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※How to make Touhou derived work - Doujin & ZUN's Touhou guidelines
Fulisha of Light:
--- Quote from: N-Forza on January 28, 2015, 03:31:07 AM ---It's entirely possible that even Japanese fans aren't aware of ZUN's suggestion not to name things in a similar pattern after his works, since I don't think he made a huge deal of it.
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Huh, that's interesting.
Colticide:
--- Quote from: Fulisha of Light on January 28, 2015, 02:47:06 AM ---I'm kinda confused about not naming your work "Touhou XXX"; The Last Comer, Mystical Power Plant, Riverbed Soul Saver, and White Names Spoiled Past all have the same format for their names. Are they excluded because they clearly state they are fangames? ???
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Pretty much what N-Forza said, the only issue is that these could be confused for official games to those who are new to touhou or new/outside of doujin. Personally I feel it better to started moving towards not using the Touhou XXX format and trying to come up with something else. You can still your Eastern but under a different name though, Touyou comes to mind as it means Eastern/Oriental if I remember, correct me if I'm wrong.
All this information is hard to grasp for me, I think it's just my lack of understanding that's making it difficult for it all to sink in.
Uruwi:
--- Quote from: Colticide on January 28, 2015, 04:23:40 AM ---Pretty much what N-Forza said, the only issue is that these could be confused for official games to those who are new to touhou or new/outside of doujin. Personally I feel it better to started moving towards not using the Touhou XXX format and trying to come up with something else. You can still your Eastern but under a different name though, Touyou comes to mind as it means Eastern/Oriental if I remember, correct me if I'm wrong.
All this information is hard to grasp for me, I think it's just my lack of understanding that's making it difficult for it all to sink in.
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But Touyou can be confused with Touhou, right?
Colticide:
--- Quote from: Fluffy8x on January 28, 2015, 05:09:48 AM ---But Touyou can be confused with Touhou, right?
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In English it could, 東洋 and 東方 I would assume to be pretty different for Japanese. Both have similar meanings, but this isn't to say everyone should use Touyou, it could be an alternative to saying eastern/oriental.
Actually I wonder if having a title then the subtitle "A Touhou/東方 fangame/X". I'll just use mine as a example: Museum of Eastern Dream, would a subtitle A Touhou Fangame/RPG be OK? (Personally I don't think it would need it since only those who know doujin and touhou would be informed of what the game is about.)
Omegahugger:
--- Quote from: Colticide --- I'll just use mine as a example: Museum of Eastern Dream, would a subtitle A Touhou Fangame/RPG be OK? (Personally I don't think it would need it since only those who know doujin and touhou would be informed of what the game is about.)
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I don't think it's necessary in the example you provided; it's not like it contains "Touhou" in the title (unless you're writing it in japanese, but your example was in english) so aside from a disclaimer somewhere in the game or documentation making it clear you don't own the characters/ect., that should be good enough.
Although....
--- Quote from: Tengukami ---Well, it seems one of the more common ways around this is to incorporate the name of one of the featured Touhou characters in the name of the game, e.g., Super Marisa World, MegaMari, etc.
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......in the end there seems to be plenty of ways to avoid using "Touhou" in the game's title. Specifying a sub-title like "A Touhou Fangame" shouldn't be necessary considering it could only be posted in places where Touhou is already known and not having "Touhou" in the name should already make it clear to such people that it's a fangame. (Not that the standard boilerplate disclaimer shouldn't also appear somewhere, just in case......)
(At least that's how I understand this.)