Just felt like starting a thread like this for people that want a speedrun that doesn't avoid playing the game. I'm new to speedrunning, so maybe this isn't something most speedrunners care about, but the game is fun to play and was wondering if it's worth it.

Some ideas: A no-skulls skipped run, no using heal/market nodes (if unavoidable, go through the 2nd portal), Level completion runs (you have to complete a certain number of levels [6 or 8 for example]. Skulls and challenges are counted as 2 levels for incentive). Deathless is another decent one, but I don't think it changes much from the original speedrun everyone does.

Just some ideas for playing the game AND being as fast as possible.