Welcome to the Hero Core speedrunning community! Before you go out and try some runs, here are some general dos and don'ts for the game.

DO: Play with any in-game settings you wish. This includes the enemy HP display, so if this helps you feel free to turn it on.

Start with a new save for each attempt. While this wouldn't give an advantage as I would easily be able to tell you did something on the save before starting, you can skip the opening cutscene near instantly, and making a new save takes seconds, so there's no reason to use a pre-made save.

Submit a run even if you die. Dying doesn't affect the in game timer, so if you got a decent time, there's no reason not to submit the run.

Play with a gamepad if you're more comfortable with that¤

Use the game's built in rapid fire if you can't shoot quickly or your hands get tired. Note however that this puts you at a disadvantage as it's very easy to fire quicker than this.¤

DON'T: ¤Play with a rapid fire-macro or turbo controller. Because of the way the game works, a rapid fire button is obscenely broken, allowing you to one cycle bosses that take two or three cycles normally.

Quit to the menu or quit the game. The reason is this will affect the in-game timer. If you quit without saving, then the timer will go back to where it was at your last save. If you save and quit, then you get an instant warp back to your last save point which saves in-game time but wastes real time. Modify the game. This game is programmed in Game Maker and the developer even has the source code for download, so hacking it would be super easy. But guess what? I've read the source code, and I've played this game for at least 100 hours, so I can tell if you're hacking.

Play in Hourglass. This one is very serious. I'm sure there are TASers out there who know how to use hourglass like myself. Hopefully you guys are chill and this won't become a problem, but if I find out you've used it, your run will be deleted from the leaderboards, and you will be forbidden from submitting further runs. If this becomes a rampant problem, I'll have to take further action and add stupid requirements to videos to ensure you're not cheating. So don't for everyone's sake.

TIMING NOTE: For any% and 100% categories, timing begins at first movement and ends after the final bullet hits cruiser tetron/living war machine. For boss rush categories timing begins upon entering the first boss room, and ends after entering the final trophy room.

With all that said, go out and speedrun. I'm excited to see how good these runs get.