Review Fix Exclusive: Srichumporn Kongwisawamit Talks Touhou Multi Scroll Shooting 2

April 29, 2021 Patrick Hickey Jr. Video Games 0

Review Fix chats with Touhou Multi Scroll Shooting 2 developer Srichumporn Kongwisawamit, who discusses the game’s development cycle and more

Review Fix: How was this game born?

Srichumporn Kongwisawamit: I am passionate about several Touhou games. ZUN made Touhou as he wanted. Touhou fans made fan games by their own passion. I have an idea to make a Touhou fan game which has references from other fan games. Touhou Multi Scroll Shooting is a derivative work of derivative works.

Some bullet patterns look good from the side view. Some bullet patterns look good from the top view. I played Astebreed before. That game changes camera view during stages. It is a nice idea to provide multiple camera views to players. Shoot’em up games are not too hard to program. They do not have too complicated logic like mmo rpg games.

Review Fix: What is your role in the game?

Kongwisawamit: I make 3d models, textures, animation and game play. All game play mechanics are made from blueprint visual scripting in Unreal Engine 4. I use sound effects from free sources. I edited some of them in audacity to fit in my game.  Music is made by Umbra, supported by Gizmo, the dragon.

Review Fix: What has development been like?

Kongwisawamit:  A lot of trial and error.

Review Fix: What makes this game special?

Kongwisawamit: Seamless dynamic camera behaviour. Bullet patterns were designed to look good in the  current camera view in game.

Review Fix: What games influenced this one the most?

Kongwisawamit: “Astebreed” for dynamic camera. “Phantasm Romance -幻想浪漫紀行-” for game vibe.

Review Fix: Any fun stories or wild moments during development?

Kongwisawamit: There are many troubles during development. I do not feel fun specially.

Review Fix: What were the major lessons learned?

Kongwisawamit: Sales volume of my previous game is not good. I learned I should promote games more. 0.99$ is not a good price. If I released it as a free to play game, I should get more followers. To avoid critical bugs from being unable to load the save slot. I had to force the game to create a save slot from beginning. 

Review Fix: Do you think preserving older gameplay mechanics in new games is important?

Kongwisawamit: For action games, it is important. Players can get used to them easily.

Review Fix: The marketplace is crowded. How do you think you stand out?

Kongwisawamit: I am not sure I can survive or not.

Review Fix: How have your previous experiences in industry helped this game?

Kongwisawamit: I learned how to use Unreal Development Kit (Free version of Unreal Engine 3) when I worked for the previous team. Workflow of Unreal Engine 4 is similar to Unreal Engine 3.

Review Fix: How do you want this game to ultimately be remembered?

Kongwisawamit: I made this game with great ambition. It is passionate about Touhou fandom communities.

Review Fix: What’s next?  

Kongwisawamit:  I have a plan to make non-Touhou shooting games.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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