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Spyro 1 Vortex, is one of the most trick heavy categories in the game, utilizing all kinds of glitches ranging from things like proxies, enemy boosts, wallglides, and power jumps. This category allows the use of the all homeworlds cheat, which allows us to enter every level, while ignoring the collectable requirements normally required for those levels. This may seem weird for a speedrun to allow a cheat code, but it unlocks the full glitch potential of the game, which is The goal of the category: Get to every end of level portal (vortex) as fast as possible.
Spyro the Dragon Vortex TAS in 21:01
Made by wafflewizard1 with help from c0mposer and XandoToaster
Adjusted to RTA timing standards: 20:00
Adjusted to Playstation 2 fast disc speed (-66.5s): 18:53
Δ World record (fds): -1:41
Game objectives:
  • Emulator used: BizHawk 2.7.0 with memory card inserted (default)
  • BIOS: scph1001.bin
  • SHA1 hash of Spyro the Dragon (USA).bin: cf3ce6bedeb89dfbc40990336180f3b9b0f40d9f
  • Takes damage to save time
  • Uses death to save time
  • RNG/enemy manipulation
Videos:
TAS movie (public with intro) https://youtu.be/HLFGbBBqqo0
TAS movie (unlisted way better render please watch this one) https://youtu.be/2u-s6nPGpJI
Community unveiling #1
Community unveiling #2
Goal of this TAS: After using the unlock all homeworlds cheat code, we go into each individual level (excluding the completionist bonus level) and attempt to reach the exit level vortex as fast as possible. Normally in Spyro you have to collect gems, dragons and eggs to unlock the following homeworlds. Due to the nature of these collectable requirements, skipping them is currently impossible. This category aims to showcase the types of movement, boosts, and glitches that Spyro 1 has to offer when collectables aren't taken into consideration. Going from point A to point B as fast as possible is the primary focus in this category.
Acronyms/Generalities: Vortex: The end of level portal that takes you back to the homeworld
Charge: Holding square causes Spyro to run forward in a “charge”
Proxy: Getting a boost off an enemy/scenery from hitbox or animation
Squeeze proxy: Getting a boost by squeezing with enemies or scenery
Wallglide: Gaining height while gliding along a wall at a specific angle
Damage boost: Getting a boost from getting damaged by an enemy, possible because of how the game stores momentum
Skitter jump: A charging jump input while on a sloped surface which causes an immediate landing on said slope, allows for faster travel up hills
Charge glide: A charge input with a glide input the frame after which causes your glide to start with a boost of momentum, and reach top speed instantly.
Charge jump: Pressing jump while charging will give you a short but fast jump the direction you're charging
Bonk: When you charge into a wall or enemy that can't be moved
Instant Load: Entering level portals from specific angles to reduce, or completely remove the level entry animation.
Roll: Pressing L1 or R1 makes Spyro roll left or right
OoB: Out of bounds E.g. Going over a wall to unintended areas
Flop: The falling animation state
Power jump: A charge into a late jump input that gains extra momentum
Supercharge ramp: Ramps with arrows that gives Spyro extra speed with a special animation
Squop: A charge down into a glide input
Magic stairs: Utilizing the mechanics of edges to push you up stairs with a charge jump
TAS: Tool assisted speedrun
Fodder: The small creatures that when killed gives you a hit point
Balloonist: The NPC in each homeworld that takes you to the other homeworlds
RTA: Human viable
Glide buffer: When doing a charge jump, pressing x will make Spyro glide for one frame and charge again, which extends the charge jump a little
Interesting level comments:
General run:
I'm stoked with how this TAS turned out. Not only was I able to implement the new tricks that had been found by other members of the community, I was also able to add a few bonus tricks that were either found last minute, or thought up on the spot.
Instant loads - During the run, I tried to get an instant load on every portal. I managed to even find one for Wizard peak which nobody knew about!
Magic stairs/glide buffers - Went all out in magic stairs this TAS, some of them might break even with regular stairs, but they are a delight for runners and non runners to see. Most of the time it does save time though, so I tried every frame possible to do magic stairs or glide buffers to reach places and it was surprisingly fun!
Artisans homeworld:
Town square - Getting magic stairs at the start carries a lot of momentum through the start of the level which is faster than the RTA jumps currently used.
Wallglide into Toasty - Instead of using a jump into a glide, a charge jump is used which is slightly faster. After jumping off the scenery Spyro lands on, we glide OoB and touch the level portal. A specific angle is used to get an instant load into the level.
Toasty - We get a proxy off the dog at the start of the level which sends Spyro directly up, skipping all of the level. We cut the proxy off with a glide so we touch the top of the vortex. This proxy is due to the interaction between both the dog and the shepherd, not just one of them.
Magic crafters homeworld:
Alpine ridge - The wallglide used at the start has an RTA version, but this one uses a more precise wallglide that gets us higher up allowing us to skip more of the level. This trick is called “fish ladder” and it's surprisingly RTA.
Wizard peak - When supercharging, we use a specific analog angle to get a sharp turn, which allows us to get 90 degree turns almost instantly. This is used to ramp up the scenery and reach the vortex platform.
Blowhard - There are multiple damage boosts utilizing the wizards in this level, some of which are RTA, but there is one at the very start of the level that is carried into a very tight wallglide that we use which saves a few seconds.
‘Tuco’ the balloonist - Unlike the other balloonists, this one has an RNG element. The next level we want to go to is in the Peacekeepers homeworld, and Tuco lets us select this homeworld but there's an optimization; Tuco has a 2/5 chance to give us a level inside the homeworld which lets us skip running from the Peacekeepers spawn and instead it already puts us inside a level inside of Peacekeepers. One of the 2/5 options saves more time because it skips some backtracking. We manipulated the RNG (through small input changes) to give us the best option which is the level ‘Dry Canyon’.
Peacekeepers homeworld:
Dry canyon - Using a wallglide at the start of the level allows us to get upto a small platform which is normally unreachable. Once on the platform we roll while Spyro is very close to the edge which sends Spyro up the sloped wall to the vortex platform. For some reason rolling up slopes only works when Spyro’s teetering over the edge of a platform which is why we have to get close to the edge.
Cliff town - One of the hardest squeeze proxies to get, it saves us having to charge up the long windy level which is a big time save. Was in XandoToasters old vortex TAS. After getting the squeeze we get magic stairs to carry momentum up to the vortex.
Shemp - Off the start of the level we manipulate the enemy thrown at us so that they run into a corner. If we roll into the corner as the enemy is running into it we can set up for a trick that is called ‘Shemp skip’. Shemp skip is performed when we jump frame perfectly as the enemy is swinging their knife at Spyro which proxies Spyro high enough to get up to the vortex, skipping the level and the boss fight.
Dream Weavers homeworld:
Haunted towers - We skip a large proportion of the start of the level through animation proxies off the wizard enemies. The supercharge turnaround is then used which is done by taking the supercharge out of its intended area and doing large jumps across platforms that are normally unreachable. Once we leave this level we run off the level and die because its faster to get to the next level because of where we spawn.
Dark passage - Most of this level is skipped from a damage boost off the archer enemies. Bonking into the wall while getting shot gets the boost high enough to where we can use a small wallglide to reach the end of level vortex.
Lofty castle - This level is the first instance where power jumps are used. You may recognise the two power jumps by the size of the gap Spyro clears. The jumps are not RTA viable and are very precise with positioning and angle. After getting the power jumps we get boosted up to the vortex on the enemy known as the turkey with the trick suitably named “turkey boost”. By jumping at the right time and flopping onto the enemy, it puts Spyro in a perfect position where he wont slide off and instead, gets hit again and lifted up. By pressing X we glide off the turkey when we are able to glide to the vortex.
Jaques - What a level this was to TAS. Last minute when TASing this level fellow runners Texensis and c0mposer remembered clips they took of Spyro flopping off the “Clock Fools”. This sparked the idea that instead of using a slower wallglide or series of jumps, a flop could be used instead. This idea came to fruition and made this level much more fun and a bit faster. The damage boost later on off the boss was in the previous TAS by XandoToaster.
Beast Makers homeworld:
Terrace village - The massive proxy you see in this level is called “Biscuit blast” which has recently become RTA viable. The height we get off it in this instance is much harder to do though, and saves a little time because we get high enough to reach the tippy top of the vortex portal.
Tree tops - By getting a small squeeze proxy between the torch pole and the sloped wall, we can barely make a jump onto the platform across which is a direct supercharge to the end of the level.
Metal head - So many magic stairs. To get to the vortex in this level we utilize a squop by squeezing between the enemy and the torch and then pressing X to get ejected up into the air. We can then glide to the vortex room which bypasses slower wallglide strats or a boss fight.
Gnasty’s World:
Gnorc cove - Finally, rat proxy. Just before I was going to TAS the known strats, c0mposer mentioned the rat fodder which gave me an idea… rat proxy in gnorc cove. After some RNG manipulation I managed to get a beautiful squeeze high enough to glide to the vortex. Was such a rush getting that squeeze.
Twilight harbour - The tricks in this level were tricks I found around a month ago which kicked off my drive to create this TAS. It's multiple tricks chained in a row which creates an amazing but overwhelming level so bare with the explanation. The enemy at the start can be charged at such an angle that it starts shaking up and down because it's stuck in a glitchy bit of scenery. If you attempt to squop onto the enemy when it's shaking it launches you upwards which can then be used to glide into another proxy, this one being a scenery squeeze between the archway and the wall. This scenery squeeze launches you straight up and you land on the roof above. The chimneys on the side of the roof happen to have collision only on the side facing the wall, so we clip into the chimney and get yet another scenery squeeze proxy which sends us finally high enough to glide to the end of the level. The RTA strat for this level charges through the whole level and this trick manages to save some time because it's a more direct line.
Gnasty Gnorc - Everything done in this level is RTA viable apart from the magic stairs at the end. We get the second key thief quickly by manipulating them to run towards us and killing them close by, instead of having to chase them through the level. We get pushed by Gnasty Gnorc by carefully staying in front of him while he runs to the end of the level which saves some time as you would be slower trying to charge after him.
Potential improvements:
There's a bunch this TAS can improve on in the future, with some things that haven't been proven possible yet.
General movement - Most of the movement is precise and fast in this run but I think it can be further optimised and checked for time save
General possibilities - I think there are undiscovered clips through scenery which could be used to skip windy parts of levels or even straight lines to the vortex
Toasty - I will continue to experiment with this level to see if there's a squeeze proxy off the shepherd or if there's an alternative proxy off the both of them
Metalhead - XandoToaster found an extremely weird enemy interaction proxy in this clip (https://youtu.be/JxmifxYGiOU) which I think can be experimented with. In a perfect scenario I think it would be able to “teleport” you from the point of proxy all the way to the vortex room, saving a bit of time that would normally be used to glide to the room. This trick definitely gives Spyro the most speed in the game.
High Caves - There's a metal box flop that fellow runner CFGamebreaker got in this clip which I think would save a little time while also looking sick: https://streamable.com/o0vh5b
Jacques - This is one of the longer levels that I think a strat needs to be found for. There might be the possibility to get a proxy at the start of the level onto the scenery where you can glide to the vortex.
Lofty Castle - The enemies that float up and down on balloons will definitely have a squeeze proxy possible that could send Spyro up to the vortex. I will work on this some time and who knows, in the future you might see something special in Lofty.
Suggested thumbnail: https://imgur.com/KNYqGaI
Special Thanks:
Thank you to the whole Spyro community for being so supportive and friendly to everyone. Thank you to XandoToaster for teaching me the ropes of TASing (who also made the former TAS) and to c0mposer for overseeing the creation of the TAS. Much love.
-wafflewizard & composer

ThunderAxe31: Claiming for judging.
ThunderAxe31: File replaced with spiked version that removes 17703 blank frames at the end.
ThunderAxe31: I'm going to leave this job to Samsara. Un-claiming.
Samsara: Hi, I'm Samsara. Judging!
Samsara: While we cannot formally accept this run for publication due to the usage of a cheat code, we are very close to implementing a new section of the site that would allow it, so I'll be delaying this run until that happens rather than rejecting it. If the implementation of Playground (or whatever it ends up being called) takes longer than expected, I may temporarily reject this run to help clear out the workbench, with the caveat that it will absolutely and instantly be revisited for Playground once it's on the site.
Samsara: Dropping. There are concerns with optimization compared to RTA and, apparently, a new version in progress because of this. Whoever picks it up should be aware of that.


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Oh hey a Spyro TAS, using Vortex oh that's nice that's like the non Exit Lev-- Goal of this TAS: After using the unlock all homeworlds cheat code Nevermind. Honestly, I was kinda expecting to basically see a "no exit" variation of this TAS when it was submitted, until you mentioned the use of cheats... and unfortunately making this a meme category. Meme category such as this goes against the cheat code rule this site has, and it actually makes it more appropriate as an April Fools submission where all the jokes come out. Just to point out what I mean by "no exit" the Exit Level is used quite a bit to get out of levels quickly. So going to end of level by taking the vortex instead of exiting out is what makes this miscellaneous category. There's always improving the current publication that exists of Spyro which I know that Nitrofski dabbling with that so you might get some information from him if you two contact him. Other than that, I'm interested to see where you two will actually take Spyro in a non-joke category as you do have the potential. Also it's not me unless there was a bit of Spiking going on, on the input. Light Spike of 17703 frames.
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Huh, I had no idea about that rule. That is a shame that it would classify this as a "meme" run and in all honesty the large community of people who run vortex would probably be offended! A fellow runner called Hummeldon made an awesome video about the category which might give you some insight into how intense this category is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-Tjn9J0tcc Nitrof does know of this TAS and I used a glitch he found with the sharp supercharges, though I am probably not interested in Spyro 1 any%. I still hope you enjoyed the TAS and the writeup, was super fun to make.
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Oh hey a Spyro TAS, using Vortex oh that's nice that's like the non Exit Lev-- Goal of this TAS: After using the unlock all homeworlds cheat code Nevermind. Honestly, I was kinda expecting to basically see a "no exit" variation of this TAS when it was submitted, until you mentioned the use of cheats... and unfortunately making this a meme category. Meme category such as this goes against the cheat code rule this site has, and it actually makes it more appropriate as an April Fools submission where all the jokes come out. Just to point out what I mean by "no exit" the Exit Level is used quite a bit to get out of levels quickly. So going to end of level by taking the vortex instead of exiting out is what makes this miscellaneous category. There's always improving the current publication that exists of Spyro which I know that Nitrofski dabbling with that so you might get some information from him if you two contact him. Other than that, I'm interested to see where you two will actually take Spyro in a non-joke category as you do have the potential. Also it's not me unless there was a bit of Spiking going on, on the input. Light Spike of 17703 frames.
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Watched this with my brother and a relative (Nick and Remy). While the TAS starts off as go from point A to B and you start thinking about how much more exciting any% or 100% would be, the TAS later justifies its existence as the strategies required to go to the end fast become zanier, with my highlights being Haunted Towers and Lofty Castles. A good amount of laughs and nostalgia was had. Yes vote!
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Me and composer really appreciate it <3 Glad you enjoyed it and realized the purpose of the category.
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Watched this with my brother and a relative (Nick and Remy). While the TAS starts off as go from point A to B and you start thinking about how much more exciting any% or 100% would be, the TAS later justifies its existence as the strategies required to go to the end fast become zanier, with my highlights being Haunted Towers and Lofty Castles. A good amount of laughs and nostalgia was had. Yes vote!
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Spikestuff wrote:
Meme category such as this goes against the cheat code rule this site has, and it actually makes it more appropriate as an April Fools submission where all the jokes come out.
On one hand I understand the rule of no cheats, but on my much bigger hand, you're being extremely elitist, talking down to the community who loves and runs this category, and going out of your way to call a category a "meme category" is quite disrespectful. Believe it or not, Vortex actually has the most active runners out of any of the Spyro 1 categories ATM. Due to the nature of any% in Spyro 1 being unbreakable in its collectable requirements, many trick category runners have flocked to Vortex due to its resemblance of other heavy trick categories, which often end up being any% (Spyro 2 any%, Spyro 3 any%, etc.) I'm not sure if you even gave the TAS a view, but if not, give it a shot. You might be surprised, there are DOZENS of exclusive tricks in this category that make it stand out from every other Spyro 1 category, The past 2 years have been extremely eventful for this category, with new tricks, routes, small movement optimizations, etc. This TAS is meant to be an accumulation of the past 2 years of the communities work. This was no "meme" or "joke" to us. Again, I understand the no cheat code rule, and we're perfectly ok with the TAS not being accepted due to that. However, your response was extremely disheartening to Wafflie & I, considering the amount of work, hours, and passion poured into it. If you're going to state why a TAS can't be accepted, consider not being so mean about it.
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wafflewizard1 wrote:
Huh, I had no idea about that rule.
Honestly, was kinda down for it. Just to reference where that rule is it's here. "Cheat codes and passwords are only allowed to access harder difficulties and/or bonus content, including cosmetic improvements." Didn't look for it earlier cause it was like early and I kinda admittedly didn't want to scan through the new site to find the rule. :S
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That is a shame that it would classify this as a "meme" run and in all honesty the large community of people who run vortex would probably be offended!
Yeah, it's like a 6 year old misc category now, and probably the older generation of runners who don't really exist anymore to talk about how it came into existence. It is kinda of the only reason I still call it a "meme category" is just due to like the history I know with it back in the Sprash days (actually it was close to the separation now I think about it).
wafflewizard1 wrote:
A fellow runner called Hummeldon made an awesome video about the category which might give you some insight into how intense this category is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-Tjn9J0tcc
I do recall watching this video roughly when it came out and like there is a lot of RTA history to it from starting as a side category. And yeah the category is one of the active Spyro categories since it's more of an A to B type run instead of being a tiny collect-a-thon.
wafflewizard1 wrote:
I still hope you enjoyed the TAS and the writeup, was super fun to make.
It was still enjoyable to watch, personally didn't know how to go and vote for it. I'm down to eat my words if rules do adjust for it, but who knows maybe there'll be more discoveries.
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Nitrof does know of this TAS and I used a glitch he found with the sharp supercharges, though I am probably not interested in Spyro 1 any%.
Ah, that's a shame. Maybe one day in the future if you do get that Sparx of interest (I'll leave).
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I understand that the infos that I'm about to bring were easy to miss due to technical reasons. However, since there has been a lot of work and expectations behind this submission, I would still not label it as a "meme category" or say that it should be an "April Fools joke". With that said, let's get to some clarifications: It's true that the current movie rules page tells that the usage of in-game cheats "are only allowed to access harder difficulties and/or bonus content" and also that "You are not allowed to skip levels with passwords", however it must be noted that there are some more details that used to be there that where removed recently, not because they were intentionally abolished, but because they got accidentally lost while rewriting the rules text in order to make it easier to read. You can still still access the full text of the previous rules page version here: Wiki: MovieRules/Legacy. Specifically, there are two parts of that page that I'd like everyone here to give some attention, see parts I've underlined:
No skipping to the end with a password The point is to demonstrate how quickly a game could be beaten if the player had superhuman abilities; skipping major sections of it with a password defeats the purpose. We allow playing unlockable content using in-game passwords Using in-game codes[1] or passwords at the start of a game is allowed if it uses a built-in hard mode or if it makes cosmetic changes to the game, as long as parts of the game are not skipped. Using in-game codes or passwords at the start of a game to unlock a special game mode, character, level sets, or otherwise play the game in some unusual way is allowed.
Any actually intended change will be included in this page: Wiki: MovieRules/History, and since there is no mention about changes for in-game cheats and passwords, it's fair to assume that spirit of the relative rules should be intended as still following their previous purpose. Specifically:
  1. The purpose of the rule is forbidding to skip to the end, or otherwise major sections of the game; in this submission instead what is skipped is just the item requirements for unlocking each of the 4 bosses.
  2. Using in-game cheats or passwords is allowed for "playing the game in some unusual way", which clearly refers to the chance of being accepted for Moons, if it results in enough movie differences than any%, 100%, and No Major Skips. This submission does in fact showcase completely different gameplay routes in every level, as in fact already noted by the author.
For these reasons, I see that this submission is perfectly worthy of being given a chance to be considered for publication, and even if it wasn't the case, it would still deserve to go through a fair judging process and leave room for the author and the community to discuss opinions and suggestions about the rules.
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This is super relieving to hear! I cant wait for the judging to happen, I'm super excited to show more people this category and all its beauty. Thank you very much Thunder!!
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I understand that the infos that I'm about to bring were easy to miss due to technical reasons. However, since there has been a lot of work and expectations behind this submission, I would still not label it as a "meme category" or say that it should be an "April Fools joke". With that said, let's get to some clarifications: It's true that the current movie rules page tells that the usage of in-game cheats "are only allowed to access harder difficulties and/or bonus content" and also that "You are not allowed to skip levels with passwords", however it must be noted that there are some more details that used to be there that where removed recently, not because they were intentionally abolished, but because they got accidentally lost while rewriting the rules text in order to make it easier to read. You can still still access the full text of the previous rules page version here: Wiki: MovieRules/Legacy. Specifically, there are two parts of that page that I'd like everyone here to give some attention, see parts I've underlined:
No skipping to the end with a password The point is to demonstrate how quickly a game could be beaten if the player had superhuman abilities; skipping major sections of it with a password defeats the purpose. We allow playing unlockable content using in-game passwords Using in-game codes[1] or passwords at the start of a game is allowed if it uses a built-in hard mode or if it makes cosmetic changes to the game, as long as parts of the game are not skipped. Using in-game codes or passwords at the start of a game to unlock a special game mode, character, level sets, or otherwise play the game in some unusual way is allowed.
Any actually intended change will be included in this page: Wiki: MovieRules/History, and since there is no mention about changes for in-game cheats and passwords, it's fair to assume that spirit of the relative rules should be intended as still following their previous purpose. Specifically:
  1. The purpose of the rule is forbidding to skip to the end, or otherwise major sections of the game; in this submission instead what is skipped is just the item requirements for unlocking each of the 4 bosses.
  2. Using in-game cheats or passwords is allowed for "playing the game in some unusual way", which clearly refers to the chance of being accepted for Moons, if it results in enough movie differences than any%, 100%, and No Major Skips. This submission does in fact showcase completely different gameplay routes in every level, as in fact already noted by the author.
For these reasons, I see that this submission is perfectly worthy of being given a chance to be considered for publication, and even if it wasn't the case, it would still deserve to go through a fair judging process and leave room for the author and the community to discuss opinions and suggestions about the rules.
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I agree that using in-game codes to showcase unique gameplay is a great reason to have a movie in Moons. The main problem with codes is when all they do is give you unfair advantage. If that's not the case, there are things like [2558] SNES Super Metroid "GT code, game end glitch" by amaurea, Cpadolf & total in 14:52.88 where the code not only makes it very entertaining, but also really hard and intense! If we don't make it clear that we encourage people to use in-game codes to showcase unique, entertaining, and challenging gameplay, we should tweak the rules to say it.
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I fully support changing the rules here, but that may take some time: We have been focusing really heavily on the recent launch of the new site, finding and ironing out a lot of bugs in order to ensure that everything continues running smoothly. Staff as a whole has been devoting most of their time to that. When new site stuff has slowed down, I'm going right back to rule changes and working on a new system to objectively support many TASes like this. Until then, though, I'm absolutely willing to talk about this and clear up any misconceptions about the site rules and/or the possible (hopefully soon to be definite) acceptance of this category. Feel free to DM me on here or Discord.
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I apologize to the authors, but someone needs to ask this question. So for everyone else. In vortex there's a total of 24 levels that have to be entered, and 23 of those levels have a vortex. In Spyro there's 24 levels that have a vortex and the only way to access that final vortex located in Gnasty's Loot (ignoring something, I'll get into a second which will be the query) is to obtain every gem, dragon and egg throughout your playthrough before entering it. In Gnasty's World there's a total of 4 methods to enter Gnasty Gnorc early; Rat Proxy, Roll Tooth, A Non-Rolling Tooth Method and Behind the Dragon's Head (Coveless). My question is, in a TAS sense would it make sense to go for Gnasty's Loot vortex to round out to what the authors described as "every end of level portal (vortex)" and is it possible to enter Gnasty's Loot early? With the second part of my question I assume that Rat Proxy would have the best chance of verifying if entering that level early is possible.
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Since theres no way into gnastys loot (because its completely solid) theres no way to add this into the run. If the TAS wanted to go into loot it would have to be a 120% run :D
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I apologize to the authors, but someone needs to ask this question. So for everyone else. In vortex there's a total of 24 levels that have to be entered, and 23 of those levels have a vortex. In Spyro there's 24 levels that have a vortex and the only way to access that final vortex located in Gnasty's Loot (ignoring something, I'll get into a second which will be the query) is to obtain every gem, dragon and egg throughout your playthrough before entering it. In Gnasty's World there's a total of 4 methods to enter Gnasty Gnorc early; Rat Proxy, Roll Tooth, A Non-Rolling Tooth Method and Behind the Dragon's Head (Coveless). My question is, in a TAS sense would it make sense to go for Gnasty's Loot vortex to round out to what the authors described as "every end of level portal (vortex)" and is it possible to enter Gnasty's Loot early? With the second part of my question I assume that Rat Proxy would have the best chance of verifying if entering that level early is possible.
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wafflewizard1 wrote:
Since theres no way into gnastys loot (because its completely solid) theres no way to add this into the run.
Several years later, someone finds a method and the whole world will go into shambles. ahem Well that's good to know at the very least. They actually made that solid but made Gnasty Gnorc accessible (via non-legitimate means), lol.
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Yeah the gnastys head was made earlier into development, they copied the toastys head instead of making a new one and the toasty one has no collision on it.
Spikestuff wrote:
wafflewizard1 wrote:
Since theres no way into gnastys loot (because its completely solid) theres no way to add this into the run.
Several years later, someone finds a method and the whole world will go into shambles. ahem Well that's good to know at the very least. They actually made that solid but made Gnasty Gnorc accessible (via non-legitimate means), lol.
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