If someone were to, with perfect accuracy, click every item at a very high speed (at the pot for example, do very precise and quick flicks), what would the best time possible be? Is <20s realistically doable with the janky 30 fps locked mouse?
I feel like a TAS of this game wouldn't be too difficult to implement. We just need a program or something that can click exactly where it needs to in the first possible frame every time and then we can see the fastest achievable time. I'm not sure if sub 20 is possible, but maybe something right around there or 21, current WR and you are pretty close to perfection.
I've been trying around recently and I think that a low 22/high 21 is possible (by a player, I think a bot/TAS can go sub 20), but it would require a "perfect" run (0 misclicks, direct movements) combined with fast flicks when adding ingredients to the pot.
I've actually gotten a 23.5s run a few days ago but it seems that the moderation for this game isn't active anymore, so sadly it won't appear on the leaderboard.
I know that plank is still around, they just gets busy every now and then. So maybe try dming them and seeing if that helps.
