Bad Apple!!, but it's actually playable

Imagine Bad Apple!! animation was playable. Guess it is now. Don't ask me why. But it exists, so that counts lol
Let's see how much can one die to it!
This script is part of the bigger fangame made in LuaSTG. Named purely "LuaSTG Boss Rush" (or multi-boss rush, actually?), is a huge project made by a lone scripter from Bilibili. It consists of Boss Rush-like stages, varying from EoSD up to DDC (as for today i.e. version 3.20).
It is just amazing how many of the content is there, and how great some of the "rushes" are made. The most notable ones are IN, SA and DDC. Definitely worth checking out!
More videos coming soon - stay tuned!
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[@CreepyNinja]

I think there is one thing needing explanation: You cannot savespot in this mode. Bullets are square-shaped, making attempts to safespot between bullets or in the middle futile. With that, it is impossible to no-hit it - and I guess it was never meant to be. Let it stay like this - why would you ruin this masterpiece? :V

[@froggy3569]

It always was interesting to me: how much time do youtubers spend on montage?

[@enderlytra_3709]

Wait Dream SMP

[@maguserry]

@@enderlytra_3709 "there was a saying Phil..."

[@totallynotspicy]

@@maguserry "By a traitor..."

[@lokoli6756]

@@totallynotspicy “once part of the l'manburg”

[@whoistobby296]

we placed touhou music clip into the touhou game so now you can enjoy touhou clip inside touhou game

[@assidiq178]

This is peak 2hu

[@portland4660]

Yo! I heard you like touhou so we put touhou inside your touhou while you play your touhou.

[@JaceSomers]

In other words, we played Bad Apple on Touhou. Inspiring stuff.

[@GE-0530RN]

we put touhou on touhou. Whats next, putting touhou on touhou on touhou??

[@xwtek3505]

This is LuaSTG, not Touhou, right?

[@lazydelibird]

So this is what happens if nobody gives a crap about spellcard rules

[@trollingnoobs8384]

Yes

[@kairubyz]

Yes

[@dava8058]

Yes

[@sxc-150]

Yes

[@briarbrand6353]

Yes

[@Kafka_Garezerra]

As someone who hasn't played Touhou, this is how I see every gameplay I see of these games

[@farcan9400]

i survived lunatic difficulty FOR 10 SECONDS!!! Impressive, right?

[@IlDottore_SecondHarbinger]

@@farcan9400 cute, I survived for 0 seconds

[@farcan9400]

@@IlDottore_SecondHarbinger HINJAKU HINJAKUUU!!!

[@IlDottore_SecondHarbinger]

@@farcan9400 what?

[@farcan9400]

@@IlDottore_SecondHarbinger i actually lasted two levels

[@arshijie]

Level： *Insane no hiding spot*

[@auriidraws5563]

*ultra extreme ultimate lunatic no safe spot mode*

[@Baburun-Sama]

@@auriidraws5563 Hyper Mega Ultra Difficult Lunatic.EXE Extreme Demon [NO HIDING / SAFE SPOTS][HARDCORE] Mode

[@munchoongwong9295]

1:35

[@Anon.mp3]

@@Baburun-Sama very lunatic red sus🤫😮😮😮😮

[@andreadann90]

So Literally Impossible To No Hit Oof

[@DIYDamian]

you've heard of "can it run doom" now we have "can it play the bad apple music video"

[@cindersnowsMORE]

bad apple ports to everything eventually its simply a matter of time

[@slightlyaltruistic9470]

bad apple's been doing that waaay longer than doom lol

[@prav2568]

Bad apppe has been played using different items for over 11 years😂 whatya talking about

[@DIYDamian]

this is a new discovery for me i wasn’t aware this has been happening for so long

[@ruler_of_everything]

the difference is that the answer for bad apple is always YES

[@frey1821]

"Playable" excuse me *_what_*

[@RimuKora]

"No Comments" excuse me what

[@Fabricio700_0]

what

[@Goodannoyance]

**Sanctuary Guardian music plays**

[@zixin7024]

I honestly thought to was osu

[@humangithumangit3724]

@@zixin7024 same

[@Kortexual]

Basically how well do you remember the Bad Apple animation lol

[@teraspeXt]

1:54

[@eclipsedninja1346]

@@teraspeXt Thats a lot of damage

[@personifulsob2847]

Yup

[@jackunciano413]

its ez

[@UmCaraNormalnumPlanetanormal]

Lol yep

[@Fayte91]

Possible unpopular opinion: don't change the patterns to make a 'no miss' Possible. This is art

[@Valtsu0]

It looks like there is a blind spot at the exact middle of the screen

[@Hynet1]

Given that the bullets are static, and that touhou's got microscopic hitboxes it's totally possible to do it deathless. In fact there's no need to move at all

[@mifiwi3438]

@@Hynet1 The maker answered another comment that he made the hitboxes square and made sure that no safespots are present

[@Hynet1]

@@mifiwi3438 oof

[@Hynet1]

I hope someone in the future TASes this then to see how few deaths are actually possible

[@neizanmendez6317]

And This is where we must have a leaderboard in order to put people who died the less in This Masterpiece

[@HanakkoLove]

There's a safespot right in the middle where you never die in it. Mission failed brother.

[@graceb493]

@@HanakkoLove I tried going in there I don't think it works

[@kittenmimi5326]

@@HanakkoLove you can't lol the bullets are square

[@reverseli]

@@HanakkoLove the sprite is circle but the hit box is a square man, there’s no safespots

[@Endershock1678]

@@kittenmimi5326 Just play Reimu. Her tiny as hurtbox don't get hit by anything.

[@Konprise]

1:52 That seems... fun

[@Niiue]

trust me you just need to get into this safe spot of "calmly pressing x" wait, there aren't any bombs?

[@woooooooooooooooooooooooo]

@@Niiue nope sorry pal ya can't safespot the bullets are square shaped

[@personifulsob2847]

Very

[@fbi1122]

PlAyAbLe

sums up my experience of first time playing touhou

[@cryprism976]

~Playable, you say?

[@sigmundroamer6580]

Playable with an asterisk.

[@elbinopaper4629]

Seems about right

[@AzuRemilia]

I mean, it IS playable. Is it fair? No. Is it fun? Maybe?

[@mankz3456]

well 🤷‍♂️

[@张桓瑜]

This is where the fun begins

[@metaltriops5957]

When everyone ignored the Gensokyo Conevention and starts comitting Spell Crimes

[@shybandit521]

Gensokyo Suggestion*

[@cometaHavoc]

Gensokyo Invention*

[@trollingnoobs8384]

Is this a joke that i was too powerfull to understand it? Some random youkai

[@abarette_]

-I mean, this is a music from TouHou 3, there's no such thing as spell card rules-

[@kevintrang6447]

So 2Hou pre-Windows era?

[@ultra824]

"playable" is a bit generous

[@DuckFoot777]

They mean the animation is playable Not that it is easier

[@brandonmorris3746]

@@DuckFoot777 easier? I think you mean possible.

[@rakebluewallgaming6185]

It is playable just not perfectly haha

[@matroqueta6825]

Touhou players have a different threshold of "playable" than the rest of us

[@kevintrang6447]

Just a bit though

[@isuckatediting6898]

"playable" sees the death counter* seems legit to me

[@鬼火-n8g]

Alice when opening the grimoire:

[@weirdoscreation]

Lmao

[@dragonwrath582]

I'm the 69th like NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP, NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN!!!!

[@鬼火-n8g]

@@dragonwrath582 nice

[@ll-qt4mi]

hello there onibi

[@asyln1772]

I guess bad apple is still relevant in 2020 ^^

[@rakuroryuusei3685]

And that makes me happy

[@shrimpfry5109]

Like half a year ago, Alstromeria uploaded the video on their channel

[@weirdoscreation]

Bad Apple WAS always relevant, itʼs slowly getting on my nerves

[@matthewhenry86]

@@weirdoscreation the song still slaps though so who cares

[@MysticMocha]

Indeed, even a custom map from beat saber had bad apple

[@Ender-Logan]

"We heard you like Touhou, so we put Touhou in your Touhou"

[@bigsmoke6637]

If there's a new character named 'Touhou' then this will be her spellcard, *Bad Apple itself*

[@EasternStory]

imo if Elly were to come back, this should be a spellcard for her

[@spidelated]

Touhou from Touhou Project

[@OneSaltyBruh]

Well guys, we did it, spell card rules are gone.

[@Interesting_Failure]

This seems like it would be REALLY interesting to TAS, from a routing perspective.

[@redlock1815]

This is an embodiment of "You can run, but you cant hide" Tbh running is futile

[@oo9931]

2020 and this kind of content still relevant can't wait for bad apple content in 2021

[@sophieNuke]

Same

[@neon_____]

Haha

[@trollingnoobs8384]

Well..... Just look in my *"Bad apple but playing on weirdest thing playlist"* . Here: kzbin.info/aero/PLYg1ABKS0WTgzQZ-6tYYYdrb0ePBUHwED

[@mloepostle62]

not that amogus bad apple

[@yoshitacca]

妹紅の炎とか月とか繋げ方めっちゃすごい！本家覚えてるんだけど 曲の翻訳が付いてるのはなんか普通に嬉しい

[@aronnecroman]

Bad Apple!! But it's Touhou, literally

[@trollingnoobs8384]

So you think this is crazy? There's more: kzbin.info/aero/PLYg1ABKS0WTgzQZ-6tYYYdrb0ePBUHwED

[@aronnecroman]

@@trollingnoobs8384 what's crazy is your playlist

[@nicomag2894]

Only the persons that have already played all the touhou games can complete the level without dying

[@aqua4089]

Hahaha, not even playing all games would be enough, you’d need to beat all of them to beat that.

[@M0D776]

No? This is nothing like the gameplay of a Touhou game, coupled with the fact that no matter how good, if you have never seen this animation, then how are you even expected to know what to do?

[@suisiwara2036]

@@M0D776 so what we need is someone whos a touhou god

[@MysticMocha]

Only the people who know every character during that silhouette can complete the level without dying :v

[@Burn_Angel]

I'm pretty sure there are spots where everything is white and you die no matter what, and you have to die in the parts where black and white get inverted. I don't think it's possible to win this without deaths unless the pattern's modified.

[@mrrp405]

It’s basically just “abuse death s to get to the next dark area”

[@lepixel2711]

*now THIS is touhou art.*

[@Sakuya_Shine]

perfection exists

[@electricdeer2031]

So, I'm guessing the "No Hit Challenge" is impossible...

[@prosto_a_user]

Merg:hold my beer

[@atzlein]

@@prosto_a_user merg doesn't even play 2hu tho?

[@prosto_a_user]

@@atzlein What if he will?

[@Kadexis]

@@prosto_a_user wtf

[@solariix4388]

@@prosto_a_user 1:53 gg ez

[@saulgerardo372]

What i smell.... Is this.. TAS DIFFICULTY!!

[@Diathan]

1:52

[@azestical6566]

it’s literally impossible lol

[@wolfether]

playable as in having to die more than 10 times to beat the level.

[@indigoon9635]

almost 30 actually

[@watchmp100]

I'm just suprised they just made this now. This will instantly be popular during it's peak days, I kinda miss the old touhou days.

[@SentenceToDESU]

2:08 Momiji brutally sliced Marisa in half

[@junkocious6381]

bruh this is undodgeable

[@remikakuzatou]

Dodgable, if you have like 10~1ms response time, or insane grazing skills Or just cheat using godmode lmao

[@Retrenorium]

@@remikakuzatou no, square hitbox plus full screen bullets

[@woooooooooooooooooooooooo]

Its meant to be i think

[@NEETKitten]

LLS stage 3 is looking a bit different than I remember.

[@Re-qs4kk]

Player : "why im still here,just to suffer"

[@shadowtheimpure]

There is just something about this song that puts a smile on my face and a tear in my eye.

[@lesteregonia5027]

When the game want you to get caught in stealth mission:

[@maguremagure7275]

When you actually played the music.

[@Apple_Bapple]

2:08 you just got sliced!

[@djtgb4486]

Wow, that´s insane 🎆🎇

[@Lemieux_channel]

I’m so glad this meme is being revived. I absolutely LOVE Touhou fan songs such as this!

[@pcky6646]

I would love Zun's react to this...

[@TheRealFraston]

Hes probably desensitized to bullet hell. Difficulties are "too easy" , "thats fair and looks good" , "Why would you do this" and "I can't see the background"

[@ProfOtaku39]

Im going to remember every "Bad Apple PV" frames by frames from now on

[@ikhwananimationsbeyondweeb4528]

So the Bad Apple is now a Decent Apple, huh?

[@justwantingtomakepeoplesmile]

A True test of dodging!

[@Sonolo2000]

“What’s your art software?” CreepyNinja: T O U H O U

[@XxguaxinimxX.]

This is just insane. omg

[@MizukiIzayoi]

よく見たら弾幕全部蝶弾だ！

[@zombsterr]

Came for the meme, stayed for the incredible gameplay.

[@Youhadabadday2021]

These patterns are impossible to dodge. They need to make it possible to do a no-hit.

[@minepose98]

I don't know how you'd do that while preserving the looks, though. Perhaps a health system?

[@sigmundroamer6580]

Might still be possible. It looks like there us enough room to make a viable safe zone at the corners of each "pixel". Don't know enough about touhou to say for sure, though.

[@Sercil00]

@@minepose98 Maybe if some of those colored tiles were actually safe to touch. Especially in parts like 1:56 onward. You could keep the look by keeping the colored orbs there, but you take out the white center of the orbs to signal that the player can safely touch it. You could also use colors to warn of danger zones or indicate safe zones. At 3:08, there is going to be a horizontal "attack" to the left at roughly the center of the screen, so you could have warm colors in the center so the player knows not to be near the screen center. Or maybe put cold colors in spots that are going to become safe zones within the next few seconds. Use colors to create sort of heat map to signal the player where to go.

[@Fayte91]

@@sigmundroamer6580 the bullets are squares in this one. No safe spots between them. Tbh I don't mind it being impossible to no miss, as it's more about making the animation more than making a dodgeable pattern

[@Sercil00]

@@sigmundroamer6580 It looks like it's a fixed grid of "pixels". They just turn on or off. If you could squeeze past their edges or just sit in a corner between 4 pixels, you could safely stay there the entire time and not move at all.

[@herrscherofthesimps2293]

First an Atari Demo,Then on a calculator,now this. *Something ain’t right*

[@herrscherofthesimps2293]

@Mana Wata y e s

[@anidiot4558]

What Reimu was hoping for in ISC

[@AymenZero]

This is the definitive edition of bad apple.

[@harrid14mei]

Put some invisibility mechanic like in ISC and this should be playable. Some patterns are straight up undodgable.

[@Hinatas.safespace]

Bro I’m so glad to get a Touhou video recommended. I miss this game 😔

[@xenopickett1177]

is that one hole in the middle a no hit zone? looks about the size of hitbox lol.

[@hihello5590]

Maybe you can if you use Reimu

[@Retrenorium]

No

[@woooooooooooooooooooooooo]

Nope the bullets are square shaped

[@smugkid1588]

"But it's actually playable" Just gets hit 29 times

[@eyeviewer7298]

Orgulloso de descubrir esto antes del millón de visitas 😎👍

[@NavrajThapa2002]

Looks more like Lunatic level playable. Gonna try this honestly.

[@55alegria]

Oh my gosh... HOW

[@fcantil]

First, it was Bad Apple but minecraft sheeps and now this... Thanks, Algorithm!

[@Latency345]

0:18 _snatched_

[@Jadeited]

This is a literal maze where you need to takr the least hits possible-

[@Femmyc]

This would be much harder if it was reimu Edit:i just realized i never played touhou

[@nix3l_]

Why is this recommended to me ive never heard of or seen this game i dont even know what im looking at thanks yt

[@NariInsho]

claim your ticket here before this blows up..... ..

[@RobertTheFoxxo]

Okay wise guy, let's se you perfect playable bad apple!

[@sakuraaimieru]

Oh shit. This is perfect

[@Freddy_6245]

if you didn’t watch bad apple you would be hella surprised when the characters switch lmao

[@VBandit47]

"playable"

[@DuckFoot777]

The animation is playable It isn’t supposed to be a easier version

[@mariosonicfan2010]

so when are we getting ""Bad Apple!!, but it's actually playable", but with added pichuun sounds"

[@user-wx9nc7zr6j]

日本人息してるー？www

[@Gogurb]

Even got a touhou ad while watching B)

[@ArissonMercinova]

I like this version of Bad Apple

[@fanta7266]

is so funny how on the start of the level ninja and his presses was in sync with the music

[@yui-iz7ob]

色んな国の人に愛されている東方はやばい(いい意味で)

[@diogobreno3059]

I am enter in the fandom now ( i will play the games in one or two weeks), but i already see how dedicated the fandom is

[@balbinrichard0142]

Totally not impossible!1!1!1!1 This is what happens when touhou characters break the 4th wall and all of spell card rules

[@moonnyxx]

Bad Apple but it's really, really pixelated.

[@waffleman4566]

0:01 lol "high computational power will be used. This may cause breakdown or damage game data. Backing up saved data for easy recovery Please be mentally prepared"

[@CreepyNinja]

Never knew this was under the Chinese text over there. Nice!

[@ZebraOnYourNose]

there's a blind spot directly in the center, you could definitely just sit there the whole time

[@BatteryChargingMaster]

Where's the fun then

[@ZebraOnYourNose]

@@BatteryChargingMaster Exactly my point

[@jofx4051]

10 years ago: Bad Apple Now: Bad Apple on game

[@somenoobdatsuks]

I never realized the game youtube shows is different

[@apatheticdoctor8901]

I have no idea what this shit is but I’m loving it

[@rainysunday9664]

Last Spellcard we will see

[@landroverrangeroversporths2569]

I’m convinced bad apple is doom 2.0 being able to be played on ( *almost* ) everything

[@Emolgun]

We’ve gone full circle

[@glassesmcgee9558]

After coming back here after researching touhou this makes a bit more sense

[@partitionhlep]

bad apple but just shapes and beats

[@bagelnine9]

I just wander what Satan would do if he was making bad apple from something.

[@Vortexiiixii]

The real comment here is, this is too awesome. Wish this came out early.

[@notinsideyourwalls]

TouHou players are on their way to analyse the attack pattern of the TouHou

[@kylie5446]

All: looks at the vid Me: looks at the player

[@maskedcarpincho2007]

You were expecting captions, but it was me, *[music!]*

[@spamtongspamton9900]

when it switches to dark mode and you can have .8 seconds to relax

[@eskeline]

you canno't convince me that you can survive this, or that anyone beat this without taking damage

[@epicosexio]

I am mesmerized

[@jacobdelacruz558]

There's a safespot, just get into the gap of the butterflies

[@lazydelibird]

I think not. I think the engine used for this has a misleading hitbox and is bugger than it actually is.