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We haven't updated the thread since most information about this game has just been between conversations with Saver and I and on our streams.
I made a speedrunning tutorial. It's a bit outdated at this point but it still gives you a lot of the major concepts of the run.
The two runs that have seen the most amount of change are Bunny 100% (which got into SGDQ 2014) and Chelsea Any%.
Here is the Chelsea Any% run that Saver did. The magic starts at 3:23
There is a glitch with Chelsea's Vermilion Lord ability that, in short, turns her into a zombie after 10 seconds or so if you activate it right after you get hit. She becomes invulnerable to everything except landing on the ground, which instantly kills her even if you have elixirs (they get drained 1 per active frame). There is one way to avoid complete death, and that is to do a room transition into an area you haven't been in before with the area cutscene.
If you reverse time during the end of those 10 seconds, something funky happens. The game reverses time 10 seconds before Vermilion Lord was activated, and will even change the room you're in without changing Chelsea's relative position. What makes this even more interesting is you can even go through areas of different save files (including Bunny's!) if you activate the time warp glitch within 10 seconds of loading your game. The game will backtrack to the last thing you did before you loaded the save.
A couple more things:
For some reason in Bunny vs Chelsea (as Bunny), if you die, the door to the final room along with the room transition opens up.
Chelsea's only offensive option in the Vermilion Lord state is to stomp.
Put them all together and you can cheese pretty much the entire game as Chelsea.
Bunny 100% hasn't had anything fancy other than optimizations, but time is still being saved be large chunks and the competition has been pretty tough. The records kept going back and forth between me and Saver every week. It started to die down for a month since I couldn't get it back, but I finally did. One reason I wanted to update the SDA thread is that it goes below the original Any% run.
It'll probably be beaten within a week anyway since Saver likes to have all of the records.
I made a speedrunning tutorial. It's a bit outdated at this point but it still gives you a lot of the major concepts of the run.
The two runs that have seen the most amount of change are Bunny 100% (which got into SGDQ 2014) and Chelsea Any%.
Here is the Chelsea Any% run that Saver did. The magic starts at 3:23
There is a glitch with Chelsea's Vermilion Lord ability that, in short, turns her into a zombie after 10 seconds or so if you activate it right after you get hit. She becomes invulnerable to everything except landing on the ground, which instantly kills her even if you have elixirs (they get drained 1 per active frame). There is one way to avoid complete death, and that is to do a room transition into an area you haven't been in before with the area cutscene.
If you reverse time during the end of those 10 seconds, something funky happens. The game reverses time 10 seconds before Vermilion Lord was activated, and will even change the room you're in without changing Chelsea's relative position. What makes this even more interesting is you can even go through areas of different save files (including Bunny's!) if you activate the time warp glitch within 10 seconds of loading your game. The game will backtrack to the last thing you did before you loaded the save.
A couple more things:
For some reason in Bunny vs Chelsea (as Bunny), if you die, the door to the final room along with the room transition opens up.
Chelsea's only offensive option in the Vermilion Lord state is to stomp.
Put them all together and you can cheese pretty much the entire game as Chelsea.
Bunny 100% hasn't had anything fancy other than optimizations, but time is still being saved be large chunks and the competition has been pretty tough. The records kept going back and forth between me and Saver every week. It started to die down for a month since I couldn't get it back, but I finally did. One reason I wanted to update the SDA thread is that it goes below the original Any% run.
It'll probably be beaten within a week anyway since Saver likes to have all of the records.
You could, but the Bunny Any% route would have to be different. Making that final save for bunny requires the purple orb which is quite a detour. If you're going to do a run like that you might as well do a 7+ time powerup run from a blank file to unlock Chelsea, then do Chelsea's any% run.
The 7 time powerup route would differ from the any% route by picking up the time powerup in jade, doing the sword warp into Septentrion back door but then going right back into fire picking up the time powerup, then the purple orb, then warping off of the time powerup after cat. The 7th time powerup you just pick up in Septentrion.
I don't know how willing we'd do this run though. It's more difficult than the regular any% which is already really reset heavy. I'll think about it.
One thing I forgot about Chelsea any%:
For maximum time saving we have a save file with no health powerups and 6+ time powerups so we can die/recall fast with the setup and save about 1 second by heal cancelling the intro "let's go go go!".
The 7 time powerup route would differ from the any% route by picking up the time powerup in jade, doing the sword warp into Septentrion back door but then going right back into fire picking up the time powerup, then the purple orb, then warping off of the time powerup after cat. The 7th time powerup you just pick up in Septentrion.
I don't know how willing we'd do this run though. It's more difficult than the regular any% which is already really reset heavy. I'll think about it.
One thing I forgot about Chelsea any%:
For maximum time saving we have a save file with no health powerups and 6+ time powerups so we can die/recall fast with the setup and save about 1 second by heal cancelling the intro "let's go go go!".
Here's a mockup of the differences and glitches between the Japanese and Steam versions:
General Differences
Japanese Rev 0609 16 Version
Timer and game play is normal
Original music
Cat sprite is original
Dracula has little health
Saving gains 20 seconds to the timer
Purple area - you can see everything, even with darkened light
No leader boards
Steam Version
Timer and game play is 1/60th of a frame slower
Original and remixed music
Cat sprite is either original or new
Dracula has 3x more health
Saving gains 100 seconds to the timer
Purple area - a light radius surrounds you depending on how many lights/lanterns are nearby, unable to see past the darkness
Has a steam leader board for Bunny Any%, Bunny 100%, Chelsea Any%, and Chelsea 100%
Bunny Must Die Version Differences
Japanese Rev 0609 16 Version
Warping of the sign to the entrance of fire is successful
Can stomp on torches under time stop
4 time power: attacking an enemy wastes time power
Stomping during time stop loses time
Cannot auto-die from mass stomping
Time power cannot overflow
Torches in the green door room in fire
Green door in fire has a switch exit
Steam Version
Warping of the sign to the entrance of fire crushes you under the floor
Cannot stomp on torches under time stop
4 time power: attacking an enemy unstops time
Stomping during time stop gains gain
Stomp on an enemy while time stopped fast enough for 20 seconds and auto die (2nd room in church works well)
Time power can overflow by stomping (auto-death glitch)
No torches in the green room in fire?
Green door room in fire has a platform exit
Chelsea and the Seven Devils Version Differences
Japanese Rev 0609 16 Version
Lanterns that held weapons in BMD hold 1 mana crystal
The elixir that requires 4 gates broken in purple requires 3 mana power
Using an elixir restores full health
Vermillion Lord's bar drops only when you move
Screw Jump uses up one mana
Ladder does not use up any mana
Steam Version
All lanterns gives mana crystals BMD style
The elixir that requires 4 gates broken in purple require 1 mana power
Using an elixir restores 1 heart container worth of health
Vermillion Lord's bar drops steadily and when you move
Screw Jump does not use up any mana
Ladder uses up one mana
General Glitches
Reverse time in Jade Tower to skip all three pumpkin mini-bosses
Pausing and going to return to title before reading a text box resets the room
Victory Pose Cancel (Get Hit / Time power recover ability / climb up a ladder)
Attack + Jump + Start + Let go of Attack or jump = Return to title
While paused, holding escape and selecting continue game lets your advance one more frame.
Delete a Save, then restart the game without going to quit game, the save still exists.
Music skip glitch
Bunny Must Die Glitches
Double Recall (spam the time key after pressing it to recall)
Final Bunny Room - Move Bunny more towards the middle of the room (keep resetting the room via any of the text in there)
Dash bottom right to go past the floor in rooms that don’t hold another tile to the right (OOB areas and final boss of Chelsea's story)
When reversing time all the way, you can see a few frames on your last save file
Church tank clip in the room with the 2nd switch (requires time stopping and going around the tank)
Lose ammo of weapon when attacking and reversing time.
Alice Phase 2 skip (kill under time stop)
Chelsea 2 soft lock (by reversing time)
Chelsea 3.5 skip (kill in midair before transition)
Chelsea 5 - Missing sword(s) (you have to be at the right side of the room, randomly happens)
Chelsea 6/7 - soft lock
Chelsea 6 finish stuck glitch - after wrong warping Chelsea kill text
Chelsea goes boom (reset room on final Chelsea text after defeating her)
When you die at Chelsea, if the spike hammer is still hitting her, she will eventually blow up.
Heal Canceling in general
Open door and keep the orb (specific doors only)
Get heart while dead and still live
Get crushed by moving platforms (purple and fire)
Clip through platform by time reversing (fire after heart room)
Wrong Warp off Text
Chelsea and the Seven Devils Glitches
Zombie Death Walk (Red)
Zombie Death Time Warp (Blue)
Extra Dolls used when returning to title after being crushed
If zombie death time warp fails, eats up all elixers one by one
Attack on ladder during zombie death walk (red)
Reversing time all the way after a save point can turn lanterns into mana crystals (Steam version forest heart room)
Zombie death touch ground and enter a new room / area for the first time = alive
Multi-Ladder (Ladder, vermillion lord, get ladder, reverse time, exit lord)
Ladder Climb on left side (either ladder at bottom right entrance (room before tank) or ladder on blocks in forest heart room 1
Put ladder on left door entrance of tank boss room. When the door is closed, go on the ladder to crush yourself.
When a ladder is placed and you return to title before a text box to reset the room, the ladder is unusable and blinking as if its active.
When you lose an elixir to the tank, berserk mode activates (still defeatable)
Early tank kill by only seeing 1 pixel of the tank before activating the battle text, then duck and attack.
When using eye of the gods, then quickly room transition, the effect and damage still takes place (try Septentrion save before final shaft, left room transition)
If you kill bunny but you die before the victory pose, bunny will bounce back and forth in her hurt animation
Update on the speedruns
As for the current status on the 100% speedruns, me and PinkPajamas are still tossing the WR back and forth. I found two new routes that are much different than the one from the video above. Both of these routes are relatively the same in terms of time (it used to be a 6 second difference between them, until I noticed that one route uses less warps, which saves around two additional seconds per warp...that and just some small optimizations). The current routes for 100% are as follows:
100% Route 4: Four Warp Gauntlet (16:25.97 by PinkPajamas)
100% Route 4.5: Full Reverse Purple (16:16.16 by Saver, current WR)
The current world records for Bunny are
12% No WW: [21.35.8](www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7BhT91nW2E) by Saver
Any% No WW: [13:28](www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAFvKzlz7b8) by Saver
100% No WW: [31:58](www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5OrF7bHg3c) by PinkPajamas
12%: [21.35.8](www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7BhT91nW2E) by Saver
Any%: [6:31](www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCv2gFGk-ng) by Saver
100%: [16:16](www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n6M0ITeX-g) by Saver
@Patashu: I looked into TASVideos on how to submit stuff on there and its confusing!!! I don't know what to do and hows its done D:
SGDQ hype!
General Differences
Japanese Rev 0609 16 Version
Timer and game play is normal
Original music
Cat sprite is original
Dracula has little health
Saving gains 20 seconds to the timer
Purple area - you can see everything, even with darkened light
No leader boards
Steam Version
Timer and game play is 1/60th of a frame slower
Original and remixed music
Cat sprite is either original or new
Dracula has 3x more health
Saving gains 100 seconds to the timer
Purple area - a light radius surrounds you depending on how many lights/lanterns are nearby, unable to see past the darkness
Has a steam leader board for Bunny Any%, Bunny 100%, Chelsea Any%, and Chelsea 100%
Bunny Must Die Version Differences
Japanese Rev 0609 16 Version
Warping of the sign to the entrance of fire is successful
Can stomp on torches under time stop
4 time power: attacking an enemy wastes time power
Stomping during time stop loses time
Cannot auto-die from mass stomping
Time power cannot overflow
Torches in the green door room in fire
Green door in fire has a switch exit
Steam Version
Warping of the sign to the entrance of fire crushes you under the floor
Cannot stomp on torches under time stop
4 time power: attacking an enemy unstops time
Stomping during time stop gains gain
Stomp on an enemy while time stopped fast enough for 20 seconds and auto die (2nd room in church works well)
Time power can overflow by stomping (auto-death glitch)
No torches in the green room in fire?
Green door room in fire has a platform exit
Chelsea and the Seven Devils Version Differences
Japanese Rev 0609 16 Version
Lanterns that held weapons in BMD hold 1 mana crystal
The elixir that requires 4 gates broken in purple requires 3 mana power
Using an elixir restores full health
Vermillion Lord's bar drops only when you move
Screw Jump uses up one mana
Ladder does not use up any mana
Steam Version
All lanterns gives mana crystals BMD style
The elixir that requires 4 gates broken in purple require 1 mana power
Using an elixir restores 1 heart container worth of health
Vermillion Lord's bar drops steadily and when you move
Screw Jump does not use up any mana
Ladder uses up one mana
General Glitches
Reverse time in Jade Tower to skip all three pumpkin mini-bosses
Pausing and going to return to title before reading a text box resets the room
Victory Pose Cancel (Get Hit / Time power recover ability / climb up a ladder)
Attack + Jump + Start + Let go of Attack or jump = Return to title
While paused, holding escape and selecting continue game lets your advance one more frame.
Delete a Save, then restart the game without going to quit game, the save still exists.
Music skip glitch
Bunny Must Die Glitches
Double Recall (spam the time key after pressing it to recall)
Final Bunny Room - Move Bunny more towards the middle of the room (keep resetting the room via any of the text in there)
Dash bottom right to go past the floor in rooms that don’t hold another tile to the right (OOB areas and final boss of Chelsea's story)
When reversing time all the way, you can see a few frames on your last save file
Church tank clip in the room with the 2nd switch (requires time stopping and going around the tank)
Lose ammo of weapon when attacking and reversing time.
Alice Phase 2 skip (kill under time stop)
Chelsea 2 soft lock (by reversing time)
Chelsea 3.5 skip (kill in midair before transition)
Chelsea 5 - Missing sword(s) (you have to be at the right side of the room, randomly happens)
Chelsea 6/7 - soft lock
Chelsea 6 finish stuck glitch - after wrong warping Chelsea kill text
Chelsea goes boom (reset room on final Chelsea text after defeating her)
When you die at Chelsea, if the spike hammer is still hitting her, she will eventually blow up.
Heal Canceling in general
Open door and keep the orb (specific doors only)
Get heart while dead and still live
Get crushed by moving platforms (purple and fire)
Clip through platform by time reversing (fire after heart room)
Wrong Warp off Text
Chelsea and the Seven Devils Glitches
Zombie Death Walk (Red)
Zombie Death Time Warp (Blue)
Extra Dolls used when returning to title after being crushed
If zombie death time warp fails, eats up all elixers one by one
Attack on ladder during zombie death walk (red)
Reversing time all the way after a save point can turn lanterns into mana crystals (Steam version forest heart room)
Zombie death touch ground and enter a new room / area for the first time = alive
Multi-Ladder (Ladder, vermillion lord, get ladder, reverse time, exit lord)
Ladder Climb on left side (either ladder at bottom right entrance (room before tank) or ladder on blocks in forest heart room 1
Put ladder on left door entrance of tank boss room. When the door is closed, go on the ladder to crush yourself.
When a ladder is placed and you return to title before a text box to reset the room, the ladder is unusable and blinking as if its active.
When you lose an elixir to the tank, berserk mode activates (still defeatable)
Early tank kill by only seeing 1 pixel of the tank before activating the battle text, then duck and attack.
When using eye of the gods, then quickly room transition, the effect and damage still takes place (try Septentrion save before final shaft, left room transition)
If you kill bunny but you die before the victory pose, bunny will bounce back and forth in her hurt animation
Update on the speedruns
As for the current status on the 100% speedruns, me and PinkPajamas are still tossing the WR back and forth. I found two new routes that are much different than the one from the video above. Both of these routes are relatively the same in terms of time (it used to be a 6 second difference between them, until I noticed that one route uses less warps, which saves around two additional seconds per warp...that and just some small optimizations). The current routes for 100% are as follows:
100% Route 4: Four Warp Gauntlet (16:25.97 by PinkPajamas)
100% Route 4.5: Full Reverse Purple (16:16.16 by Saver, current WR)
The current world records for Bunny are
12% No WW: [21.35.8](www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7BhT91nW2E) by Saver
Any% No WW: [13:28](www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAFvKzlz7b8) by Saver
100% No WW: [31:58](www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5OrF7bHg3c) by PinkPajamas
12%: [21.35.8](www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7BhT91nW2E) by Saver
Any%: [6:31](www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCv2gFGk-ng) by Saver
100%: [16:16](www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n6M0ITeX-g) by Saver
@Patashu: I looked into TASVideos on how to submit stuff on there and its confusing!!! I don't know what to do and hows its done D:
SGDQ hype!