The playlist containing every videos from this guide !
Intro video
You can skim through the parts of this long intro video by clicking timecodes in the description of it. It should cover everything you can ask about getting started with the speedrun, what differences exist between platforms, what is fancy flying, the theory behind it, and more !
Useful links
List of wiki Fancy Flying articles
The All Platforms Any% leadeboard in Category Extensions
Maps from the wiki (some are very detailed and can be used to study your route in different levels)
Past speedrun events (AGDQ, ESA, races...), and what are the different main speedrun categories for Journey
Journey Save editor: modifies your save file to load whatever level you want on PC with the scarf length, robe and symbol you wish.
Frame timer to measure precisely Youtube video sections
Journey Discord invite link (Journish is downloadable in "Filthy Hacks" channel, under pinned messages) Fancy Flying and Speedrun Discord invite link
How to remap your controller buttons How to play offline
Optional Downloads
Livesplit: A well known timer for speedrunners
OBS (or any other software to record your runs)
PC music fix (please install for better music ! ^^): Steam or NexusMods
Modded skins for PC players (allowed for speedruns)
Tron shader for PC players, to see in the blackness or during fade ins - fade outs
My sparkle settings for PC players, to copy in your journey.cfg file if you wish to give it a try
@zuki 's autosplitter for Journey (unfinished but works)
Pink Desert (PD) and Underground (UG)
These 2 levels introduce you to Dropshoot and Level boost, which are 2 techniques used a lot throughout the entire speedrun (with a hint of flyer boosting in UG)
Dropshoot tutorial:
PD tutorial:
UG tutorial:
Sunken City (SC)
Level Boost, long very flat dives, and sliding. This level also features a hard and precise OOB entrance, dependent on your FPS (the higher the framerate, the more precise it needs to be). Easy on PS3.
SC tutorial:
Chapter Select (CS)
Features a hard OOB entrance. Being good at dropshoot helps. There is an easy but slower alternative for PS3: the West OOB entrance.
CS tutorial:
Broken Bridge (BB)
- Easy strat: Dropshoot then dive into OOB behind a pillar + Charge Boost
- Hard strat: Reverse DropShoot into OOB via headbonkers (precise entrance, and hard to navigate towards it in RDS)
Reverse DropShoot tutorial (first part of the video):
BB tutorial:
Tower level
- "Easy" strat: Flyer Boosting after chirping the first mural (or chaining charge boosts), then Charge Boost into OOB in the whale room (precise timing for the screensaver)
- Hard strat: Double RDS, very hard due to the wobbly ground and narrow spaces.
Tower tutorial: (incoming...)
Snow level
Charge Boost, then a very hard Dropshoot + Level Boost
Snow tutorial: (incoming...)
Paradise
- Easier strat: Reverse Charge Boost
- Hard strat: Slow Boost combined with Flyer Boosting + Goo Boost possibly
Paradise tutorial: (incoming...)
A video testing different ways to move during the vortex cutscene (to complete @Peksa 's initial testings):
- Just make sure to hold the camera to the ground and a left stick toward you, a little before the end of the ascension (or do it all the way: it's as fast)
- Avoid jumping !
- And avoid moving around with the left stick ^^
- Chirping seems fine no matter the size and frequency
