This topic is for the purpose of discussing #851: Baxter's NES Adventures of Lolo in 23:17.47

Lolo has been bubbling back to the surface lately. Any reason for this trend? :)

From my submission text:

I was pretty happy with the previous version of my movie, but right after I submitted it, BagOfMagicFood pointed out two levels that could be slightly improved. I always felt like improving them some day

Randil and BagofMagicFood both started speedrunning Lolo2 recently, which gave me back inspiration to redo my Lolo1 run.

Which also helped me greatly with actually finishing this movie is the fact that I made some major improvements on 2 of the first levels.

Nice, a new Lolo1 run! :) Unfortunately, my internet connectin at home is for some reason broken, but I'll watch this for sure when I get it fixed. I have a feeling that I'll vote YES for this though, seeing how good your previous movie was. I'm glad I helped getting your motivation back, and I'm also glad that you've motivated me to finish my run. :)

Thx Randil, I hope you'll be able to watch it soon. Some notes on the improvements: For all improvements it's noticable the actual amount of frames saved is close to a multiple of 16. Lolo spends 8 frames walking half of a square, and 16 frames walking a whole square (you should think about why an improvement in a level can never be a half square). Levels 1-2 and 1-3 are improved by a multiple of 16, so no further notes. Level 2-1 is improved by 62 frames, I lost 2 frames by manipulating the enemies movement, but saved 4 squares (4*16-2=62). In level 3-1 I am 2 squares faster, but lose a frame by having to shoot the snakey again (this second shot saves the 2 squares, so this is 2*16-1=31 frames faster). At 3-3 I used a strategy that involved shooting enemies, instead of freezing them, manipulating their movements costs 1 frame less this way. 4-2 and 6-5 are both a frame faster since I plan the shooting of the snakey's better. The route in 7-1 is 2 squares faster, but I lose a frame for having to shoot the enemy.

I just got my internetconnection to work again now, so I've watched this movie. And to put things short, this is a YES vote, very YES :). Great job there, Baxter!

Very well done. That's a pretty hard game to be beaten that easily.

Good job! Improving Lolo must be hard since it's up to frames to make it faster. I'm quite amazed that you could improve it 14 seconds (correct me if I'm wrong). Voting YES.

Thanks! I think you missed my last version, this is the fifth version I submitted: 24:25 23:53 23:31 (first submission that was published) 23:23 23:17 (this submission) So this version is a little over 5 seconds better than the last, but it's probably about 14 seconds faster than the last movie you have seen.

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