Blue Devil in the Belvedere
Blue Devil in the Belvedere (东方栖霞园) is a Touhou Project fangame, developed by the Chinese doujin dev team 东方祈华梦制作组 and released in 2021.
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Contents
Controls
Like the official games, uses the standard Touhou control scheme.
- Z: Shoot
- X: Bomb/Power Overwhelming activation
- Shift: Focus
On keyboard, movement can be done using either the arrow keys or the number pad.
Playable Characters
Blue Devil in the Belvedere has 3 playable characters, each with different shot behavior and a different bomb.
Hakurei Reimu | ||||||||
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Shot: Youkai Buster Unfocus shot: Homing Amulet Focus shot: Persuation Needle Bomb: Divine Spirit "Fantasy Seal -String-" | ||||||||
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Kirisame Marisa | ||||||||
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Shot: Spread Star Unfocus shot: Illusion Laser Focus shot: Super Short-Wave Bomb: Magicannon "Blood Soul Spark" | ||||||||
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Izayoi Sakuya | ||||||||
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Shot: Mysterious Jack Unfocus shot: Throwing Knives Focus shot: Jack the Ripper Bomb: Buriallusion "Phantomic Serial Killer" | ||||||||
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Difficulty Modes
The game has 4 difficulty modes. The higher difficulties are, of course, harder, and also have higher scoring potential. The difficulty modes are:
- Easy
- Normal
- Hard
- Lunatic
The game also has an Extra stage, which is treated as its own difficulty. Extra must be unlocked by getting a 1cc on any difficulty. This is one long stage with one long boss fight.
Basic Mechanics
Blood soul stone
Killing big enemies will release blood soul stones that has 2 variants, fragments (1,2,3) and full (6). Collecting them will add a fragment to a blood soul stone. Collecting 6 stone pieces will complete a full blood soul stone. When 4 blood soul stones are made, Overwhelming Power will be available
Power Overwhelming
Power Overwhelming is the game´s Hyper system that enhances shot power, makes enemies more agressive and can attract items without the use of the item get border line. Getting hit while having Power Overwhelming active will grant protection at the cost of losing 1 bomb. If getting hit while the Power Overwhelming is available, it will automatically activate while losing 2 bombs. If the Power Overwhelming is activated during a boss spell card attack, the spell card bonus will be lost.
Power Rank
This mechanic is the game´s rank system that adjusts the intensity of the patterns. The Power Rank gauge increases when attacking enemies and collecting items, and when full, bullet cancelling occurs. When using Overwhelming Power, Power Rank will go way too high and make enemies agressivier.
Point of Collection
Just like the official Touhou games, all point and power items will be autocollected above the Point of Collection, which is a line high up on the screen.
Items
Power item: Fills up the blood soul gauge. | |
Point item: Increases score. Extends are awarded after collecting a set amount of point items. | |
Cancel item: Appears from cancelled bullets, and they`re collected automatically. They fill up the blood soul gauge. | |
Bloodgem fragments: Adds a blood soul fragment to a blood soul stone. They variate between 1, 2 and 3. | |
Full bloodgem: A bloodgem variant that has 6 fragments alltogether, instantly completing a blood soul stone. | |
1UP: Grants an extra life. Before Stage 3 starts, Artemina will drop a 1UP item to the player. |
Scoring
Trivia
- In Stage 4, there`s an enemy that fires DoDonPachi styled bullets.
- Lycaropia Hearn is a fanmade character that`s basically a fusion of Maribel Hearn and Imaizumi Kagerou.
- The Power Overwhelming is majorly inspired in the Hyper system from DoDonPachi DaiOuJou.