HoloCure

HoloCure
Game logo
Hololive fan made game
Developer(s)	Kay Yu
Composer(s)	eufrik
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Engine	GameMaker Studio
Release	June 24, 2022
Genre(s)	Roguelike, shoot 'em up
Mode(s)	Single player
Website	kay-yu.itch.io/holocure

HoloCure (ホロキュア, Horokyua) is a free Hololive fan made video game developed by Kay Yu. The game draws heavy inspiration from Vampire Survivors and Magic Survival.

Within hours after its release, HoloCure became a viral hit, garnering over 50,000 downloads on its first day. The game was also featured by numerous Hololive talents who streamed themselves playing the game. In addition, the game's leaderboard functionality was disabled by the game's developer, citing the overwhelming data load.

Development

Development of HoloCure began around late February 2022, and on March 9, 2022, lead developer Kay Yu wrote a tweet announcing that he, DuDuL, and eufrik were working on a new Hololive fan game as a hobby, and shared a clip of an early build of the game. At the time, the game was titled Holo Fan Love. The game was made using GameMaker Studio 2, with Yu having been familiar with the engine since 2008, and online leaderboards were hosted using Firebase.

Following a period of closed beta, the first public demo of the game was released on June 24, 2022 and included all members of Hololive English as playable characters. The game's logo was designed by Ribbon Black and Japanese translation done by HighGai and Miss Wendi Gogh.

The game's development is still ongoing and all development costs for the game were paid for by Yu out of his own pocket, including translation work and server costs. However, Yu has refused to accept donations for the game's development, citing his desire to keep the game strictly as a passion project.

Plot

Set in the year 20XX, virtual idols have won the hearts of many on the internet. However, one day, an evil force brainwashes the fans and turns them into mindless minions. Hololive talents must now work to "cure" the fans and save them.

Gameplay

The gameplay is similar to Vampire Survivors. Players must move characters in an infinite 2D space, while swarms of mobs come on screen from all directions. As players kill mobs, they drop items. Most commonly, they drop experience points in the form of the Hololive logo. The experience points level up the characters, which give them access to a number of choice power ups to be selected upon each level up.

Two modes of gameplay are available: Stage and Endless. In stage mode, players must defeat the final boss to mark completion. In endless mode, players must survive the game as long as possible, while accumulating score.

Characters

The following are playable characters in-game. Each have their own unique set of power ups and special ability. The first five characters from Hololive English -Myth- are available as default characters. Additional characters must be pulled via the game's gacha system. More characters are planned to be added in future updates, as well as additional outfits.

Hololive English -Myth-

• Amelia Watson
• Gawr Gura
• Ninomae Ina'nis
• Takanashi Kiara
• Mori Calliope

Hololive English -Council-

• Hakos Baelz
• Ouro Kronii
• Ceres Fauna
• Nanashi Mumei
• Tsukumo Sana

Hololive English Project: HOPE

• IRyS

Power ups

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The game offers a large number of power ups for the characters. Each character has their own exclusive set of power ups. The rest are made available for all characters, and some have particular references to All members. All can be upgraded a number of times, while some can actually be combined as "collaboration" for additional power.

Power Up	Character	Description
Attack Up	All
BL Book	All	Reference to various members who are into "Boys Love". Most commonly, Anemachi, Suisei's sister, and Marine.
Credit Card	All	Reference to either Matsuri (getting her card locked multiple times), Suisei (many gacha pulls), Kanata's inability to get one of these cards, or fans donating too much money.
Cutting Board	All	Reference is an inside joke about being flat chested.
Elite Lava Bucket	All	References Miko's disastrous use of the lava bucket in Minecraft.
Energy Drink	All
Facemask	All
Fan Beam	All
Full Dinner	All
Glowstick	All	Reference to Pen-light glowsticks featured in the crowds of most Hololive live performances.
Gorilla's Paw	All	Reference to Kanata's gorilla-level grip.
Headphones	All	Resembles the headphones worn by Aloe
Holo Bomb	All	Subtle reference to Pekora. This was originally intended to be a Minecraft-esque TNT block, but was changed due to copyright concerns.
Idol Costume	All	Referencing the Idol Costumes members are given for their 3D model.
Idol Song	All
Injection Type Asacoco	All	Referencing Kiryu Coco
Piki Piki Piman	All	The name is a reference to the bell pepper emoji's on Korone's channel, while the icon is her on-screen prop of a pepper in a coffee, called shishitou.
Plug Type Asacoco	All	Reference to Coco's tail plug, known for it's "medicinal" effects.
Psycho Axe	All	Reference to Suisei.
Sake	All	Reference to Lamy's drinking habit.
Shark Bite	Gura	Gura is a shark.
Speed Up	All
Spider Cooking	All	Reference to Haato's tarantula cooking.
Study Glasses	All	Spiral-patterned glasses resembling those worn by Korone.
Uber Sheep	All	Reference to Watame's Minecraft delivery service.
Workaholic	Mori	Reference to Calliope Mori's tendency to remain constantly busy with one project or another.

Trivia

• On April 12, 2021, Yu tweeted a pixel animation of Fubuzilla which would later be used in-game.

External links

• HoloCure Wiki (Fandom)
• Official Twitter
• r/holocure Subreddit
• List of HoloCure streams (Holodex)