Touhou: "Reimu's Rainbow Raspberries"

[Youkai_Of_Creation]

Summer is in full bloom in Gensokyo, it's been awhile since the last "Incident" and Reimu has finally had some time to relax. Yeah it seems that Reimu at last had some time to practice her secret hobby, you guessed it, Picking raspberries.

After a long day of harvest however something very strange happened. Alice lost her colors, all 7 of them, coincidentaly ending up in Reimu's harvest basket. The concentrated magical powers of Alice's colors combined with fruit created a solidified rainbow. What the heroines don't know is that the rainbow bridge granted access to a part of Gensokyo none of them have even heard of.

Unfortunatly for Reimu her raspberries were beamed out along with the rainbow bridge, she must now persue her collected fruit in order to get them back. Marisa also tags along after knowing what happened, knowing that without her colors Alice may become terribly ill.

What lies in the strange new land? Which new youkai will Reimu and Marisa encounter? Will Marisa succeed in returning Alice's colors? And will Reimu obtain her lost raspberries?

The game will be produced in Touhou Danmakufu. I'm planing on implementing a special scoring system that requires the player to collect the lost raspberries and the boss characters will be custom made. Stay tuned! 

[Doomsday]

hmm. it'll be interesting to see how this turns out.

[Youkai_Of_Creation]

hmm. it'll be interesting to see how this turns out.

What started out as a parody of ZUN's storylines between me and my friend ended up being an idea that I just couldnt ignore X3

[Drake]

it also sounds like an idea that will be abandoned

[Primula]

Interesting...

[Zengar Zombolt]

it also sounds like an idea that will be abandoned

Sad but true.

[Achii]

That idea really sounds interesting, good luck! :3

[Cadmas]

I like the title the most. Forget Alice; I'm more concerned about Reimu's poor raspberries.

[Primula]

Wonder if it will be like Imperishable Night, alternate bosses?

[Youkai_Of_Creation]

Just to keep people up to date, because itl take awhile for it to be presentable:

Im almost done with making the functions and shortcuts for alot of enemy commands, im working on the enemies of stage 1. I made some junk sprites (The word I use for "Until I get photoshop again") to use until I make the real ones, the yin-yan enemies look presentable with their spining rings, but the fairies are ugly so il wait abit before snapshoting

I'm trying to figure out how to get Marisa involved properly, the alternate boss idea is gold but I need a reason for her making use of the whole raspberry scoring system, maybe replace the rasberries with color swatches? I mean they both have different goals this time (Even if Reimu's incident IS of more concern.)

Stage 1 is gonna be about crossing the rainbow bridge, excect to see some sky youkai!

[Primula]

I see!

[Youkai_Of_Creation]

Hello everyone! Just to let everyone know my forte or atleast the forte im shooting for is graphics, I love to be both the spriter and cutin artist of my games, im sorta learning how to sprite though:



That didn't take me too long, it was made from scratch without a reference (probably why it looks kinda messy/inconsistent/anatomically incorrect) Is Kogasa going to make a suprise apearance in Reimu's Rainbow Raspberries? probably not...Just picked her as my practice victim.

Is there an awesome way to learn to animate sprites though? Im total rubish at it so far, I dont even know how clothing/hair should even move...

[Zengar Zombolt]

(probably why it looks kinda messy/inconsistent/anatomically incorrect)

What is this nonsense you're talking about

[Youkai_Of_Creation]

(probably why it looks kinda messy/inconsistent/anatomically incorrect)

What is this nonsense you're talking about

That poor umbrella never saw it coming X3 if theres one thing I find I couldve done better i would be the umbrella, it stands out in a weird way

[Zengar Zombolt]

Hey, I love how it looks. Don't be hatin' on poor Umbrella~

[Youkai_Of_Creation]

Hey, I love how it looks. Don't be hatin' on poor Umbrella~

Thanks X3 Il need to find a good way to make animated sprites though, Il probably need better tools than Paint too X3

[Zengar Zombolt]

Thanks X3 Il need to find a good way to make animated sprites though, Il probably need better tools than Paint too X3

Il probably need better tools than Paint too X3

Paint

HOLY SHIT
This is made with MOTHERFUCKING PAINt?
I fear for what Paint.net will do in your hands. (The good kind of fear)

[Youkai_Of_Creation]

Thanks X3 Il need to find a good way to make animated sprites though, Il probably need better tools than Paint too X3

Il probably need better tools than Paint too X3

Paint

HOLY SHIT
This is made with MOTHERFUCKING PAINt?
I fear for what Paint.net will do in your hands. (The good kind of fear)

Yeah, id like to go ahead and blame the program as to why I cant do animations, but at the same time it's something I havent practiced yet. Not being able to work with layers or special commands makes it really annoying which is why I need to try new programs.

Paint.net? Sounds like a browser thing though how does that work? *goes to check*

[Zengar Zombolt]

Paint.net? Sounds like a browser thing though how does that work? *goes to check*

It's just an image creator/Modifier, like Photoshop. The .net part means it uses the .net framework.

[Achii]

Graphicsgale.

It has onion skin that makes animations easier and a preview.
GO GET IT NAO

[Youkai_Of_Creation]

For all those expecting some news on the fangame, im sorry, because my laptop still has no news and im limited on the tools I can use, instead I practice more sprites, again from scratch.



Hooray for really bad clothing fold shading, I need lots more practice, also I know that Hiziri's shiny color scroll-y thing isn't supposed to look like that, I just couldn't handle it.

I need to get a new program, Paint is starting to be annoying with it's lack of layers and tools.

[Zengar Zombolt]

It's GREAT!
My only gripe would be that she does not look like floating.

[Youkai_Of_Creation]

It's GREAT!
My only gripe would be that she does not look like floating.

Thanks! Also I noticed why the folds look random, the skirt and cape are rounded, I shouldve DRAWN the folds before shading them XD And yea the legs are placed in a way that it makes it look like shes standing, I planned on making them alittle more spread out like the original sprite but I kinda fail at legs at the moment XD

[Primula]

Keep up the good work