Hello, I'm @jared05 and currently hold the PC WR on Kid A Mnesia Exhibition, a walking simulator featuring music and art from the band Radiohead. Recently we've run into a point of contention concerning a skip involving reloading your save.

The skip in question is quite simple:

• Enter the loading zone for the Like Spinning Plates room
• Reload the game's save
• The door to the room is open

This skip bypasses a 14 minute long cutscene composed of 3 songs which is how the room is normally unlocked. This skip has been accepted by the community and used in many runs.

The point of contention concerns how the game save is reloaded. The game has no option to soft reset, so current runs exit the application and open it again, adding about 12 seconds but this time is dependent on the PC itself. A video of the skip with this method can be seen here

Another runner suggested an alternative involving a second instance of the application. The runner would have this second instance already open before starting the run, beyond some initial logo screens but not yet having loaded the save or being in game. On the main instance, the runner would proceed to the point where they close the game but instead of launching a new instance of the application, they just switch to the already open instance and click to load the save. They then continue the run on this second instance.

This skips the need to click and open another instance and the initial splash screens, saving about 2 seconds. However, we aren't sure if this should be allowed since the second instance is opened before the run starts and you're finishing the run on a different instance than the one you started.

We're looking for examples of other games that have encountered the possibility of having multiple game instances in one run to save time. Other examples should help our community come to a decision and potentially achieve sub 6.

Very curious to see if the legendary sub 6 could ever possibly happen. With the popularity of this game being low I doubt there's anyone who knows how to save 5 more seconds but if you do please share. A low 6:02 seems to be the limit.

You can trick the game into thinking your at the start of spinning plates by hitting specific loading zones around the pillars and restarting your game.

Skipping how to disappear completely, pyramid song and you and whose army saving around 14 minutes.

Example at 1:43 on this video