Hi everyone.
I will start by saying, that I am not a speed runner (by choice), I am a games developer. I end up speed running my own games when testing and that got me thinking. I am going to implement a Speed Run option in my game and I was curious to get feedback as how best to do it.
I don't want this to come off as a shameless plug for my game, so, I won't link you to anything, I have a genuine interest in having a separate menu option that will remove all tutorials, stories, minimise loading screens, activate all upgrades and keep a detailed log of all times achieved, all items collected and have an online leader-board that will auto update after each run.
Is this something that would be of interest? Or am I way off the mark?
Cheers
Jay.
Feel free to plug your own game, it's been done before here and we don't mind at all.
If it's ok. I didn't want to come to your forums and start sharing links.
The game is currently going through Steam Greenlight. I will be releasing it around September time and I am aiming to have the speed run mode up and running (pun fully intended) for the main release. I could even do a little give away on here and hand out a few steam codes for the top speed run times of a game of other peoples choosing.
Here is the Greenlight link. If you do take a look and you would like to have a go, please leave a yes vote and help it get onto Steam.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=883405186
Cheers
Jay.