Trouble Witches

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 8:40 am

http://indygamer.blogspot.com/2007/07/t ... tches.html

demo out

i on work now, so can't try it now

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:02 am

I downloaded it the other day but haven't tried it out yet. Fighting w/ my computer in other ways right now.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:09 pm

This game pisses on my laptop's GMA 950. Slowdown all over.

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:15 pm

Twiddle wrote:This game pisses on my laptop's GMA 950. Slowdown all over.

='(

I just played a bit on dinner...

f*****g awesome, i bet 10/10!!!

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:34 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCsp3p6z6hw

Idiot gameplay video. Slowdown starts from the cave in the first level to the end of the replay.

Fonts much better in this game, though. They're definitely designed around SDTV viewing, unlike Airrade AIR.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:09 am

Intel GMA950 smooth gameplay settings:

Texture format (first list): Second setting
Texture filter (second list): Third setting

Background refresh rate: 30 / 60 Frame

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 2:12 am

Looks like Magical Chase on crack.

Dandy J · Post by **Dandy J** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:36 am

how do i turn off the voices the thing in the options menu isnt working OH GOD

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:18 am

Delete Config.dat and Setting.dat from Save directory, and set volume again.

btw, finally i 1cc demo)

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 6:21 am

Looks fun and Cute

I can't resist cutely characters...

Dandy J · Post by **Dandy J** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:46 am

P_HAT wrote:Delete Config.dat and Setting.dat from Save directory, and set volume again.

Tried that and it still didn't work. I can turn sound effects to 0 which turns off voices and sounds, or I can turn SE to 0 and voice to 100 and I still don't get voices.

It seems the voice volume doesn't do anything on my game...

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:14 am

Dandy J wrote:
P_HAT wrote:Delete Config.dat and Setting.dat from Save directory, and set volume again.
Tried that and it still didn't work. I can turn sound effects to 0 which turns off voices and sounds, or I can turn SE to 0 and voice to 100 and I still don't get voices.

It seems the voice volume doesn't do anything on my game...

heh =(

Looks like another demo bug. There is many of them - game can freeze when loading or turn off SE effects without you're wish

lawnspic · Post by **lawnspic** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:27 pm

Kinda reminds me of Cotton, Ordyne, and Harmful park all rolled up in one. Nice

sfried · Post by **sfried** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:44 am

It hangs on every other loading screen just after inputing a high-score. Sometimes it returns to the title screen, other times it just starts to slowdown drastically for no real reason.

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:53 am

what a charming shooter!

studio siesta bring the goods yet again!

can anyone explain the full system?

seems like :

tapping A button allows you to collect coins.
holiding A buton charges your gauge after a short while

B button allows the cat to slow down bullets, i think if the enemy is destroyed while the bullets are slow, you get more coins.

not sure how the bomb works exactly, but if the big pentagram is onscreen and slowing bullets down, when the enemy explodes you get even more coins... how do I activate the bomb

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:39 pm

button 3 fires SPECIAL WEAPONS. Some have limited ammo and time, some are just time based. On average, twice as powerful as your regular shot. Destroy tons of high-caliber enemies with these special weapons and get extends!

elvis · Post by **elvis** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:10 pm

Twiddle wrote:button 3 fires SPECIAL WEAPONS. Some have limited ammo and time, some are just time based. On average, twice as powerful as your regular shot. Destroy tons of high-caliber enemies with these special weapons and get extends!

Special Weapons - as in the things you buy from the shop?

The Y1000 card from the shop gave me rapid fire, and destroyed enemies seemed to spit out different kinds of coins (gold with a star inside). A circular bar appears around my character and begins to shrink giving me a visual indication of how long it lasts.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:11 pm

Yeah, get enough of those star coins and you get an extend.

dai jou bu · Post by **dai jou bu** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:31 pm

This demo is awesome. Love how almost all of the dialog is voiced too.

Didn't know you can charge shots. Probably would've helped for stage 2 since I felt like an underpowered Vic Viper.

sfried · Post by **sfried** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:50 pm

Did anybody spot the secret with the shopkeeper? (Apparently you can touch her in...odd places, but not before you get repremanded by the owner for doing so too much).

That said, I'm still trying to get the gist of the slowdown bullets magic: Hold the button to cast, release to activate/freeze, and press again to deactivate?

dai jou bu · Post by **dai jou bu** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:53 pm

Yeah, it's hold to expand the circle, then release. If you're holding the button still even though the circle reached max radius, the circle's magic won't take effect until you release it. Press the button again to deactivate it.

EDIT:

pixelcorps wrote:
seems like :

tapping A button allows you to collect coins.
holiding A buton charges your gauge after a short while

B button allows the cat to slow down bullets, i think if the enemy is destroyed while the bullets are slow, you get more coins.

not sure how the bomb works exactly, but if the big pentagram is onscreen and slowing bullets down, when the enemy explodes you get even more coins... how do I activate the bomb

Well, from what I've played so far, not firing will make all of the coins fly toward you (nice touch, makes you conscious of that fire button).

Using the magic circle drains your magic meter, and the larger the magic circle you deploy, the faster the meter depletes. You can increase the size of the magic meter by purchasing that green vial thing at the shop, which gets more expensive every time you purchase it.

I'm assuming the magic circle is your only bomb, and your character can be augmented with additional powerups for a short while by buying spellcards over at the shop. Just press the spellcard button at anytime you have one in stock and you'll activate it.

Funny thing about certain bullets that are caught in the magic circle is that they turn yellow and change their vector towards your character if you deactivate the circle before the owner of those bullets are destroyed.

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:35 pm

http://indygamer.blogspot.com/2007/07/shmups-news.html

The 120MB trial version for Trouble Witches gets a new update. The game should work on all PCs now.

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 1:58 pm

Stage 3 in full version runs FUCKING slow

Damn 3d...

Gwyrgyn Blood · Post by **Gwyrgyn Blood** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:53 pm

Haven't had any trouble with slowdown on my machine thankfully.

Stage 3 is pretty rough though, tons of stuff going on all at once. A pretty big leap in difficulty from the first two stages. And the game just gets harder from there.

I managed to get to the final boss on 1 credit and cleared the game on 1 continue. You unlock Arcade mode just by clearing the game... not sure what the requirements are for the secret character (if there is even one) or the secret difficulty.

The game is HARD though. The green bullets tend to be mostly harmless until late stages when there are tons of them, but there's often quite a lot going on otherwise that gets you. Stage 3 is a real bitch at first, but there's some tricks to it.

So far, Pril is the only character I like. Aqua moves just too damn slow, and I hate how Yuuki needs her familiar to have any sort of spread and damage to her shot. Plus her cat is named Al.

Biggest thing I'm still confused on is the shopkeepers. I don't understand what determines when which one will show up, and I don't understand what the loveylovey meter does at all. Items seems to show up just at set locations regardless of any of that. Also it seems like they removed the red and blue potions from the demo, or maybe they only show up in Arcade mode?

I feel like I'm still missing some important aspect of the scoring system though.

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:40 am

Can someone tell me if the patches have to be applied in order i.e. or if the last patch includes all the previous patches ?

http://trouble_witches.mails.ne.jp/tw_download.htm

And there is an English version coming out...

http://trouble_witches.mails.ne.jp/tw_eng.htm

rtw

Gwyrgyn Blood · Post by **Gwyrgyn Blood** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:08 pm

No just download 1.05 and use it.

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:24 am

English manual on site:

http://trouble_witches.mails.ne.jp/tw_eng.htm

rtw

Gwyrgyn Blood · Post by **Gwyrgyn Blood** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 3:18 pm

Well... it sort of somewhat explains the difference between the shopkeepers. Not really clear on anything though.

Also they misspelled 'Girls' on the box art.

Also looks like there is a major patch coming in the near future, 1.20. Will add some new spell cards if nothing else.

beam · Post by **beam** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:32 pm

According to the official page it's slated for an arcade release in 2008.

Iria76 · Post by **Iria76** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:59 pm

I downloaded this last night as well.I thought it was awesome.I just have some issues with getting the controls down plus it was 5:00 in the morning so i wasn't as alert as i usually am.I plan on playing some more tonight.Take care.