Touhou Forsaken Labyrinth Demo Lunatic "Scorevival" 1cc (Sakuya B)
3A "scorevival" clear of Forsaken Labyrinth demo with Sakuya B.
I looked into the game's system more, so here's an overview:
The currency of the game is "Karma", shown in teal above graze.
Karma is only gained at the end of each stage, based on the following formula:
Karma += (Graze this stage * shootdown rate this stage * difficulty multiplier)
+ (current power * ln(current score)). Dying subtracts 200 karma.
In the end-of-stage shop, you can purchase resources with Karma, but at the far right there are
three Ability Cards available to unlock. Each has three separate subeffects which you must choose
one of. These cards cost no Karma to obtain, but there is required threshold of Karma to
hold onto them. If your karma falls below the required threshold of that card, it simply
vanishes for the rest of the run. You can only make three total purchases in the shop each stage.
Since graze is important, Sakuya B's time-stopping bomb comes in vital once more, since
you can graze while time is frozen.
I've given barebones translations of all cards on the wiki, enough for you to know
what they do during gameplay: https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Forsaken_Labyrinth/Ability_Cards#Ability_Cards
Here's the ability cards I bought this run:
1. Clay Candlestick - Blaze: This just adds needles to my shot
2. Mermaid's Song - Lake's Sound: This one is interesting. It periodically gives you full
invincibility and superspeed. The period which you're invincible is longer the fewer lives you have.
Very helpful for grazing
3. One Million Karma - Bazaar: Lowers Karma price of resource cards
4. Microchip of Misfortune - Karmic Hindrance: Lets you get hit 3 times without dying,
but if you get hit a fourth time you lose *two* lives and *500* karma (the cycle then resets)
Stage 3 cards are kinda irrelevant since the demo ends and you don't see how they work.
Kind of interesting system but I feel like it needs a lot of tweaking.
Try the demo here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2227170/__Forsaken_Labyrinth/