Summer vacation is already in full swing. Even though today is Canada Day, I’m actually recording this in late June, and we have already gotten our first heat wave of the year. In the three months prior to this video, I got to witness a spectacular total solar eclipse, officially release Touhou Kourinden, and putContinue reading “State of Drillimation: Summer 2024”
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Touhou Kichouden 37.5% Complete
Drillimation Systems can confirm that the main campaign of Touhou Kichouden ~ Mythos of Phantasmagoria 2 is a third of the way done. Initially, the development plan for the game was to do one “chapter” a month, and only three of those chapters are done. Drillimation was originally planning to get the fourth chapter doneContinue reading “Touhou Kichouden 37.5% Complete”
Stock Sound Effect Usage is Getting Out of Control
The entertainment industry is powered by sound, particularly stock sound effects. You probably heard one in the most recent movie you watched. Pretty much every medium including film, television, video games, and music have a constant use of stock sounds. If you’re up for a challenge, try watching an episode of an anime without hearingContinue reading “Stock Sound Effect Usage is Getting Out of Control”
A Day in the Life of Drillimation Systems
Each day is important for us at Drillimation Systems. Most of the time, we are working on game projects. Other times, we’re always working to keep our social media channels afloat. Creating a game takes a long time and we have to work on several smaller side projects to ensure our reputation and fanbase doesn’tContinue reading “A Day in the Life of Drillimation Systems”
How My Junior High and Senior High School Crushes Inspired a Playable Character and a Boss in the Original Chuhou Joutai
The original Chuhou Joutai game has two female characters that go by the names of Kagami Ochiai and Ayako Sugiwara respectively. The former is a playable character, and the latter is a boss. What may be a surprise to you is they are based on the first two crushes I had in junior high andContinue reading “How My Junior High and Senior High School Crushes Inspired a Playable Character and a Boss in the Original Chuhou Joutai”
How Drillimation’s Games are the First to Adopt the Better Sound Design Standards
Nearly every game produced by Drillimation does not use any well known stock sound effects from major libraries produced by industry giants such as Sound Ideas, Hollywoodedge, and SoundDogs. If you’re working to create a game with us, or if you’re planning to bring us in for one of your projects, this article will helpContinue reading “How Drillimation’s Games are the First to Adopt the Better Sound Design Standards”
Next Drillimation Project 25% Complete, Helligbard Series on Hold
Drillimation’s next project, which is said to be titled Touhou Kichouden, has reached the 25% completion mark on Monday. If Drillimation spends roughly two to three weeks on a single eighth of the game, the main campaign could be finished by either September or October. On the other side with Studio Emiko, CEO Emiko HosokawaContinue reading “Next Drillimation Project 25% Complete, Helligbard Series on Hold”
Bringing My Influence Around the World
I am a person who has been in the video game industry for six years now. I entered the industry so that I can amplify my voice and see the world. From my native North America and beyond the borders of the United States and Canada, I’ve brought it to Asia and Europe. At first,Continue reading “Bringing My Influence Around the World”
Drillimation Systems to Become Exclusive International Distributor For All Future Emiko Anthological Universe Games
Drillimation Systems, the developer behind Touhou Meijinka ~ Song of Divine Tempest, today announced they will agree to distribute future games of the Emiko Anthological Universe (often abbreviated as Emiverse) by the Vietnam-based Studio Emiko. Studio Emiko co-developed their first title with Drillimation Systems last year. Through this deal, Drillimation will deliver interactive entertainment worldwideContinue reading “Drillimation Systems to Become Exclusive International Distributor For All Future Emiko Anthological Universe Games”
Players in Russia Still Feeling Lingering Effects on Last Week’s itch.io Outage
Last week on Memorial Day, itch.io suffered a massive outage that prevented millions of players from accessing the site and developers from uploading patches. While the outage lasted a brutal 12 hours, players in Russia are still feeling the outage’s effects. According to a thread on the itch.io forums, the operators do not block anyContinue reading “Players in Russia Still Feeling Lingering Effects on Last Week’s itch.io Outage”
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