Touhou 11: Subterranean Animism---week 2

So who published this game? As in my previous blog, Zun did everything---programming, art work, character design, and level design, etc. So he, too, must have a way to sell this game.

In Japan, it is not unusual that people having anime related convention twice or 3 times a year. Through these conventions, individuals or groups all over Japan are able sell their art work, music, and games; Zun is one of those people. Remember, these individuals/groups rarely go through publisher; therefore their works were never commercialized.

So if those activities were only held in Japan, how do people not in Japan know their work/this particular game? Forums, youtube, or google are their ways publish not by themselves, but by us.

We, the player, for them are their play tester and publisher. Internet is the resource that is more powerful than TV. People would play the game, even trial version, and put the video onto youtube or forum for people to discuss or even debug.