Okay. Brief introduction. I've been playing different puyo games for a while now, and hadn't started hitting runs until recently (and I admit I have a lot to learn, both skill and mechanical).

For about a week I have been running the "RunRun" course in easy, since the AI ​​is somewhat slower and helps me send the garbage on time.

Anyway, while I was taking a break today I thought that a blindfolded run of this course would really be possible (without using continues). And since I have investigated and I have not found any blindfolded puyo game ever, I wanted to train, you know, to be the first in something.

Theoretically RunRun course is the best for this. Only three colors appear in the first two battles, so the possibility of matching colors is much higher than in normal games. The last game would simply depend on RNG and I love that.

In short, I have prepared everything I need, I have turned the chair 180 degrees and started playing while recording it to analyze everything later, and I was surprised that after just over 5 minutes of starting recording I have succeeded.

Above is the recording of this session (slightly edited to avoid wasting time). I know that it cannot be considered valid formally since I have not used any type of camera that shows that I am blindfolded, but still for me it is a totally legitimate attempt.

It has been quite fun and I advise you to try it. As general advice, I recommend to listen carefully how long it takes for the puyo to fall to know how much distance is left to the ceiling, and before being in a critical situation the music will change, so you do not have to overwhelm yourself in really long games.

I'll keep reporting if I get some better time or if get another interesting tip on this topic around here.

What do you guys think about blindfolding in puyo?

Of course, I'm not taking my eyes off that wall on the left. There must be some other way to spawn it but I'm not spending any more time with it for now ;)

Trying to replicate it, this is the closest thing I could get.

This works 100% of the time (tested on the old patch). It works by starting a new game and also by playing the level after the game ends. However you need that set up to achieve it and I don't know how "legal" it is in a run. What do you think?

My bad for relying only on the wr and having started practicing directly instead of seeing more runs to have more general awareness of the game. I will try to place a checkpoint when opening the door and try to replicate the error as much as I can until I find something we can use ;)

Footage of my last run pending validation on the site. Upon entering the cave I did not realize that the cube had already spawned from the beginning (and it takes me a long time to realize that it is there).

Does anyone have any clue as to how this could have happened? It can be useful to know how to do it to replicate it in other runs and save time.

Edit: Found a way to replicate the error. You can find the method below.

I have already tested it on the old version and it worked without problems. I didn't expect that skip to be that simple actually. Thanks a lot! Now it's time to practice :)

Thanks for the information and the quick responses! I'm going to download the old patch and start gathering useful information that can help us to reduce the time as much as possible ;)

As for the chapter six skip, I mean the haunted house skip that @SourGrenade replied (min. 17:03 of your current speedrun wr). Could you give more details about what happens in that part?

For now I'm going to work on a partial chapter 3 skip. I want to know if there is a faster way to enter the cave beyond the current route. Thanks!

Hi! Liked this game enough to try hitting a few runs. I wonder what differences there are between the current version of Steam and that one published in the forum. I also wonder how to skip the house from chapter 6 (do you have to pause and do something specific?). Thank you!