There is a speedrun discord with all the HOTD games, overkill included! Come join! https://discord.gg/fhp6HBKz74

In the spirit of keeping competition as easy and fun as possible I like to have categories that are easy to retry again and again. However one that has been bugging me for a while is Story Mode for PC. Try as I might I have not found any solution to clear save data for this game. If anyone has a solution please let me know below so we can make that category playable! :D

Hello there everyone! It's been a while, hope you're all well!

8 Years ago I added this game to the Speedrun.com boards and I only had knowledge of the Wii version, and not much experience being an actual active mod, so I would like to change that today and really try to breathe new life into the games scene!

First order of business, the rules regarding timer start. These rules are based off the Wii's ability to select a file out of 3, however PC and PS3 do not have this option, only having one file, so the timing on those platforms will be changed to when you select "Story Mode" or "Director's Cut", as the timings for WR have already done, so no times need to be changed thankfully, but good to clear the air on it.

Second order, Director's Cut. The rules fail to mention the run can be done in New Game+ mode, as there is no way to clear the file on Wii or PS3 without having to redo all of Story Mode again every run, and PC has no way to delete saves... period.

Third order is I would really love to hear from runners if you have any issues, my Discord is TheGlitched64, feel free to come over and chat with me if there is anything that does not make sense or needs clearing up.

Take care you lovely people.

-TheGlitched64

This video shows off the Save Manipulation trick. Hopefully down the line we will have a guide on what steps to take to do this yourself. :D

It was recently discovered by runner Ennopponetwelve that by opening 2 instances of this game, you could, take a completed game, and glitch the new game into taking in its save data, essentially beating the game or getting to the final city with all your levels and items quickly. Basically this glitch can be equated to switching out a memory card in the middle of a run, or incorporating a finished save file from a guide section and glitching the game into reading that save data instead.

The use of this glitch essentially renders the whole game moot and in a run, basically beats the game from the get go. However we don't want to ban this trick outright, as it is a way to beat the game. So a new category is being made for this glitch over on Duck Life Category Extentions, known as SAD or Save A Duck (Or a certain different abbreviation.) We will have a guide there showing what this glitch does, and hopefully down the line an explanation on how you can achieve this yourself. So, if you want to try it out for yourself, head on over to https://www.speedrun.com/dlce#DLBattle

We finally have a full list of DL WR lists and progress, hope some people find it interesting, I did. :) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gtZRmrBWTB0-FJHTb8LYs7Rk--a_2hVb0PptnZwypPc/edit?usp=sharing

Hi there all! The moderators of DL have gotten together and made a giant scoreboard totalling all the times from every category and turning them into points on a massive leaderboard! Every WR is 100 points and WR/Your PB*100 is the score you get from that category! It's easy to get to the top simply by running a lot of categories so we hope this gives you incentive! Have fun and happy running! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19EKNebaCHYmY0T2qSBQCX6VMEFFhJ6YuzD0mlHGZ7T4/edit?usp=sharing

For the purposes of making clear what can and cannot be done in "Glitchless" categories in Duck Life games, here is a list of known glitches for the game that are banned in No Major Glitches.

Any after effect of RcP RcF RcB

Out of bounds Seed

Anything out of bounds that can be accessed with tab

Anything can be resulted from screen stretch

Infinite skill seed (inbounds)

Any world/ cutscene skip (RC related or not)

Any previously held over effects of RC (DL4 NoRC menu storage)

To avoid confusion, this page is simply a place to dump categories that don't really fit in on the actual leaderboards for the games, a way to do funny categories without tainting the boards.

Hello there. I thought we may need a forum post to let people know the Video proof requirements we have for the game. As stated in the rules the top 10 (Or 5 depending on the category) times need video proof. Both the categories that have top 10 video proof requirements are under 15 minutes, and so here are 2 FREE ways to record your proof that are stupid simple to use! :)

First one is OBS. It allows for streaming and video recording. https://obsproject.com/

Second one is screencast-o-matic. The free version has a 15 minute limit but thats okay, as these categories are under 15 minutes. https://screencast-o-matic.com/

Good luck and Good PB's. Remember to check the discord if you have any questions!!

Hey there. Just wanted to say sorry for how unorganised this page used to be. I have fixed a lot of it now to make things a lot smoother.Still don't get notified when a new forum post comes up but I'll check more regularly.

It should go without saying that a fake run is a terrible thing to have on a leaderboard. whats more embarrassing as a mod is to see not one but TWO 500 HOURS times, get on the board. I know DL is memes but I do take the board and game seriously and would like to give off a professional look. Thank you for your understanding.

Hey there all. if you have been around for a while you may know that there was a rule compeltely banning the Right Click/Play feature because it broke the game and made it a 20 second run. However very recently I found a cool trick, which eliminates the time you have to wait for the other ducks to finish the race. If you right click/play as soon as your duck is finished, the game will recognize you won, and you can menu out of the new race, and go back to the menu. It can also be used to skip races once you no longer need to buy skill seed but again, you still must beat the champion legitimately.

Now, to incorporate this trick, without letting people skip to the end of the game in 20 seconds, I talked to another mod, Cheggjon about it for a while, and we came upon the solution of having to beat the champion duck by crossing the finish line. This means the Right Click/Play feature can be used to skip waiting (Like a reset) but not break the game since you still have to level up to beat the champion. We have written out the rules to boldly illustrate how this can be used, and I hope you are all ok with the new rules. This trick saves about 2 minutes so it is very helpful!

Any% -Must beat the Champion by legitimate means (Must cross the finish line in the last race) -Using the Right-Click/Play method is allowed (However you must beat the champion, and not skip him) -Timer starts when "clear file" is clicked. Timer ends when champion is beat. -Skill seed is allowed to be used.[THIS IS CHANGED TO CANNOT BE USED FOR THE NO SS CATEGORY] -No external tools are allowed to be used. -Must be played on: http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-duck-life or http://www.ducklifegames.com/duck-life-1/ or the downlaoded version.

Update on the Leaderboard:

1. I moved True Ending to Misc. I did not remove it, but I don;t want the main boards too cluttered and since we have other Misc. categories now it fits nicely. [I made this category originally to, so not stepping on any toes moving it.]

2. Added Classic%. Because Classic mode is a different thing, it's own game, ergo, should be it's own category.

Hopefully everyone is alright with me adding the True Ending category, seeing as how I feel that is the games actual ending, I think it does deserve a full run leaderboard. Hopefully there is enough of a time difference to warrant it! :)

I noticed cheated a cheated run was accepted earlier in duck life 2 where someone just used right click/play to get past the races. Other mods, make sure you actually WATCH the runs before accepting them. We don't want cheated runs at the WR spot.

I was wondering what the difference between these two are... since i am not sure how you would do an any% without completing the whole game? any% seems like an unnessesary catagory

The leaderboards were all sorts of confusing but fear not! Clean up is happening! Extra Variables are being added! Yay! This means that the Normal/Hard mode for all the challenges will go away soon, replaced by a dropdown box when you submit your time. There will also be a drop down box int eh Balloon levels, no more easy/hard mode, now it is Entrance, Center and Back!

Since there is no video to watch for me to understand the ILs, I'll ask here. For the IL times, am I just starting a new game and getting to the end as fast as possible? Am I getting every star? Does it include green stars? Can someone give a detailed ruling on it?

So, if anyone has any questions about the game, about timing or any suggestions for categories or improvements to the board, please let me know here. Would love to get comments from runners. :)