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.
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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.
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...
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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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.
