Very happy to get sub-14. Definitely the last minute barrier that's remotely in reach with current strategies. Lots of micro-optimizations here and there that helped me over the line.

Stream was very up and down. First run was a 14:09 that felt faster, think I lost time to Windows creating lag. Second run was on pace for 13:xx, but died on the pillars because I got on an awkward pixel and made the mistake of trying to turn (which would have been faster - I was rushing) instead of switching controls to trigger an east-facing animation (the safer but slightly slower way). Then nothing for an hour... and then this.

The surprising thing about the 13:56 is that it was far from being the god run with perfect execution and great RNG that I'd have expected a time like that to be. There were clear mistakes at cyclops skip, gem pedestal and the tomb, and the RNG was nothing special (right-side pool and pretty average dragons - I lost 4 seconds to the earlier 13:xx pace in the dragon arcade). It had more mistakes than the 14:09 and 14:16! I guess the good parts just were really good; but clearly 13:4x is possible, as already apparent from the sum of best.

And I learned from my mistake - I hit the same awkward pixel on the pillars as the previous run, and switched controls and lived. My heart rate spiked way up when Maddog emerged from the void on the 1st spiral climb OOB :)

Played in DOSBox 0.74, maximum cycles. Stream VOD: