You could probably just steal the IaMP sprites right? I'm sure no one would mind
I think they even had a sprite rip on this site somewhere...
Hmmm... about what each character is supposed to accomplish...
Just live?
-Well you could have Reimu have to get enough cash to throw a party
-Marisa could have someone she wants to get better at fighting then or maybe want to be able to perfect Master Spark. (A high level achievement)
-Sakuya... thats a hard one. Be the perfect maid? I dunno. She sort of is a black and white char. She is also glitching up the other characters which is annoying >_> She could maybe have her story finish at becoming a perfect maid, getting special training from someone.
Anyway the game needs some serious polishing
I would love to do it but lack the tools and skills. I can report bugs like being able to walk on walls and things though.
It would probably be a good idea to have a main quest for each character and some generic standardized quests to lighten the load of work.
Ok here are a few ideas Im going to throw your way:
You can have sakuya and marisa start with some cash
- All of the different chars should have at least basic skills in their specialty. Reimu basic writing, Marisa having basic alchemy, Sakuya basic cleaning or something. After all that is what they do for a living...
- It might be a good idea to make the forest fairies easy to beat up. After all in all of the touhou games they are just cannon fodder. They actually can kill you early on... Leave the oni and the rest of the harder enemies to be hard to fight.
- A good battle system. The current one is ok but just meh. Just having the attack function would be nice along with having the special skills using up items. Marisa using mushrooms, reimu using charms (probably should be items though so the better the charm is the higher the chance it has to work), Sakuya is another trouble character. She can have some sort of an MP gauge? Work off her stamina? Who knows...
- Weapons to buy! Weaps and armor. Any rpg has weapons and armor to buy or even to craft. A crafting system would be great. I could make the icons for the stuff if you need me to. Also accessory shops selling character only accessories like a large red bow for reimu. It could prevent silence. And of course the generic ones like a jeweled ring which prevents poison.
- Gifts! You should be able to give gifts. The thing is the more that the character likes you, the less the gift helps. So that way you can't buy their friendship *insert evil laugh here*
Suika - booze (rare and reg sake)
Sakuya - Knives and books. Generic books like novels
Patchy - Rare books like tomes and ancient diaries
Remilia - Jewelery and curiosities (Hey, any better ideas?)
Flandre - Toys and such
Marisa - Spell tomes
- You could do alot with the friend system. Like you can persuade your friends to give you some cash if they like you enough but you would take a hit on their friendship scale.
- It would be nice to recruit friends to help fight, for instance if you need to go somewhere for a hard quest you could maybe bribe suika for her help. That way you would have two people fighting instead of one. (Probably would want a max of three friends tagging along)
- You can have materials for a crafting system be in some deep dark dungeon. Or slaying a monster for a quest. Having friends come along would help out a bit.
- Better responses from characters. Really Marisa only has to say (I am the great witch of Gensokyo.) You could have her say something and if you keep talking to her have her get made and say "Get out of my house! You're annoying!"
Just some quick ideas