Drillimation Systems Celebrates 10 Years

Tomorrow will mark ten years since the founding of Drillimation Systems. It didn’t get its current name until 2018 and first started as Drillimation and then Drillimation Studios from 2015 until 2018. Over the past ten years, we have been creating and exploring. It’s led to many magnificent creations and drilling through every tunnel despite what dangers may lie inside. We are excited to what we may see and create within the next ten years.

The Timeline

• 2014 – Drillimation Systems is founded on August 20, 2014. It was originally created to make GoAnimate videos.
• 2015 – During that year’s holiday season, Drillimation leaves the GoAnimate business and shifts to video game development. Also around the same time, Drillimation took control of the Dream Logos Wiki on FANDOM (then known as Wikia). Over the next four years, Drillimation rehabilitated the site’s image following a high-level corruption scandal.
• 2016 – Nothing significant that year, other than establishing the Dream Fiction Wiki in October of that year.
• 2017 – Drillimation begins preproduction on their first game, Chuhou Joutai.
• 2018 – Drillimation formally begins development on Chuhou Joutai that summer.
• 2019 – The demo for Chuhou Joutai launches.
• 2020 – The first three games of Drillimation, the original Chuhou Joutai and the first two Touhou Project NES Demakes release. We were flattered when The Highly Responsive to Prayers blew up in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic. Were you playing these games instead of Super Mario Maker 2, Pokémon Sword and Shield, or Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
• 2021 – Our minds were further expanded when we released a sequel to Chuhou Joutai plus the third Touhou Project NES Demake. Also, Emiko Hosokawa of Studio Emiko, then known as Akira Akagi, comes to Drillimation.
• 2022 – Drillimation finishes out the Chuhou Joutai trilogy and Touhou Project NES Demakes, and begins development on a new franchise: Mythos of Phantasmagoria. That game is exactly like the original Chuhou Joutai, sort of…
• 2023 – The demo for Mythos of Phantasmagoria releases. Emiko Hosokawa also took the director’s chair from the Prophet Driller to direct a title of her own – Touhou Meijinka ~ Song of Divine Tempest.
• 2024 – This was the year Drillimation turned ten. We’re working on the sequel to Mythos of Phantasmagoria by bringing in new enemies and characters to the Drillimation Danmaku Universe. King Kourin and Queen Marisa may eventually inspire a new generation to become a king. Probably.

We won’t know what may happen in 2034. Will a game be released on Nintendo’s newest platform? Would a character escape from one of our games and enter reality? We promise no major leaks until announcement.

Experience the Original Games

If you want an introduction to the Drillimation Danmaku Universe or Gensokyo, we recommend you play Touhou 1: The Highly Responsive to Prayers NES Demake and wonder how it got so popular. Just Reimu Hakurei and Mima, no major characters other than those two. All of the original stages and bosses. Who will become your favorite?

Every hero has a dream that will lead them on a journey on what they’re meant to be. To see what those characters have within their instincts, all we have to do is look inside their hearts and unlock their potential. Characters are expressing their deepest desires with Susumu Takajima and Kagami Ochiai planning to liberate Gensokyo from SPASDOT and Marisa Kirisame looking for her path to become a queen. As they embark on these adventures, just look at the friendships and romance shared by various characters. These relationships culminate in teamwork for the epic battles they face. When they become triumphant, they will have unlocked their dreams’ achievements.

Letting the Memories Begin

In life, making memories is nothing short of incredible. They’re magical things you can hold onto forever. The directors, producers, screenwriters, actors, programmers, designers, artists, and composers who work on the Drillimation Danmaku Universe every single day will bring the hope to inspire future generations.

We’ll never forget how many times we were distracted to create filler stuff such as those videos for our YouTube channel or artworks for social media. I remember back when I finished Chuhou Joutai 2: Paraided!. At that time, that was my favorite project I worked on. In fact, it was a lot more fun working on the Chuhou Joutai trilogy and Mythos of Phantasmagoria. It is difficult when trying to look back, but another thing I remembered was writing every song for Touhou Meijinka in two weeks. At that time, I had fully gained the skills and knowledge to compose Touhou-style music, and it has now shaped the musical scores for future Drillimation titles.

Future

Drillimation will hopefully grow to be larger than before. You may wander around a garden with Yuuka Kazami, witness the glorious inventions of Susumu Takajima, discover new Easter eggs, and more.