I decided to make a TAS of the game, and in the process of making it I discovered some brand new glitches and skips. It turns out that a sub 3:15 is possible in this game, although a time like that is definitely humanly impossible due to the precise mashing and gameplay necessary to achieve it.

Anyways, here is what I discovered:

1.) Checkpoint Warps

If you reset right before you collect a checkpoint, you can respawn at that checkpoint and get teleported forwards a tiny distance. This usually saves 5 frames, but it varies from checkpoint to checkpoint. For some checkpoints, it saves no time or is even slower. The key to saving time with this tech is to time your reset so that you collect the checkpoint at the same time that the screen completely fades out. This is very minor tech, but there are so many checkpoints throughout the game that it adds up to saving a few seconds, and it's not too hard to do if you have good visual cues for where to reset

2.) Glitched Ground Pounds

I actually discovered this glitch a very long time ago, but didn't think it was that useful until I made the TAS. If you hold up to slow fall and down to ground pound at the same time, you can charge up a ground pound and break blocks, but you fall at the normal slow-falling speed. You can use this to skip climbing all the way up the ladder after you get the third orb, and you can skip riding the wind in the following section too. You can also use this tech to make the cycle skip easier in the moving platforms room.

3.) Cutscene Skips

This sounds like a huge deal but it actually doesn't save very much time and probably isn't worth going for in a speedrun. I found a way to regain control of the player during the cutscene that plays after you collect an orb. It involves respawning at a checkpoint, so it only saves time for the first and last orb. The way it works is you reset right before you collect the orb, and you press space to stop the shaking effect thing. When you respawn, press space or enter to immediately save the game at the checkpoint you respawned at, and when you close the textbox you'll be able to move again. This doesn't stop the dialogue from popping up, but you have a few frames to make progress when you'd normally be frozen.

4.) Moving While Textboxes Are Active

I haven't tested this glitch very much, but for some reason it doesn't work if you try to do it with the first orb. It saves time with the last orb, but it only saves 4 frames and is kind of tricky. I don't recommend going for it. The setup starts out the same as the regular cutscene skip, except after you regain control, you move to the side of the checkpoint and then save the game again. Make sure not to close the textbox! The game will try to start the dialogue, but since you already have a textbox open it won't work. You can close the checkpoint's text after a little bit and then you can continue playing the game while there's dialogue on screen.

5.) Hovering

I'm pretty sure you guys probably know about this already, but if you land on the ground while slow falling, you can actually float one pixel off of the ground as long as you keep holding the up arrow and you stay on flat ground. If you maintain the hover, you can climb up ladders one frame faster, so it's a good idea to use hovers when possible.

Here's a video of the TAS, I hope you enjoy!

You can also read my comments about the TAS here: https://tasvideos.org/8840S

2024 goals:

• Celeste Classic Any% 1:39
• Celeste Classic Pink Role
• Mobility Any% Contact NMG 6:1X
• .S Any% 2:0X
• Frog King Any% 1:20.XX
• Platformer Game 2 Any% 1:41
• Run a sub 20 5K (technically this is speed running)

I'm definitely being more ambitious with my goals than last year. I'm not sure if I will even be able to achieve two of these. But I'm going to try, I hope I can pull it off.

I completely forgot I made this thread lol. Here's how it went:

Sub 2:30 in Tim_: Got a 2:28, I'm very happy with this time. I don't think I can break any more ten second barriers.

Sub 2:30 in .S: I got a sub 2:20 actually, I plan to go for 2:0X this year but it's going to be very tight.

Sub 6:30 in Mobility: I did not get this one :( but I did PB by like .3 seconds lmao

The previous moderator went inactive, which is why your run was pending for so long

I just want to add on to what I said earlier in this thread:

I currently can't follow all of the games that I am a moderator of. This is an issue, because I have no way of knowing if people are leaving comments, for example.

I also can't follow any new releases like Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Having my following count be arbitrarily restricted is super frustrating.

Welcome back! There was a site update, it doesn't look too bad overall imo, but it was pretty disappointing, especially since the features they teased seemed really cool.

There's a new "community news" section where community members can submit articles they've written to be featured on src. You might be interested in this one which was about farmington: https://www.speedrun.com/news/kw5d4o5n-akuretaki-becomes-first-runner-to-obtain-10-000-world-records

Also 120 star runners are doing carpetless in full runs now. That's a thing that happened recently

Do not bump old threads. Also your support ticket has already been answered. Please stop coming to the forums

Somehow I never saw this post before, I don't want to add categories for potions because you can't take any different routes to the different potions. It would just be like doing an any% run but not finishing it. Tim_ is already pretty short for full game

@Act_ Also the only Tim_ player

If the age requirement is the issue this person should not be on speedrun.com at all

Most people will accept google drive links as long as you make the file public. I also know a few runners who upload videos to Odysee.

You could also try uploading the video to streamable. They delete videos after a certain amount of time unless you pay money, but it's a good temporary solution until twitch stops "acting goofy"

The timing is pretty tight, and the floating head needs to be at the right height, so there's some rng too. It saves just over a second, but it's much harder than the fast cycle we were already doing.

Also, I submitted to tasvideos: https://tasvideos.org/8694S

Demon castle in 2:23. I redid the TAS at 60fps on hard mode and I plan to submit it to tasvideos.org

"And all grow up with? Brain and such things ?"

this is poetry

You already got the staff's attention, and they told you that you are wrong. Making new threads does not accomplish anything; all it does is clutter the forums, preventing other people who need help from being seen. The old thread being locked should tell you everything you need to know. This discussion is over.

stop talking.

why is the picture so big. how do i make it smaller

@Walgrey im sorry, but nasuper totally owned you

anyways, was the 7 page long forum thread really not long enough for everyone to say what they wanted to say? do we really need a second one?

please stop talking