I'll use your encode officially, but I'm still interested in seeing the encoding commands too.Language: avisynth"SaGa Frontier "+Chr($22)+"Lute"+Chr($22)
If banning the one instance where we clip past the last door gate is a little too precise, I guess we could go by the "no levels early" category for the 42 minute run. The more I thought of it, the less sense it would make to clip into levels early in that run if an approvement were to be made. After all, I'd have to open all the levels to be able to open the door to the final boss fight if I were to only ban the 50 jiggy door clip, because the game forces you to open all the jiggy doors in the intended order.
I would first just beat the final boss randomly when collecting a wumpa, not clear at all to the viewer, and minutes later just perform the wrong warp to skip directly to an ending cutscene, without the podium after winning the final race. I cant say i find this an “ending” of the game. At that point one would just perform the geg glitch 16 times in a row, without driving at all, skipping to just an ending cutscene. I think RedHot brings some valid points, and i agree with him to an extent, but i dont consider doing the things 2 manipulations separately as an end to the game. I overall liked the purpose of this tas, balancing somehow the entertainment and the downtime as opposed to the plain and repetitive cutscene skip. I will edit the submission text to include RedHot explanation, which is definitely more clear
Runs that incorporate "game end glitch" techniques need certain verification on whether the ending really occurs. It can be done by comparing how the game acts after it ended normally, with how it acts after it was glitch-ended. Missing some critical ending routines would mean it was not really completed.
This is not the fastest way to watch the cutscene while having Oxide beat in RAM. As you can check in the item table, it's possible to manipulate the Oxide star (08FBB0 & 0x4) and then warp to the credits. This brings the discussion of what truly means to beat the game, and what state of the game should be considered to award completion. If you consider the oxide star as beating the game, then one item manipulation in Dingo Canyon is enough. If you consider star + cutscene, then you can obtain the star via item manipulation and warp to the cutscene. If you just consider the final state the ending cutscene, then warping to the credits is enough. I personally believe that obtaining the star via item manipulation (just like the keys are obtained) is a valid way to skip the final boss, since the game gives you all awards from doing so.
Hey, so, I have question. I've been working on a NG+ run of Phoenix Wright, but I was wondering if a clean sram run would be acceptable. What I worry about is triviality. One thing that makes the NG+ run non-trivial is that your inputs have to be spot on for every single text box to maximize speed, but in any%, this is gone, so it does become about speed reading. My personal opinion would be it's *technically* submittable, only because it's got a definite end, and the interactive parts do require precision to get perfect. Much like a game with copious amounts of cutscenes. Yes, the bulk of the game may be cutscenes, but you still need to play fast in the parts where there aren't, which makes it a legitimate, if boring, speedrun.
Hey, I was just wondering whether the Professor Layton series (or specifically in my case, the fourth game Last Specter) would be eligible to be submitted to the site?
For the logo, spread the text a bit, it's too squished together. You can add your favorite character in the corner if you want. I'd also make the link white so it stands out more. Replacing "you are" with "this is" would feel more neutral. Overall, here's some logos that the publishers have used, that might give some insight on the style:
http://tasvideos.org/SiteHistory/EncoderLogos.html
Subtitles look good.
There are games that are basically complete that were cancelled last minute and could nearly count as a real game
this is a prototype that actually FEELS like a prototype in my opinion. Even the fact that it exists is the result of a leak.
EDIT: Videos of the larger improvements for anyone interested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWhk1O5XWs4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXocaIrBUps
Applicable for movies where Major skip glitch is possible, but was not used for entertainment purposes.