Danmaku Death
Danmaku Death is a bullet hell shmup for Android, developed by JakiganicSystems. This game was most likely released in April 2012.
Contents
History
This game was initially downloadable from the Google Play Store, but has since been taken down. You can still get the APK if you look for it online, and it will probably still work on newer phones.
Crimson Mode seems to have been added for the 1st Anniversary of the game, which was April 2013.
Game Structure
The game is a level-based boss rush, basically. There are 31 bosses in total, each available on 4 difficulties: Easy, Normal, Hard, Hell.
After completing a stage, you'll be awarded with 1-3 stars. Star 1 you get for beating the stage. Star 2 and 3 require you to beat the stage under certain goal times.
- For Hell mode only, you will always be awarded 3 Stars, regardless of time spent.
Gameplay
Move Character: Touch and move finger
Shooting: Your character will shoot automatically.
Force Field
Force Field: Hold with one finger, then tap with another.
Blue bar on the bottom-left must be fully charged before usage.
-It is a small spherical shield that lasts ~2-3 secs.
-The shield erases all bullets it comes in contact with.
-It also deals damage to enemies it touches, and it is quite strong.
-It's affected by your movement at the time of activating it.
-It will move in the angle you were moving at the time, and will retain the speed too.
-It also will slow down slightly over time.
Thus, the Force Field is useful both defensively and offensively.
The Easy and Normal mode versions of Boss 003 are tutorials for this mechanic.
Options & Customization
This game features an impressive amount of customization for your gameplay experience. In the Settings menu, you have the following options:
- adjust Touch Sensitivity (30% - 300%)
- assign key for Force Field (for if your device does not support multi-touch)
- change player visuals. may also affect player's shot graphic. full table of choices below.
| Fighter Graphic Name | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Droid (Green) | android mascot (green) | default |
| Droid (Red) | android mascot (red) | |
| Droid (Blue) | android mascot (blue) | |
| Space Ship | ||
| Mamushi | ||
| Shinden | ||
| Gekkou | ||
| Reimu | Reimu Hakurei from Touhou Project | shoots amulets |
| Bee | a yellow-red blinking bee that can also be found as a boss | |
| Toufu | a block of tofu | |
| Moai | a moai head | |
| Random | chooses a random graphic each run |
- change player sprite size (30% - 300%)
- turn background on/off (probably improves performance slightly if off)
- adjust Music / Sound Effect Volume
- Left-Handed Mode (moves the force field gauge to right side of screen)
- speed up level restarting animations
List of Stages
| ID: | Official Name: | Description: |
|---|---|---|
| 001 | Comet | moon that has holes with eyes in them |
| 002 | Gurges | swirly blue thing, looks a bit like a galaxy |
| 003 | Tutorial | grey box with a question mark inside |
| 004 | Clay Figure | purple statue thing |
| 005 | Blue Face | blue circle with face at bottom |
| 006 | Back Beard | foggy black eyeball |
| 007 | Crystal Wall | a ceiling of pink crystals |
| 008 | Hibachi #1 | bee #1 (yellow) |
| 009 | Crystal Scull | crystal ball with a skull in the bottom-left |
| 010 | Flower | pink spinning flower with yellow middle |
| 011 | Take it easy | Yukkuri head of Marisa Kirisame (from Touhou Project) |
| 012 | Man | bathroom sign, man |
| 013 | 5 cores | 5 small metallic spheres with red in middle |
| 014 | Black Heart | black triangular flying saucer |
| 015 | Cube | spinning grey cube with red in middle |
| 016 | Pendulum | gold pendulum that swings back and forth |
| 017 | Hemispherium | big light-grey half-sphere with six holes at the top. 10 much smaller half-spheres encircle it |
| 018 | Hibachi #2 | bee #2 (pink) |
| 019 | U.F.O. | cyan spinning disk |
| 020 | Big Buddha | gold buddha head |
| 021 | Antenna | something that looks like the cookie monster with an antenna on top its head |
| 022 | Watermelon | watermelon |
| 023 | Spider | big black spider in a web |
| 024 | G10N1 | three green war planes |
| 025 | Flame | a ball of fire |
| 026 | Ring | spinning ring of blue metallic balls |
| 027 | Woman | bathroom sign, woman |
| 028 | Evacabbage | a head of cabbage |
| 029 | Black Hall | black hole |
| 030 | Moai Plant | many brown moais that go in a trash can |
| 031 | Moai | eight grey moais on a brick wall structure |
Strategy & Tips
The game provides some empty space on the bottom of the screen. This is so you can put your finger lower than your character, making it possible to see where you are while still maintaining full range of movement
About shooting... your character will shoot faster depending on how close you are to the boss. So if you are right below the boss, you will do lots more damage than if you're far away from it.
Crimson Mode
This mode can be found in the Extras menu. In this mode, you'll face off against a somewhat longer boss with various different bullet patterns. As opposed to the main game, getting hit here will not end the run, but rather give a +5 second penalty to your timer.
Other Info / Trivia
- In the Options, you can also view your stats.
- This game records Replays of your stage clears that you can watch from the stage menu. It seems to save replays for up to 3 top times for each stage.
- In the Extras menu, you also have the option to download the music from the game. (whether that still works has not been verified)
- There is also an option to send a bug report or other message to the developer directly. This no longer works.
- The official names for the stages can be seen by tapping the "Tweet" button after clearing a level / finishing watching a replay, and viewing the text contents of the proposed post.
- There were online leaderboards where people uploaded their replays with their best times to, but it is no longer functional.
