The game developers still need to fix the game because they broke it in the last patch, but for when they do, could we add some categories that people could actually practice and get better at? I'm open for discussion on categories, there's just no way to grind the tutorial.
I've just submitted a Tutorial run and I'm using "Super Crate Mod" [https://steamcommunity.com/app/212800/discussions/0/619568192692389858/] since the original game is broken (both Steam and website versions). This "mod" doesn't affect gameplay at all. In this scenario, the game creates 2 SAV files in the game folder, which you can delete to replay the Tutorial.
Regarding competitive categories... The game has the Tutorial, as well as 3 levels with 2 difficulties, which gives 7 categories. A score of 10 crates would probably be the best default goal. I also thought about suggesting a "no enemy killed" category branch, but I'm not sure if it really makes sense.
Regarding the 10 Crates, that's the same thing I had in mind. And the no killing enemies thing could work, but we would need to experiment with it as a community/group, so I think it would be safer to just start with the default category ideas. Is there a mod that allows for playing of the whole game?
For speedrunning purposes, the "Super Crate Mod" I linked above is literally the same game (the additional "challenges" crash my game anyway). It's not even a "mod", it's a standalone application which contains the whole thing.
Since we're dealing with a heavily RNG-based game, I guess some categories need at least more tolerant goals. I've just tried to get 10 crates in Level 1, normal difficulty, without killing any enemies. I couldn't get past 7, it's incredibly hard!
[OFF] Thanks for verifying my run, ZertYoup. And I think the previous runs can be retimed to match the correct frames (like I matched mine). I'd be glad if I could become a mod as well to help put everything in order. :)
Hey ZertYoup. I have recorded runs for Rocket Silo and Moon Temple (both Normal difficulty).
Do you plan on adding the other levels / categories? Here is my suggestion: --- http://imgur.com/cKd2SKk (some typos there... oops)
EDIT: youtube video id for the RS run is gL0iOqA1RR0 and for the MT run is m_jCz4uEdQk
