Any chance of a low rank category? considering the full story will likely be more than 10 hours long, a low rank story category seems more than reasonable.
I had originally intended to make this earlier, but I was busy.
We have a post pinned in the discord with information on downpatching using official steam methods.
Additionally, I just noticed that timer doesn't count seconds, so ties would be way more common even if one personal is 58 seconds ahead, at maximum. (1:04:01 vs 1:04:59 for example, both times would appear as 1:04)
Regarding in-game time: I think, personally, we should stick to RTA, as if the timer stops in menues, that's a huge problem. I'd consider switching if someone made a load remover for livesplit.
As for categories, we can downpatch, so that won't be an issue, I'll be adding a patch variable for when submitting runs so that we can sort by patch #. I'll also be linking to a guide on how to downpatch on steam when I get home.
If the majority want to switch to the game's in-game timer, I suppose we can switch.
The devs have confirmed that time trial mode will be coming to the switch in a future patch. The time trial mode removes all cutscenes and all gatestone animations at the end of levels, cumulatively saving about 4 minutes over the whole run. There is the option for you to run in normal mode and submit the times as "NG Any%" under the miscellaneous category, if you wish.
Good luck and go fast.
Any idea which games were deleted, so that they can be resubmitted? Or the initial submitters were already notified?