Glitchless a.k.a "lessGlitch"

To discuss changes to any of these rules, please leave a message in the #categories_and_ruling channel in our Discord server.

All Glitchless runners playing on PC are highly recommended to use an input viewer in their submission to assist with the verification of their runs.

#Allowed Techniques ⦁ Most jump combos & resets (excluding Double Lifts) ⦁ Self-Destruct (SD) animation cancelling, this includes:

• *[small]SD+Heavy while mid-air as 2B & A2
• Tapping SD to have the character come to a stand-still
• Holding SD to carry momentum while falling[/small]* ⦁ Skype Glitch (starting rules apply) ⦁ Death Warps & Save/Load Warps ⦁ Shortcut Menu Spamming ⦁ Any Pod Slow-mo cancels that are performed using a cutscene (both in-game and pre-rendered) ⦁ Prologue Engels double hit (Doing 2 ticks of damage in one swing) ⦁ [E Ending] "Money Grinding" (The process of using vendor discounts attained from certain weapons in combination with Chapter Selecting)

#Allowed Skips ⦁ Long jumps & Drown warps:

• *[small]Mario Kart
• Rainbow Road
• Flooded City building avoidance[/small]* ⦁ Boss fight phase skips:
• *[small]Adam 1’s “Sword Dodge” phase
• Eve's “Platforms” phase[/small]* ⦁ Any & all Dialogue Cancels or Skips (excluding EDS) ⦁ Passing through one-way walls:
• *[small]Prologue Engels Stairs Skip
• Lamp Skip
• Factory Walkway Skip[/small]* ⦁ Prologue Engels Pipe Swag ⦁ [Unknown cause] Our current Partner suddenly disappearing from view, damaging everything that enters the player’s screen

#Banned Techniques In most cases, if a runner makes a mistake and then makes an immediate effort to address it then no penalty will be given.

For example, If the runner cancels a Pod Program by accident, they can avoid the listed penalty by firing an uncharged Pod Program immediately afterwards.

Tier 1 - Run Rejection: ⦁ Repeated use of any Tier 2 or Tier 3 banned techniques ⦁ Abandoned Factory Bridge Skip ⦁ Forcing the despawn of enemies in Shmup/Flight Unit sections ⦁ Extended Dialogue Storage (EDS) ⦁ [E Ending] Picture Book Exploit ⦁ [E Ending] Meatspin / Early Tower ⦁ [E Ending] 2B Virus Trigger Avoidance

Tier 2 - 2 Minute penalty: ⦁ Any Out-of-Bounds or clipping through terrain that results in more than 15 seconds of timesave ⦁ Passing over or around invisible walls & triggers

• *[small]Cutscenes, including the Forest Goliath cutscene
• Mom Skip[/small]* ⦁ Completing a Self Destruct while a Pod Program is either charging or fully charged ⦁ [Slow HDD issue] All issues with the City Engels encounter not spawning/triggering correctly, dying early or the Flight Units not following their usual track through the City Ruins

Tier 3 - 45 Second penalty: ⦁ Self Destruct Cycling, this includes:

• *[small]Using self destruct to shorten or skip attacks during combat
• Speardashing
• Hack -> SD -> Hack (etc) hacking as 9S[/small]* ⦁ Double Lifts ⦁ Pods A and C Triple Program Bug ⦁ Any Out-of-Bounds or clipping through terrain that results in 15 seconds of timesave or less ⦁ Any accidental Pod Slow-mo cancels where the runner does not immediately fire at least 1 Pod Program after the cancel ⦁ Any single usage of Damage Glitch that hits an enemy

#Definitions ⦁ Out-of-Bounds: Any area that can access a Void-Out which could be argued to be outside of the intended play area. Any area with drown zones, such as those in the Forest and Flooded City, are not considered to be Out-of-Bounds. ⦁ Void-Outs: The phenomenon where the player travels for a set distance or length of time, causing the game to respawn the player at the last location they touched solid ground. This is usually done by falling when outside of the intended play area.

#Examples / Showcase

last updated 2023-03-25