Hello! I have played Samorost 3 for several years, but I got into the speedrunning aspect of it only recently. Like anyone who has played a game multiple times before, I have encountered my fair share of glitches. In this thread I would like to share some of the things I have found to see if they may be of use somewhere else in speedrunning.
Glitch-1: Menu Glitch The 'Menu Glitch' allows you to open the pause menu and still accepts inputs through the bottom of the screen. From what I know, if anything in the game does work differently in the menu, this glitch makes the game think you are completely in the menu. To perform it, drag the star in the top right corner about halfway down the screen, and press ESC. Move your mouse slightly and release it.
Glitch-2: Card Glitch The 'Card Glitch' allows you to open the mushroom hunter's card game from anywhere in the scene, as opposed to only being right next to it. This could potentially save time by allowing players to move early so when the card game is finished, they can immediately exit the scene and get the knife. To perform it, go to the platform where the card game starts and quickly click off of the platform and click the cards to start it right after. Exit the card game and walk to where you want to open it. Click on the cards again to play the game. This might also be able to be used with other 'overlaying UI' but I have not tested that yet.
Glitch-3: Trumpet Glitch The 'Trumpet Glitch' allows you to get rid of your trumpet. I am not sure what this can do to help speedruns but if it works in other parts of the game it may be useful(?) To perform it, go to the scene with the mechanic and quickly click to move anywhere in the scene and play your trumpet at the bottle right after. About 50% of time, the animation of your trumpet playing with no music, and you lose your trumpet right after.
I hope that for anyone who is still interested in speedrunning the game (which may only be me) these glitches can help with future runs.
I have discovered that you can keep the knife given to you by the mushroom hunter after the first planet by saving and loading during the scene before you give it back to him. I am not sure if this will help with speedrunning, but if Amanita Design somehow copied the trigger for the bottle in the first planet, expecting the player to no longer have the knife, there could be potential for extremely glitchy behaviour.
