If you bounce long enough into the void, the void begins to bounce back through you.
Super Hard Bouncer is a simple yet hard platformer homebrew for Game Boy developed by Libra Bits. In 20 quick levels, you have to bounce, avoid spikes and enemies, grab powerups, and avoid the void.
The bouncing is automatic, you can control the bounce height (0x18 pixels) by either holding the down button(0x6 pixels) or pressing the A button before the jump (0x1B pixels).
There's walljump! If you manage to reach a wall as close as 0x10 subpixels from its surface, if you're ascending you bonk downwards, but if you're descending you get a walljump. This is abused in several levels, not only to move faster but also to break levels entirely.
In version 1.0, there was a game breaking oversight: you could enter the screen lateral void and warp to other side of the level. I was making a TAS of this version but the developer updated the game to 1.1 fixing this error. You can see a complete run abusing this error here. After I finished the 1.0 TAS, I ported it to 1.1, re-doing the levels I broke with this glitch, adjusting desync issue with subpixels being preserved during level transitions, and gladly finding a few faster strats in some levels.
nymx: Re-uploading to correct any cycle count issues.
nymx: I claimed this submission, because I've seen your ability in the past. This movie is no exception, as I couldn't find one frame in this run. Level 5 was the one spot that I thought something could be found, but your level of effort (represented by the re-record count) says otherwise. Great job as always!
Accepting to Standard.
nymx: This submission was put on delay, because some ideas were brought up that would have improved this movie. Since we are no longer receiving responses, we cannot keep this submission up indefinitely. Knowing that an improvement is on the way, I can not accept this...as it would put extra work on our publishing staff.
I liked the 1.0 version more to be honest since thar wraparound glitch was interesting to watch with that lua script. But this 1.1 is good too. Why did you decide to go with the 1.1 version which looks slower?
Wow, what a timing to come back to this site after such a long time!
It's a bouncing ball game sumbission! And it's from brunovalads! :D
brunovalads wrote:
Feel free to use my lua script and beat time.
Thanks for the encouragement! Amazing Lua-script btw, as always!
After playing around a bit, it appears that unused items get carried to the next level. Taking the item from level 3 and using it in level 6 saves some great time. I used your input up to level 3 and and with an unoptimized continuation until level 6, it came out 255 frames faster! -> Userfile
There are other levels where doing this seems promising.
It's totally a reverse-dejavu! Sorry, I can't help but ask: Do you want to team up like the first time and look for further improvements?
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CoolHandMike wrote:
Why did you decide to go with the 1.1 version which looks slower?
Well, it's a fresh new homebrew, I thought it was better showing the most recent iteration. But if everyone prefers the 1.0 run (I do too), I can change it.
MovieRules says:
Older versions of a game are allowed in order to exploit a glitch patched out in later versions.
But also says:
[...] as long as that version is easily available for verification.
Currently the 1.0 version is not available in the game's page, but I could contact the developer to see if they can provide it.
Games are basically math with a visual representation of this math, that's why I make the scripts, to re-see games as math.
My things:
YouTube, GitHub, Pastebin, Twitter
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KiwiCracker wrote:
After playing around a bit, it appears that unused items get carried to the next level. Taking the item from level 3 and using it in level 6 saves some great time. I used your input up to level 3 and and with an unoptimized continuation until level 6, it came out 255 frames faster!
Wow clever idea, never thought I could do that!
KiwiCracker wrote:
Do you want to team up like the first time and look for further improvements?
Absolutely! Let's rule the bouncing ball kingdom!
I ask for a delay then, while me and KiwiCracker work on this powerup exploit
Games are basically math with a visual representation of this math, that's why I make the scripts, to re-see games as math.
My things:
YouTube, GitHub, Pastebin, Twitter
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I just saw the delay. Please let me know when you are ready for me to continue.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence.
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SOYZA: Are you playing a game?
NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing.
SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real?
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Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes?
Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :)
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BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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Any update on your rework?
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence.
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SOYZA: Are you playing a game?
NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing.
SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real?
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Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes?
Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :)
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BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
Hi, thanks for asking!
We're working on it, but it's a lot more effort than expected. At our current pace it's gonna take at least another few weeks until the TAS is finished.
The main source for this lies in the routing: In which level do we take an item with us, and where do we use it? In order to get a satisfactory answer, we tas most of the stages in multiple ways (differently, depending on the route).
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KiwiCracker wrote:
Hi, thanks for asking!
We're working on it, but it's a lot more effort than expected. At our current pace it's gonna take at least another few weeks until the TAS is finished.
The main source for this lies in the routing: In which level do we take an item with us, and where do we use it? In order to get a satisfactory answer, we tas most of the stages in multiple ways (differently, depending on the route).
Sounds good. Thanks.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence.
----
SOYZA: Are you playing a game?
NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing.
SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real?
----
Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes?
Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :)
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BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
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Posts: 929
Location: South Pole, True Land Down Under
Just checking in...how are things coming?
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence.
----
SOYZA: Are you playing a game?
NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing.
SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real?
----
Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes?
Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :)
----
BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
Joined: 4/7/2015
Posts: 331
Location: Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Hey! We're still working on it, slowly but with progress. Sorry for this long delay.
Games are basically math with a visual representation of this math, that's why I make the scripts, to re-see games as math.
My things:
YouTube, GitHub, Pastebin, Twitter
Joined: 11/14/2014
Posts: 929
Location: South Pole, True Land Down Under
brunovalads wrote:
Hey! We're still working on it, slowly but with progress. Sorry for this long delay.
It's not a problem. I just want to make sure I haven't missed anything.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence.
----
SOYZA: Are you playing a game?
NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing.
SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real?
----
Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes?
Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :)
----
BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
Joined: 11/14/2014
Posts: 929
Location: South Pole, True Land Down Under
Any progress?
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence.
----
SOYZA: Are you playing a game?
NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing.
SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real?
----
Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes?
Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :)
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BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
Joined: 11/14/2014
Posts: 929
Location: South Pole, True Land Down Under
Greetings. Just wanted to let you know that its been 3 months, since this submission has been made. If you are close to being ready, I need to know now. If not, then I will give you the option between two choices:
1. You can decide to cancel this submission, in lieu of the future coming changes.
2. I can accept the existing submission, and await the future submission with the improvements.
If I don't hear back, then I'm going to accept this submission by the end of this weekend.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence.
----
SOYZA: Are you playing a game?
NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing.
SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real?
----
Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes?
Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :)
----
BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
Joined: 11/14/2014
Posts: 929
Location: South Pole, True Land Down Under
Since it was not clear on how our judges should approach long delayed submissions, it would appear that we should probably "Cancel" instead of "Accept". Knowing that an improvement is on the way, it would be unfair to put the publishers through extra work. So, after a short discussion with other staff members...we will be canceling this submission.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence.
----
SOYZA: Are you playing a game?
NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing.
SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real?
----
Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes?
Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :)
----
BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
Joined: 11/14/2014
Posts: 929
Location: South Pole, True Land Down Under
Since it was not clear on how our judges should approach long delayed submissions, it would appear that we should probably "Cancel" instead of "Accept". Knowing that an improvement is on the way, it would be unfair to put the publishers through extra work. So, after a short discussion with other staff members...we will be canceling this submission.
I recently discovered that if you haven't reached a level of frustration with TASing any game, then you haven't done your due diligence.
----
SOYZA: Are you playing a game?
NYMX: I'm not playing a game, I'm TASing.
SOYZA: Oh...so its not a game...Its for real?
----
Anybody got a Quantum computer I can borrow for 20 minutes?
Nevermind...eien's 64 core machine will do. :)
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BOTing will be the end of all games. --NYMX
