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Posted: 6/2/2016 3:47 PM
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1. Because disk space is finite. 2. There are still a lot of games that don't get patched. This is becoming less and less frequent as developers are adopting the DLC model, and far more games are of the "constantly evolving" type, but I wouldn't call "continuing to provide a user experience even after the game has ended" to be a particularly bad thing overall. 3. Micro-transactions are a way for players to get ahead without necessarily having the skill (or patience or time) to do so under normal gameplay. They're not intended as necessary (most of the time), and they're definitely not intended as necessary in off-the-shelf $60 games. 4. Game developers have to approach each new game as a new game, even if you're talking about ShootyGame 9, which builds right out of ShootyGame 8. There is always going to be a portion of the audience who hasn't played ShootyGame 8, and who needs that tutorial section. So, in mixing gameplay and story, you, the experienced gamer, have to suffer through a boring tutorial session filled with story you don't necessarily need or care about so that all new players can have a baseline of skill to move forward with. 5. That is becoming less and less true with the rise of indie developers, who are generally gamers with a bit of programming savvy who want to tell stories and sell adventures. While the major studios seem to have this problem, it is a changing landscape. 6. Software and hardware are also more complex than they were in the late 90s. You didn't have DirectX11-enabled texture-mapped massive landscapes or realistic physics, or huge skyboxes, or competent enemy AI, or the mass of interactions that are possible in modern games. That argument, that games are more expensive than they were then, doesn't hold water when you think about how far technology has come. 7. That is entirely a matter of opinion, and I will not attempt to debate you on this.
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 6/2/2016 3:29 PM
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I have been paying only passing attention to this thread, so please forgive me if this has been asked before, but how close to 12 hours do you suspect 100% will be? (That is, how close are you cutting it to getting Excalibur II?) Also, I watched the published run in its entirety a few days ago, great work, and the commentary was really nice too.
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/30/2016 3:44 PM
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$xxxx means "memory address xxxx" $#xxxx means "the value xxxx"
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/30/2016 5:19 AM
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Final Fantasy I is one of the defining games of the RPG genre. You're going to have to do a LOT of work if you intend to be "better".
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/29/2016 12:12 AM
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Now you're talking about ROM hacking, and not TASing, so you should probably research that. Alternately, you can share the Lua script with your friends, and they'll have access to your cool cheat if they want to use it.
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/28/2016 10:19 PM
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Those same eight frames are identical in all subsequent movies... that's copied.
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/28/2016 10:16 PM
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ALAKTORN, where do you get your definition of copying? If the earliest frame to press 'start' to start the game is discovered to be 8, then everyone who submits an improvement to the first run of that game (which presses 'start' on frame eight) must, by your definition, give a co-authorship credit to the person who pioneered the technique of pressing 'start' on frame eight, regardless of the rest of the input used; is that accurate?
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/27/2016 10:44 PM
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Note that 114 - 50 = 64 and 116 - 52 = 64. Or, more precisely: 
 50 = 0011 0010  52 = 0011 0100
114 = 0111 0010 116 = 0111 0100
So, to determine facing, you just have to check if that '64' bit is on.
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/27/2016 9:10 PM
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If you're going to be writing code snippets in the hopes that people will help you debug, you will want to surround that code with the 'code' tag, or put your code on pastebin, so that it retains its formatting. :) And if you're going to continue writing Lua scripts for games, I would recommend using hexadecimal notation at least for your memory addresses. 0x7E0C6E is a lot easier to recognize as a memory address than 8260718.
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/27/2016 9:06 PM
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That was a really nice run, and some good commentary too. Go, Raptors.
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/27/2016 8:55 PM
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What exactly are you trying to do besides write the value +/- 2000 to some location in memory if Z is being pressed?
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/25/2016 7:15 PM
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Oh, shit, seriously? Keno just wins you the game if you are a god at guessing? Wow. I'm going to watch this and then edit my comment to reflect how in-awe I am. Edit: The submission file is still the high/low file. You probably want to re-cancel this and submit a brand new file, since updating the file is supposed to be for fixing tiny errors, not changing the entire route of the game. :) Really looking forward to that Keno win though.
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/24/2016 8:07 AM
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Look who's failing at counting. Good eye, Flip. Edit: In before someone notices that the first apple is 99% the size of the third apple. <_<
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/24/2016 6:58 AM
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Great job! After Knee's Blackjack submission, I looked at Keno, since it probably has higher payouts than roulette, but the RNG for that is so insane that it changes every frame and is affected by input, making my couple of hours investigating practically impossible to be worthwhile. This minigame seems a lot faster than any of the standard games, and the luck manipulation is obvious. Easy "yes" vote.
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/24/2016 5:42 AM
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Assuming that those are three bananas in the third statement, and one banana in the fourth, 21.
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/24/2016 1:33 AM
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I found myself laughing at certain parts of the gameplay, so, yes, I found this entertaining. Great job!
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/23/2016 7:26 AM
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If I had to guess (and I do because I am not a judge), I would suggest: Track and Field, The Olympic Games, and their ilk.
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/22/2016 8:23 PM
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deuxhero wrote:
feos wrote:
Sorry, no Desert Bus will ever be published. Superplay requires some room for being super, losing quality standards doesn't make the site better overall.
Even if someone finds (a) glitch(s) that makes it really crazy?
If DBfH hasn't found a crazy glitch in all the time they've spent playing it, there probably isn't a crazy glitch to be found.
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/22/2016 7:34 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/21/2016 8:38 AM
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That's what I thought as well; things would be different if the subsequent drops only became available once their "unlock" condition was met, that is: The enemy's drop table is item 1, until you have three of them. Then the enemy's drop table becomes item 1 (3/5), item 2 (2/5) until you have two item 2s. Then the enemy's drop table becomes item 1 (3/6), item 2 (2/6), item 3 (1/6). Then the chances of getting the item in six drops is: 1 * 1 * 1 * 0.4 * 0.4 * 0.1666... = 2.6%
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/20/2016 4:53 AM
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Here's the answer to your question, Weegeechan: http://tasvideos.org/MoodAvatars.html Edit: Well, the "how it's done" part. The "why it's locked behind posts" part I don't have an answer to, but I suspect it's because users that stick around for a bit are less likely to, say, change all of their avatars to something inappropriate.
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/19/2016 6:00 PM
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andypanther: If the resultant playthrough is entertaining, then it can be published to Moons. The rules against Vaulting sports game speedruns is to prevent boring "bare minimum" completion scenarios, which are publishable under Vault rules in other genres of game.
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/19/2016 5:50 AM
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The difference between a human-powered speedrun and a TAS is that the human can fail, or will have to make judgments on the fly, whereas the TAS benefits from rewinding, memory state knowledge, and frame precision. These advantages are some of the reasons why sports games are considered trivial to complete under Vault conditions (quickest victory, etc.). How do you win at baseball optimally? Score ten runs and end the inning. How do you win at football optimally? Score one point and wind down the clock. How do you win at American Football optimally? Kick a field goal and wind down the clock. These would not be entertaining to watch, even with the rampant potential for AI misuse. The "Own goal?! SNES soccer TAS" that you make reference to (that I mentioned in my other post) is entertaining. It has entertaining qualities that go above and beyond the rules of football. You know that, you've watched it. It's actually fun to watch, and there's a "Wow!" factor beyond "yaaaay it's digital football". As to your comment about different games in the same family of a sport's games not necessarily being substantially different, tell me, did the rules of American Football change drastically between 1991 and 1992? I'm pretty sure that they didn't, so any simulation of the same is going to look similar, even if the player names and underlying stat numbers are slightly different from year to year.
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/19/2016 5:30 AM
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I'd like to add that these rules are for the Vault - the most basic completion goals available to the site. Nothing is preventing you from trying to make an entertaining video out of any of these games, the rule just specifies that less-entertaining runs of these games are ineligible for publication to the Vault. The site has a couple of really entertaining sports games published (not to the Vault): http://tasvideos.org/1118M.html and http://tasvideos.org/1438M.html come to mind.
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
Posted: 5/18/2016 9:47 AM
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Well, unless there is a way to revert to a previous gamestate and supply (sub-)frame precise input, that's not going to be plausible.
I am still the wizard that did it. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." -- Satoru Iwata <scrimpy> at least I now know where every map, energy and save room in this game is
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