Super Time Force Ultra - Hellatech Skip Protongue 2015-08-19 | Skip any level after completing 198X. Refer to technical details below.Store Helladeck level select screen (0:00 - 0:21):Prerequisites: Complete 198X.1. Enter a Helladeck Level 1-4 (which level matters when performing the following "Skip a level" section).2. When the level loads, press "Pause" and activate "Exit to Title".3. From the title screen, activate "Continue".* Now the Helladeck level select screen is stored in the background of the overworld screen (it's invisible). The Helladeck level select screen remains stored so long as you don't press "Back" on any world's level select screen. You can reassign the level number to skip at any time by repeating this process from the top.Skip a world intro cutscene and quickly access its level select screen (0:21 - 0:33):Prerequisites: Store the Helladeck level select screen by entering the Helladeck level number equal to the world's level number you want to skip.1. With your mouse, left-click to the right of Repeatski to select a world in the Helladeck level select screen.2. Press "Accept" to simultaneously start the intro cutscene and load the Helladeck level.3. Once in the Helladeck level, press "Pause" and activate "Exit Level".* Note that if you have already seen the world intro cutscene, then this crashes the game.Skip a level (0:33-1:04):Prerequisites: Store the Helladeck level select screen by entering the Helladeck level number equal to the world's level number you want to skip. Enter the target world's level select screen.1. With your mouse, left-click to the right of Repeatski to select a world in the Helladeck level select screen.2. Wait at least 1/2 a second, then press "Accept" on with controller (if you press "Accept" too early, the skip won't work).3. The Helladeck level loads. Beat it to complete the target world level instead.You can also use this to get unbeatable times on the in-game leaderboard, you dirty cheater.
Feathered Escape - Speedrun - 100% - 2:25.516 - PICO-8 Protongue 2024-03-12 | Very good run! Only a few small mistakes. The biggest mistake was on the last level, where I bumped my feet against the lava chute at 2:20. That caused me to miss the earliest throwing star cycle before the end, so I slowed down and played it safe. I'm glad I didn't die because of that!Get Feathered Escape: yokoboko.itch.io/feathered-escape
Galak-Z - Infinite Boost in Mech Mode Protongue 2016-01-24 | Gain infinite boost in mech mode (occurs at 0:07 - 0:13):1. Find a red treasure chest (weapon upgrade) and line yourself up with it. Hold boost (R1) and attack (X).2. Release charge attack (X) to break the chest open.3. Turn around toward the upgrade, and hold attack (X).4. Release charge attack (X) immediately before picking up the upgrade, then hold attack (X).If executed correctly, your boost meter (upper right corner of screen) no longer exhausts while in mech mode. This effect lasts for the duration of the mission.Boost is still limited in fighter mode, as demonstrated at 0:26.Works on Steam release v1.00.02 - not tested on other versions.
Galak-Z - Infinite Life Glitch (Adrenal Injectors + Deep Space) Protongue 2016-01-05 | Become a god who is deathly allergic to health upgrades:1. Get Adrenal Injectors upgrade (4 seconds of slow-motion when dropped to critical health).2. Go into Deep Space and get "instantly killed."3. Survive the blast, now immune to all damage.Works on Steam release v1.00.02 - not tested on other versions.
Guacamelee! GE - Alebrije Autoscroller Swag Protongue 2015-12-25 | More fun with throws. Saves no time, just looks cool.With careful timing and placement, you can clip through the top of the level on the second throw, but it seems useless. If we can find a means to get back in-bounds to meet X'tabay, then this might be something.
Guacamelee! GE - Throw Clip in Sierra Morena Protongue 2015-12-25 | The chupacabra death clock ticks slowly. Save 15-20 seconds on your way to Cueva de la Locura with this alternative in 100% runs.Throwing enemies in either tight spaces or with a solid object between you and the enemy triggers zips and clips. This is the first practical use of this exploit I've found.
Guacamelee! GE - 1 Player Cactus Drop Protongue 2015-12-11 | As reliable of a setup as I can find. Motivated by Abision's cactus behavior findings: youtu.be/WO4F8xYuGLcDance between these two lines: http://i.imgur.com/vQ2ynrF.pngHow fast the cactus drops is dependent on its throw RNG. You can hear when the cactus has dropped by the volume of its throw sound effect.Use in conjunction with this X'tabay trap escape setup: youtu.be/-OrSOVz30ioStep up your armadillo dodging skills.
Stealth Inc 2 - Premature Infiltration (Skip Chapters 4-6) Protongue 2015-12-07 | After the first encounter with Malcolm, jack the patroller and loop it out-of-bounds to circumvent his office security. Typically you need Teleporters to enter his office, which are acquired after chapter 6. Since you get Jack Boy after chapter 3, this skips half the game.
Guacamelee! GE - Select 2 Glitch (S2G) Protongue 2015-11-15 | Activate SDG anywhere (no doors required), but this works only once per run before introducing player 2:* Simultaneously press Select on controller 1 and Start on controller 2. When done correctly, the map screen and the "Here Comes a New Challenger!" dialog both open.* Press Start.* The glitched main menu opens. Follow the SDG warping process from here.
Guacamelee! GE - Jaguar Fight Skip Protongue 2015-11-10 | There are two fight activation triggers to skip:1. Stand on the shrubbery, then bubble clip right.2. Stand against the left side of the big cat statue and jump forward.
Guacamelee! GE - Bubble Clipping Protongue 2015-11-10 | This is just the tip of the iceberg. Punch your team mate's bubble and then immediately bubble out while holding in the direction you want to clip. Skip Church, Pumaman's life story, Giant Chicken roadblocks, go through walls, bypass arena triggers...
Guacamelee! GE - No Goat Fly Any% timing Protongue 2015-11-08 | Just some No Goat Fly timing for reference. The Any% route has two sections where Goat Fly is used. Here is a decent recording of them without Goat Fly. Practice your swap hops if you want to do this!Goat Fly still might be slightly faster with great execution. However, doing the staggered climb with all swap hops is about 3 seconds faster in either case (0:24 - 0:48).I would love to see someone well-practiced perform the ideal Goat Fly strats for these sections so we can determine which approach is faster. It's really close by my estimates.
Guacamelee! GE - Easy Highway to Hell (2 Player) Protongue 2015-11-08 | Any time after El Diablo finishes his Pollo Power dialog, pop player 2's bubble. You can now proceed to El Infierno without El Diablo trapping you with his follow-up dialog.
Guacamelee! GE - Xtabay Trap Escape + Desert Pollo Skip Protongue 2015-11-08 | Credit goes to Turbodog702 for discovering the escape. Currently a 2 player strat, although there might be more to it. Turbodog's encounters were not necessarily the same as this one (he had full stamina when the game resumes after the cutscene), so there could be more useful variants.
Flywrench - Neptune Time Trial [52.64] Protongue 2015-09-28 | Using the leaderboard time. So many unstable strats - this could have been a couple seconds faster if I pulled them all off. But hey, no deaths!
Flywrench - Pluto Time Trial [43.93] Protongue 2015-09-27 | In-game timer has some kinks, so I'll go by what the leaderboard says. Pretty good, but a few levels cost me a bit of time (HL_2 0:42 and DX_FLX 1:14).
Super Time Force Ultra - Any% Speedrun [5:42] Protongue 2015-08-23 | Very good 198X, clean menuing, no noteworthy mistakes.Please let me be done with this shell of a category.
Super Time Force Ultra - Any% Speedrun [6:27] Protongue 2015-08-19 | Farewell Any%. It was nice knowing you!Since "beating" Infinity-"4" gives you the credits roll and unlocks Ultra Force/Super Hardcore Mode, that's a reasonable enough definition for beating the game in my opinion. If seeing the final cutscene is part of your definition, then you'll want to "Return to Title" from Helladeck Level #3 before skipping Infinity.Hellatech overview: youtu.be/FNTns85bnUEI haven't really optimized this run - just wanted to share new tech as soon as possible. I will revisit this with improvements soon.
Super Time Force Ultra - Atlantis World Skip Setup Protongue 2015-08-16 | EDIT: Alternatively, use Hellatech youtu.be/FNTns85bnUESkipping Atlantis saves about 3.5 minutes in Any%. Setup details:* Store the tutorial pause menu (check the first half of youtu.be/rTt0ooY0s5I for details).* Play through 198X.* Enter Atlantis and prepare yourself for death.* Press "Back" to restore the tutorial pause menu.* Select "Skip Tutorial".* Once you die and the slow-mo lag stops, select "Yes".* The game loads in 198X-1. Pause and Exit Level (DO NOT Return to Title here or you'll softlock!).* On the level select screen, press "Back" and skip past the following cutscenes. * The world select screen is temporarily invisible but still functional. Enter your next world and carry on your run.
Super Time Force Ultra - Tutorial Storage Skip Protongue 2015-08-16 | Skip a world of your choice: 199X, Future, Dino, Atlantis*, or Medieval. Turn on annotations for execution details. This can only skip a single world per run. There might be further optimizations, b
Super Time Force Ultra - Cut Infinity Boss Fight Protongue 2015-08-15 | EDIT: The "Character Rescued!" part is unnecessary - it's faster to activate "Skip Tutorial" while you are in a death animation.I love it when cut/early development content is somehow accessible in the final product. This exploit can also be used to skip a few levels, but that's a story for another time.* Start a new game.* When the tutorial begins, Press Pause.* Put the menu cursor on "Leaderboards" and press A+B simultaneously to unpause but leave the menu active.* Press A to open Leaderboards. Press Pause to re-open the menu.* Select "Skip Tutorial", then select Yes".* Play through the beginning of 198X-1.* Press B to re-activate the pause menu, then rescue Jef.* When the "Jef Leppard Rescued!" screen appears, select "Skip Tutorial", then select Yes"* Exit the level. From the title screen, select "Continue" to enter this cut Dr. Infinity boss fight.
Super Time Force Ultra - Super Hardcore Speedrun [0:54] Protongue 2015-08-13 | EDIT: This skip no longer works in the latest version of Steam. It is no longer possible to unpause while leaving the pause menu active.Might as well make a new category to preserve the goodness of Super Hardcore. But let it be known, Tohloo owes me a gorillion dollars. You can warp to any level in Super Hardcore. Here's a setup:* In normal mode, open the level you want to warp to.* Press Pause. Put the menu cursor on "Leaderboards" and press A+B simultaneously to unpause but leave the menu active.* Press A to open Leaderboards. Press Pause to re-open the menu.* Put the menu cursor on "Exit Level" and press A.* As you see the level select screen appear, press B to load the main menu. Put the menu cursor on "Super Hardcore Mode" and press A.
Super Time Force Ultra - Infinity-1 w/ Jef 2x Protongue 2015-08-11 | Less rewinding and a good slow-mo cancel setup.Team up setup:* Stand on the ledge of the left platform. When Dr. Infinity buzzes, jump straight up and fire.* On your descent, start running right, hit the lower switch, then die in the laser.* Time out/in to when Jef was last standing on the platform.* Hold right. Jump twice, with your second jump bringing you close to blow up the final switch.Slow-mo cancel setup:* Stand directly underneath Dr. Infinity when he's aiming his final shot.* When this shot is centered on the background seam where wall/space ends (http://i.imgur.com/rBci76r.png) release your killing blow.If you're really good, you can shoot shot a few frames earlier and jump into Infinity's final shot. Heck, if you're that good, you should go for shots that deactivate all four lasers at once!
Super Time Force Ultra - Atlantis-3 w/ Cleo Protongue 2015-08-09 | Death evasion advice:* 0:11 Get through the leftmost waste pipe: Full jump while standing directly underneath the leftmost drain cover in the background. Attack against the waste.* 0:15 Destroy the mines and the flamethrower with a single charge shot: shoot while Cleo is lined up with the white brick in the background (as seen in video).* 0:26 Get through final set of waste pipes: Full jump through the first waste pipe from the middle segment of the yellow hangable thing. As with all active waste pipes, have a few boomerangs in supply before jumping and attack against the waste.
Super Time Force Ultra - Dino-4 w/ Melanie 2x Protongue 2015-08-09 | Terribly precise, and still not optimal (you can take out each torpedo in phase 2 with a single perfect shot). Here's some superstitious voodoo that might help tame Melanie's chaotic damage in phases 1 and 2:Phase 1: All your bullets must hit, and timing/distance is also a factor. Time your shots so they land when Infinity's gun is facing upward.Phase 2: Imagine a line between Turbodactyl's head and the torpedo position. Place Melanie at the midpoint of this line when firing your diagonal charge shots. With good positioning, this should yield a charge + normal kill.Phases 3 and 4 are basically identical to Tohloo's. The slow-mo setup is slightly different - I find it easier to jump over the penultimate stray bullet and hold left to collide into the final one.
Super Time Force Ultra - Atlantis-4 w/ Melanie 2x Protongue 2015-08-08 | Spend less time in rewind. For the final phase, stand on Nodnarb's ear from the start.
Super Time Force Ultra - Blink Glitch Protongue 2015-08-08 | Intriguing yet currently useless. Blink out of existence to respawn enemies, deactivate arena triggers, or crash the game.1. Time out.2. Press pause. Move menu cursor to "Leaderboards", then press A+B simultaneously. The game unpauses but leaves the menu open.3. Move menu cursor to "Restart Level". Then press A to open this menu item and the character select wheel. Press A again to say "No" and to also select a character.4. Play the game with the menu open. Don't pick up any power-ups since they deactivate the menu.5. Go to some level destination and then select "Resume". The camera warps from where you timed in to your current spot.6. Time out and move the timeline to a spot where the camera warp occurs. Time in and something good or bad might happen.
Super Time Force Ultra - 199X-1 w/ Jef 2x Protongue 2015-08-08 | A tight rocket jump at 0:14 and better movement cuts a couple seconds. For the new rocket jump, release jump a bit early so Jef's grenade kills the dynamite guy.
Super Time Force Ultra - Atlantis-4 w/ Jean Rambois Protongue 2015-08-04 | Jean doing what he does best.(No, this doesn't count as a victory, but the world needs to know Jean's story)Press A+B+Start simultaneously to leave this world.
Super Time Force Ultra - Medieval-2 w/ Jef 2x Protongue 2015-08-01 | Who needs an atomic battering ram? Just rocket jump against the gate with Jef 2x while your gun is facing down or down-right. This also works with other characters who can get high enough (Zoey, Saxton, Da Vinci, Re-Bot).
Super Time Force Ultra - Atlantis-1 w/ Repeatski x Re-Bot Protongue 2015-08-01 | Make sure you're off-screen when passing over the roof vent, otherwise a ceiling blocks you from ascending past the arenas.
Super Time Force Ultra - 198X-2 w/ Repeatski x Re-Bot Protongue 2015-08-01 | Commander Re-Botski doesn't take the bus. He is the bus.
Super Time Force Ultra - Medieval-1 w/ Shieldy Protongue 2015-07-31 | Shieldy stops his horse murdering ways in the name of speed. Here is one setup to joust bounce:* When the horse starts charging, do a non-jump bounce on it.* Land on the horse again, and do a jump bounce this time.* Vertically align with the torch in the background and do a jump bounce off the grenade.* Land on the leftmost archer and jump bounce to the exit.
Super Time Force Ultra - Dino-2 w/ Jef Protongue 2015-07-28 | Can Jef overcome the Dino-3 stampede without a jetpack? Tune in next time to find out!
Super Time Force Ultra - Medieval-3 w/ Da Vinci Protongue 2015-07-27 | Another Da Vinci out-of-bounds setup for real time attempts:1. Vertically align Da Vinci here: http://i.imgur.com/rC4CMdw.png2. As depicted in the linked image, Line up Da Vinci so his lower foot touches the end of the cloud (use RB [lock position button] for precision). Place two turrets at this position.3. Drop down and then fly back up. If all goes accordingly, you will clip through the clouds. Don't get killed by cherubs!
Super Time Force Ultra - Medieval-2 w/ Cleo Protongue 2015-07-25 | Not faster than Jef 2x, but it's close (although character swapping hurts even if it were marginally faster). This could be useful in categories where Jef 2x is not an option.
Super Time Force Ultra - Atlantis-3 w/ Da Vinci Protongue 2015-07-24 | A reliable out-of-bounds setup for real time attempts:1.Go left to the low ceiling. Jump and release turrets on the upper half of the drain cover in the background. Repeat this until you fall through the floor (might take a couple tries).2. Hold in right while falling. You want to land at the gap between the three birds.3. Place and climb two generously-spaced turrrets and then jump right to clear some invisible walls.4. Keep on running and jumping right. Jump at the last horizontal pipe section to avoid a nasty boundary which can snag you.
Super Time Force Ultra - Dino-1 w/ Melanie 2x Protongue 2015-07-20 | With perfect execution, it could be frames faster than Jef 2x. It comes down to massive damage vs. rocket jumps. Melanie's strats are much harder though, so using this in runs is a terrible idea.
Super Time Force Ultra - 198X-1 w/ Shieldy and Jef 2x Protongue 2015-07-18 | Rocket jump off the last car with Jef 2x to bypass the Dr. Infinity cutscene trigger. This saves about 15 seconds. Maybe it can be done with Jef 1x with great precision, but I haven't had any luck yet.
Super Time Force Ultra - Atlantis-4 w/ Ultra Zoey x Ultra Looker Protongue 2015-07-18 | As Ultra Zoey, stay still and toss propane tanks against the ground until you're dead. Then prepare an Ultra Looker barrage when Dr. Infinity comes out of his shell. Very easy to do.
Super Time Force Ultra - Atlantis-3 Da Vinci Out of Bounds Protongue 2015-07-17 | EDIT: This is my original video of this clip. Check out youtu.be/-qqakjJi868 for a refined setup.Pack your ultra turrets in a tight column and jump against the ceiling. Kind of tricky - more experimentation required for consistency.
Super Time Force Ultra - Medieval-3 Da Vinci Out of Bounds Protongue 2015-07-17 | EDIT: This is my original video of this clip. Check out youtu.be/-qqakjJi868 for a refined setup.Hover against the sloped ceilings of the stage and use Da Vinci's turrets to clip out of bounds. It's easier to do this with Ultra Da Vinci, as depicted here. Maybe there are other ways to get out-of-bounds in this stage...
Megabyte Punch - Out of Bounds with Multiplayer Protongue 2015-07-03 | Demonstrated on Frostbyte Deep Challenge. All players are controlled with one controller (set players 1-4 to the same inputs in the options menu). Look at the lower left screen to see the out of bounds in action.Position Player A directly against a wall/ceiling. Then place a shield engine wall on top of them with Player B. This allows Player A to displace themselves out of bounds. Once here, Swoop allows you to zip upwards and horizontally, and both Giganto Missile / Drill Dash nudge you left or right. From my testing, these are the only abilities that have useful movements effects in this state. You can also use a standard jump to climb upwards.This trick can be done with as few as two players. I used four here for setup/positioning ease. This enables some shortcuts/arena skips in levels, but entire levels in the hub world cannot be skipped due to how progress is checked (all levels must be beaten sequentially to complete the game).
Megabyte Punch - Any% Speedrun [38:28] Protongue 2015-06-30 | Part notes: http://pastebin.com/nHnfMNeYThis run is dedicated to the wandering crab that donated its shield at 1:47. Remember folks, if you see a crab holding something in its left arm, it has a ~14% chance of dropping it!Really good part drops and no major equip issues, although I should have equipped a damage up leg before entering level 6 for faster flyer kills. Still plenty of minor mistakes to clean up.
Megabyte Punch - Level 3 Boss Quick Kill (Grand Khotep Scarb) Protongue 2015-06-20 | Push Scarb over the abyss with a horizontal drill dash. Then as he jumps, knock him down with a slice dash.I am still considering using this combination in any%. Here are the trade-offs:* Slice dash has strong synergy with Submachine Gun-Arm. 3 shots followed by slice dash kills normal enemies while denying them a chance to retaliate.* A leg slot is now occupied. This likely means a slight reduction in movement speed.* There would be no ability slot for spinkick. This frees up the hip slot, which is only mildly useful early game otherwise (possibly an extra jump, or movement speed if lucky).* Mantibyte Leg is very common, so slice dash is an easy ability acquisition.
Megabyte Punch - Level 4 Boss Quick Kill (Grand Khotep Muer) Protongue 2015-06-20 | Send Grand Khotep Muer into a downward spiral. Typically, it's safe to drill when he's just finished an attack or has just landed on the ground.As demonstrated at 0:05, pause+unpause twice in quick succession while he's walking on the ground to make him dash towards you (this trick works on all NPCs except the snake mini-bosses and the final boss). This is not necessary for the quick kill, but it saves a little time.
Megabyte Punch - Final Boss Easy Kill (Valk Emperor Phase 2) Protongue 2015-05-26 | Place a shield engine block at the height of Valk Emperor's back. Once he approaches the block, he endlessly tries to destroy it with his forward punch. Destroy him while he is trapped in this predictable state.
Megabyte Punch - Guaranteed Shield Engine Arm (Any% Safety Strat) Protongue 2015-05-18 | Prior to beating the Level 1 boss, Shield Engine Arm is always available at the shop for 16 bits. It takes +30 seconds compared to acquiring it as a random drop, however this assurance makes no reset runs practical.NOTE: There is a quirk in the "New Game" option where bits gathered from your previous save carry over under most circumstances. If you're using the shop within truly new game runs, make sure it's on a clean save file!
Guacamelee! GE - All Pinata Arenas Test Run Protongue 2015-05-16 | Test run I did in August 2014. Sharing for anyone looking for new ways to run Guacamelee!
