yt:channel: williewillus https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg 2008-11-30T18:50:07+00:00 yt:video:amfsxeKpqHM amfsxeKpqHM UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg williewillus https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg 2023-06-10T03:07:38+00:00 2023-06-17T06:02:27+00:00 Touhou Shining Shooting Star x Project Beril Crossover: Sanae All Project Beril got a very exciting DLC this week. Seiwell basically took Shining Shooting Star and ported Stage 2, Stage 5, and Tensei to his new engine in Project Beril. Sanae and Marisa are available to play, and of course Beril as well. Shining Shooting Star is and remains one of the top fangames of all time despite its 7-year-old age, and it's super exciting to be able to play it in HD on a modern engine. (In fact, this DLC was released on the 7th anniversary of the original SSS's release!) This video showcases clears of the three available stages with Sanae. Stage 2 and 5 were the usual (though I'm rusty on SSS). Tensei on the other hand is quite brutal with only 2 lives, but I managed to pull through. I also captured the TLB final for the first time ever. Something is wrong with the lasers on Tensei spell 2, you can just stand there and not get hit lol. I pray to any and all gods that Seiwell ports the rest of SSS to this engine so SSS can have a full HD remake. This is already like a third of the game do the rest pleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaase. Buy Project Beril and the DLC here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1250900/Project_Beril/ Find out more about the original Shining Shooting Star on the wiki: https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Shining_Shooting_Star 0:00 Intro 0:37 Stage 2 4:59 Stage 5 11:15 Tensei yt:video:spNBVBGA600 spNBVBGA600 UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg williewillus https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg 2023-05-29T18:31:00+00:00 2023-06-11T01:12:26+00:00 Touhou Scar of the Sky (Touhou x Xuan-Yuan Sword Crossover): Lunatic 1cc (Reimu) From the guy that brought you the Touhou x Octopath crossover (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHfF3FpZBQc), here's another crossover fangame, this time with Xuan-Yuan Sword, a fantasy rpg series set in ancient China. "Scar of the Sky" is specifically the third side game in the series. Overall, I feel pretty much the same way as the last crossover. Very high effort, but as someone who doesn't play or know about the crossed-over series it's hard to care that much. The patterns are kinda mediocre as well. The gameplay is basically Let's Play SA Marisa B, but with elemental affiliations and UM cards. You switch between the five elements either with shift+Z like SA, or pressing C and a direction key to pick. According to the Chinese tradition, each element "generates" an element (the next one in the circle clockwise), and "suppresses" an element (the next-next one in the circle clockwise). Killing an enemy with an elemental aura can do two things: - With the element that generates the enemy's element, extra items are dropped - With the element that suppresses the enemy's element, you get a pretty large screen clear around the enemy - Boss spell cards can have elements as well, you can tell by looking at the first Chinese character in the spell's name. If you capture a spell with the element that suppresses the enemy's element, you get extra drops. Grazing produces power every so often. At the end of each stage, if you have full power you get life/bomb pieces, otherwise you just get items. Next, your power is drained and you get a pool of cards, one card for every 2 power you have. Either you take them (Z), or smelt them (C), which turns them into point items. Cards only last for the next stage and then disappear. All the shot types are the same, only differing in their bomb and special ability. Reimu's special ability is that after dying you get 2 life and 3 bomb pieces back. This stacks with the card I got in stage 2 and 4 that also does something similar, which led to every death basically only losing me 1/5 a life in those two stages. Very OP. Here's all the cards that were available in each shop (the shop is technically the beginning of the stage): Stage 2: 1. Get 2 life pieces back when dying 2. Fire shot +1 way 3. Water options become homing 4. Fire shot +1 option Stage 3: 1. Smelt for 2 life and 2 bomb pieces 2. Every 50s, get a life piece and a full screen clear 3. Main fire shot becomes homing Stage 4: 1. Get 2 life pieces back when dying (I got this one twice lmfao) 2. When you get items from grazing, also fires off an attack 3. Fire shot rate up 4. Metal shot rate up Stage 5: 1. Water shot rate up 2. One-use item, press shift+z during the stage to consume it and deal 9999 damage in front of you 3. Fire shot +1 way 4. Guarantees your lives will be 4 or more at the end of the stage (aka if you have below 4 lives, refill to 4) Stage 6: 1. Water shot rate up 2. Wood shot +1 way 3. Wood options becomes homing 4. Main fire shot becomes homing yt:video:j8a9axqkwhQ j8a9axqkwhQ UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg williewillus https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg 2023-05-25T06:01:47+00:00 2023-06-08T00:27:19+00:00 Touhou EIoS Lunatic 2 Miss No Bomb (Marisa & Yuyuko) -- You won't believe where he dies! New PB. As with all my PB runs, it seems it is cursed. Before watching, I'd like you to guess where you think I died... ... ready? Ok, if you guessed anywhere in stage 5 or 6, you're wrong. 1. 15:17 Stage 3 final. Some of the lasers and amulets aimed weirdly then I panicked, left the usual route, and promptly got sniped. 2. 21:33 Stage 4 Unknown Luminous Orb. I was a bit twitchy and didn't hold right arrow long enough to dodge the bullet. Sigh. Stage 5 opening was extremely cursed and I don't know how I didn't die. Almost didn't make the dye requirement which would've been hilarious. Onwards and upwards? yt:video:pBjXKZkFVUI pBjXKZkFVUI UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg williewillus https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg 2023-05-22T17:56:22+00:00 2023-06-12T07:49:04+00:00 Touhou eios and maybe something else funny like ctc yt:video:qruE2ivhiHI qruE2ivhiHI UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg williewillus https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg 2023-05-21T03:36:34+00:00 2023-06-09T00:35:26+00:00 Touhou Sapphire Panlogism Carrefour 1cc (Reimu) Carrefour is the Phantasm-equivalent in Sapphire Panlogism. The only thing it makes me think of is the supermarket though, lmao. Please excuse the camera view being too big, I'm still figuring out a good system for it, but hope it's helpful or interesting to have. Game is still super jank though, it crashed after the ending sequence so I couldn't save a replay. Download the game here: https://urbanmagic.itch.io/thsp yt:video:aXJdMHGf0Ig aXJdMHGf0Ig UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg williewillus https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg 2023-05-21T03:33:41+00:00 2023-06-13T15:56:47+00:00 Touhou Sapphire Panlogism Extra 1cc (Reimu) Wanted to clear Carrefour, turns out I never cleared Extra either lol, so here it is. Pretty simple extra, cleared the second attempt through. The game is pretty crashy/unstable, and was unwilling to save a replay, so here's the 360p live-recorded video :P Download the game here: https://urbanmagic.itch.io/thsp yt:video:QOizGk_iqKQ QOizGk_iqKQ UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg williewillus https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg 2023-05-20T07:58:06+00:00 2023-05-20T10:19:44+00:00 Elegant Impermanence of Sakura Idle Practice eios idle practice and maybe one full run yt:video:s65PxanWHAU s65PxanWHAU UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg williewillus https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg 2023-05-11T18:14:55+00:00 2023-05-11T21:04:27+00:00 Elegant Impermanence of Sakura & Touhou 19 Demo Also trying out a new setup that has a camera view of the keyboard for easier run verification. yt:video:-uqdlSFtrS4 -uqdlSFtrS4 UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg williewillus https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg 2023-05-08T05:04:17+00:00 2023-06-07T11:50:13+00:00 Touhou 19 Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost - Blind Demo Gameplay yt:video:-QVsK4Dbje8 -QVsK4Dbje8 UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg williewillus https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg 2023-05-08T00:49:36+00:00 2023-06-14T11:03:32+00:00 Touhou 19 Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost Demo Story Lunatic 1cc (Seiran) Lunatic "1cc" (not losing any battle) of the new game's demo. Copied from my hard video: I think this game is deceptively different from PoFV and you should come to it with a clear and open mind. Some observations: - Charging and scoping now have the same key, X. C releases a bomb and drains your meter back to 1. - The scope shapes are all pretty unique, and scoping bullets slow-grazes them like it does in HBM, which releases the "Bullet Money" items to charge your meter. Note that you have to pick these up (there's a POC, but unlikely it'll be useful given how chaotic things get). - Enemies have more HP, which incentivizes using Lv1 a lot more often (and thus scoping more often, and thus getting more meter for higher level attacks) - Scoping slows down enemies too, so you can bunch enemies together and kill them all at once for chaining. It's a bit different from PoFV where it's always a linear chain. - The boss sprites are drawn by Tasofro and look great. - The remixes are okay, but the title and early stage/Reimu theme are really really good. The early stage/Reimu theme reminds me a lot of the mid-stage theme in HBM, which was also one of my favorites. - Ability cards are not that much of a problem IMO, despite what some malding superplayers might want you to think. In story mode, you only gain one card per boss, and it's related to the boss you defeat. In essence, it's a power system. There's much less randomness to it than HBM/UM. The fact that enemies have more HP, maybe too much, is a separate complaint that is orthogonal to the ability cards. I personally think the tankiness is intentional though, to incentivize Lv1's and scoping. Let's just have some time to acclimate to the game before malding again, ok? - Some people report glitches like the game crashing on Return to Title. This doesn't seem to be happening to me at all (I can quit any time I want without the game crashing). So keep that in mind before you run your mouth on ZUN. Bugs are hard and it's possible it works on his machine tm. - My biggest gripe so far is that most special attacks have no invulnerability/bullet clearing/defensive use. It feels pretty bad to release a Lv2 then die 0.1s later. The game should be on Steam within the next day or so, I'll add a link here soon once it is. yt:video:fm7p-rG8xUc fm7p-rG8xUc UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg williewillus https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg 2023-05-07T18:10:46+00:00 2023-06-14T07:51:59+00:00 Touhou 19 Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost Demo Hard Story 1cc (Marisa) Hard "1cc" (not losing any battle) of the new game's demo. I think this game is deceptively different from PoFV and you should come to it with a clear and open mind. Some observations: - Charging and scoping now have the same key, X. C releases a bomb and drains your meter back to 1. - The scope shapes are all pretty unique, and scoping bullets slow-grazes them like it does in HBM, which releases the "Bullet Money" items to charge your meter. Note that you have to pick these up (there's a POC, but unlikely it'll be useful given how chaotic things get). - Enemies have more HP, which incentivizes using Lv1 a lot more often (and thus scoping more often, and thus getting more meter for higher level attacks) - Scoping slows down enemies too, so you can bunch enemies together and kill them all at once for chaining. It's a bit different from PoFV where it's always a linear chain. - The boss sprites are drawn by Tasofro and look great. - The remixes are okay, but the title and early stage/Reimu theme are really really good. The early stage/Reimu theme reminds me a lot of the mid-stage theme in HBM, which was also one of my favorites. - Ability cards are not that much of a problem IMO, despite what some malding superplayers might want you to think. In story mode, you only gain one card per boss, and it's related to the boss you defeat. In essence, it's a power system. There's much less randomness to it than HBM/UM. The fact that enemies have more HP, maybe too much, is a separate complaint that is orthogonal to the ability cards. I personally think the tankiness is intentional though, to incentivize Lv1's and scoping. Let's just have some time to acclimate to the game before malding again, ok? - Some people report glitches like the game crashing on Return to Title. This doesn't seem to be happening to me at all (I can quit any time I want without the game crashing). So keep that in mind before you run your mouth on ZUN. Bugs are hard and it's possible it works on his machine tm. - My biggest gripe so far is that most special attacks have no invulnerability/bullet clearing/defensive use. It feels pretty bad to release a Lv2 then die 0.1s later. The game should be on Steam within the next day or so, I'll add a link here soon once it is. yt:video:NWM4C7fBSq8 NWM4C7fBSq8 UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg williewillus https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg 2023-05-07T07:14:43+00:00 2023-06-08T09:44:11+00:00 Introduction to the Touhou Games for Beginners (Touhoufest 2023 Panel) This is a re-recording of my panel "Danmaku Shooting Games: A Primer and FAQ", presented at Touhoufest 2023. The Touhoufest 2023 panel room was kinda jank and there seems to not have been any good recordings of my panel from the event, so I did another clean run through of the talk for anyone interested in going back to revisit it. I hope you enjoy and see you (yes, you) at Touhoufest 2024. 0:00 Intro 4:38 Background on STG's and Bullet Hell 7:27 Buying the Games & Required Equipment 10:42 Good First Game and Difficulty 14:59 Game Format & Appearance 21:27 Controls & General Technique 27:41 Commonly-Encountered Bullet Patterns 28:28 Random Patterns 29:21 Aimed Patterns & Streaming 33:22 Misdirection 34:51 Vertical and Circular Streaming 36:11 Micro and macro dodging 39:01 Individual pattern quirks 41:03 Blind Killers 43:22 Tips for Stages 46:43 Effective Practice 48:08 Community & Wrap-Up yt:video:HLwYgtxPtSs HLwYgtxPtSs UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg williewillus https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg 2023-05-01T19:18:31+00:00 2023-06-09T01:38:02+00:00 Touhoufest 2023 Closing Ceremony (full) I attended Touhoufest 2023 (the inaugural Touhoufest) in Torrance, LA this past weekend. This is the recording of the full closing ceremony. I had an amazing time, and logged my thoughts and feedback on the event on the forums, check out the thread and give it a read https://www.shrinemaiden.com/index.php?topic=439.0 I hope to see you all next year! yt:video:KS_YYSnyWS0 KS_YYSnyWS0 UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg williewillus https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg 2023-04-28T02:53:12+00:00 2023-06-08T01:24:03+00:00 Like Dreamer Extra 1cc (Yuri ABAA) Extra stage of Like Dreamer got released on PC today. Relatively forgiving, I got this clear on my 2nd attempt. My 1st gameovered on the final. I think I like Cosmo Dreamer's Extra stage a bit more than this one though. I wish the game would just let "nonspells" and "spells" share the same healthbar, like in Touhou. Seeing 16 hearts for every attack is kinda amusing otherwise. And yes, there's a dichotomy and you can tell which attacks are "nons" and which are "spells", because the nons don't have bomb invulnerability and are easier. Buy the game here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1867740/Like_Dreamer/ yt:video:CVizh5pCzkI CVizh5pCzkI UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg williewillus https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClOoPviAQWGloj0z4Vn82dg 2023-04-23T06:30:42+00:00 2023-06-07T12:22:49+00:00 Touhou Marine Benefit Hard 1cc (Reimu A) Looked back and was surprised I never posted this game before. Old janky 2013(?) Japanese fangame, but hugely influential to many other fangames that came after it. I love the stage 5 theme a lot. It has no replay system so I had to record live. Lunatic in a few weeks maybe?