thoughts on starting frame
8 months ago
Scotland

disclaimer: i am uninformed and have never even beat one way out, let alone speedrun it; i am uninformed.

currently for full game categories, runs start the frame you load in. i think it would make more sense for runs to start the first frame you move, so you can get energy before the run starts. speedrunning one way out isn't about answering questions fast, so it would only make sense for that to not be a part of speedrunning the game.

i'd love to hear other peoples' opinions on this.

United States

Tbh I agree, I honestly don't know why retro made that the starting frame when the starting frame for Don't Look Down hasn't included answering questions for months now.

North Carolina, USA

@calumm The Top-Down nature of the game makes more sense to simply be when you load in, as opposed to platformer that makes more sence to start at a mark in the map.

The players that have been speedrunning this game before it was added to Speedrun agreed on this starting frame.

Edited by the author 7 months ago
Maryland, USA

I agree with @calumm, idk why it is the frame you load in. It makes more sense to start a run once you move. How fast you can spam shouldn't be a contributing factor in your overall time

Edited by the author 7 months ago
United States

Ok this is like 2 months old but yeah we changed the starting frame of tutorial because we spawned in different spots and it was unnecessary RNG, so I don't see the reason why we shouldn't change it to first frame the barrier is broken