Hey there,

I want to run this game in the near Future, and after watching the top 2 Any% runs I noticed, their aren't glitchless. So I wanted to ask if there is a possibility and of course enough interest to establish this category. (Couldn't find anything similar in the existing threads)

Greetings

We always love seeing new people joining us in the speedrunning community! Currently there isn’t much activity but it all comes in waves. If you want to run glitchless then submit a run and I’ll make the category. I’d maybe do some reorganizing too.

Alright, I'll do as soon as I get to it.

Thx for the fast reply :)

So,

i had some thoughts during my runs.

If a glitchless category will be a thing, what exactly will be count as a glitch etc.

Sleepy Skip?

Mailboxing?

Tombaugh-Skip? You can also use it before the reactor, but would you consider it a glitch?

Did I miss anything?

Also is there any interest bringing the level section back? Would like to tackle that also, to train different sections and still feel satisfied to put in some PB's despite only on a single level in preparation for the big run :) maybe also with Any% and Glitchless.

But you only need these 2 categories for Copernicus Moonhub & Tombaugh imo.

Greetings

Some certainly are more obvious than others, however most of these are exploited elements of ‘intentional game design’. For example mailboxing is simply having the ASE do its perfectly normal respawn but positioning your character so that the respawn is behind a door or wall. That could be up to debate. Sleepy skip is similar although it seems more an oversight from the developers than anything else. The Tombaugh launch is absolutely a glitch in my view. Massively exploiting momentum mechanics and launching out of bounds, and really all out of bounds tricks.

We’ll just have to see I suppose.

I See your Point with the Mailboxing, but there is one instance where I would declare it as a glitch. Where you skip the whole "evil ASE" and go straight to the Moonrover with some out of bounds action. I may go into more detail in the Future, first I have to tackle some glitched Runs :)

Greetings