So, you've looked at our work and have questions to ask. Things that you don't think necessarily need their own entire thread.

Or perhaps you just want to ask something random. Fire away! This is a thread for you to do just that! The developers are here to answer your questions! Writing, music, code, art, whatever. If you want to address a specific section of the staff, we'll respond to that as well.

Feel free to say anything you want about our demo here. There's some stuff were still working on, some stuff we just can't do, and some stuff we've done and can't tell you about, but everything you say can give us a little bit more insight into what we still need done, and how to prioritize things.

Graph's hard work has put together something nice for you all. He's made a bunch of sample screenshots of something that will appear in the demo. Specifically Marisa reading Flandre a certain story...

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In the interest of keeping the game development under wraps as much as possible, we've made it so that only developers get full access to the site. Here's a rundown of what the basic usergroups mean:

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(Here are 3 separate excerpts from each of our current main writers, Wererat 42, LTalon, and Myself, though not in that order. There's a lot more in the demo, and far more then that in the game itself, but hopefully this will give a good introduction to the game.)

[Pose Change: Patchouli Normal]
Patchy: "Oh yes. Koakuma's mostly done with your project, just so you know."

[Pose Change: Alice Suspicious]
Alice: "Wait a second now. What is this big research project you two are talking about?"

Oh right, I hadn't told Alice. It just hadn't come up. Reimu was still chatting with Remilia and Sakuya so...

Marisa: "I'm working on an immortality potion."

[Pose Change: Alice Surprise Blush]
Alice: "Eh?"

[Pose Change: Patchouli Book]
Patchy: "Or in more simple terms she's finally working at becoming a true magician."

[Pose Change: Alice Normal Blush]
Alice: "I see. Well I imagine you'll be at it for a while then. I guess that explains why you were looking for books from me."

Hm... Alice looked a little odd. Maybe I'm imagining things.

Marisa: "Yeah. Though I've been working on immortality before. I'm just prioritizing it now."

[Pose Change: Alice Happy]
Alice: "Well I suppose it's better then the Hourai Elixir in the long term. Though it's a little odd to be talking about that at a flower viewing festival."

[Pose Change: Patchouli Curious]
Patchy: "How so?"

[Pose Change: Alice Normal]
Alice: "Well the cherry blossoms are about the beauty of transience are they not?"

Reimu stepped up having finished her conversation with Remilia apparently.

[Exit Alice]

[Pose Change: Reimu Normal]
Reimu: "Yeah. It's about the passing beauty."

[Pose Change: Patchouli Normal]
Patchy: "Ah. I suppose humans would see it that way. Most youkai too I guess."

[Pose Change: Reimu Thinking]
Reimu: "How would you see it then?"

Patchy: "To me it shows eternity. Or at least as close as I wish to come to eternity."

Reimu, Alice and I just looked at each other. None of us seemed to quite understand what Patchouli was suggesting.

[Pose Change: Reimu Exasperated]
Reimu: "Well here comes the Prismrivers. I'd better make sure they don't practice any solos where humans can hear."

Reimu sighed and flew off to greet the poltergeists.

Patchy: "Anyway, I'm sure we'll be able to speak more later."

Patchouli nodded to Alice and I, then floated off.

[Pose Change: Alice Normal]
Alice: "Looks like the guests are arriving. I should help Reimu set out my snacks. I'll meet up with you later I'm sure."

Marisa: "See ya Alice."

She and her dolls floated off in another direction.

[Scene Change: Flower Festival]

More and more people were showing up. Of the big names, I think only Shikieki and Satori were missing, since I'd bet money that Orin and Okuu were somewhere about, probably in animal form.

Off to one side Yukari had already started fooling around with gap hax, and Yuyuko was messing with Mystia by taking her time with some chicken wings.

On the other side Eirin and Keine were doing their best to keep Kaguya and Mokou's brawling to reasonable levels.

All in all it seemed like a fairly normal party.

Hm... Maybe I should:

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[x] Go grab some snacks.

It may be the flower festival, but "dumplings over flowers" is a kinda the truth. It was time to secure my snacks before the rest of Gensoukyo cleaned them all out.

Sakuya had outdone herself this time, and I managed to grab both dumplings and some of her western snacks no problem.

However, Alice's basket was empty when I got there! That was just unacceptable. Fortunately I can handle these little issues with a bit of skill.

'Once again Dr Yagokoro, it seems there is nothing you possess that I cannot take away.'
[Kleptomania Up!]

Having done my normal carousing, I started to look for the best place to sit and relax while the sun set. The transition from day flower viewing to night time flower viewing was something to be carefully observed.

And for that one must find a spot away from the center of the party, yet still close to it. A place with 3 or 4 people you could chat a long time with.

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[x] Oh look. Alice.

And as usual it looked like Alice had found my spot and arrived there before me. It happens every festival now.

Well, it's not like I hate Alice, and she did pick the best spot. This time it looked like Patchouli and Reimu had joined her too.

I wandered over to the cloth spread on the ground and placed a bottle of sake I'd grabbed from the refreshment table down.

Marisa: "Heya. Mind if I join, Reimu?"

[Pose Change: Reimu Normal]
Reimu: "Of course not, Marisa."

Patchouli gave me a polite nod as I sat. Alice opened the bottle and poured for the four of us. Apparently Makai didn't have issues with pouring your own sake.

[Pose Change: Alice Normal]
Alice: "I imagine you swiped the best bottle that was left?"

Marisa: "Of course. I wouldn't grab an inferior bottle."

Alice: "I suppose that was a silly question."

Marisa: "Yep!"

Reimu finished a sip of her sake.
[Pose Change Reimu Thinking]
Reimu: "Hm... The sake tastes better this year. With that and the quality of the blossoms that means there should be a good harvest."

[Pose Change: Patchouli Normal]
Patchy: "That's just a superstition of course."

[x]"Darn. Don't tell me the sake pouring bit's a superstition too?"

Marisa: "Darn. Don't tell me the sake pouring bit's a superstition too?")

[Pose Change: Patchy: (Surprise?/Confused?)]
[Pose Change: Alice (Surprise?/Confused?)]
Patchy: "Huh?"
Alice: "Huh?"

Heh, guess Patchouli doesn't know it either.

Marisa: "You didn't know? It's lucky if a pretty girl pours your sake. I figured I'd get a lot of luck outta this party with you three."

[Pose Change: Patchouli Blush]
[Pose Change: Reimu Blush]
[Pose Change: Alice Blush]

[Pose Change: Alice Denial]
Alice: "It, it's not funny to make jokes like that."

[Pose Change: Reimu Annoyed]
Reimu: "Seriously Marisa, your sense of humor has gotten even more warped as you've gotten older."

[Pose Change: Patchouli Book]
Patchy: "...."

Marisa: "Heh, you three don't take compliments well. Besides aren't I pretty enough to return the favor?"

Patchy: "Too young for me."

[Pose Change: Alice Denial]
Alice: "Only if we're talking about external beauty."

Reimu: "Seriously..."

Huh. You say something nice... Still they all acted funny. I guess there aren't a lot of people who give those type of compliments about.

[Scene Change: Night Festival]

As the sun set the festival began to get more rowdy. Partially because most youkai loved the moonlight more then sunlight, partially because people were starting to get tipsy, or in Sanae's case, totally smashed. Seems she still hasn't mastered the art of drinking.

The four of us occasionally chatted idly as the light faded and the lanterns hung about the shrine began to light themselves. I recognized the work as one of my own designs, and I felt some pride that all of them worked. Another paycheck earned.

We sat in the red light enjoying the view of the blossoms. Every year the blossoms fall, but the trees remain for next year.

Hmm... Was that what being a youkai was like? The trees instead of the blossoms? Perhaps that was what Patchouli was hinting at before.

Flower viewing was a great time to think about things, and I had a lot of things to think about.

Nitori: "So what do you think of THIS, my dear Marisa?"

Despite the danger I turned towards Nitori's voice. It was always more dangerous not to look.

[Pose Change: Nitori Normal]

Nitori was standing there in a blue Yukaka, arms opened so that I could see the flower pattern clearly, or maybe to emphasize her cleavage. Or both.

[Pose Change: Alice Cool]
Alice: "A Yukata? Aren't yukata's more for summer festivals?"
[Exit Alice]

Marisa: "And it's a pretty standard yukata. Especially for kappa."

[Pose Change: Nitori Normal]
Nitori: "Hu fu fu. That's where you're wrong, beloved."

[Nitori pose: BEHOLD!]
Nitori: "BEHOLD! This is not just a Yukata! It is...THE ULTIMATE YUKATA (version 3.4)!"

[Pose Change: Reimu Exasperated]
Reimu: "Don't ask."

Marisa: "Ultimate Yukata? And version 3.4?"

[Pose Change: Patchouli Book]
Patchouli: "She asked."

[Nitori pose: Monologue, or maybe CG]
Nitori: "As you are well aware altering textiles to produce technomagical fields is a personal specialty of mine. The ULTIMATE YUKATA (version 3.4) is the latest model containing all my advancements in the field."

Nitori: "In addition to the standard micro missile launchers, stealth field, and bit attack control system, it contains a dryness field that keeps the wearer comfortable while still allowing the yukata's sexiness to be enhanced by liquid absorption."

Nitori: "And it contains my greatest advancement yet! The Pinpoint Gravity Defiance Field!"

Nitori leaned forward while sliding the yukata off both her shoulders. The dress of course slid down, revealing an ample amount of the kappa's chest before somehow stopping just before the top fell off completely.

Alice choked briefly on her drink, and I think I heard Youmu's self deception about her sexuality shattering somewhere in the background.

Nitori: "By altering the pull of gravity over specific locations, the yukata can reveal the maximum amount of flesh without the user have to worry about public indecency."

Nitori: "This field effect grants the wearer a 48% increase in general sexiness, given average bust and legs!"

Somehow I think the spiel might have been more effective if Nitori had been sultry, instead of 'overenthusiastic teacher.' Still I had to ask....

Marisa: "Doesn't that make it hard to remove?"

[Pose Change: Patchouli Book]
Patchy: "She said it again."

[Pose Change: Reimu Exasperated]
Reimu: "..."

Nitori: "Not at all! But I'm glad you asked!"

Nitori: "Just follow me over to the woods here and I'll happily give you a hands on demonstration of the removal procedure, as well as in a few other items I brought with me..."

[x]"No thanks! Wait... Missile launchers!?"

Marisa: "No thanks! Wait... Missile launchers!?"

[Pose Change: Nitori Behold!]
Nitori: "But of course! The ULTIMATE YUKATA (version 3.4), has a full micro missle battery capable of leveling the shrine 4 times over!"

Marisa: "Awesome!"

Now THAT was a seriously useful feature.

Nitori: "BEHOLD!"

[Pose Change: Reimu Angry]
Reimu: "You are NOT damaging the shrine, idiots!"

The Hakurei Yin Yang orbs flew from her sleeves and hit Nitori in the head a moment before turning around and homing in on me.

Marisa: "Ouch!"

[Pose Change: Nitori Owned]
Nitori: "Yipe!"

Suika: "Hey are you starting the fighting without me? No fair!"

[Pose Change: Nitori Surprise]
Nitori: "Ah! The oni!"
[Exit Nitori]

Nitori seemed to blur, then faded from view completely. It was a pretty impressive effect. Even with the swirling blossoms I couldn't see where the kappa was.

Hopefully that wouldn't be a problem later....

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