What is Holocure? The Hololive fan game taking VTubers by storm Twitter: Kay Yu \/ HolocureIf you\u2019ve watched a Hololive stream in the last two weeks, there\u2019s a very real chance you tuned into see some Holocure gameplay. The shoot-em-up fan game inspired by the VTuber agency has taken the internet by storm \u2014 and it\u2019s not just a flash in the pan. Trends come and go in the streaming landscape, and VTubers aren\u2019t immune to that. Some games just scratch the itch of the community, and then all of a sudden the entire sector is swept away \u2014 absorbed into one hive minded experience even for just a fleeting moment. Fan-made game Holocure is like that. The indie shoot-em-up game has made waves in not just the Hololive fandom (as the name would suggest) but beyond. What started as a one-man fan project at the start of 2022 has since become the most popular game for Hololive stars to play, and other VTubers have also been jumping in on the action. Developer Kay Yu was only expecting a handful of people to take notice of his little side project. A full-time animator, Holocure was a fun little project away from the storyboarding and detailed nature of anime and bigger games \u2014 a throwback to their university days dabbling in Gamemaker. All expectations were blown away very quickly after the game\u2019s June 25 launch. \u201cWe anticipated maybe a few thousand people to play, which seemed reasonable, but it turns out there are almost 50,000 downloads in less than 24 hours\u2026 it\u2019s pretty insane, but I\u2019m super thankful for you all playing,\u201d they said on Twitter. The first build of my Hololive fan game, HOLOCURE, is now RELEASED! It is free to play, so please enjoy it to your hearts content. (For now, it is Windows PC only) You can find the download over at itchio (LINK IN REPLY). Check out the page for more info!#holocure pic.twitter.com\/AAMH0cVmtM \u2014 Kay Yu (@kaynimatic) June 24, 2022 The game has a similar feel to Magic Survival and Vampire Survivor \u2014 the latter was very popular in Hololive circles just a few months ago. Yu cited the latter as a big inspiration for the project, although with more of a \u201cfocus on specific character traits and effects, and less focus on just the weapons and evolutions.\u201d How Holocure captivated Hololive In Holocure you are trying to \u201csave the fans\u201d. Yes, really. After VTubers took over the world (virtually and literally), an evil force brainwashed them with blinding love for their idols. And you have to fight back against them. That means you\u2019re playing as one of the idols yourself, trying to clear hordes of enemies from the battlefield. You level up by slaying these \u2018monsters\u2019, powering up your character (currently one of the Hololive English girls, but this will be expanded soon Yu promises). Being able to step into the shoes of your favorite talent \u2014 with special powers and items based off their personality and lore \u2014 is a thrill. Let\u2019s also just say the number of in-jokes and references in the game is immense. A-Chan welcomes you into the game in the shop screen, sitting at a desk like one of her usual streams. The BGM is inspired by Hololive original songs Suspect and Shiny Smily Story, just in an 8-bit form to fit the graphics. Some of the powerups, from BL Book to the Cutting Board to smaller things like Piki Piki Piman (a reference to Korone\u2019s chat spamming bell peppers). There\u2019s an adage to the beloved Asacoco duo in two items. You can even \u2018collab\u2019 powerups together. Plus one of the main enemies? Shrimps. It\u2019s like stepping into a fever dream of Hololive, and that\u2019s why it\u2019s got the internet going crazy. You can be the judge about how well the \u201csave the fans\u201d tagline plays into idol culture, and the relationship between VTuber and audience. At the time of writing, Holocure has been the focus of more than 50 individual streams by Hololive members. Even those outside of Hololive have been addicted to the game \u2014 VShojo star Ironmouse said as much on Twitter. \u201cIt\u2019s a free game with such high quality,\u201d Matsuri said on stream. \u201cThere\u2019s a part of you that\u2019s like: \u2018I want to give them my money!\u2019\u201d Polka added, talking about paying the developers for the fan-made game (they\u2019ve denied taking any money for the project). It\u2019s also got a bright future ahead of it that suggests it could be here to stay \u2014 maybe not as a permanent mainstay but as a popular choice for the idols to play on stream. After all, it\u2019s basically self-promotion right? There\u2019s a genuine interest from Yu and the small team behind Holocure to expand out the content, eventually making all the Hololive idols playable in game. Buffs and nerfs are planned for balancing the game out \u2014 although some of the idols play into this by cheekily demanding buffs of their own characters (like Kiara). The replayability with leaderboards (soon to be reimplemented) and more fleshed out systems and levels are on their way. If you want a dose of Hololive without just watching through archived streams, there\u2019s no better antidote than Holocure. After all, the fans do need salvation at times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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