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c-square wrote:
I can tell your dedication will lead to a great TAS soon, either on this game or another.
What a nice comment, c-square! Thank you!
Sorry about your Jeaopardy TAS. I bet it took a lot more work than my wrong guesses :)
It was very clever, but I can kind of see why 26 minutes of that didn't get accepted.
Well, either way, your feedback has inspired me to create a new run: an "Any%" TAS!
http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/45878339804197968Link to video
As I wrote in the userfile, I've imposed a stipulation on this run: No pressing start to skip minigames. Without this, there'd be no gameplay, making the "alternative" TAS the most interesting movie this game has to offer. Which would suck!
I'd like to see that rule worked into an official category somehow, but I don't really know how all that works.
I came up with a cool alternative to the wrong guesses from the previous run: typing out different words along the way to the next letter. It's esentially a more "TAS-like" execution of the same joke.
I may also redo the firefighter portion to have them always move away at the last possible frame, or something. It's kinda bland as is.
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c-square wrote:
the "board game" test
In alternative mode, you draw pictures on the NES and tell the game who won, on the honor system. So you really have a point, there...
Regular mode has some gameplay (which would be skipped) and blind guesses (which would have to be manipulated) involved. I think the 1 in 500 RNG manipulation would be astronomically more effort for a marginally more entertaining movie, but do you suppose it would be more likely to pass the "board game" test?
c-square wrote:
points that felt boring, or like I was just watching a human play
Yeah, I seem to have overestimated how funny those wrong guesses would be.
I'll be lame and justify a couple of the points I think you're referring to:
The paint bucket getting hit (not when suiciding): sloppy workmanship. Sorry.
Boxes getting hit: I was manipulating the positon of the bad guys to make a 6-stack just barely possible. I admit I could have probably done this more quickly and elegantly.
Letting people hit the ground: It is impossible to get that game perfect without some God-tier RNG, which may not even exist. The manual even says something to the effect of, "These people aren't very smart, so don't feel too bad if a few of them don't make it."
c-square wrote:
I have trouble seeing a playaround make it to moons
What about the Family Feud TAS? Someone described it as an "incident" in my userfile, leading me to believe it may be a special case, where similar movies are unlikely to be accepted. I don't claim this TAS is as funny or as fast, I just thought it was a generally accepted type of movie here.
c-square wrote:
The potential I see in this game is TASing one of each minigame as fast as possible.
I think I agree. Due to the board layout, all 4 minigames are necessarily shown off, but there's plenty of cool (but extremely tedious) RNG manipulation involved.
Thank you for your comments. I hope I don't sound too defensive right now; a bad TAS is a bad TAS! I want to fix it if possible, or create something better if not.
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Here's a couple of TASes I thought you guys might like. They're of Pictionary, a game which isn't even on the games list here.
They're basically finished, but I hesitate to call them that without any feedback.
Alternative mode TAS: http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/45772070955058652
Completes the game as fast as possible.
Link to video
Fun Run: http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/45790926035309033
Purely for entertainment. It messes around in the minigames and makes a few funny guesses.
Link to video
Check out the userfile links for more details. Go here for feedback/discussion. Thank you!
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A terrible LJN game with an incredible soundtrack by Tim Follin. The drawing mode is probably the best thing about this game. It's archaic, but it's probably the best anyone could implement this concept on the NES (besides Color a Dinosaur, of course).
I've already created two TASes for it: one that beats "alternative mode," and a purely-for-entertainment one which I'm calling a fun run. Check the userfiles for more details.
Alternative mode TAS: http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/45772070955058652Link to video
Fun Run: http://tasvideos.org/userfiles/info/45790926035309033Link to video
Btw, this game isn't on the drop down list! It's almost as if this is a really obscure and kinda bad game that no one cares about. This may need to be rectified if I make actual submissions of these movies.
