Hey there (mostly Seydie right now, I guess),
I was quite glad to see that Rakuen now has a page here - even though it also saddened me a little that I had not managed to submit my own run earlier. As a matter of fact, I was doing some routing myself a few weeks back, took a lot of notes and even did a first run; but then I got distracted by other things in my life, so I never recorded a proper attempt. Also, I am still not very knowledgeable when it comes to speedrunning, so just doing a somewhat decent local recording and uploading it is quite a big project for me.
One thing I noticed that surprised me a little bit, Seydie, is that you decided to stop the timer prior to entering Morizora's cave at the end of the game. Personally, I would have suggested to use the click on Morizora's final text box ("Your wish is granted") or the fade to white that follows as the moment to stop the timer because the player still needs to make inputs during this scene. Only after this (during the farewell scene at Morizora's boat) does the player lose control. It is of course not a big difference, but it seemed more plausible to me, so I wonder how you might feel about changing it?
In any case, I really hope to submit my own run quite soon as well. Seeing you upload yours will hopefully give me the necessary determination. :)
Hi @Markichin !
Thanks for your input! I noticed nobody did a run of it and I was really surprised. Glad you are making a thread ^^
Why I decided to time after making the wish? Because here you end the game, it is a choice if you want to end the game or still want to wander around. And I thought when its fully white it is easier to time on frame perfect.
Ofcourse this can be changed ^^ I will do a new run today so I don't mind changing it.
I hope to see a run of you soon! It is quite a long run even with perfect executions.
Yes, I had the same thought! So I am happy that the game is now represented here.
I also did another run earlier and the additional conversation with Morizora at the very end seems to add roughly 50 seconds to the total time. Best of luck to you today! And I hope that I will have my own submission ready very soon!
Congratulations on solidifying your spot as the world record holder, @Seydie! That's a great time - and it's already faster than the run I was about to submit. :)
Regarding the timing: You seemed to stick to the original method. Would you like to keep it that way or change after all? This would of course affect the time that I will submit as well.
That seems likely. I have been thinking about using different languages, but have not tried it out yet at all! As with other runs, it is definitely worth looking into this. But first I guess I will need to get better in the English version. :)
