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>>7068414
Wa ha ha, fix your aim puppet.

Did not know an English patch was out. Thanks OP.

Such a great game.

I was thinking about making a shmup based on Irisu the other day.

I have the patch posted on a certain site and I've received a message from someone claiming to be the author of Irisu Syndrome. Since the message was in English and because of the manner in which I received the message, I'm pretty skeptical. Anyway, this person is asking if it would be okay to merge the patch with the original game files to make one version that's both English and Japanese.

I'm sure there wouldn't be a problem with it, but I'm hoping OSad or the anonymous translator will come in and provide input. My work on the patch only dealt with fixing spelling errors, so I don't feel I have any room to give an answer without their approval.

>>7068448
I believe that might be the real author. Watson was really excited about having his game translated and commented about it several times on his blog.

>>7068438

That would be pretty cool. I'd play the shit out of it. If you decide to make it, be sure to make a thread for it. Irisu's pretty much a Touhou already

>>7068487
Yeah, I'm off to work on it right now. But I will probably make a thread only after I get at least one stage done or if find problems.

Irisu?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BjUzwOG2mM

Shit nigga I forgot how scary this is.
Specially the .txt that you unlock.
Fuck rabbit diary or whatever is called

>>7068706

Remember to use spoiler tags for stuff like this. It's no fun if you know what's coming.

there a guide for this?

>>7069240

The gameplay should be pretty self explanatory. Left and right click to hit shapes into other shapes of the same color. Hit a shape of one color into the flashing balls that sometimes drop down to clear all shapes of that color. Check the album, the text files, and photo.jpg after you play your first few runs.

>>7069240
What you mean with "Guide"? It's quite simple.

Here is a chart with what gets unlocked when you reach a certain level or score though. Contain some spoilers.

>>7068400
bampu pantsu im so happy in the jungle i refuse to go

Bampu Pantsu

The world needs more Irisu

>>7077793
It certainly does. More fan art at least.

Irisu keeps making posts disappear from this thread.

Does anyone know if Watson is okay? I don't know what his twitter is or anything, so I don't know if he has updated or not. I'm worried.

If you guys really can't unlock metsumode and the rest of Irisu's backstory, press up up up up, right right, down, at the title screen.

>>7068448
Sounds fishy. He sent you a message but not dxot? I'd send him a message on his blog first before anything.

http://cheerfultomboy.wordpress.com/

Apart from that, you can do whatever the hell you want. I don't own the game and it's a fan translation, so really, we have absolutely no power over this.

>>7083928
Also, for some reason 4chan doesn't lets me post twitter links here so search for wtetsu on twitter.

>>7083928

is it that thing quality control keeps praising?

must be total crap then

>>7084163
It's not something a retard like you would appreciate anyway.

>>7084213
this game is for people with severe autism

deal with it, faggot

>>7084235
>autism lol
>deal with it, faggot

Just as I thought. How pitiful.

>>7084256
mad as hell, get some butte medicine buddy, it looks painful

>>7084258
You are embarrassing yourself.

>>7084270
butt range is over nine thousand

>>7084163
Has quality control ever posted on an Irisu thread? I thought he was a fan.

>>7084368
Yes. A big fan apparently.

It's a really boring game, but I'm okay with some people liking it.
What I hate about it is that, as with everything that is japanese, everyone thinks there's some really "deep meaning" to it just because they don't understand it.

Good news, there's nothing to understand here!
There's just a cute girl and a "dark" themed game. Just like Yumme Nikki.

I've never had drugs but I guess there's some common ground. People play these games in order to feel "deep and meaningful" just like they do drugs for the same (as well as for other reasons).

>>7084380
That's because your mind is simply too plain. People don't like it because it's Japanese. Most people are absorbed by Irisu and enjoy the melancholic atmosphere the game has with a touch of 'cute'.

>>7084390
>you don't like it because your mind is "simply too plain"

Fanbase of this game confirmed for the most pedantic, pretentious, haughty and arrogant fanbase. What's next, "Irisu is too deep for you"? Go back to defending eva in 2001 dude.

>>7084416
...nice of you to start throwing insults around when you haven't been manhandled at all. The dude just told you you might not like the game because you like simpler things.

>>7084416
It's all a matter of being absorbed into the gamed or not. You certainly didn't so it's nothing special to you.

People will see meaning on anything as long as it represents something for them, we could even relate religion to this but let's not.

If this game really has a meaning behind its plot only Watson can answer and authors never do that since it doesn't matter if it originally had something to understand inside or not, as long as people see it, it's fine. It's all a matter of perspective after all, it's the same deal with Art.

And then again, we go back to the primal discussion of opinions too.

But you are clearly an imbecile after this "Fanbase of this game confirmed for the most pedantic, pretentious, haughty and arrogant fanbase." of yours.

>>7084439
Insults? Awful character traits aren't insults, as far as I know.
>you are clearly an imbecile
This is an insult, for example.

Take your shitty arguing somewhere else.

>>7084506
>pedantic, pretentious, haughty and arrogant fanbase
So is that.

This game is creepy.

>No special ending if you get over 200k in Metsu
>僕の顔when
;_;

>>7084606
The atmosphere gives a good feel of this game.

How's your highscore runs going, fellow Anon(s)?

>>7085072
41,882 / 84,843
Normal and Metsu version, respectively. Translator confirmed for nub tier.

>>7068448
If this is true, I think I'd be so happy I would die.

>>7085072
>>7085225

How rude of me to not post my score.

>>7085265
You are almost making her smile! Just a little bit more.

Sounds cool. Is it work safe? I just want to keep my fun games and fap games separate, is all.

>>7085271
I just can't... ;_;

By levels 50-60, half of my screen are bubbles, by 80, 75%, and by the time I get to make her smile, game over.

I-I-It's like she's doing it on purpose! ;_;

>>7085279
Yes, it's SFW.

Dusted off my old copy for the sake of scores and guess what?

I still suck! Hahahahaha!

My highest score in Metsu was the first time I got to level 100. It seems to get worse every time I repeat that. I'm pretty bad at the original version. My best there is only around 50k.

>>7085343
This is why you don't have nice things.jpg

>>7085373
This picture always warms my cold, dead heart.

>>7085374
Oh, come on Prof, don't say that. Here, I did my very very best for you.

If you want to see me do better in Metsu though, fuck off. That game is impossible and you people should feel ashamed for being so good at it.

>>7085225
It's funny because both the programmer and translator suck at the game. You'd think they would at least be able to get to level 100...

Well, there goes my sleep.

Whenever I click something (start game, file fragment, etc) the game closes. What might be causing this all of sudden?

>>7085838
Do you have a nvidia video card ? If so try forcing anti-aliasing.

>>7085846
The problem persists.

>>7085935
Have you had the game for a while now or have you just downloaded it? Backup your save file, re-download the game and attempt to start it vanilla, if it works, then put in your save file.

If you have just gotten it, and this goes without saying, try running it on JP locale. It's a really simple game so apart from the anti-aliasing problem, there's really no way to pinpoint what's wrong with it. You might, in fact, be the first to have this problem, EVER.

>>7085992
Yeah it was a locale problem. But I don't know how this happened all of sudden.

Those who hate Irisu Syndrome are either:
- idiots who don't understand the mechanism of the gameplay
- or ten years old kids who think "It's hard, so it sucks"
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Ptitlezwauc374
- or graphicfaggots who weren't impressed with its simple graphics
- or faggots generally

Hater gonna hate.

>>7087771
As a Irisu Syndrome lover I ask you to stop behaving like a retard.

>>7087771
I wish I could hate you to death

One thing I love about this game is while it has an indie feeling (well, it's an indie game after all) it can be played from non-gamers as well due to the simplistic yet addictive gameplay which is ideal for playing at your bored hours on work (and not only).

Btw, how can I unlock the good ending?

>>7087815
Spoilers on image but it shows you what you need to unlock what.

Hooray!

How do you play Metsu?

>>7088664

Like Normal, but with balls floating UP the game field.

>>7088320
Good job!

>>7088320
Good job!

>>7088320

>545k

What the fuck, man? That's insane. Congratulations

Is there a way to extract the background image that appears when you are playing? The one with the bunnies drawings and such.

>>7090287
As far as I know, yes there is.

>>7091533
I see.
Do any you know a program for that or something?

>>7091551
I think we had a thread about that when Irisu was being translated; if you know the archive, the howto is there and waiting.
You need dxadecode or some program, forgot how to use it though.

In other news, I've noticed that Rabbit Note has been playing in my media player for almost a day now.

And the image (before I edited it) has a "malicious code" of some sort in it. AND THAT'S THE FOURTH TIME NOW.

>>7091694
One of my images also has "a malicious code", how do I get rid of it?

Uh. I've gotten over 10k but I think I got the standard ending? WTF?

>>7091802
It has to be over 20k.

Is March Hare, the one when you get the Ageha file the 20k or 10k ending?

>>7093339
>>7091802

Hello. Finally decided to give this a go yesterday. While I do find myself improving, I wish this game wasn't so hard just so I can unlock the next part of the story (I'm that fag who plays games for the contents rather than gameplay). But I love the music, art, and atmosphere. And this game has made me shit bricks a few times now, so it is worth it.

Thanks to whoever that made the chart. It was hard to understand at first, but it did help a lot.

I found a typo in one of the notes. In "Suicidal Rabbit Diary", I don't know the Japanese script, but I'm pretty sure "disperse cats' lives" should be "despise cats' lives".

>>7096491

>>7096491
>(I'm that fag who plays games for the contents rather than gameplay)
Same here.

>>7096826
I made a quick search in the previous threads and was unable to find any posts mentioning the extraction of background images or sprites. I'm in hopes that one of the guys that extracted the script will end seeing this thread or maybe someone that know how to do it.

You guys know that the mouse wheeel will speed the game up, right? Is there any other secrets like that?

>>7096965
Alt stops the game.

But Irisu hates that.

>>7096965
Scratch that, I mean PAUSE the game, but clicking outside the game window will resume.

>>7096925
I think the same method applies for extracting.
Now where did OSad go to this time?

I fixed the typo mentioned in >>7096491, though dxot handled this particular file all by himself so if it was a typo or not, it's really up to him.

http://www.mediafire.com/?8m3w3fhljk731tt

>>7096925
Do you just want the image folder or do you want me to give you the tools and the means to extract .dxa files? Nevertheless, here's the image folder with every single sprite and background used in the game.

http://www.mediafire.com/?2xhgcqshwua2552

>>7096990
I was preaching the holy to my lost lambs and all that jazz.

>>7096974

R returns to title, and Q restarts the game.

>>7097116
That's what I wanted, thanks a lot! (neko_01, neko_02 and ex_back but that folder provided more stuff that will end up being useful)

>>7097116

Hey, do you have the english version of title_ura.png?

>>7096491

I'm pretty sure that's not a typo, though I'm not the translator so I'm not sure. I took it to mean he was "killing" the cats with his drawings.

Why does my game look like this?

>>7097336
It's supposed to be like that.

>>7097336

That's Irisu Syndrome for you.

We're playing Irisu Syndrome Metsu/Kai ;_;.

>>7097352
Is Metsu something you unlock ingame?

>>7097356
40k points(?) to unlock.

Good luck!

>>7097356
Yes, after you get 50k points. Refer to this chart here >>7093344

>>7097356
No. Metsu is the full edition of Irisu Syndrome (the continuation of Irisu Syndrome actually). You unlock metsu mode if you HAVE Irisu Syndrome Metsu instead of just Irisu Syndrome when you reach 20k on the score of the normal mode.

Metsu features explanation for the plot and more.

>>7097356

I unlocked it at 40k myself.

>>7097182
That's the one file I didn't had translated on my original folder, sorry. I should have downloaded the newest patch and unpacked the img.dxa from there.

Well, it's here now.

20k in Metsu will net you the Suicidal Rabbit Diary, and the ability to use Metsu songs in plain Irisu, and vice versa.

>>7098045
Can someone provide the font for this?

Rather, can someone make it into wallpaper-quality res?

I'm pretty bad

>>7099467
Heeeey, don't say that. Everyone's bad from the start.

There's no way to make the graphical effects run in Windows 7, is there?

I just started playing this.

I still can't fully grasp the mechanic of the game. Sometimes, my blocks "rot" even before they hit the ground. What causes this?

Also, do you have to erase the game and start over if you don't get the target scores at the right time or something?

>>7099595

Hitting a falling block or bumping them with a block collision will "activate" them,making them "rot" unless you use them properly.

>>7099595
>Sometimes, my blocks "rot" even before they hit the ground. What causes this?

Quit hitting them after they become active.

>Also, do you have to erase the game and start over if you don't get the target scores at the right time or something?

No, just keep trying, you'll see.

>>7097336
So the game looks like this huh.

Before I download is this fun at all?

>>7099658
Why else would we be playing it?

...yes, its fun. It's really fun, and addictive. Great music. Creepy awesome story/art. It's fun.

>>7099658
You people need to stop asking if a 40 megabyte game is fun or not. Seriously, it takes like, 10 seconds to download it. Just do so and try it out.

>>7093344
I've reached level 100 in Metsu mode and 100,000 points in the original. Why am I not getting the final picture?

>>7100379

It should appear in the game folder, not the actual game.

>>7100466
It's not in the folder. The only image is photo.png and the newest file is Used in Art Class. So did I do something wrong or did I miss anything?

Also. will there be additional story or is it just the picture that gets unlocked?

>>7100496

I don't know what happened, then. I'm pretty sure there's no additional story. I'm not good enough to get 100k in original mode though.

I just downloaded the game now, and whenever I click on start the game closes.
Any ideas on how to fix this?

>>7100529
Try running it in JP locale.

>>7100553
It's been an awful long time since I've been here, how do I do that?

>>7100574
Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options -> Language for non-Unicode programs -> Change system locale

>>7100595
Cheers mate.

>>7100379 here.

After extracting the translated files, it doesn't seem like there is any more to the story. The second ending is the last ending (at least, until Kai is released). I can finally move on to other things now.

Though it's too bad I didn't manage to unlock that final picture and whatever story/event that comes with it, I no longer intend to. The first mode is just too damn hard compared to Metsu (dem spinning triangles, man, goddamn). I find Metsu more enjoyable and will keep playing it.

Looking forward to playing Kai with you guys once it's released (or whatever games you're going to translate). Until then, take it easy.

It says on the Japanese wiki that you have to have never played metsu mode when you score over 100,000 in original in order to get the final picture. Maybe that explains >>7100496's problem.

>>7100944
Oh goddamnit. Maybe I'll try and unlock it someday. Someday...

>>7100950
Just make a second copy of the game for playing normal mode only I guess. It's probably an unintended bug.

>>7100938
Irisu Syndrome Kai will never be released because it was just a joke by Watson. ;_;

>>7100938
Irisu Syndrome Kai will never be released because it was just a joke by Watson. ;_;

>>>7100938 here.

Was watching some youtube videos to see if there's anything after 100k.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLGAjtdhLlw

It didn't show any, although it did make me realize that you could actually load replays. So here are my replays if anyone's interested. Press O to load replays, spacebar or mousewheel to speedup.

Irisu 100,000 points
http://www.mediafire.com/?cuqk31y3xguv9e2

Metsu level 100
http://www.mediafire.com/?a7rpu1k566qzcas

>>7088320
Would love to see your replay, Prof.

>>7100938
Metsu is ridiculously hard, I don't know how you people can focus on both sides of the screen at once like that. Irisu is so much easier in my opinion. Whereas on Irisu I usually last until level 50, on Metsu I have trouble surviving past 20.

TEACH ME YOUR SECRETS, METSU PLAYERS.

>>7102819
It's easier to lose on Irisu. Metsu is more merciful towards mistakes.

>>7102819
I've found that focusing on getting rid of spheres, usually just by bumping them with a single block, is a good way to play. You don't need to focus on knocking falling blocks into each other as much as in normal mode since the spheres give you an alternate way of eliminating blocks, and since there are more colors in metsu getting combos is harder anyway. If you ignore the spheres and just play normally, they'll fill up and decrease the size of your playing field, which makes the game much harder.

BTW I just started playing this the other day, and I already unlocked everything except for the final 100,000 points and level 100 endings, which I feel like I'll probably be able to unlock today, because I keep getting better scores each time I play. I'm surprised /jp/ thinks this game is hard, considering this is a board full of people who play Touhou on Lunatic, which is something that I could never do...

>>7102819
I'm not as good as the experts here, but I'll tell you what I've learnt.

Some things you can do:

- Make bubbles surface immediately by touching them.
- Make them drop to the side, although I've only done this accidentally.
- Move bubbles with your tofu (white blocks). Shoot them from the side Or make a mountain of tofu underneath.
- Make floating bubbles drop to the ground by touching them.

- Move rotted blocks around. Shoot them upwards/sidewards or make a mountain of tofu underneath.
- Shoot rotted blocks toward falling blocks. Be careful, this often backfires more than it helps.

- Right-click for stronger tofu. Also useful for manipulating bubbles and rotted blocks.
- Simply touch a falling block to make it fall straight down, instead of shooting at it.

(continued)

>>7104838

Some general tips:

- Don't leave bubbles and rotted blocks to pile up. Rather than making combos out of falling block, focus more on getting rid of bubbles and rotted blocks. I find rotted blocks to be more dangerous as you need to get rid of them one by one. At least with bubbles you can do bubble combos.

- Try not to go over half the screen. Keep clicking on floating bubbles to make them fall.

- I prefer to wait for more bubbles and blocks to appear (giving me more options) before deciding which falling blocks to deal with and how. Although this can easily backfire when too many blocks are falling faster than I can handle. Just make sure your blocks can fall without rotting (i.e. there is a bubble, a rotted block, or another falling block to connect to) while keeping bubbles and rotted blocks count low.

- Sometimes you just have to let blocks fall and rot while focusing on other blocks. Brush one aside to make a path for more important blocks if you have to.

- Don't stress it when you screw up. Keep your cool and do some damage control. Never give up, never surrender. See it through to the end.

>>7103848
>>7104838
>>7104841

Goddammit, there's some other secret to this thing you people aren't telling me. Why am I so bad at this?

>>7105637
I honestly don't understand how can you consider Irisu easier than Metsu.

>>7105647
I honestly don't understand how can you consider Metsu easier than Irisu.

I started a fresh Irisu game just to unlock that final picture, which I thankfully did. The picture simply appeared in the game folder, no in-game event whatsoever. NOW I can move on with my life. Here's the replay if anyone's interested.

http://www.mediafire.com/?k0hc9w23c5yjfac

>>7105637
One thing I noticed with this playthrough is how different I played Irisu and Metsu.

Metsu's gameplay is more strategic and laidback. Keeping bubble/block count low has higher priority than doing combos. Most of the time I find myself carefully guiding and dropping blocks on top of bubbles and blocks.

Irisu, on the other hand, is more about staying alive by chaining blocks together (you get more points and life with chains). So I often find myself letting blocks pile up mid-air, then clicking everything like crazy to get chains (shit's intense). I don't worry too much about what's already on the ground, since chained blocks usually cancel them out (also, no bubbles like Metsu).

I don't know how you play Metsu, but I guess the main problem is getting rid of the bubbles and blocks. You'll just have to get used to guiding and dropping blocks. If the blocks are chained, you won't have to worry about where they'll fall, so you can simply right-click them towards your target without caring much. Hope this helps.

>>7097116
I checked the Japanese script, and it was not a typo afterall. "Disperse" is correct. My bad, I suck cocks.

さまざまな手段でネコが命を散らす。

Terribly sorry. That's what I get for commenting while not knowing the script or any Japanese.

>>7107605
It's okay, you just tried to improve the translation.

I really love all the melancholy and depression around Irisu but some art of her being happy wouldn't be bad.

>>7107594
Congratulations!

>>7107621

Forget happy art. We need more Edo

>>7107631
Thank you. Glad I could finish it finally. I can sleep easy tonight.

>>7107654
Teehee, can you really? Irisu will always be at the corner of your mind.

>>7107651
Yeah that too. But happy art takes priority, why not both at the same time?

>>7107662
Those eyes still creep me out.

And I remember when I first saw the 20k ending. I was covering my face while peeking through my fingers like a girl. Can't believe I reacted that way.

>>7107712
If it's any consolation, the first time I saw her feet coming out the left side of my monitor, I freaked out and squealed like a little bitch. I tried to close the game frantically, but freaking wtetsu decided to be a major troll and not allow you to close the game while the cutscene is playing. After the game closed on it's own, I couldn't bring myself to open it again until the next day.

That night, I couldn't sleep because I thought she was looking right at my back, tearing a hole through my spine with those red eyes. Heck, I couldn't bring myself to move or make noises.

When I woke up, I turned the game back on almost shitting my pants.

SURPRISE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I felt so trolled.

Bump

>>7107651
Ops...

>>7107855
If you ever want to give someone a real good scare, have them play this game with a second monitor set to dual view to the left of their primary monitor. I have a second monitor mounted on a monitor arm so that it's suspended to the left of my head. When I got the ending, I was looking at the window in the middle of my main screen, when suddenly out of the corner of my eye I saw Irisu appear on the screen that was right next to my head. I was so startled I actually screamed when this happened.

>>7103848 here

I did the same thing as >>7107594, and got the same result: just the picture, no event.

Here's my replay btw: http://www.mediafire.com/?2b2yjajwi1nywna

I'll start working on getting to Lvl 100 in Metsu tomorrow.

Thanks for keeping threads alive about this old gem of a game for so long /jp/, if it wasn't for you guys I'd have never bothered playing this game because I don't usually like falling block puzzle games... but for some reason I really enjoy this one. The music, plot, and artwork definitely help too.