Just finished my first complete run @ 02:21:43. I'm going to attempt a go at a recorded run later tonight. Is anyone even running this game anymore?
Trimmed it down to 01:47:26 but still can’t get a complete recording without interruption. I’ll try again this weekend.
01:38:56! You can completely skip the first beach round and just scoop up the window piece later. Still waiting for my opportunity to record this weekend... Seriously where the f is everyone?
Submitted my run (FINALLY)! Unfortunately it wasn't my PB, but still good! Going to attempt another one tonight.
We actually found the same skip to get into the University just after the new year! But your entry is FAR easier than the one we found; we were doing a sharp turn and bouncing off the wall, I should've realized based on the way you kinda bounce over nothing that you could just boost across. lmao sick find!
I haven't managed to put together a 1:30:00 yet either but it's definitely getting close. Your early battery route is far better than mine, and just your general execution of collection. Last few times I've done runs I've been focusing on routing the skips so I would have to backtrack for batteries just because I wasn't thinking about them. Most recently working on routing in some of the hidden bonus batteries, but it might not be worth it if collecting can be made a bit cleaner.
If I would've thought someone was going to start running this, I definitely would've submitted my run sooner so you had some of the newer skips to go off of to start, but you still found and routed in most of them without it. Just a few little things, like taking out ~6 unneeded relics from the island and stuff, are all that's left as far as I can tell.
I can't really speak for everybody else but I've been super busy this month, haven't gotten to stream or record since the 3rd. Would've welcomed you had that not been the case. Let's see how low we can push this game.
SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS!!! Yeah I found a few more things to cut out, but I'm really interested in these island tokens you're talking about! I need to go back and run it with hints on to see. I just followed Keewy's run and never looked back. As far as batteries go, the only other thing I can think of is that once you unlock all the window pieces in the main world, just farm the two fifty piece batteries in the back a few times and you're golden. Going to give this another shot tonight. FRIGGIN PUMPED!!
I think I just found the major skip in the island level. You can grab the tree top ramp on your first visit to the night side.
Yes, that's most of it, but also you don't need to backtrack along the treetops at all, or drain the water, or any of that. Basically if you get the treetop piece at night, the daytime ramp allows you to jump off of it to the right and land on the treetop path without getting the piece that raises the block at the top of it.
I doubt that makes sense over text, and I don't have a super optimal recording or anything for island on hand at the moment, but I have this:
Highlight of just Island from a run/routing stream I did about a month ago. I had a few hours to kill so my brother and I were just messing around, finding how to fit that beach skip in. What should we call it? Beach Skip? University Early? Free Tuition? lmao
Anyway, the jump I'm referring to is at 14:15 in the video, around 53:00 flat on the timer. That jump alone shaves off a good handful of relics.
My battery management the whole run was pretty bad, mostly because I was focusing on the rest of the route, but the individual level routes were okay, except for the whole "collecting batteries mid-level" part. In Island itself, I still got (at least) 3 unnecessary relics. I also mention during this run that it is possible to land a jump that more or less removes all but a very small handful of relics, but it's CRAZY precise and took me over 45 minutes to hit it once, back when I was practicing it. I haven't sit down to grind it out in a long while. Timestamp for my "attempt" at it is 8:17 in the video, 47:00 flat on my timer.
Basically you need a ton of momentum and a good, accurate boost, off of a 60+ degree turn, starting from water. It's hard, but doable, and I'd like to work on it to see if it's worth it but I haven't had the time.
Oh man, trying to do the mental gymnastics of where to fit that into the route (the island stuff). I'm going to do a showcase run that'll put together everything we have so far. We can come up with names from that too.
My other contribution: for the fog maze (with all the colored arrows) L R R L L R L R R L UP UP L L Those ups will go slightly to the right, but you'll figure it out.
Bruh, that feeling when you get a wallride skip the first time. amirite!? Let's GOOOOOOO!
Finally got that sub 1:30:00 I wanted so bad... https://twitter.com/Ctrl_Xthroat/status/1232090494500405248?s=20
Aaaaand I just discovered how to skip island & throne room. Every time I think I'm done with this game...
Found a fast battery collection route but it requires two wall rides each time. It nets you 250 in a couple of minutes though.
