>>68688817no worries, I'm really glad you liked it!
I don't come to this thread often or really ever (though I'll keep it open for today), so if you have any question you'll have to find me. i infrequently hang out in /vsj+/ or random catalog threads, i'm frequently in the Kieran thread in /vp/, and I'm of course in the gameplay discord servers I mentioned, so you'll be able to find me there once you start networking
also gdi I just noticed a whole part of the guide is missing, it was supposed to go between "potential ways to make it big" and "2hu game info". I must've missed it while copy-pasting. thankfully it's not too long so I'm not spamming the thread again
>How to improveGet comfortable with movement. It's really not complicated, you're just moving a dot around 2D space, but it'll still take time for you to align what you think you're doing to what you're actually doing. Your character has two movement speeds to switch between, and you should get used to figuring out the right tool for the job. Move your reading window up - don't center it on your player character. Bullets mostly come from above, so look there. How far up you should look will depend on the speed of the pattern. Recognize common pattern tropes: get used to finding gaps in circles, get used to rapidly tapping horizontal keys when bullets are aimed directly at you to maximize how long you have before getting walled (a technique known as "streaming" the bullets), etc. Practice a lot. Use thprac if the game's native practice options are lacking. Play lots of games, and try the scene games just to learn dodging skill (they offer a more zen environment where you can reset every pattern as much as you want).
Once you're somewhat comfortable with dodging, the other necessary skill to beat the game that you'll most likely be lacking is resource management. If you want to beat the games, use the bomb the game gives you. They're there for a reason. Don't be a hero against a pattern you know you're unlikely to survive, just bomb it well before you risk dying. Do NOT try to make use of deathbombing on purpose to save up bombs - it's unreliable, and you'll only lose them instead. You get 3 bombs every time you die in most games, so make sure you use them all. Once you do, you're free to play out of your mind to try to survive, you have no other option anyway. Almost every Touhou game actually gives way more resources than you need to clear if you're not constantly losing them because of your hubris.