periwinkle | (23:58) Cave Story+ (Switch) Normal Ending warp speedrun @periwinkle. | Uploaded July 2020 | Updated October 2024, 14 hours ago.
Personal best as of 2020/07/23.
Better than my first run of this category, but there's still a lot of room for optimization.
This run is a 23:46 if timed to the end of player control, and a 24:54 if timed to the start of the credits.
For an explanation of how the credits warp works, see here: speedrun.com/cave_story_plus/thread/fy4lt
Here's the Twitch VOD with my commentary: twitch.tv/videos/689815624
Personal best as of 2020/07/23.
Better than my first run of this category, but there's still a lot of room for optimization.
This run is a 23:46 if timed to the end of player control, and a 24:54 if timed to the start of the credits.
For an explanation of how the credits warp works, see here: speedrun.com/cave_story_plus/thread/fy4lt
Here's the Twitch VOD with my commentary: twitch.tv/videos/689815624
![[TAS] Cave Story Outer Wall, but I do a thing with the Booster](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EwHRftTF7cY/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Cave Story Outer Wall, but I do a thing with the Booster
How high can you go on just one tank of Booster fuel? The answer may surprise you.
Explanation: By unequipping the Booster v2.0 while boosting, youre able to keep the speed even after you stop boosting. This mechanic is fairly well-known and typically applied to horizontal movement (see the world record-level Hell speedruns), but it also works vertically as well. Essentially, you can turn even the tiniest upward boost into a full mid-air jump. The menuing required to pull this off is a bit obnoxious, though.")
![[TAS] SMB1 Minus World (non-FDS) frame save + setup in description (1:35.559 RTA timing)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FOxL6Uhgowo/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] SMB1 Minus World (non-FDS) frame save + setup in description (1:35.559 RTA timing)
So much for 1:35.576 is the perfect Minus World speedrun...
By adjusting Marios subpixel positioning to take advantage of the whirlpools, I managed to save one frame over the perfect speedrun. Here is a human theory TAS demonstrating this frame save.
Setup: YOU MUST GET R14 EXITING 1-2. This is important because whirlpools affect you based on the parity of the frame counter, which starts counting from the start of the black screen after you enter the warp pipe in 1-2.
(Youll get 1:35.593 if you do this setup with R13.)
Upon entering -1, hold D+R and then swim on the first frame that you touch the ground. (In other words, you should touch the ground for exactly one frame.) Then play the rest of the level normally without slowing down. The exit pipe has about 6 subpixels of leeway so as long as you dont get a terrible exit, it shouldnt be too difficult to get this frame.
Alternatively, instead of doing a frame-perfect input like that you could just do a wiggle that loses between 5-11 subpixels, anywhere before the first whirlpool. Note that the more you wiggle, the less leeway you will have on the final pipe entry.
(Fun fact: By further manipulating your position in the final whirlpool, it is possible to get 1 subpixel away from another frame save. I dont think that frame is possible, though.)")
![[TAS] QuoteClip in 12.64s](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HWylfpabg_8/hqdefault.jpg "[TAS] QuoteClip in 12.64s
this is peak content right here
This clip is subpixel-perfect: To clip between two slope tiles like this, Quote needs to be on the exact x position in between them (the window for this is 1/512th of 1 pixel). Needless to say, this is far too precise for human hands to achieve unassisted, unless you get insanely lucky or something.
The time in the video title is from game poweron to the frame that Quote first touches the ground beneath the slope tiles.")
