Way too many things on the screen for me. I somehow made it to the end?

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I'm probably not a good-enough Shmup player to appreciate the intricate scoring mechanics, but I had a lot of fun! I like the adaption of Kogasa's theme. Also, few put as much effort into the itch.io page and the readme file, so thanks for that.

The ability to change the opacity of various things is incredibly smart. Excellent feature. Did this and then was able to clear it with no deaths. With that as the goal I thought the difficulty was really good. Though I'm not sure how to feel about the fact that my main strategy was to conserve at least two bombs for the end so that I could basically ignore Kogasa's last phases haha

With respect to goals, I might've liked to see something more explicit as a goal besides 1cc, given how relatively easy it is to get through this without getting a game over with the default number of lives. I do understand why this is done given the target audience and that this is a game jam. But maybe just some "bonus" goals like perhaps a special screen for clearing with no deaths, or a set score to aim for. I'd say personally my intrinsic motivation when it comes to doing things in games is probably higher than average. That is to say, I was ok with just setting what I consider to be a satisfying goal for myself and meeting that without the game leading me there. But for more extrinsically motivated players, something more explicit could go a long way since the default 1cc on its own is relatively easy. 

Hm, gameplay with fast-moving bullets requiring split-second decisions. I'm starting to understand what exactly a caravan shm'up is. Nicely polished and stimulating. It a bit jarring as someone who's used to Touhou to be using bombs this frequently (or even encouraged to use it more often than not), but every gameplay style has its merits!

This is short but a fun game still! It's Touhou more or less but flashier. The first thing I note is that there are a lot of shiny things on the screen which kinda makes me hard to keep track of things but I did realize that there are settings to turn down their transparency. I haven't tested that though, but pretty sure it will help with my only problems when playing it.

Overall it's a great game! Good job!

I honestly cannot get enough of this game. I've already sunk at least 8 hours into it, which is crazy considering its actual duration.

The quality of life features are so good! The ability to change opacities on objects, the rank and i-frames being visible, it's all so thoughtful and useful for folks of any skill level! And that's not even mentioning the amazing quality of the music, aesthetic, and overall charm!

My only possible complaint would be how absolutely insane the final two spellcards are at spook levels >5, but considering just how many bombs and lives are available to the player, I cant imagine that's a problem for anyone who's not being sweaty.

Seriously great. I can't wait to try out all your past and future works!

very nice very nice

my experience with scoring is largely "get enough points to get a bunch of lives before kuroji in len'en 1" so i'm not super good at it or in-tune with how things work aside from "don't get hit and shoot things" but hey thats good enough for me. a cool minute or so of bulleting that looks very nice for three days

score: 1.6 mil

That was great! Definitely my favorite of your SHMUPs I've played for jam submissions! Pacing's really good, and even a normal mode player like me was able to keep up thanks to the plethora of resources.

It's seriously high quality for the 72 hours jam, it's amazing.

One thing I have is that it would be perfect with a sharp sound to notify you that the Chain is full (and maybe make it briefly flash too, I'm confident it'll pop out even in peripheral vision).
Other thing, if you reset while Laser is active, all items will be Golden Items until you Laser again.

But wow, stage is so well thought out, really catchy mechanics, game is a blast.

Btw what's the name of the stage theme? I really like it.

Fun and fast-paced! This feels really good to play and everything is nice and polished.

I would have liked some audio (or other) feedback for when the combo is maxed out. Perhaps I'm playing the game wrong in trying to max out combo before I bomb, but it breaks my flow a bit to have to watch the interface.

 Also, fairy maids.

Crazy fast pacing and a fun, bomb-happy, risk-filled system to go with it.

The only things off I really noticed is that it’s hard to tell in my peripheral vision when the chain is maxed out (maybe a bigger font or sound cue could help this?) and the lack of sound when you take a hit (the pichuun happens when you die rather than before it actually happens) makes it unusually hard to deathbomb.

Another really minor set of nitpicks is how the timer stays stuck at 99.99 for awhile (making it hard to gauge early stage progress for a bit) and how Kogasa’s lifebar is present for the entire stage portion / while she can’t actually take damage or isn’t present (DNH limitation?).

Everything is very Touhou in its roots, the shooting mechanics, hell bullet, and the laser saving one's life at the crucial second! It's colorful and the visuals are big so you can see enough despite of the game's viewport size.

Also it features a record of your game, so neat of that thought!

The only down is that there are times where few FPS drops occurs, but excluding that everything is well executed as Touhou.

I don't understand anything but shooting everything and seeing numbers go up made my brain expand very much! Really nice visuals and music.