This is an improvement on #5891: adelikat's AppleII Zork I: The Great Underground Empire "Fastest eaten by a grue" in 00:15.00, from 900 to 500 frames. The previous inputs were:
go e go s go e open window go in go u go u
The new inputs are:
s.e.open.in.u.u [Plus an extra Return to dismiss a [MORE] prompt.]
The timesaves are:
- Omitting the initial
go ecommand that tries to move into the blocked front door. - Removing all
go. For example,sdoes the same asgo sand is shorter. - Shortening
open windowtoopen. The object of the command is implied. - Putting all the commands on one line, separated by
.. This doesn't makeYOU HAVE DIEDarrive any quicker, but it allows ending input early. The large amount of output produced by the combined commands requires buffering an additional press of Return to dismiss a[MORE]prompt that appears, but that can be done immediately after entering the commands.
The altered command schedule affects the RNG differently. I had to add 2 frames of delay before entering the commands in order to actually get eaten by a grue in the end.
See https://archive.org/details/zork-appleii-tas-grue-20250708 for an encode and source code.