I didn't really want to post this here until i got my external fixed, but y'know what, there's no real reason not to!
So, I've mentioned before who I am - Derxwna Kapsyla, head of Chaotic Infinity Development, which has several projects under its wings. One such project is a Pokemon Essentials-made project, Touhoumon Faith & Prayer Version.
For a very very long time now, since even my elementary school years, I've wanted to make games. I would envision them constantly, though it was mostly Pokemon-related. It wasn't until Middle School that I discovered Rom Hacks, and I tried my hand at that. It didn't work out so well! Early Hiigh School came and I discovered Pokemon Essentials. I fiddled areound with it, made two projects in it that really only served to further my skill in it. While I was doing this, I was getting into the Touhou Project series, and I had discovered (More like, I discovered Touhou through this) that a fangame that hybridized Pokemon and Touhou existed. I was enamored by it, and over time, an idea sprung in my head. "I should make a Touhoumon game in RPG Maker, using Pokemon Essentials."
And so I set out to make it happen. But first I needed to lay the foundation for it - the Touhoumon Essentials Development Starter Kit was made first, which allowed me to have the foundation I needed to make my ideal Touhoumon game in Essentials. Initially, it was supposed to be a side project to my main project at the time, but the DevKit eventually took all my time and focus, and gave me determination in return. From the foundation of the DevKit came the birth of Faith & Prayer Version.
To me, Faith & Prayer Version tells the story of Touhoumon that I feel it should have had. Until recent, all existing Touhoumon games were just "Replace Pokemon, enjoy your unaltered Pokemon experience" or "ONE TILE FLASH MAZES, LEVEL 40 PUPPETS AT GYM 1, TOUHOU IS HARD GUYS!". There was no real depth! I wanted to change that. I wanted to make my ideal game. But I needed a plot first, and it wasn't until I was browsing Touhou fanfics on fanfiction.net that I found the plot I needed. A one-shot called Touhou Puppet Play - A Viewpoint, written by Lone Wolf Neo, crossed my view, and I read it. It gave me the inspiration I needed to make the plot, and I asked the writer if I could adapt their one chapter fanfic into a game. With their permission, Act 0 of Faith & Prayer Version was drafted, and with it, the rest of the plot soon to follow.
The Plot
Terminology
Main Protagonists:
Notable Features:
Ah, but what good is a fangame if it doesn't have its own features to talk about outside of its own plot! Faith & Prayer Version comes with several features, both unique and similar to Pokemon games as a whole.
Screenshots and Videos
Honestly I need to get better screenshots for the thread, but I promise you I will get them at some point! Until then, have several videos showcasing the game in action.
Credits:
...This might have been a good time to wait for my data to be recovered, but I do have a preliminary set of credits here.
For more information about the game, future news and updates, the following blogs are where I post more information about the game. You can usually hit me with a message there when it comes to bug reports or feedback.
http://chaoticinfinitydev.tumblr.com/ - Specialized blog for ChaoticInfinity Development related projects, mostly used to post releases or important and critical information regarding future versions and releases.
http://derxwnakapsyla.tumblr.com/ - My main blog, more generalized, but gets more information about smaller the game updates
Those two blogs are where you can keep up-to-date on all the information regarding Faith & Prayer Version.
Changes in the Current Build
Something to address before the download link. This is relevant if you are updating from Demo 1 or 2. Demo 3 should be fine
If you're updating from Demo 4 to Demo 5 or onward, please read this:
Touhoumon Faith & Prayer Version Demo 6 - Mediafire Link
Quick Patch Fixes:
The following links apply ONLY to Demo 6.
The rest are for legacy purposes, and will not work in later versions. The download links are set to private.
This demo picks up where Demo 4 and 5 left off, at New Bark Town, and goes into Johto Proper, taking you all the way to Route 32's end. Ruins of Alph is explorable, the east half of Route 36 is explorable. Dark Cave is not explorable.
I hope you all enjoy the game, just as much as I enjoy making it. I’ve hammered out a majority of the bugs that my testers have reported. If you find a bug or inconsistency, please contact me with where the bug is, so I can get on fixing it. The same goes for typos and grammatical errors. I've done my best to iron out as many kinks as I have for the public release.
- DerxwnaKapsyla