Hi, I think I might be interested in running ROM. I was just wondering if there are some notes on the current route or anything. I'm obviously planning on watching current WR a couple times to get a general sense of how it goes, but it seems like manually recording all of the dialogue options and interactions with people/items might be time better spent on investigating potential timesaves, that is, if there's any info down in writing.

Hey, so I've been thinking about making an all steam achievements route for a while, and I wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts on rules for the category. My thought is that this run would definitely be much more interesting if it had to be a fresh file rather than a NG+. Doing NG+ would have issues in that acquiring enough money to pay your bills, and buy all the items (and keep Jill from being distracted) are all things that need to be worked into the route, and allowing NG+ can trivialize that.

I think this could actually end up being a really interesting run. It will probably involve some additional drinks beyond those in NG+ all endings, because you will want to farm money. Something that also will cause some interesting things in the route are that some achievements can't be earned together in the same run, like "get all perfect service bonuses" and the easter egg from giving stella the flaming moai. This means that the route will almost certainly involve some interesting saves and loads. Off the top of my head, the things that are likely to involve save/load manipulations are the flaming moai easter eggs, getting all the endings, and having enough money to buy everything in the store upon entering NG+ (you need to start the NG+ because it triggers the songs being in the store. You would probably tie this in with getting the bad ending, as being slightly below the rent money leaves a lot of money left over for NG+).

Another thing that's interesting about this run is that it would mean you have to beat Model Warrior Julianne (which honestly kinda scares the shit out of me). I don't know about others, but it took me a while to beat it at all. Of course, it's mostly an autoscroller, but beating the boss as fast as possible without dying definitely adds another dimension to the run.

So right now my rough expectation of the route is as follows. I haven't figured out the money routing yet, so I don't know for sure that this is possible.

1. All endings perfect service playthrough, triggering either 1/2 of the moai easter eggs. Take saves to trigger stella flaming moai and before rent is due to allow triggering bad ending. Watch all endings as achievements unlock as endings play. 2.reload, and trigger stella moai easter egg. Reload late-game file and get bad ending. Enter NG+ file and buy everything.

Model warrior should probably be as early as possible in the run, given that it's likely to be more reset-heavy than anything else.

The big question here is the money. Is it possible to get all endings and keep Jill from being distracted on the first playthrough on a fresh file, and if so, what are the fastest drinks that give enough money to do so? If you can't get enough money, you may need to go through another full playthrough, or do a bunch more save/load shenanigans.

Let me know if you guys have thoughts on NG+/fresh file, or suggestions for things I should check out that might help on routing. Otherwise, I'll probably just update if I get something hammered out for this.