Best sonic game in years?
I Sleep.

Sequel to the critically acclaimed God of war (2018)?
comes out during nap time.

First fully open world pokemon game?
Time change made me too tired.

Touhou Fan game?
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they hold hands and do a cute lil dance 10/10

I feel very obligated to leave a review since I love this game so far and I'd like to somehow bring more attention to it

Pros:
- A rhythm based bullet hell where you actually have to dodge to the rhythm (unlike Everhood or Just Shapes and Beats which are just music based bullet hells)
- Amazing OST (it really feels like it's from an official 2hu game except way more focused on rhythm)
- Very cute and charming art style
- Easy to learn and pretty damn hard to master
- 2 very different to play characters
- Pretty well polished for a game made by 2 people

Cons:
- No latency calibration (might be a big deal to some people)

We need more games inspired by Crypt of the NecroDancer!

Update: Soundtrack is finally out, rejoice!

Rumia my beloved

I just saw that blessed smile and bought the game immediately, and after 2 hours playing I am a much happier person.
One of the best decisions I made in my life, a true life changing experience.

I would describe this game as a more orchestrated Necrodancer, each scenario is about 20-25 minutes, so the game is not even 1 hour long if you play everything perfectly first time around.
I have 64 hours in the game so you know that doesn't really matter.

While Necrodancer can't take much liberty with hard attack patterns due to resources being so scarce and it being permadeath, Yoiyami is split into 2-4 minute easily practicable sections which are almost impossible the first time around.

This is similar to the mainline touhou games where you're not going to get a 1cc first time (if you're new to the genre), this means you have to memorize the harder patterns through trial and error, and once you figure them out it will likely help you figure out the later patterns faster; this a staple of bullet hell games.

Basically, it's Necrodancer but with significantly more complicated attacks and player movement (due to diagonal movement/ charging). If you like the idea of whitling away at daunting and beautiful attacks until you've perfected them, then this game is certainly for you.

Even if that doesn't appeal to you, the music and artstyle are phenomenal and there's a ton of set pieces where the gameplay and music come together perfectly, such as in scenario #2 stage 3/ final boss, which I almost think is worth buying the game for, tripper and rokugou did an amazing job with presentation.

If you even just like Necrodancer or Touhou then I would still recommend it, especially with a 20% discount.

I really really like this game.

Illegal levels of cuteness delivered In a small package.

Crypt of the Necrodancer comparisons are definitely warranted, but you need to be aware that those end mostly regarding controls and rhythm based gameplay idea. There are no rougelike elements here: just your character, dancefloor and deluge of enemies or bosses spamming the space with bullets. It’s your task to gracefully dodge them all. Difficulty is balanced nicely enough so you won’t feel overwhelmed when you are new, but this definitely is a git gud game, appropriate for the Touhou franchise. And there is barely anything wrong with it.

The only gameplay hiccup I would like to point out are the “faster” bullets that move two or three spaces each beat instead of one. Some patterns expect you to “phase” through them by standing in the spots that those bullets “fly over”. I feel like this quirk is a bit unintuitive to learn and execute. Those bullets are not visually distinctive enough and there is not a lot of time to parse them showing on the board. However, this might be something that could be remedied by simply getting better at the game.

Game’s strongest suit is definitely presentation. Good music is a given - there was never a doubt about that - but the real show stealers are cute sprites and animations. Graphics strongly evoke themes of whimsical care-freeness and child-like fun that will surely melt your heart. Story is kept in the same spirits, being mostly inconsequential and not groundbreaking, but still filled with a lot of love, especially towards less prominent characters from the Touhou lore.

Yoiyami Dancers consist of two small campaigns for each playable character, multiple difficulty modes/gameplay modifiers and robust training tools. Unfortunately, content does dry up relatively fast and you definitely would wish for more. Thankfully, after all its said and done, I do feel that the starting price is right and there is enough fun here to give my recommendation without too many buts.

Just take some insulin for your own safety.

A fun and cute little Touhou fangame, with gameplay similar to Crypt of the Necrodancer, meaning you have to move to the beat of the bgm (which is a banger btw).
Easy to understand, but very difficult to properly execute, especially on higher difficulties.(I´ve only been able to clear easy mode so far, but that´s because I suck).
All in all a very fun touhou game with addictive gameplay and great music.

Bonus points for probably being the first fangame having Rumia and Larva as the Main Characters

Rumia.

How can you fit so much charm into a silly little rhythmic bullet hell game