Can there be a world/level leaderboard? It would help practice for an Any% run and would be cool to see what the best possible time is of these levels.
Thank you, Wolf
This is a great idea! I had considered creating an individual world leaderboard whenever there were runs to submit to it. If you'd like to submit some, I can put it together. However I wasn't entirely sure what the rules should be. Here are my thoughts:
For IWs, timing starts upon pressing A on the first level and ends at the start of the victory fanfare after defeating the boss (this is where the game saves). Pressing A on the first level instead of on the world map makes it easier to reset without loading states, you don't need to take Funky's Flights every time. You must play the levels in order. You can start as either Kong, have a DK barrel or not, and play with Stars/DKs off if desired. Playing with DKs off could make some interesting dboost strats since you automatically get your buddy back at the start of the next level. If you're doing an IW on a fresh file (like part of a full-game run), you get sent the wrong way on the world map in worlds 2, 3 and 4. To compensate for this you can subtract off 2.33 seconds from world 2 and 1.77 seconds from worlds 3 and 4 (these times were obtained from TAS testing). That makes it possible to grind IWs individually, or submit them from full-game runs without losing this time.
Note that you can hold directions to move around the map optimally and hold A to enter levels optimally.
My hesitancy to making IL boards would be if anyone actually wanted to run them, but if you want to submit some then I could make it. I could see doing some myself eventually. I would say mostly the same rules: start with any Kong, any file, timing starts on pressing A and ends the moment you touch the exit (since this is also where the game saves). For bosses, timing ends at the start of the victory fanfare.
I guess times would just be to the second for now. Decimals would be nice but are hard to get accurately.
I could start the board with these rules for now and if there are new suggestions in the future we can revisit them.
Alright,I really appreciate it and thank you:) It would really help new runners get used to this challenging game and get better.
