bought blooming chaos 2 and its okay, I dunno I was expecting a bit more but its pretty at least.

>>41859065
Sorry, there's only MM and MMX clones, and then a single MMBN clone.
>>41862207
Yoiyami Dancers, Takkoman, UDONGEIN X and GENSOU Skydrift are all games I enjoyed that are on Steam.

>>41862207
The Chinese LuaSTG games are good. In particular, Impermanent Elegance of Sakura and Blue Devil in the Belvedere.
There are some good Danmakufu games on Steam too, but they are more easily available elsewhere (Servants of Harvest Wish is my favorite).

>>41648654
There's mods for all that
Also as mentioned there's a MUGEN full game that's basically a normal fighter, Gensou Reloaded iirc and it's even got peer to peer netplay

>>41658745
Maybe someone will rip the models for L4D or something. Also I'm just guessing off the name but is it meant to be a Touhou take on FEAR?

I'm so tired of the Izakaya game needing to update like 5 times daily

>>41859065
The things that define MMZ from MMX are so unique that you're not likely to really find something "in the style" of it. Pretty much the only thing thing that at its core is different is having a sword and a ranking system, because the further you go into the Zero series the more you get the stuff like the pole or the Cyberelf system or Forms or Chips that's akin to say, a game where Suika can absorb bullets, where the character mechanics just make it "a unique spin on MMX" than it does make it a game like MMZ. I honestly can't find a better way to word it because I'm retarded but I hope I'm making sense.

>>41578714
I found a really old tou hou SMB hack from rom depot anon on /vr/. I was so delighted but it's crazy tough, even for a smb hack

>>41862404
Okay the only good thing I can say about this game is Orin has an attack where she just goes on a joyride in a shopping card and doesn't stop until she slams into a wall. The rest of this game is really mediocre at best and so many of the characters suck.

>>41876061
>I'm so tired of the Izakaya game needing to update like 5 times daily
Welcome to modern gayming.

>>41887475
I imagine it's a lot of tiny translation fixes, because there's always lines of dialogue in these games that get missed.

Threads on it's way out but I figured I might as well ask in case he's around; any big update threads coming for Shanghai soon?

Some fun short thing with Mount & Blade combat system merged with mecha gameplay, give it a try
https://noeticnightjar.itch.io/armored-koa

>>41897981
Shanghai.exe? I didn't even know it was still in development after the C&Ds

>>41900112
There's been recurring threads on it for the past... two years, give or take? I'd say I'm surprised you've missed it but considering the state of things I'm not sure I can blame you.

>>41905263
What I don't get is why not just change the style of the game instead of calling it Shanghai.exe. don't think Capcom has the rights to the gameplay style considering path to eden is fairly similar but didn't get C&D as far as I know.

>>41905563
It's been explained extremely heavily in depth but ironically it's completely irrelevant now. If you're really curious go digging through the archives since it'll take me like two paragraphs to give a good rundown on what happened and whats happening going forward beyond that.

Can anyone who's beaten Three Fairies' Hoppin' Flappin' Great Journey help a dumbass out? I've beaten Dai at the lake, but now I need the extra jump height for the factory. Where can I find the "Patharan" fluff ball enemy to craft the rabbit tail+ with?

>>41907128
Go to the bamboo forest and talk to Reisen. Also, if you get stuck, don't be afraid to check the hints part on the menu. This is a bit of a spoiler, but you're going to have 3 different areas to visit soon. Each of them will be out of the "future" areas.

>>41909176
Thanks for the advice. I caved and watched a lets play, and reaching the factory didn't require the rabbit tail+ since steps got spawned in.

>>41898442
Yeah, that was a fun little game. Very clearly a jam game though, very rough and short.

>>41697755
>>41686499
>>41808805
The touhou mod for bannerlord has honestly gotten me more hyped for the game than the game itself. Though, last I played it, it had been right after it came into open beta.

I should probably give it a try again now that it's released properly.

>>41897981
No game update/release for the cancelversary unfortunately, best I'll be able to do is a "progress" update. Might not even be able to hit the 18th either since something's come up on that exact date, so thread will either go up the day before (hopefully) or a few days after.

Probably going to be a bunch of spoiler posts to get feedback on the mechanics I've got rough plans for, and maybe some begging for assets before I resort to mspaint/google.
I'm already realizing that the posts are going to read like a postmortem "here's what my plans were", but I'm still "working" on it, even if it's the equivalent of a junk car sitting sitting in my driveway that I'll definitely get working some day.
That said, I did burn out on the game I was playing instead of doing anything productive with the time I did have, so things might be looking up.

bump

neat

Anyone else here who was part of GAP (Gensokyo Archival Project) a few months ago? Is there anything else we should try to recover that's old and in need of preservation? I remember a few Touhou fangames were basically on the edge of being lost to time until a few anons dragged them out of their harddrives.

>>41931589
I don't remember what happened to GAP after Moriya shrine went back up, but it is a shame because I would still like to help out in any way I can and people seem to have lost interest after it was no longer considered an emergency. Its ironic because what many people should have taken from this is that it can happen at any time and preservation is always a priority.

>>41932483
I have things I care about backed up my hard drive. I'm just not very good with technology so I haven't taken steps to make it accessible.
As it is now, it is still enough to make me sleep soundly at night, knowing nothing will be truly lost. I'm sure there are many other anons like me, too.

>>41932483
There's also the fact that the jay is now a board where threads need to get bumped every 10-ish hours to not fall off, which makes it really hard to keep a consistent thread up for preservation on top of the already mentioned loss of people once the knee-jerk reaction was over, and also the fact that all forms of preservation require at least someone to host a repository.

>>41931547
>pay me 5 bucks to tack your name onto the credits of a game you didnt make and I didnt make but Im doing a translation on
What the fuck is wrong with this guy
Just fucking say that people can support you through patreon if they appreciate the work that you do out of your love for the games and series. This shit is just scummy

>>41931547
Cool, I knew something was in the plans after seeing the language option in the settings.
Hopefully DoD shows up there too eventually.
I don't care about NoR though

>>41931547
Not touching anything h*kanai translates

>>41931547
>hakanaiblue
And just like that, my interest in this has dropped to nothing. Here's to hoping steam reviews mention his scumbaggery when it releases.

>>41933673
What else would you expect from the man that actively attempted to stomp out fangames and fan translations to boost his own resume? Calling someone like him scum is an insult to scum.

>>41934241
>>41934319
>notifies nippon devs of western rule-breaking
>nippon devs respond, want them removed
>is in full legal right to do so
what seems to be the problem, exactly? sounds to me like a bunch of touhou fans just want to pretend that japanese themselves shouldn't have agency. Stealing is something black - people do by the way

>>41934241
I'm sorry to the thread for this post, I didn't realize he'd come to the thread if I didn't censor his name like other anons did.

>>41934336
Shouldn't you be working on your MTL touchup there hackanai?

>>41933673
Translation sponsored by: list of names
It doesn't seem particularly scummy, although I wouldn't pay for it.

>>41931589
It's hard to organize properly because of the risk of DMCA and paying for hosting to begin with
Honestly I'm just tempted to put my personal collection as an onionsite using onionshare on my PC, it's annoying how file sharing still hasn't progressed in 2023
>>41931547
Time to pirate

>>41935229
>get paid by company to translate game
>beg for more money from other people to say they're sponsors and put their name in the game
Sounds scummy as hell to me, but fuck, I'm just happy that a game I love will get an official translation so I'll take what I can get.

>>41934336
Maybe the same should be done to Strawberry Bose regarding Hakanai wanting outside money and promising to add something that doesn't have anything to do with the game in its credits too.

>>41935524
The thing is, I'm pretty sure he doesn't get paid by the circle to translate the game, and that he gets nothing from sales.

>>41935524
Too green. Official translations don't matter for a game that's had one for a decade. Fuck off.
>>41935895
Good. Still won't buy it and support him encroaching his ass into the fangame community.

>>41936029
I mean, official translations for an officially released game on Steam. Sure I would be fine with the fanmade translation getting ported over too, but I'm pretty sure everyone who worked on the project years ago died or lost interest on Touhou long ago. Plus it's kind of cool to see doujin game devs who publish their things on Steam to recognize the western fandom enough that they're willing to have an official translation of their game too.
...Shame that we're in the current age of dubiously moralfag translators who throw themselves at Japanese artists who don't know any better at every opportunity.
At least I bought the game before the translation was even announced so I hope none of the cents I paid go to that fag.

>>41936072
>Plus it's kind of cool to see doujin game devs who publish their things on Steam to recognize the western fandom enough that they're willing to have an official translation of their game too.
As mentioned before, this is the very same man whose entire goal is to get on devs good sides by wiping out pirated copies of games. Which is what he tells himself anyways, but what's actually happening is an attempted deletion of things like fan-patches along with fangames, some of which may very well have been lost entirely due to his actions, so there's a huge difference between reality and what you're assuming the better of.

These are not "devs who saw a western audience and decided to push for a translation and accidentally stumbled onto a retard". These are "devs who were approached by a bootlicker actively trying to stomp out that audience so he could build his new foundation of top of it". By the mans own words when he targeted the shrine, he wanted to become some kind of ambassador.

>>41936263
Yeah, that's what I meant with the second line. I wouldn't be surprised if he immediately got into contact with them as soon as the Steam version was announced just to be the first in line to translate the game.
In any case, now that the deed is done, all I can do is hope the translation isn't absolute garbage. I'm still happy that I finally got to support Strawberry Bose after all the time I spent on this game anyway so I'll just consider this as another of their bad decisions, such as the endless DRM their games from NoR onwards had.

Does dlsite or melonbooks still carry genius of sappheiros? I can't seem to find it. I'd like to compile a list of places people can buy the game originally from and aquire the translation patch instead of supporting him and spread that around.

>>41936657
Ah wait, found weekend edition on dlsite, but melonbooks and toranoana aren't bringing any matches.

https://www.dlsite.com/home/work/=/product_id/RJ093173.html
https://www.mediafire.com/download/l0jyl7e6jwbal57/GoS_Weekend_Eng_Packages.rar

>>41936657
>I'd like to compile a list of places people can buy the game originally from and aquire the translation patch instead of supporting him and spread that around
The only one that you'll find is the weekened version, and that already has a fan translation that's like a decade old. Mind you, it lacks the extra dungeons, characters, new skills, equipment, balance changes, etc. from the Steam version.

Also, I'm pretty sure the translation Hackanai makes won't be compatible in the least with Weekend. Or vice-versa.
You can't even get old saves from Weekend to work on the Steam version, and I'm pretty sure the engine is also completely different. Since this is a port of the console/Vita version of GoS (instead of the original PC version), which use different animations, sfx and screen resolution.

>>41937066
>Since this is a port of the console/Vita version of GoS
Man this isn't the first time this has happened either, the LoT2 update on Steam uses the Switch version which actually runs significantly better among other fixes but still.

>Hackenai continues to live rent free in /jp/s head