东方百花宴 - The Flower Shooter

[sidedishes]

As far as I know, this hasn't been posted yet, so...

A Chinese Touhou fangame came out this month after a few months of beta, called 东方百花宴 - The Flower Shooter, in which you play as Aya. I just cleared the main game and I have to say that it's really fun and well-polished!--although slightly on the easy side. I'm not too into the story, but you can to translate the Chinese in the Baidu link below or in the readme.




A video of lunatic.
The creator posted a description of the game on Baidu and download link a little down the page.
MEGA mirror
Mediafire mirror by Thanbo

There are two requirements to play: .NET Framework 3.5 and SlimFX (installer in the download). If THX.exe doesn't work, try AppLocale with Chinese. If your game still crashes during the loading screen, change the system locale to Chinese. The creator also linked to a bug report page in the Baidu thread.

[Validon98]

Yeah, it's not working for me. I keep getting this error every time I try to open it:

[Emerald Mint]

Similar error here.
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Tried all different Chinese locale options. Simplified gives me the above error, while Traditional gives none, althout the program just exits after a while on the splash screen.

[Thanbo]

I think you need to run the whole setup process using the setup.exe file and use the installed folder instead of just going to the main folder and run thX.exe.
I also changed my system locale to Chinese(simplified, PRC) and it ran smoothy.

[Necrotek]

The game works fine in Windows 8.1, I only installed SlimDX (downloaded from official site, just to be safe), .NET and used AppLocale for Chinese.

[Emerald Mint]

I think you need to run the whole setup process using the setup.exe file and use the installed folder instead of just going to the main folder and run thX.exe.
I also changed my system locale to Chinese(simplified, PRC) and it ran smoothy.

That didn't seem to come included with the Mega archive. Guess I'll have to try the other link.

[Quwanti]

Hah! I watched that first stage of that video, and Daiyousei shooting at the rhythm of the music is just great. In fact, all enemies appear to do so. They also spawn on the rhythm of the music.

[Thanbo]

Here's a link I uploaded on Mediafire(the rar file in the Chinese website).
http://www.mediafire.com/download/5b80kvibd57xkf8/the+Flower+Shooter.rar
Uploaded my first run too (1cc), sorry for the bad quality, it's my first time uploading a nearly 30 minute-long video and all...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbcnX1WtnOk#t=1009

[rsy_type1]

it's not been promoted here due to some resources abuse. the staff is working on the acknowledgement lists and when it's completed i will let you guys know asap. :ohdear:

[Szayelaporro Granz]

I think you need to run the whole setup process using the setup.exe file and use the installed folder instead of just going to the main folder and run thX.exe.
I also changed my system locale to Chinese(simplified, PRC) and it ran smoothy.

And don't forget to run it with administrator too.

Edit: I blind 1cc'd this game on Normal, looks like the difficulty is too tame Gotta try Hard next time.

[Yookie]

I blind 1cc'd this game on Normal, looks like the difficulty is too tame Gotta try Hard next time.

Same here, but I guess that is alright for normal mode. Balancing difficulties is not easy. It kinda jumped mid stage 3 bossfight and then stayed at that level for pretty much the rest of the game.

Though I really like the ideas. The synchronization of projectiles and music in certain parts and stage 5 were quite nice.

Spoiler:

But I'd really like to know what the deal with that unlockable paper plane is.

[Szayelaporro Granz]

I tried Hard and yes, I semi-blindy cleared it *headscratch* I'm somewhat happy though since this's the first time I blind clear Hard on any Touhou game. I'm curious how difficult Lunatic will be for my level :wat:

Edit: I also noticed how big the deathbomb window is. Not quite as big as in IN, but noticeably bigger than most official Touhou shmups.

[chirpy13]

I watched the last couple stages of Lunatic in the replay video and the difficulty looked pretty all over the place.  A couple boss things looked like they fit the difficulty while several other things looked like something I'd expect from Normal or even Easy.  The stage portions in particular look pretty boring.  Also wow, did they really rip music from Little Busters for this?

[Maiden Synnae ミ☆]

Trying to get this garbage to work but no luck so far. When I try to install Framework 3.5, I get this error:



Yeah, right. There's a bunch of windows features I can turn on or off, and it's not pointing out which one I should choose.

[sidedishes]

it's not been promoted here due to some resources abuse. the staff is working on the acknowledgement lists and when it's completed i will let you guys know asap. :ohdear:

Arrrrgh sorry if this isn't allowed because of resources in the game... It does indeed look like there's music and graphics taken from official games.

I'm pretty sure Windows 7 comes with .NET 3.5 already, but not SlimDX. What error do you get when you run the game?

[Thanbo]

And don't forget to run it with administrator too.

Wait... I didn't run it with administrator and the game still works fine.

[Maiden Synnae ミ☆]

I'm pretty sure Windows 7 comes with .NET 3.5 already, but not SlimDX.

I think I have this SlimDX thing already, look:

What error do you get when you run the game?

This:



I already tried Chinese Applocale (both Simplified and Traditional). Didn't solve the issue.

[sidedishes]

I already tried Chinese Applocale (both Simplified and Traditional). Didn't solve the issue.

Ok, I just tested the game on another computer. I downloaded the MEGA link (so no game installer) and installed SlimDX. With AppLocale + Chinese simplified, the game crashes. However, after changing my system to Chinese locale, I was able to run the game fine. So, try that instead of just AppLocale.

[rsy_type1]

the crash comes from the Chinese pictures and resources names.
when loading those resources, the program cannot recognize names in English system.

so you may change the system to Chinese locale.

Sorry for this compatibility error.

1.00a updated, that error has not been fixed for there are no naming conventions and the producer was not prepared to promote this game abroad.

I'm having some problems with MediaFire. Here is the update



other:

1. the green plane will be unlocked after you clear N,H mode (each difficulty for one type). Clearing lunatic will unlock all two shoot types.

2. deathbomb allowing time is 20f (0.33s).

 

[Necrotek]

Was this game supposed to be released later? Because staff roll mentions June 2014 which is likely to be release date.

[rsy_type1]

Was this game supposed to be released later? Because staff roll mentions June 2014 which is likely to be release date.

It's an accident...[attach=3]
The producer has mistaken "April"  for  "June".

[attach=2] WRONG

[attach=1] RIGHT

[Thanbo]

I don't think there's an extra stage in this game... kinda disappointing... 

[chirpy13]

Thanks for the update rsy    I had a problem with the original game crashing after the load screen (program has stopped responding) but it seems to work now if I use v1.00a.

[Necrotek]

Yeah, now the game works on the second laptop too.

About bugs - is it only me or the game doesn't save settings for sound/music volume? Or it's caused by playing the game with AppLocale?

[fsvgm777]

I can't help but express concern on this game. Not only does it use official sprites/portraits, but it also uses arranges from other circles, notably 究極の真実 ~ the Ultimate Truth by dBu. Plus, the game feels too easy, probably due to the lenient deathbomb window (0.33 seconds is within normal human reaction time (~0.215 s)). Also, the sound effects volume is very inconsistent (shooting/dying SFX are about normal volume, while the sound effect if you get e.g. an extend are barely audible). One neat thing I have to say though is that the enemies shoot in rhythm to the music, especially in Stage 5.

[chirpy13]

This game is harder than I gave it credit for ;_;

[Validon98]

Okay, so now it works with AppLocale with the 1.00a patch... and I have the same concern as fsvgm, really.

[Szayelaporro Granz]

I can't help but express concern on this game. Not only does it use official sprites/portraits, but it also uses arranges from other circles, notably 究極の真実 ~ the Ultimate Truth by dBu. Plus, the game feels too easy, probably due to the lenient deathbomb window (0.33 seconds is within normal human reaction time (~0.215 s)). Also, the sound effects volume is very inconsistent (shooting/dying SFX are about normal volume, while the sound effect if you get e.g. an extend are barely audible). One neat thing I have to say though is that the enemies shoot in rhythm to the music, especially in Stage 5.

Pretty much this. Deathbomb window is not the only factor that makes it too easy, certain patterns in higher difficulties don't even deserve a place. Again, I don't expect much from Chinese products.

[chirpy13]

Again, I don't expect much from Chinese products.

Let's keep the racist shit out of here please.  It's pretty fucking rude.  I could also say the same thing about 90% of the shit churned out by any other country, Japan and America included.  The game may not be amazing, but aside from some of the stage design it's not terrible either.  And even if it were terrible, making a bad game is still no excuse to shit on China and generalize 1.3 billion people.

[Szayelaporro Granz]

Let's keep the racist shit out of here please.  It's pretty fucking rude.  I could also say the same thing about 90% of the shit churned out by any other country, Japan and America included.  The game may not be amazing, but aside from some of the stage design it's not terrible either.  And even if it were terrible, making a bad game is still no excuse to shit on China and generalize 1.3 billion people.

Ok, I'm sorry for being rude. I didn't mean to make that post racistic. I'm a Chinese myself, but born in another country and I personally don't really mind/pay attention to the whole "made in China" comments made by those "racists". Let's get back to the topic now.