I have made a discord server for discussing speedruns of this game: https://discord.gg/a6TNn7m84Q

Hey all, I saw there was a thread a while ago that asked if a level leaderboard could be added for this game, but there really wasn't much discussion so I wanted to bring up the idea again.

Imo a level leaderboard could definitely work for this game and I think they'd be fun to try and optimise each level, without having the restriction of the strats used needing to be viable for a full game run. It might also encourage more people to try speedrunning this game as it would give a relatively easy goal for someone to aim for when starting out and it would also be a nice resource for learning levels. As for rules, I think something similar to how the NSMB series does it would work quite nicely here: time ILs using the in-game clock (e.g if you start a level with a time of 300 and finish it at 284, the time would be 300 - 284 = 16 seconds) and allow any powerup (except for stars or p-wings) to be used prior to entering a level.

I've done a handful of ILs already of any levels I find fun/interesting while practicing for full game runs (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLih6s-ZVAqeoS1LC_f-jRg13PXyaJr4cp) and will likely do more and I imagine others here may also have done a small amount of ILs too so it would be cool to have a place for them to live on here.

What do y'all think?

I've noticed that in most cases, the level fade out happens right after the time counts down but sometimes it seems to take a second longer? I've tried mashing to see if that helps but it's still very inconsistent. Has anyone else encountered this or know why this might be happening?