Drillimation Systems Launches Demo of Touhou Kourinden ~ Mythos of Phantasmagoria

Drillimation Systems over the weekend released the demo of Touhou Kourinden ~ Mythos of Phantasmagoria, after a year of development. The game is currently in its beta stages with an alpha test conducted prior to the release of Chuhou Joutai 3: Three Nights of Scarlet Abscess last autumn.

Touhou Kourinden ~ Mythos of Phantasmagoria is a beginner-friendly danmaku RPG that follows the life of Rinnosuke Morichika (called Kourin in-game) as he grows from a child to an adult. The game will be broken up into six acts, with the first entire act free for anyone to download, play, and share.

Mythos of Phantasmagoria‘s gameplay is inspired by the likes of Pokémon, Final Fantasy, and Undertale. The visual aspects are inspired by Sierra’s Adventure Game Interpreter engine. Its soundtrack not only consists of original songs, but remixed tunes from Touhou Project and Chuhou Joutai are also in the mix. The soundtrack was written in OpenMPT using the OPL2 functionality, featuring a score with sounds incomparable to other games.

Even though the game in its entirety is complete and in its beta stages, the game is not expected to launch on Steam until next spring. Drillimation Systems and intended publisher Whitethorn Digital are in the process of trying to obtain the Touhou Project rights to publish this game on the Nintendo Switch.

Development of the game began last summer shortly after Chuhou Joutai 3: Three Nights of Scarlet Abscess, which released last autumn, wrapped up development. After spending two and a half years porting the PC-98 Touhou Project games to Windows in the form of the NES Demakes, Drillimation set out to create an original Touhou Project fangame. Codenamed Chuhou Joutai Origins during development, Queen Marisa is a royal figure mentioned a number of times in the Chuhou Joutai trilogy. In Mythos of Phantasmagoria, players can see how Marisa’s legend unfolds.

Whitethorn Digital, the game’s intended publisher, has a philosophy of accessibility and low-stress for the titles they publish. In an effort to fit under its philosophy, Drillimation is asking for players’ feedback on how Mythos of Phantasmagoria can be accessible to as many players as possible. Mythos of Phantasmagoria is also intended to soothe players intimidated by the danmaku genre, and throughout the beta test Drillimation is asking for players’ feedback on what elements should be changed in order to lessen the stress on the player.