Tips on speedrunning Shapez.io
3 years ago
Ohio, USA

Hello, I'm new speedrunning and I was thinking about trying to speedrun Shapez.io and I was wondering if I could get some tips on how I could get started?

Ontario, Canada

I would take a look at the current records for an idea of how the setup of the run is done: https://www.reddit.com/r/shapezio/comments/i2950p/copypaste_1951_wr/

I have done my first run last week and, although the audio quality is crappy, it might be a good place to start. I try to explain what I am doing, but it's my first time doing a video, so its kinda cringe ngl.

I basically started by trying to route for myself using the Wiki for the game. Here are the links that I used:

I am working today, but I should have time to create a guide for how I got started at some point with my order and targets per level that I used for my 46m run.

Ontario, Canada

I threw together a rough guide in case you want to get going. I plan on updating it with more information and as I learn myself. https://www.speedrun.com/shapez.io/guide/qgryd

SonOfAThor likes this
Ohio, USA

Thank you very much with the information. I tried out my first speedrun and got 1:13:43 and then the next time I ran which was yesterday i got 1:00:31. I am only playing on the demo and not the full version but i do plan on getting the full version. I haven't videoed either version but i do have screenshots.

Ontario, Canada

For verification of runs, you will likely want to use https://livesplit.org/ for the timer and https://obsproject.com/ for recording. They are pretty straightforward to setup. Smallant has a tutorial here:

Emerald_Block likes this
Ohio, USA

Again, Thank you for the information and helping with getting things set up. I have tried to install LiveSplit but it won't work for me. Is there any other good speedrun timers you can recommend?

Ontario, Canada

LiveSplit is the one I use and that I've seen most used in speedrunning. You can try asking in the speedrunning subreddit for some help getting setup or for alternatives.

Ohio, USA

Got it and again thank you very much for your help!

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