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[edited the first post since this has come a long way since that. XD]



Hello there~
I'm Kittah, the 'project head', if you will, of a fan Touhou Visual Novel project, called Ultraviolet Spirit Garden.

The VN is based after Ten Desires, and follows the stories of our three protagonists, Hakurei Reimu, Marisa Kirisame and Sakuya Izayoi as they are trapped inside the Netherworld, alongside many other living residents of Gensokyo, and their plots to escape, by teaming up with both friends and enemies alike.

The full plot can be found here :: http://ultravioletspiritgarden.tumblr.com/Plot

We are currently seeking people to join the project, since we're lacking on a lot of fronts currently. xD
We need:

- Writers
- Interface Designers
- Programmers
- Composers

If you're interested at all, please drop me a line!
Either PM me here, contact me over the project's official Tumblr blog, or email me at

I must note, however, that this is an unpaid, fan project. Sadly, being a student myself I don't quite have the money to fund a professional one, but this is, I suppose, for Touhou fans everywhere. xD

On this forum, there's Touhou Mecha: Hell's Rising. Chapter one has been released, and the rest is a work in progress.

I don't remember if Eternal Starlight Romance began here on Lemma Soft. It's up to demo version 2 right now, which was released last year.

Likewise, I don't know much about Down on the Corner, but it's an R-rated comedy which involves at least one Touhou character.

Also, there was a WIP thread about Memories of Christmas Nights, but since it's been inactive since 2010, I assume it died quietly.

Search the tags on the Visual Novel Database for 'touhou' and you will find a number of untranslated VNs.

...So yeah, before you delve into this, make sure you keep in mind what's been made already.

I'm well aware there have been quite a few other fanmade Touhou visual novels, I'm merely a fan of the franchise looking to make something of my own with it. xD
But I will be sure to make it as different as possible, in comparison to the other released ones, which I've looked into.

Thank you for your concern, however~ :3

Hi there! I'm the creator of Touhou Mecha.

It's good that you can do art. It's probably the biggest roadblock for any Touhou fangame because of the massive cast of characters. How are you thinking of splitting up the workload?

-A colorist and a lineartist for characters?
-Everyone gets a character or several, but differing styles are alright?

I can do pretty much anything visual for a VN. Except animation that can't be done with Renpy's ATL language. I'd have to take a backseat role here though, since those first two projects gekigan mentioned are still ongoing.

Hey~ :'D
Yeah, I saw your thread, very nice work so far. ;w;

Since I was considering having a few different characters you can play through as {all depending on how much help I can get}, I would probably assign an artist or two per story route, or something like that. I highly doubt I'll get enough help to assign artists to characters, so I'll really just have to see how things go. xD

Since you've got so much on already, it's up to you if you'd like to get involved, but any kind of help, even if it's just throwing ideas into the mix would be very much appreciated!

I'm a pretty big touhou fan, so count me in as interested. I do write but I'm more than a little busy at the moment, so I probably won't be able to help out.

Haha, it's fine, I understand now is a pretty busy time for most people, I have the remainder of my finals to get through next week so I won't be properly starting things for a while yet.

But I'm certainly glad you're interested~ ;3

I suggest you come up with a good premise for this. the idea of a "touhou dating sim" is far too broad, even if you're planning to discuss it with your team. try to figure out what your plot will focus on, and also when. is it going to be between games, during one of the games, or after the last game that came out (which as far as I know is still ten desires). once you've got that down, it'll be easier for your team to figure out what should actually happen

also, if you do go with the dating sim route I suggest you refrain from allowing the player to be their choice of character. that's going to increase your workload exponentially.

I might be able to help with writing or interface design, depending on how long it takes you to gather team members, but at the moment it would be irresponsible of me to help.

You actually posted that at the perfect time, I was in the process of coming up with a premise to post.
Yes, Ten Desires is the most recent game.

Funnily enough, the plot takes place a little while after it.

Yuyuko gets bored of the food in the Netherworld, and being the glutton she is asks Yukari to take down the border of life and death so that she can sample the food of the rest of Gensokyo for a while. Yukari agrees, with a sly agenda that she knows a certain amount of chaos will ensue from doing this, but doesn’t realize that once the barrier has been destroyed, it ends up transporting some of Gensokyo’s living residents to the Netherworld and trapping them there.

Leaving our handful of main characters, and their unwitting companions to try and figure out how to get out of the Netherworld, while adjusting to the strange, gloomy world they have entered.

So it would have various endings, depending who you choose to work with.
Depending on how much help I can get, I will have one to three playable characters, probably being Reimu, Marisa and Sakuya, but obviously that's subject to change, depending on how well the project does.

The official logo of the project, now named Ultraviolet Spirit Garden. :'D

Official Blog :: http://ultravioletspiritgarden.tumblr.com/

I see you emulated Zun's naming sense, lol.

Tried to keep with the feel, yeah. XD
Glad it worked~ :'D

I see you emulated Zun's naming sense, lol.

this is a requirement of any touhou fan work isn't it?

that said, may I ask why it says touhou koumakyou above the title? that is somewhat specific to scarlet devil.

Reimu, Marisa and Sakuya

very appropriate. the same three heroines that were there the first time yuyuko and yukari were involved.

I can only hope youmu will be involved... (my fav character )

.....|: Oh God, thank you SO much for pointing that out. ~dies a little inside~ XD;
I can't say I'm fluent in kanji so, yeah that was an honest mistake.
Okay, it's all fixed now. XD

Haha, yes, you will be pleased to know that Youmu will be involved in all storymodes. c:

Hello! I saw your post on Tumblr and I couldn't help but be really curious about your project. I'm interested in helping out, but I'd like to know a few things first.

Firstly, what visual novel engine is this being made on?

What are you planning for the genre? Purely romantic with a skeleton plot that focuses on romantic relations between characters? Or a deep plot that doesn't delve into the romantics so much, but looks at character backstories and/or development?

How will you incorporate having multiple protagonists in the story? Will you have a character selection screen, will early decision points branch out the characters, will there be a test, etc.? Can different playable characters end up with the same person? (eg Marisa and Reimu both end up with Cirno)

How much besides the current plot summary do you have outlined? Or is that all you have outlined?

Is anyone else currently working on the project with you?

That's about it. The rest I can ask at a later time/think of later.