About the game
Some dark overlord named Darces returns, and of course, only one person can drive him away. You need to travel around the world to unite the five elements, Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, and Faerie, so you can defeat Darces and save the world. Or something to that effect.
Do I do any of that? No way, man! I "unite" only one element, fly straight to some sky dungeon, get the required item, and then run into the final dungeon, only to skip by Darces without even touching him and pay the king a visit to end the game. Oh, kingly guy, you love to exaggerate!
As far as gameplay goes, it's a little odd. Movement is done merely by tapping in a direction. Left/right turns you, and up/down moves you. If you attack, it takes a little time for it to hit, and you can only strike whatever is right in front of you. All the spells are made using runes, and since there is no MP in this game, casting spells eats up your HP. Also, vision is rather limited, and it's very easy to get lost without using the right spells.
EDIT2:
Complete run v2
I guess all that's left is check a few last things before submitting it. In particular, what should I do about the record count? Other than that, nothing else to say right now.
I'll leave in some of the older texts in place:
Old run is here.
EDIT:
I have submitted this run now! I just didn't feel comfortable submitting it before putting it up for discussion.
Although it does say 431 records, I have two other runs, a test run at 440 records and my first real attempt at 178 records. The total count before I got the final run is 1049 records. I suppose a question of mine is how to present the count. Given that it's as optimal as I can make it, and the fact this is the game where I first tried the tools on, that should say something about the simplicity of the game.
Before getting into this run, I had a pretty thorough knowledge of this game. What spells do what, what route I should take, and where to get a few things. Some of the more tricky stuff involved how to completely stop enemy attacks, how to get damage underflow, and primarily what the game bases its luck off of. Don't worry, I didn't know everything ahead of time, like precisely how many enemies I needed to kill in the route, the 8-frame rule of the doors, and how to manipulate enemy movement.
If I'm told to submit now, I'll do so. Else, I'll submit it on my own time, probably in a week, unless there's an overflow of posts telling me not to. If nothing else, I want to say "this game is now TASed, and exists in the database of games that has been attempted."