Posted: 2/5/2006 5:09 AM
(Edited: 2/6/2006 1:46 AM)
Post subject: Itstoearly'sweekly mini-movie competition (Week of Feb 5th)
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Itstoearly
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This week's ironchef- I mean, minimovie ingrediant is: City Connection! Goal: Beat the game. Fastest time wins. Beating the game = beating level 7. NO WARPS. This means, no balloons, because of the weird way the warp system works. Rom: City Connection [U]
Posted: 2/6/2006 12:37 AM
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Dacicus
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There's a (slight?) problem: The game apparently doesn't end. That's what Wikipedia and this review say. Based on my recent playing, it seems true. You can use warps, but you never get a "Congratulations! You won!" message and the levels seem the same after a while. Makes you wonder about the point of the warps...
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Posted: 2/6/2006 1:13 AM
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Itstoearly
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Oh, sorry for that little part; by "beat" I mean "beat the first 7 levels", since it repeats after that.
Posted: 2/6/2006 1:37 AM
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Dacicus
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So, does that mean that we can't use warp balloons? Or how are you going to keep track of the levels?
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Posted: 2/6/2006 1:38 AM
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Itstoearly
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Whoever beats level 7 the fastest. No balloons, because it changes which cities have which road layouts.
Posted: 2/12/2006 4:57 PM
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Itstoearly
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Right. Contest over. Again no winners. Contest will be on hold for now until I can come up with a game people will actually play.....
Posted: 2/12/2006 6:31 PM
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slash_star_dash
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would combining this with the TAS Famtasia improvements be helpful at all? not to say someone should rush through the entire game in a week, but that it should be taken perhaps level at a time? like CV1; see who can beat the first level quickest. or maybe combing through the 'wish lists' might help as well. or maybe not.
Posted: 2/12/2006 11:37 PM
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Blublu
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Yes, I think you should pick one game, then have everyone go at 1 level at a time, continuing from the previous fastest movie, until the game is finished. It would be a nice mini competition AND might ultimately result in a published movie. I think people are not participating because they feel their efforts would be completely wasted once the competition is over. Maybe if they have a chance of their play being used in a popular TAS, more people would participate.
Posted: 2/12/2006 11:41 PM
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Bag_of_Magic_Food
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What if you have to do something slower in one level in order to be better equipped and make up the time plus extra in the next level?
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Posted: 2/12/2006 11:50 PM
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Blublu
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Hmm. Well, I guess the route would be decided beforehand and the player would have to fulfill the requirements for their run to be valid (like get level 3 boomerang or something). If that's not feasible for some reason, I don't think that game would be a good candidate for this.
Posted: 2/13/2006 3:26 PM
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daniayaw
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or maybe Its too early to begin any contest... XD jk
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Posted: 2/13/2006 3:38 PM
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I think combining our topics is a great idea. Lets pick a famtasia game and work at it one section at a time. I wouldn't recommend castlevania for this, since it is a difficult run to reporduce and potentially problematic for making early levels longer to save time later (like bag mentioned) A couple of suggestions: Wrath of the Black Manta TMNT2 Tecmo Superbowl (could be interesting since entertainment will be a big factor, intead of just speed)
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Posted: 2/13/2006 4:56 PM
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Randil
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This sounds like a good idea... I'm up for doing a segment or two, as long as it's a fairly good game, and it will of course be a plus if it's fairly popular so I've played it before. ;) I recommend a typical platformer that doesn't require too much planning beforehand, since even unexperienced users often can contribute to such a TAS. Just my 5 cents.
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Posted: 2/13/2006 9:44 PM
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Blublu
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Okay, so any game ideas? How about doing the Contra base levels (levels 2 and 4). They're incredibly hard to optimize, so we could do one room per week or something. I think those levels are the only reason there is not yet an updated movie for that game.