Mystical Power Plant

Developer:	ido
Release date:	2013

Touhou Doumeiju ~ Mystical Power Plant (東方導命樹) is a Touhou Project fangame, developed by ido released in 2013 with the Danmakufu PH3 engine.

Other versions of the game are complicated to run, so if you wanna try it, visit this page here, which has a playable and stable version of MPP on english.

For replay videos, visit the Video Index.

Controls

• Z: Shoot
• X: Bomb
• Shift: Focus

On keyboard, movement can be done using either the arrow keys or the number pad.

Gameplay overview

The way the game works is based around collecting leaf items to fill a Skill tree gauge, which causes the player to 'level up' and gain various benefits as the game proceeds.

Scoring

Scoring is based on the collecting of point items, getting spellcard bonuses and as well crystal items rewarded from the Skill Tree by filling it`s gauge with 5 slots active.

Difficulty Modes

The game has 2 game modes and 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 modes:

• Front (Omote): The standard mode of the game.
• Back (Ura): A difficult game mode with suicide bullets and tweaked mechanics compared to Front (Omote).

The game also has an Extra stage, which is treated as it´s own difficulty. To unlock the Extra stage, the player must at least 1cc on any difficulty and game mode.

Playable Characters

Mystical Power Plant features 3 character teams, and their A and B variants swaps their shot side roles.

Reimu/Utsuho

Reimu/Utsuho			A	B
			Prestigious Automatic Type	Calm Manual Type
			Description: Reimu[A] as the unfocused side can fire homing shots, while as the focused side Utsuho[A] can fire explosive energy balls.	Description: Utsuho[B] as the unfocused side can fire a 7-way spread shot, while Reimu[B] as the unfocused side can fire a forward 3-way shot.
			Reimu[A] shot: Mind Amulet Reimu[A] bomb: Dream Sign "Fantasy Seal" Utsuho[A] shot: Shooting Flare Utsuho[A] bomb: Blazing Star "Fixed Star"	Utsuho[B] shot: Hell´s´ Mountain Wind Utsuho[B] bomb: Subterranean Sun Reimu[B] shot: Persuation Needle Reimu[B] bomb: Dream Sign "Wild Exorcism Dance"
			Skills: Small hitbox, long deathbomb time, longer i-frame recovery length

Marisa/Byakuren

Marisa/Byakuren			A	B
			Ambitious Power Type	Calm Manual Type
			Description: Marisa[A] as the unfocused side can fire explosive shots with her options following her on trace formation, while Byakuren[A] as the focused side can fire wavy lasers and lock aiming of options.	Description: Byakuren[B] as the unfocused side has buzzsaw options that fire lasers, while Marisa[B] as the focused side fires short ranged flamethrower-like shots.
			Marisa[A] shot: Super Spread Star Marisa[A] bomb: Love Sign "Master Spark" Byakuren[A] shot: Astram Phantasmagoria Byakuren[A] bomb: Superhuman "Byakuren Hijiri"	Byakuren[B] shot: Sorcery Buzzsaw Byakuren[B] bomb: "Star Sword Apologetics" Marisa[B] shot: Cold Inferno Marisa[B] bomb: Love Sign "Orreries Freezer"
			Skills: Strong option shot, fast movement, strong main shot

Sanae/Kanako

Sanae/Kanako			A	B
			Ambitious Power Type	Calm Manual Type
			Description: Sanae[A] as the unfocused side can fire wave shots, while Kanako[A] as the focused side can fire targeting snakes.	Description: Kanako[B] as the unfocused can fire homing snakes, while Sanae[B] as the focused side fires forward waves. A unique function to this type is that pressing C key/User 1 button will consume a Skill slot from the Skill tree.
			Sanae[A] shot: Mighty Wind Sanae[A] bomb: Esoterica "Gray Thaumathurgy Kanako[A] shot: Sky Serpent Kanako[A] bomb: Divine Pillar "Meteoric Onbashira"	Kanako[B] shot: Water Serpent Kanako[B] bomb: God Sign "Omiwatari that God Walked" Sanae[B] shot: Sonic Blaster Sanae[B] bomb: Miracle "Daytime Guest Stars"
			Skills: Wide item collecting range, long Skill tree gauge duration, auto-collect boss items

Items

	Leaf item: Increases the Skill tree gauge until a skill is achieved.
	Point item: Increases score. Their score depends on their value.
	Cancel items: Appears from cancelled bullets, including from bombing.
	Crystal items: Appears from filling the Skill tree gauge with all 5 slots. Gives extra poinst
	Green star: Provides bomb parts.
	Pink star: Provides life parts.
	1UP: Grants an extra life.

Trivia

• Lily White acts pretty similar to her TH7PCB counterpart, spreading lots of bullets, but at the very beginning of Stage 1.
• Riko Toone is basically a "what if?" of a Vocaloid combined with Satori.

External Links

1. Images provided byJSAV2006STG(ABC)
   
2. Some info taken from (Touhou Wiki):