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Tsuyuki:
Just played through the demo and it's pretty solid. I feel like the stage themes are too short for those stages since they loop multiple times. But i'm the type of person that loves when the stage theme matches the action on screen so that's most likely where most of my annoyance with this comes from. Also the similarities between the stage 2 boss theme and Sengo's theme are too big for it to be just a meme in my opinion. But if it's for some story reasons that we/i don't know about then i'm fine with that.

Gameplay is good. The stages were interesting enough to not get bored and bosses had nice patterns. The difficulty also seemed just like you guys planned it since it was a little harder for me than a standard Touhou game. I wasn't using that C gimmick tho since i don't like making the game easier (i'm already in pain when i have to bomb in any Touhou game).

Uruwi:
Are the stage 2 bosses' names a reference to this?

Chronojet ⚙ Dragon:

--- Quote from: Uruwi on July 21, 2018, 01:54:27 AM ---Are the stage 2 bosses' names a reference to this?

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Theone is probably based on Spoiler: Lewis Theobald / Ward Phillips.

Aiguillon is a mess. Apparently she's named after Spoiler: UC Aiguillon as well as various Deletors, guessing from the use of obselete kana.
What in the world is that surname...? It's probably... Spoiler: this?

Popcioslav:

--- Quote from: Tsuyuki on June 24, 2018, 07:42:26 PM ---Also the similarities between the stage 2 boss theme and Sengo's theme are too big for it to be just a meme in my opinion. But if it's for some story reasons that we/i don't know about then i'm fine with that.

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Nope!
The meme is that the composer behind the theme, had NO IDEA it was Sengo's theme, they probably forgot about that one while composing it or they think still it's different enough structure wise. When the demo was released Mino streamed the game and well see for yourself (a bit later he just plays both songs at the same time and composer is like - wtf?).

Lesson from this is, don't compare two composer's work to each. It really could've just been coincedence or they thought they were creating magnus opus, but had an already existing song in mind without knowing it. Heck, even Sengo's song was originally considered "exactly like" Azuma Himefuji's song. When Azuma Himefuji's song was released it was considered to be just Magus Night. We've come a long way haven't we?

--- Quote from: Chronojet ⚙ Dragon on July 22, 2018, 03:17:46 AM ---Theone is probably based on Spoiler: Lewis Theobald / Ward Phillips.

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I can get behind her being based of Lewis Theobald, but your link takes me to... Huh?!... really? She's supposed to be based of Lovecraft? That's another one I can't really get behind, unless the author says so. It's not that I don't think he can be touhoufied, it's just that... I didn't feel that's how Lovecraft would act or look like when placed in setting of Gensokyo. I know she's considered to have one of the better designs in the demo, but if she's really supposed to based of Howard I'm gonna' eat my shoes

kirbio:

--- Quote from: Popcioslav on July 22, 2018, 08:14:13 AM ---I can get behind her being based of Lewis Theobald, but your link takes me to... Huh?!... really? She's supposed to be based of Lovecraft? That's another one I can't really get behind, unless the author says so. It's not that I don't think he can be touhoufied, it's just that... I didn't feel that's how Lovecraft would act or look like when placed in setting of Gensokyo. I know she's considered to have one of the better designs in the demo, but if she's really supposed to based of Howard I'm gonna' eat my shoes

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Hate to break this to you but this is, indeed the name's origin. "Lewis Theobald, Jr" is one of Lovecraft's pen name.
Without getting into spoilery territory, let just say that Theone's character is not the author himself, though she's (unknowingly) very distant (read: not direct) relative of his.
If you traced both her and Lovecraft's bloodline back Innsmouth style it will meet up somewhere (but very far back).

Theone is just your average teenager this day, maybe a tad bit older. But you'd know that for each Generations, people's view changed.
What Lovecraft was is not necessary reflecting what she is right now, especially when they don't even know one another in person.

I'd like to give you more detail, but it's either not relevant to the game or getting into spoiler territory.

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