I'd like to introduce new categories, like a '100k points' category, etc., to hopefully help liven this game back up.
What categories were you interested in; and what rules did you have in mind for them? :) Do you run any of the categories you're proposing/ have run vids of them?
I find the key to adding new categories is that there are actual active runners; opposed to just thinking of categories that could exist.
I agree with you that there could be some value in other categories for this game. I never ended up running this myself because I'm just not capable of beating the game, so other categories (or even ILs?), could be of value. :)
I'd definitely be an active player for these. You bring up a good point; what's the worth in adding something if no one is going to run it?! I feel like people (myself included) might be daunted by the very fast any% time, so I figured adding something like the other pinball games do would be fun. If my ideas are shit and could be improved upon, or should just be ignored, I understand that, too.
Ideas:
100,000 Points: Timer begins at start on title screen. Timer ends upon receiving 100,000 points. 500,000 Points: Timer begins at start on title screen. Timer ends upon receiving 500,000 points. 1,000,000 Points: Timer begins at start on title screen. Timer ends upon receiving 1,000,000 points. Poppy%: Timer begins at start on title screen. Timer ends upon collecting star after beating Poppy. Wispy%: Timer begins at start on title screen. Timer ends upon collecting star after beating Wispy. Kracko%: Timer begins at start on title screen. Timer ends upon collecting star after beating Kracko.
There are also bonus levels in each stage, so if someone had an idea about how to incorporate that, I think that'd be cool.
Score attack and speedruns is a weird grey area; so I will leave that up to the active mods to discuss.
And the Boss% runs I think could just be added as ILs; given that's basically what they are. :)
That makes perfect sense to me! I see the weird grey area, for sure, but I also know other pinball games on here do that. It's just a beginning to some ideas. Would you have any?
I honestly forgot I followed this game; but I would still be personally interested in some ILs. I may work on some IL PBs this weekend for fun.
