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Lily the Philosopher

A bullet hell game about a girl exploring the Imaginary World of the Western culture. Encounter various symbols and discover their meaning as well as learn various aspects of sorcery and magic!

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About the Game

After suffering a prolonged disease, a girl named Lily dies and meets the False Light of the Great Devourer. Somehow something awakens within her and she is able to perceive the horror at the last moment. She runs away and stumbles upon Amok who reveals her that she is in the Imaginary World. Reluctantly, Amok agrees to help her escape the Cycle of Devouring and to teach her magic and to follow her through her own hell.

FEATURES

  • A story-driven gameplay featuring a full campaign from the barren wasteland of keroma to the fullness of pleroma as well as the ability to fight the defeated bosses at any time without redoing the whole campaign from the beginning

  • Each boss has a unique bullet pattern reflecting its goals and meaning

  • Four levels of difficulty:

    • Catatonia, Abnormal, Paranoia, Revelations

  • A set of foul spells including a special ability:

    • Lightning spell to inflict damage to multiple targets in a bounded sub-region

    • Drain Soul spell to consume the soul splits of all enemies

    • Astral Flow spell to deal the direct damage through generation of stars

    • Howling which destroys all enemy bullets

  • A system of runic inscriptions to alter the behaviour of the spells

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