Summer Games Done Quick 2015

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Ramadu posted:

Why the gently caress do I have to click Event Information then schedule on the website? Why would you do that instead of having the schedule on it's own thing. 2 clicks is hard but more I was scrolling through the main front page because SURELY they would have it on there too. And there is but its alllllllllllllll the way at the bottom in an inline text hyperlink. What the gently caress dudes, thats an awful way to set up an otherwise slick looking website.

The site will likely change a bit once the show starts to make way for a stream embed (and probably an IRC client thing). I wouldn't be surprised if they made the schedule link more apparent as part of that process.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2015 10:55

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 02:38

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As is tradition, A VODs thread has been put up on Reddit.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2015 12:12

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Internet Kraken posted:

Looking a the schedule for the first time, I can't imagine how mind numbing a 2 hour Shenmue speed run must be.

I watched some of Puri's practice recently. It's a... strange game full of bad voice acting, high-risk gambling and phasing through walls.

And we're live!

# ¿ Jul 26, 2015 18:04

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Jarogue posted:

WAIT, Kirby Tilt n Tumble?

On a Gamecube!

Meaning he has to use the entire console as a motion controller.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2015 18:12

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The Humble Bundle thing is up, it actually seems to be a promo sale on their store this time, as opposed to a Bundle. Unless they're doing that separately. I dunno.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2015 18:15

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The HTML5 player still uses Flash for the actual video itself, because it's a WIP.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2015 18:36

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An auspicious beginning.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2015 21:26

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ChibiSoma posted:

Nonstop Talking: The Video Game. Holy poo poo, shut up Sonic and not-Sonics! Is the game normally that chatty or is that because he's blazing through it so quick?

They usually repeat themselves a lot more.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2015 21:39

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Mr E posted:

How do you make a game like that and only have 1 QA

They didn't.

Whether the devs fixed anything they found in the mad deadline rush, however...

# ¿ Jul 26, 2015 22:08

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The Games Done Quick Youtube Channel has already started uploading runs, and has already got everything up to RE3 already up! Actually, wait... something's missing.

:haw:

# ¿ Jul 27, 2015 08:13

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# ¿ Jul 27, 2015 08:45

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Raenir K. Artemi posted:

wait where did that chainsaw come from what

It's a New Game + thing they picked up right near the start to show the idle animation at some point.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2015 08:50

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Some thoughts:

1.) Kinda weird he's running a console version of Stranglehold instead of the PC. Is there any reason? I'd figure that mouselook would allow for more FAST.

2.) This game has aged kind of poorly visually, but such is launch-era PS360/Unreal 3, huh?

3.) Yay, Iceplug's still there watching Absolutely Everything into the nightmare hours!

# ¿ Jul 27, 2015 09:49

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Are we sure he's playing Stranglehold? Nobody's been shot in the penis in glorious slow motion yet.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2015 09:53

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Ahh, there's the Stranglehold I know.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2015 10:33

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These brief freeze-ups are great. Midway is trolling Bonesaw from beyond the grave.

And the cartwheel!

# ¿ Jul 27, 2015 10:45

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It's time for Yu Suzuki's Spooky Ghost Simulator 2001.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2015 11:05

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If you think Shenmue 2 is a boring speedrun, you should see Shenmue 1. I watched Puri's running of it a while back, and since you largely can't skip the work sequences, his pro strats for them were to alt-tab over to Final Fantasy 7 and play that until the work sequence ended. :v:

# ¿ Jul 27, 2015 12:36

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Looks like TASbot will be making one more return appearance after the TASbot block: apparently, the winner of a four-hour "speed-TASing" race will be shown in the setup time between Super Metroid and Chrono Trigger.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2015 16:19

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Rorus Raz posted:

I just looked up the composer for this, and one of his most recent works is Inside Out

Michael Giacchino has come a long goddamn way.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2015 16:37

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Rorus Raz posted:

Yeah, but where did this whole Maui Mallard concept come from? There's no comic or cartoon in Brazil or Europe that inspired this?

Wikipedia claims this weird concept originated with this game, and was never referenced again.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2015 16:41

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victrix posted:

I think a lot of these games were animated directly by Disney. I don't know how or why or when that all worked out, but the end results were pretty stunning.

Mickey Mania and Maui Mallard's animation work was farmed out by Disney to a company called Creative Capers Entertainment, judging by Mobygames.

Disney did, however, provide animation for Genesis Aladdin and The Lion King games. Apparently it was quite a struggle to get the sort of animations games of the time needed from feature film animators...

# ¿ Jul 27, 2015 17:54

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raditts posted:

I've always wondered what Arthur was doing hanging out in his boxers with his girl in a graveyard anyway. Has there ever been an explanation for that one?

There are no public parks in their kingdom. It's a very strange oversight that will likely lead to a peasant revolt just months after the game's conclusion.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2015 19:03

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JerikTelorian posted:

There's an Ecco game but I don't see Blueglass credited anywhere. Is he at this GDQ?

He was sighted in the crowd at the start of the first day, but he's not running anything.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2015 19:34

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TheGreatGildersneeze posted:

tell me more about this... yerrop

They have this thing they call football, but it's really hosed up and weird.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2015 20:25

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TheMcD posted:

Is something wrong with BlueGlass's mic or something? I thought I saw him talking all the time, but I can't hear poo poo.

Haha, he didn't think he was miced up so he wasn't saying anything. :v:

# ¿ Jul 29, 2015 18:55

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The Ecco games are notoriously hard. Sega actually insisted on making a bunch of things easier in the Japanese version. This interview for the 3D Classics re-release talks about it.

# ¿ Jul 29, 2015 18:58

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dis astranagant posted:

New strats live

Casually debuting TAS strats like it's no biggie.

# ¿ Jul 29, 2015 19:02

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Skeleton Games Done Quick 2015

# ¿ Jul 30, 2015 14:41

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The Unofficial F.E.A.R. Speedrun Theme Song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcsMPyjwav8

# ¿ Jul 30, 2015 14:57

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Random Stranger posted:

Oh Unreal engine, are you ever not completely broken?

The level editor was coded in loving Visual Basic, dude.

# ¿ Jul 30, 2015 16:04

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BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:

What kind of Absolute Fuckwit plays Turrican on a loving SNES?

All the Amigas are in the AGDQ tech truck.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2015 13:08

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Cardboard Box A posted:

Chiptune/techno-ish music by Virt

It's actually by Simon Viklund, who also did the awesome Payday 2 soundtracks.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2015 16:16

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I guess doors and walls are nothing, too.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2015 17:39

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Some great infanticide strats being shown off this marathon.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2015 18:05

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BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:

Where is all this getting uploaded on YouTube? I looked at the schedule and almost all the cool stuff I would have wanted to watch happened at like 2am - 6am my time.

Twitch VODs are here.
Official Youtube uploads are here, but they're on a delay and incomplete.

# ¿ Aug 1, 2015 08:18

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Phuzzy posted:

Does anyone know what sort of fuckery is planned for TASBot this year?

My knowledge of TASes of these games is a bit out of date, but...

Megaman 1: Will likely involve an amusing glitch that spawns the end of the level script as a enemy item drop, breaking tons of things along the way
Sonic Advance: Will be a short but funny, if maybe kind of repetitive run where Sonic moves so fast he's off camera 90% of the time
Ikaruga: I have no knowledge of this, but if it works it'll probably be sick because c'mon, it's a Treasure game.
MYSTERY NES GAME: Apparently TASvideos will have four hours to whip up one last TAS as quickly as possible for after the Super Metroid race?

# ¿ Aug 1, 2015 18:40

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Welcome to the sausage factory.

# ¿ Aug 1, 2015 20:14

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Phuzzy posted:

And this is all live cartdrige with he TASBot doing the input, right?

They're using their emulator this time around, because the next game is a GBA game and you can't hook TASbot up to one of those.

# ¿ Aug 1, 2015 20:31

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 02:38

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abraxas posted:

AFAIK TASbot plays an emulator that supports lua scripting and save states so no it's not done on a live cart.

e;fb kind of also I am kind of wrong

To summarise: The emulator is used to craft the TAS run itself (a sequence of inputs). TASbot is the little raspberry pi contraption in ROB's hand that feeds these inputs to various consoles. The cables can be very sensitive to electric interference, though, so mic setups etc. can cause desyncs.

# ¿ Aug 1, 2015 20:33

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