ZZT Speedrun Challenge!
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ZZT Speedrun Challenge!
Hey! In the near future, I will be holding a speedrun contest. Basically, you use a video screen capture program and record some ZZT game while you're playing it. Then the person that finishes the game in the least amount of time wins.
Right now, I'm thinking that everyone should use the Camtasia Studio Screen Recorder http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp. If anyone suggests any other screen capturing program, please say so!
Anyway, for the first round I may use the game "Castle of ZZT" by HM (2 boards long). Requests are welcome, though the game should preferably be an action game with a limited amount of necessary reading.[/b]
Right now, I'm thinking that everyone should use the Camtasia Studio Screen Recorder http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.asp. If anyone suggests any other screen capturing program, please say so!
Anyway, for the first round I may use the game "Castle of ZZT" by HM (2 boards long). Requests are welcome, though the game should preferably be an action game with a limited amount of necessary reading.[/b]
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I'd like to try town actually.
the other day I beat it for the first time and found out a clever trick. I was going to make a thread on it but figured it would be dumb since it's not like people speedrun zzt games.
Also I always envisioned an Aura speedrun at some point.
Edit: also are there any banned techniques?
Obviously no cheating, but like can you use the pause key and a keyboard to your advantage (but not the hold pause+mouse trick which lets you move so fast you can shoot yourself)
the other day I beat it for the first time and found out a clever trick. I was going to make a thread on it but figured it would be dumb since it's not like people speedrun zzt games.
Also I always envisioned an Aura speedrun at some point.
Edit: also are there any banned techniques?
Obviously no cheating, but like can you use the pause key and a keyboard to your advantage (but not the hold pause+mouse trick which lets you move so fast you can shoot yourself)
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Oh yes, forgot about that. Keyboard only! There will be no way to cheat anyway because the video capture will show it otherwise. And sadly, the game must be played in the windowed mode since the capturing program doesn't support full-screen DOS (unless anyone knows how to get it to work). But anyway, it would be better to record it in windowed mode since you can set the screen capture program to only record the window, reducing the video file size.
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You can run against the water current with the mouse+pawse trick in SZZT too. Also I agree with Q'man about a TSR thingamabooger that records text on screen, cause it would be cool if it also small in size in junk. But the only thing that's close for doing that is <a href="http://angband.oook.cz/cmovs.php">c-movies</a> that's builded in ToME but that too does inflat like a mofo, but it's cool if it was in the upload section beside the corresponding game so you could see how the game works before whatever. Screenshot reader too that uses zztboard format to store screenshots in a single file(That in itself can be easily acomplished).
I would like speedrunning dungeon genra games.
I would like speedrunning dungeon genra games.
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Nanobot made a ZZT board viewer thing for Zeuxworld.
Also the best dungeon game to speedrun would be Sramble Dash Dungeon.
Also the best dungeon game to speedrun would be Sramble Dash Dungeon.
Visit the Museum of ZZT
Follow Worlds of ZZT on Twitter
Apologies for the old post you may have just read.
Follow Worlds of ZZT on Twitter
Apologies for the old post you may have just read.
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LET'S START
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The first speedrun challenge game is Battle Maze Advanced by Apple McTom. You have until Tuesday of next week to play it, master it, speedrun it, and make your eyes bleed because of it.
For video capture, use Easy Video Capture: http://www.video-capture.info/. Under "Options>Video" change the codec to DivX if possible and change the key frames/sec to 25 or so. And then under "Options>Record" select the fixed region to your ZZT window (remember you can't record it in fullscreen). Then hit record and...SPEEDRUN!
LET'S START
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The first speedrun challenge game is Battle Maze Advanced by Apple McTom. You have until Tuesday of next week to play it, master it, speedrun it, and make your eyes bleed because of it.
For video capture, use Easy Video Capture: http://www.video-capture.info/. Under "Options>Video" change the codec to DivX if possible and change the key frames/sec to 25 or so. And then under "Options>Record" select the fixed region to your ZZT window (remember you can't record it in fullscreen). Then hit record and...SPEEDRUN!
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I only beat it the first time the other day when Nadir said it was a lot easier than he remembered.
He was right. If you just LOOK at the rube board you can figure it out instead of giving up instantly.
He was right. If you just LOOK at the rube board you can figure it out instead of giving up instantly.
Visit the Museum of ZZT
Follow Worlds of ZZT on Twitter
Apologies for the old post you may have just read.
Follow Worlds of ZZT on Twitter
Apologies for the old post you may have just read.