Did you know that Trogdor is 19 years old?
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I can hear the sound of someone turning to dust at this moment.
Anyways, this is a short and simple game that I decided to TAS for the "goo dending" [sic]. There isn't a whole lot to talk about since it's straightforward but it's a nice break from more complex projects and ideas. I made this TAS months ago but felt this day was probably the best time to submit it.
The game is available for free download by the developers here: https://homestarrunner.com/trogday-micro-game
Run notes
- BizHawk version 2.7
- GBHawk core, GBC mode
- Squishes the peasants
- Burninates the cottages
- Smites the Kerrek
Technical notes
Squishing a peasant delays input for a frame. Spitting fire also delays input for a frame so excessive fireball shooting isn't allowed.
Jump height and float time is greatly increased upon bouncing off a peasant. The use of that height is limited since some peasants are close enough that bouncing too high means waiting to land on the next peasant. Some jumps were also carefully done to avoid landing on a knight and instead land right next to them such that Trogdor runs into a peasant and thus doesn't bounce.
The Kerrek takes a varying amount of frames between hits, either 21 or 22 frames between hits. I assume this variability is due to the delay caused by fireballs.
Potential improvements
The only one I can realistically see an improvement is the Kerrek fight to cut maybe a few frames here or there. Otherwise I think this is about as optimal as this micro game gets.
Samsara: i regret to inform you all that both S's in Samsara are for Sucks
Samsara: As much as I probably should be turning to dust and scattering into the wind by the fact that I've been a Homestar Runner fan for roughly as long as Trogdor has been in existence, I've also been on this niche video game website called TASvideos for 16 years and I constantly feel like I'm getting Thanos snapped every time I remember that, which is all the time. People all the time be asking me "Samsara, why come you feel old with TASvideos but not H*R?" I dunno! I guess H*R is just absolutely timeless. Like me, it is unstuck in time, constantly drifting, eternal. It also takes a very long time to get around to updating things! Unlike me, though, it is actually funny. Most of the funny things I say are just inspired by almost 20 years of watching dumb animal characters do word speaking at each other.
So naturally, I love that this run exists, and I love even more that it's acceptable. Accept-'em-up Dan approves!
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