About
Create a Touhou Character, also commonly called Walfas or Create.swf, is an online character and scene creation tool created by based off of characters and settings from the Touhou Project series. The Flash, created by someone going by “KirbyM”, has a large following due to its flexibility.
History
The first iteration of the Flash was released on September 2, 2007 and featured only four characters.[1] The ability to create scenes with the characters was not added until 2008, when a programmer named Thefre overhauled the Flash to its modern version.[2] In 2009, a Theater Mode was released, which paved the way for comics and videos made with the Flash.[3] More characters, backgrounds, and features were added over the years, although as of 2015 the Flash is only updated when new Touhou characters are revealed.
Reception
Create a Touhou Character is extremely popular among Touhou fans on the Internet as well as with anime fans in general, due in part to its extreme flexibility. A DeviantArt search for Walfas returns over 40,000 results.[4] A Walfas Wikia hosts over 250 pages on creators and characters related to the Flash.[5] In 2013, YouTube user D4V1N5 uploaded a Walfas version of a video made by YouTuber HoySolaGerman, which gained over 300,000 views.
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Example Images
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Search Interest
References
[1]Walfas – Create a Touhou charater
[2]Walfas – Create.swf version 3
[3]Walfas – Create.swf – Sanae
[5]Walfas Wikia – Walfas Wiki