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Flandre Scarlet's survival spellcard 秘弾「そして誰もいなくなるか？」 Secret Barrage "And Then Will There Be None?" from Embodiment of Scarlet Devil changes in time. There are two distinct phases: one with orbs that leave behind trails of blue bullets and another one with 5 patterns of round bullets which repeat in same order (red, blue, green, orange, yellow). The time between those patterns becomes shorter as the spellcard gets close to an end.

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In Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, if your progress has one digit before the decimal point, the percentage sign (%) will not exceed the right side limit of text, but if the progress has two digits before the decimal point, the % will be 'outside' of that limit. This can be observed in ver. 0.08+ (left side pictures), ver. 0.13 and the full versions (right side pictures).

For a progress of 100% (see /post/742871757984268288/), the % is outside of the right side limit.

Also, as mentioned by syousenhiyae.livedoor.blog/archives/2015-10.html, the screen with statistics contained two more rows in ver. 0.08, which are not present in the full version: 総台評価 (Overall evaluation) and 称号 (Title). It is unclear in what version they were removed. They seem similar to the 'Skill' and 'Skill verdict' lines from the PC-98 games, but eventually they got scrapped.

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Status screens - Embodiment of Scarlet Devil

If you start the game with 3 lives or less, the 'Stage Clear' screen will not contain any penalties. In trial version 0.08+, there is one empty row between the 'Graze' multiplier and the 'Point Item' text. In the full version, the empty row is between the 'Point Item' text and the difficulty multiplier.

You only get penalized if you start the game with 4 or 5 lives. There is no visible penalty on the 'Stage Clear' screen for continuing. In trial version 0.08+, the penalty for starting with 4 lives was '* 0.7', while in the full version it is '*0.5'. Similarly, the penalty for starting with 5 lives was '*0.4' in version 0.08+ and '*0.2' in the full version.

If you check trial version 0.13 you will see that the screen and penalties are like in the full version, but I prefer not to compare ver. 0.08+ with ver. 0.13 as ver. 0.13 was released after the full version was already comercialized. Due to other intermediate versions not being available, it is unknown when exactly the changes occured.

The 'All Clear!' screen appears during the full version at the end of stage 6 and extra stage. The extra stage one cannot contain penalties since you cannot modify the number of lives you start with.

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Evolution of Sakuya Izayoi’s spellcard background: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil ⟶ Imperishable Night ⟶ Phantasmagoria of Flower View ⟶ Shoot the Bullet ⟶ Impossible Spell Card ⟶ 100th Black Market.

In Imperishable Night, the main texture was changed from orange to red and an additional texture was added to the background. Since then, the images remained pretty much the same (with extremely small differences in brightness/contrast), but the final output looks quite different depending on game.

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Patchouli Knowledge’s spellcard background is different between Embodiment of Scarlet Devil and Shoot the Bullet.

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Evolution of Cirno’s spellcard background: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil ⟶ Perfect Cherry Blossom ⟶ Phantasmagoria of Flower View (same in Shoot the Bullet) ⟶  Double Dealing Character (same in Impossible Spell Card) ⟶  100th Black Market.

The texture has been the same since Phantasmagoria of Flower View, but it seems like different effects have been applied to it in the following games so it appears darker/lighter.

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Hong Meiling’s spellcard background has changed between Embodiment of Scarlet Devil and Shoot the Bullet.

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Remilia Scarlet's spellcard background has the same red moon image in all games. In Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, the image is rotating clockwise. In Imperishable Night, the background is rotating counterclockwise and there is also an overlayed texture, which resembles the one Marisa Kirisame uses in her spellcard background.

In Shoot the Bullet, Impossible Spell Card and Violet Detector, the moon background is now fixed but the overlaying texture seems to be the same moon image rotating counterclockwise. Shoot the Bullet has the background moon more visible, while Impossible Spell Card and Violet Detector have the overlaying moon more visible.