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Touhou Mods in Rivals of Aether

buskerdog

buskerdog

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So we may not have any Touhou in super smash bros, but I have made the second best thing. Introducing...

The first Touhou Challenger Pack! (Forgive my crappy trailer lol)



This is a mod have been working on for the better part of... too many months. This was actually meant to be done back in October spooky season (because, you know, she's a witch), but then... college happened ???? . Anyway it's finally done now, so I guess you can consider it a Christmas present instead. For any who don't know, the game is 'Rivals of Aether', a smash bros melee inspired game with an emphasis on fast pace and crazy combos, and is definitely a game I recommend. The game is on steam as well as some consoles, but... if you want mods, you need the steam version, so get that if you want to play this mod.

This mod is just the first in a series, I definitely plan to make more of these, and I will be updating this thread when those are eventually made. Now that Marisa is already done, I'm sure it's no secret who's gonna be next...

By the way, I made a stage for Marisa too! There are four music tracks that can play on this stage; Love-Coloured Magic (IaMP), Vessel of Stars ~ Casket of Star (SWR), Love-Coloured Master Spark (IN), and Fragrant Plants (SWR).

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Also shoutouts to my buddy John for being player 2

Get the character mod here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1942628561

Get the stage here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1942638009

 
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The second Touhou Challenger Pack is complete, this time it's Reimu Hakurei!



I started work on this one more or less immediately after the first mod was finished, and now it's ready just in time for Reitaisai!

I made a stage for her as well! I heard a familiar face is hiding here... where could she be?

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The third (and final) Touhou Challenger Pack mod is complete! Patchouli Knowledge is finally here!



I've always thought Patchouli was a cool character in Hisoutensoku. Although some people think she's just a "bullet spam" character, I think the way she can combo characters from a distance and control space with her projectiles is very interesting, and I wanted to try and carry over that into Rivals. This one took me a while make, which is a combination of things keeping me busy in life and me just wanting to work more slowly. I actually took a more systematic approach to making this one in the hopes it would be more efficient, but instead it just ended up being more boring...

Of course, I made a stage for her as well. Drawing the spiral staircase was very fun. This one actually features some custom code to make the floating books levitate and react to when you step on them, now that custom script support has been added for stages. The flames on the candelabra are also animated. For music, the stage has both the IaMP and EoSD versions of Voile, the Magic Library and Locked Girl ~ The Girl's Secret Room.

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By the way, I added support for another custom stage! This one is the MT. Dedede Stadium, for no particular reason other than I wanted to give the characters background titles similar to what appears on Little Mac's stage in Super Smash Bros. Of course, the characters already have several familiar titles, but as the Boxing Ring stage in Smash generally uses titles that are a bit more unique, I wanted to give them something new. These titles do still all have origins, though.

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Ever since the new Reimu mod by Oligarchomp + others released, I've found myself inspired and re-motivated to make Rivals mods again. It's not yet ready to show, but I wanted to make this post to announce that I'm currently working on... something for Rivals.
In the meantime, I've decided that I want this thread to be able to surround discussion of all Touhou related content in Rivals of Aether, rather than just for showcasing my creations, so I've changed the name of the topic.

 
Well, the first look at my new project is now here! In the second Workshop Blueprints direct! I wasn't sure whether to announce I would be showing up in it before hand or not... anyway, I didn't have the time to prepare a full trailer (nor is the character finished yet), but during the "Even More Projects" section towards the end (use the timestamps in the description), you'll see some clips I submitted to give you a showcase of what I've done so far, so you can get a taste of what's coming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cO85uRMFDA

I'll probably upload the teaser to my own channel soon, once I put the clips together. I'd love to go a little in depth about development right now, but... it's late where I am! So, what I'll probably do is make a follow-up post soon when I've put the teaser on my own channel. See you then!

 
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I'm back! I've even got some clips that didn't make it in the original Workshop Blueprint video, but it's pretty much more of the same. (And speaking of Workshop Blueprints, it was nice to see the live chat pop off when Touhou appeared lol. It got a much bigger reaction than I expected!)



Since this is a remake, the majority of her moveset will still be very Soku-centric, but expect some moves to now use more modern sources, or have re-touched animations. Not sure what I'm doing next after this mod, but if I make something else in the future, you can expect the moveset to lean even more into original territory, similar to how Oligarchomp's Mystia mod is.

Anyway, I should have some more time to be able to work on this now, so I can get back to completing things at a decent pace. It does help that most of the code is reused from the old version, but making the art still takes a long time! Thankfully, I've already got all of the basic movement stuff out of the way or at least sketched out, and progress is coming along nicely for actual attacks as well. But I'm not about to make any promises of when it's coming out - I could make a prediction, but I never know when I'm suddenly going to be busy again!

 
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Ooooh, seems cool! I'll check out the trailers soon my wifi sucks lol
Either way, love the stage detail and the characters, also music choice (I love-coloured master spark lmao)
I'm also surprised you put Mt. Dedede and made it similar to Little Mac's stage ring (or whatever it's called) Cause I've been a fan of Kirby for a long time (my childhood lol)
I'm looking forward to more mod updates to Rivals of Aether! It's epic!

 
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I'm also surprised you put Mt. Dedede and made it similar to Little Mac's stage ring
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Ah, maybe I wasn't that clear so I just want to point out: Mt. Dedede stadium isn't my stage. Rather, someone else made it, but they made it possible for any other creator to add a background title for their own characters, so that's what I added.

 
So, Oligarchomp released a new character...

It's over... this character offically has the best walk animation. Nothing else can top this.

Also she's surprisingly tall - since it's original art I was expecting it to be in line with the regular character size, but she's actually a bit taller than is standard.

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He released a new stage alongside, too.

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