Submission #8233: Cephla's NES Wordle in 00:04.56

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Submitted by Cephla on 4/22/2023 7:47:41 PM
Submission Comments
I'm sure we all remember the millions of clones 2018's Wordle spawned after it's popularity boom 2021 and this game is no exception, being the exact same game just with nice graphics. Only one round of Wordle is played in this TAS as there doesn't seem to be any unique content afterwards, resulting in the actual gameplay section lasting roughly 16 frames.
The word used in the TAS is 'kitty' which is the word when starting the game on frame 106 (the first possible frame is 102). One trick I did find was the ability for the hand to move at incredible speeds. This can be done by holding a vertical and horizontal direction at the same time, though the horizontal direction needs to be pressed second and there were only certain frames it worked but other times, it'd always work. I don't fully understand it but trial and error worked in the end. Going at these fast speeds also skips the animation when pressing keys which stops the hand. To get to Y as fast as possible, I select a letter then press B to delete it, warping the hand to the backspace which is close to the Y. This doesn't lose any time over just moving the hand but it makes it a more slightly interesting choice of movement.

feos: Claiming for judging.
feos: Added input that skips to the level results screen, because otherwise it looks unfinished.
feos: For games without an ending, we allow only completing one loop, and for this game that's just one word. I can't see any trace of increasing difficulty, and new content being different words doesn't make it easier to define a farther ending point other than maximum score. Accepting.

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Last Edited by despoa on 6/16/2023 2:15 AM
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