wasmga.me
← All games

Taisei Project

PCShooterAction

Loading

Loading sources… all files

    Overview

    Taisei Project is an open source fan-game set in the world of Tōhō Project. It is a top-down vertical-scrolling curtain fire shooting game (STG), also known as a “bullet hell” or “danmaku.” STGs are fast-paced games focused around pattern recognition and mastery through practice.

    Taisei is a shoot-em-up game. Lots of bullets cover the screen and if you are hit by one, you die. To make things easier, your hitbox is very small, much smaller than your character.

    If you get hit you lose a life; if you are out of lives, it’s Game Over, but you get a few Continues to keep playing (without scores). Taisei has 6 levels (called stages). Each stage has a boss and a midboss in some form.

    Made by
    Taisei Project contributors

    Controls guide

    Playing

    KeyAction
    ArrowsMove
    ZShoot
    XBomb (Spell Card)
    CPower Surge: start it, then press again to discharge
    ShiftHold to focus: move slower, aim tighter and see your hitbox
    EscPause

    Menus and story

    KeyAction
    ArrowsMove
    Z/EnterChoose, skip a line in a cutscene
    X/EscBack
    CtrlHold to skip dialogue

    Cheatsheet

    Items

    Blue
    Point items that increase your score
    Red
    Gives you more power; always with a capital P
    Green star
    Bomb; an empty outline is worth 500 bomb fragments
    Pink heart
    One extra life
    Small yellow ghosts
    Raise the value of your point items
    Surge lightning
    Spawns during your Power Surge to provide charge
    Voltage
    Spawns after a Power Surge and raises point value, bombs and volts

    HUD

    Lives
    Next shows the score at which you get a bonus life
    Spell Cards
    Your bombs; 500 fragments make a new one
    Power
    How strong your shot is: maxes out at 4, collects up to 6
    Value
    Point item value at the top of the screen
    Graze
    Raise it by getting close to bullets

    Shot types

    Reimu, Yōkai Buster
    The tried-and-true: homing amulets and sharp needles
    Reimu, Dream Shaper
    Ties the boundaries of spacetime into knots
    Marisa, Illusion Laser
    Magic missiles and lasers, simple and to the point
    Marisa, Stellar Vortex
    As many bullets as there are stars in the sky
    Youmu, Soul Reflection
    Human and phantom act together towards a singular purpose
    Youmu, Haunting Revelation
    Ghosts are real, but they’re nothing to be afraid of

    Tips

    1. Start on Easy. It is balanced around maybe being not impossible for newcomers, and it still shows the beauty of all the patterns.
    2. Only the small dot at your character's centre gets hit. Hold Shift near dense patterns to see it and to dodge in small steps, but don't stay focused all the time.
    3. If you fly near the top of the screen, every item on screen flies to you and counts as collected at the top.
    4. Bomb when you are in a pinch: it clears bullets and hits enemies hard. If you get hit and bomb fast enough, you can avoid death.
    5. Capturing a boss's Spell Card (taking down its HP in time without getting hit or bombing) gives extra points and 100 bomb fragments.
    6. Points also earn extra lives, so score matters even on Easy. Power Surges raise your point value the most.
    7. Practise the stages and Spell Cards you keep dying on from Stage Practice and Spell Practice on the title screen.
    8. Finish the story without using a continue to see your character's good ending.