Escape Goat 2

2014-04-08 12:36:54 am

Hey guys, I recently started speedrunning, and I chose Escape Goat 2 as my first game!
I don't have a good any% single segment yet, but I have decent individual room times.

I think I use the same strats as everyone else for now, except for a room, 6-4, where I manage to get a 5:xx every 3 or 5 attempts (5:05 being my best, 4:xx is definitely possible). I just wanted to share this, as I didn't see this kind of time here yet.

Any% runs to come pretty soon!

NostraDamon

2014-04-08 12:48:18 am

Confirmed, I just got 4:68 on room 6-4. It's getting more consistent.

Yagamoth

2014-04-08 03:58:20 am

INTJ

Yay, another runner, welcome =)

4:68 in 6-4? .. How? Do you have a video for that room strategy?

UberGoose

2014-04-08 01:12:18 pm

My PB video is currently processing on YouTube, I'll post it when it's done. Also, I had an idea, since we have written strats as well as eventually videos of each room for the wiki, why not have a quick reference image including path? I made an example one for 1-1, tell me what you guys think:

Red is goat path, pink is continued goat path (once they cross), arrows are charge, yellow dots are jumps, rat would probably be blue

StingerPA

2014-04-08 01:38:16 pm

I think we were planning for animated gifs on each page, but you'd have to ask Cation to confirm.

NostraDamon

2014-04-08 04:03:42 pm

Here is a video for 6-4:

This is pretty consistent with the right timing, I get it every 3-4 attempts.
Just release Henry and dash to the left 2-3 frames after.

OrthoLabs

2014-04-08 04:43:23 pm

That's a very impressive find, very nice!

NostraDamon

2014-04-08 04:49:55 pm

Thanks!
As you can see in the video, I don't have the big red/green timer showing up when beating a level. How do I get that? (I'm in speedrun mode already)

OrthoLabs

2014-04-08 04:51:12 pm

There is a config file you have to edit under your Documents folder or equivalent. ex; C:\Users\Nia\Documents\Escape Goat 2\

Open up the SpeedrunData.json file, and find "ShowRoomDeltas":false near the bottom, change that to true.

NostraDamon

2014-04-08 05:23:15 pm

Got it, thank you so much!

Yagamoth

2014-04-08 06:41:41 pm

INTJ

Wow.. That's quite something. I was brainstorming during work on how to do that, but nothing seemed fast enough. Nice find Smiley

NostraDamon

2014-04-08 10:13:15 pm

Thanks Yaga.
Do you guys have a link for the wiki, or is it currently WIP?

And can we call the 6-4 trick "Nostra's Skip"? Smiley

Yagamoth

2014-04-08 11:01:01 pm

INTJ

Wiki is a WIP, but I assume we can link it
http://cationsk.be/eg2/index.php?title=Main_Page

I prefer "Nostra Skip", because too many "S"s can't be pronounced ^^

NostraDamon

2014-04-08 11:04:45 pm

Ahah, agreed. Thank you for the link.

NostraDamon

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NostraDamon: 2014-04-10 02:35:42 am

NostraDamon: 2014-04-10 02:35:19 am

2014-04-10 02:30:15 am

Hey guys, I made some icons that I use for my splits.
You might be interested in some of those, so I decided to share:

Here is my set:

You can download everything at once here: http://bit.ly/1qvufcB
If you want an icon that's missing, don't hesitate to ask!

Hey guys, I made some icons that I use for my splits.
You might be interested in some of those, so I decided to share:

[img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_barrel.png[/img] [img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_bones.png[/img] [img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_cape.png[/img] [img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_crate.png[/img] [img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_crate2.png[/img] [img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_crate3.png[/img] [img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_death.png[/img] [img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_exit.png[/img]
[img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_goat.png[/img] [img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_grass.png[/img] [img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_hammer.png[/img] [img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_hat.png[/img] [img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_ice.png[/img] [img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_key.png[/img] [img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_mouse.png[/img] [img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_necromouse.png[/img]
[img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_rock.png[/img] [img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_rock2.png[/img] [img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_skull.png[/img] [img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_snake.png[/img] [img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_tesla.png[/img] [img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_tesla2.png[/img] [img]https://googledrive.com/host/0Bxa1t8Yjpxj3X19reFVvVGFtNUE/ico_wood.png[/img]

Here is my set:

[img]http://i.imgur.com/iqjl2JE.png[/img]

You can download everything at once here: [url]http://bit.ly/1qvufcB[/url]
If you want an icon that's missing, don't hesitate to ask!

NostraDamon

2014-04-10 11:35:30 pm

I started to stream my runs on: http://www.twitch.tv/nostradamon
The quality is not great and I got some lag, but I'm gotta get a new pc pretty soon, and that should improve everything Smiley

Vulajin

2014-04-11 01:36:37 am

Reminder for everyone! The second weekly race(s) will be tomorrow night, Friday, April 11, at 8:00 PM PT / 11:00 PM ET (5:00 AM Saturday YagaT). We'll be doing an any% run followed by a 100% run!

NostraDamon

2014-04-11 01:42:32 am

I'm in, but I never did races. How does it work, is there any prerequisites?

Vulajin

2014-04-11 01:49:39 am

You'll want to register a nickname on the SRL IRC. You can find out how to do so here: http://www.speedrunslive.com/faq/ (look under "How do I participate in SRL Races?")

Once you're in the IRC, it's not super-complicated. We can help you figure it out if needed.

Blechy

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Blechy: 2014-04-11 07:45:04 pm

Blechy: 2014-04-11 07:44:12 pm

2014-04-11 07:43:55 pm

On a related topic, there will be a scheduled race of EG2 on SRL, taking place on Saturday April 26th, 2pm EST / 7pm GMT. It's particularly exciting as not only will the developer of the game be joining the race, but he'll actually be awarding the winner with a Steam achievement named after them!

I hope to see you runners of this game there; I personally will be joining blind, and I'd encourage anyone who thinks they won't do well to join anyway. Only thing to know is that streaming is required since it's a PC game.

That's the bulk of the information for now, but I'll edit this post with a link to the developer's blog when it's available sometime next week, containing further details. We're working on some other fun ideas for this race too, but need to confirm them.

Yagamoth

2014-04-11 07:49:54 pm

INTJ

Awesome

Theodrassil

2014-04-12 12:19:53 am

So the first 100% runs were done today, WR after the first day of runs - 1:00:47 Gametime, 1:10:29 Realtime, 53 Deaths
http://www.twitch.tv/theodrassil/c/4050881

Theodrassil

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Theodrassil: 2014-04-12 09:01:09 pm

2014-04-12 09:00:18 pm

New any% WR 15:04 Gametime / 18:34 Realtime 2 Deaths
http://www.twitch.tv/theodrassil/c/4055998

Lost a ton of time in parish to really stupid mistakes =/

Yagamoth

2014-04-13 03:38:00 am

INTJ

Nice improvement - going for all the boost jumps o0

You may want to take a look at my 3-3 strategy though, probably saves you an easy half second without any risks

NostraDamon

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NostraDamon: 2014-04-13 05:29:54 am

2014-04-13 05:29:32 am

IMPOSSIBURU strats for 3-3:
http://www.twitch.tv/nostradamon/c/4057880

12:xx with this trick instead of 15:xx, but I think this is way too hard to land to be used in runs.