what do you want more of in the touhou community?

[koakumas]

back again here with another buffet post, will do one before 2025 btw!!!

pretty self-explanatory like all the ones i made (i think)

 

could be something like games, fan music, art, etc (go specific if you want!!)

touhou's community is what you'll always come across after all!! 

[Crab]

Hm... good fan arts won't ever hurt, so that's the safest of the things to wish for
But there are plenty of them around and they are easy to find (Pixiv does wonders)

Then I want more music! More arranges from plenty of themes! From both underrated and overrated tracks!
I wanna see creativity flowing into the melodies and lyrics (and the feeling of finding good music is the best!)

[Agus Mandala]

i wish to the community to have more fame not only by memes, but also by their majestic aspects
i want more coop touhou game next year

[nitorii]

oh I forgot to reply but more multiplayer fangames! I wouldn't mind more coop style games, or even just pvp (like fractured transcience which is coming next year)

maybe even some sort of 2 player metroidvania, idk just something cool to play with friends

[Idioms21]

More of those fangames about characters doing their own things like Mystia's Izakaya, Reimu Needs Help!? Aunn-chan to the Rescue!, Luna Nights, etc.

One that probably won't happen but would be so awesome is a fighting game. We already got Soku and AoCF but I'm greedy and want more of it.

[Idkism]

Honestly? i just want a bit of variety in the community
We still meme the same stuff, talk about the same stuff, and DO the same stuff we've been doin for the past few years, c'mon people!
Fangames are fine, they're a labor of love from a bunch of dedicated fans to the community, which should always be cherished, although, but personally i would love a coop game staring a duo, i've been playing some Ys X, so the entire concept's grown on me, and also... who would like some local fun with their buddy~?
Maybe some RPG or a roguelike, i wouldn't go for something too ambitious, these ARE fangames after all, but just some silly, fun stuff
Music, art and the like are in a very good position, so it's all good!

[Punchtea]

In terms of classic Danmaku gameplay I would love to see a game where you have roguelite RPG elements. Or to elaborate: Having the ability to strengthen/level/gear up/etc. your chosen heroine.
The ability cards in 18 were my single favourite addition to the entire series so far. Maybe we could get a system where we have the option to forgo the spell/bomb in exchange for 2 different unfocused shot types for example.

Other than that I would love a proper RPG, like playing Morrowind or Oblivion, just instead of Tamriel we can explore Gensokyo in all its glory. Or a BotW/TotK style (and quality) Action-Adventure for that matter.

[Pinky Cat]

 

On 12/16/2024 at 9:42 PM, Crab said:

Hm... good fan arts won't ever hurt, so that's the safest of the things to wish for
But there are plenty of them around and they are easy to find (Pixiv does wonders)

I think we could have more fanart that have a form of story behind them.

By: はるのふるは

The plants species depicted in this piece of art are all different extinct plant species where only an artist interested in both botany and Touhou could create this artwork. It's lovely visually and a joy to look into the plants that existed from millions of years ago. It is the type of artwork that wants me explore beyond what it is in front of me and discover new connections to Touhou itself. That the type of fanart I want to see more of.

 

On 12/19/2024 at 2:59 AM, Agus Mandala said:

i wish to the community to have more fame not only by memes, but also by their majestic aspects
i want more coop touhou game next year

What aspect of Touhou do you reference by "majestic aspects"? Could it be the community's unity? The overlooked lore of Touhou's world? Is it the narrative themes of fanworks? There a lot aspects of Touhou I could describe as "grand". Regardless that wish for multiplayer Touhou games appears to be popular desire...

 

On 12/19/2024 at 1:40 PM, nitorii said:

oh I forgot to reply but more multiplayer fangames! I wouldn't mind more coop style games, or even just pvp (like fractured transcience which is coming next year)

maybe even some sort of 2 player metroidvania, idk just something cool to play with friends

I agree wholeheartedly for more multiplayer fangames, especially for the co-op style. Goodness, it would be cool to have couch play with other friends or to chat online on those games. It could even be a little convention event. Though, the only recourse for multiplayer games is to start developing games and bring that change. The Touhou Fan Game Jams exists to encourage the growth of game development within the Touhou community. Otherwise, perhaps a game jam theme could be multiplayer as that is a creative theme to springboard ideas from.

In fact, I go list some pervious multiplayer Touhou games:

• Utsuru - Inkfection | an isometric version of Dead by Daylight. When I ran a multiplayer session of this game, I was a little spooked by how well a certain player used Reimu to control the behavior of the Youkai team.
• Touhou Diorama Duel | a 3D arena game where two players attempt to dodge danmaku shot from each other. The details within each of the stages adds a nice extra touch.
• ハクレイフリーマーケット (Hakurei Flea Market) | Two teams of three players attempt to place the most amount of items in their team's field. Of course, players can use special moves to stun players, or choose to steal items from the other team's field. Everything about this game screams chaos, just by looking at the Youtube video for this game. Even more crazily, this game had online multiplayer until it shut down in 2024. Still, the local multiplayer works perfectly fine, so this game can still be played wireless by Parsec.

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On 12/20/2024 at 8:18 AM, Idioms21 said:

More of those fangames about characters doing their own things like Mystia's Izakaya, Reimu Needs Help!? Aunn-chan to the Rescue!, Luna Nights, etc.

One that probably won't happen but would be so awesome is a fighting game. We already got Soku and AoCF but I'm greedy and want more of it.

The three games mentioned all have a degree of writing within them, but each of them focuses on a specific character. That reminds me of The Little Rabbit Princess and the House of Eternity and DUET, both story-based Touhou games that focuses on Kotohime and Renko respectfully, each successful at creating character arcs for each of them. It be nice to have more story-based Touhou games regardless of if it is a visual novel, a walking simulator, a CYOA, a D&D campaign, or even a silent interactive novel.

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Is it greedy to want more fighting games when there are characters like Wriggle or Narumi that have never gotten a fighting game appearance? Giving them a full fighting game moveset could give them the chance to shine. I believe there is still more idea space within the Touhou fighting game genre to move towards. We are getting a Touhou Super Smash Bros. game with Fractured Transience after all.

 

On 12/21/2024 at 4:07 PM, Idkism said:

Honestly? i just want a bit of variety in the community
We still meme the same stuff, talk about the same stuff, and DO the same stuff we've been doin for the past few years, c'mon people!

Are you referring to the Moriya Shrine Forum community, or are referring to the Touhou community as a whole? If it is the latter, I must disagree with the statement the Touhou community has been in an loop doing the same things for years. To backup my statement, I like to mention a little historic tidbit.

Before the start of the collaborative fangame of NitorInc., seeing non-danmaku Touhou fangames by the Western Touhou community was extremely rare to find. To name a few of the fangames with the likes of Story of a Lost Sky, Deep Sea Dating, Dai-Sukima Dan's visual novels, and some Walfas fangames would be most Western Touhou fangames back before 2017. Nowadays, looking at both the Steam list of Touhou Curator and the game releases from the Touhou Fan Game Jams, it feels like the Touhou community has developed a subculture for Touhou fangame development.

 

On 12/21/2024 at 5:00 PM, Punchtea said:

In terms of classic Danmaku gameplay I would love to see a game where you have roguelite RPG elements. Or to elaborate: Having the ability to strengthen/level/gear up/etc. your chosen heroine.
The ability cards in 18 were my single favourite addition to the entire series so far. Maybe we could get a system where we have the option to forgo the spell/bomb in exchange for 2 different unfocused shot types for example.

Other than that I would love a proper RPG, like playing Morrowind or Oblivion, just instead of Tamriel we can explore Gensokyo in all its glory. Or a BotW/TotK style (and quality) Action-Adventure for that matter.

How about Star of Providence? It's neither danmaku or Touhou, but it I say it is best example of combing both roguelike elements with STGs thanks to its weapon system. The weapon system forces the player to adapt how they dodge the bullets as the weapons function quite differently to each other, and that the player is forced to swap between multiple weapons in a single playthrough. It makes for a neat limitation to force the player to look for brand new ways to dodge danmaku to maximize the damage, in a similar way to finding how out routes to make best use of Marisa's and Patchouli's shottype from SA.

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The closest thing for a preexisting open-world Touhou game are the Touhou Minecraft servers. Those worlds have sights that are worth exploring by walking, subway, or even by a cable car lift.