i just completed the game yesterday, and honestly, it's probably my greatest achievement took me several years of on-and-off playing (it was my first fangame) this video actually served as a pretty significant inspiration for me
It's been... a long time since I did this, but my vague recollection is that your Y velocity increases as you fall (obviously, that's gravity!) so if you're falling when the block disappears you've already accelerated and are at max speed. Timed properly it saves a few frames.
I've heard from a few TASers that recreating sound is super annoying. Couldn't someone write a script that simply logs if a sound is called by the engine and store it with the frame number? Then, the script could play/insert the logged sounds when you create the actual video. If you go back 12 frames, just truncate 12 and start again.
I did something very similar to this; I modified the game itself so that every time it played a sound it would write the frame number to a file based on which sound it was, so that at the end I'd have a file with frame numbers for each sound. I then used FFMPEG and a small Java program to build sound files for each sound, and then added them to the video. It was kind of a bitch to get working properly, but it's a lot easier than placing them manually. I suspect it could be done more easily, but it works so I never bothered changing it.
Uh, sort of both? It's a TAS of the game - to copy/paste from my Twitch page: TAS stands for Tool Assisted Speedrun. In essence, a TAS program allows 3 things; frame advance, which allows the player to play through the game frame by frame; save states, which allow the player to revert to previous states for another attempt; and recording/replay of the player's inputs. Together this allows the player to optimize their inputs to beat the game as quickly as possible on a level beyond a normal human's ability. So this is sort of a "hacked" playthrough, but the point is more to show as close to a perfect playthrough of the game as possible, as opposed to a walkthrough.
I would've gotten back to Stage 1 to get the Expert rank *before* going to trigger the big red ? switch, that way you don't waste like 2 minutes of input waiting on the true end cutscene to go to stage 1 from the menu
It's been many, many years since I did this but my assumption is that you're not able to access the menu that lets you redo stages before you finish that cutscene? But that could be wrong and it could just be a mistake, it's been too long for me to recall properly lol.
8 bit Tundra - EliteFerrex Afro-Ninja Theme Song - KTRECORDS Bad Apple Sweet Melody - Flandre-SDM Cellular - EnV Donkey Kong Land - Boss Eternal Dreams - T-Free Fallen Hero - Lemonxreaper FireFrost - EnV Firestorm - Cornandbeans Haunted Woods - Waterflame Keygen music - Keygenjukebox Levan Polka - Miku Link to the Past - Ending Paladin - EnV Quiz's Chance - JohnDare SRW 2nd - Lost Children Swing Bit Brawl - Waterflame TCP Elevator Music - tijnn Zephyra - Newsect There's a list of songs used. I don't know which one it actually is, as it's been a while since IO made this video.
It's been a long time since I touched fangames but if I recall correctly bad align corners require you to do a jump on the correct frame to not hit either spike - you can hear the second jump partway through the corner in the video, in fact.
If youre talking about the normal stage 8, its T-Free - Eternal dreams. It's not on youtbe, but it's on Newgrounds. The song in upside down stage 8 is Env - Firefrost.
In the Leek Room where he got the "Eat The Vegetables" achievement, it punishes you for trying to use the TNT, and kills you if you use it, which is why that achievement exists.
![[TAS] Not Another Magic Tower Game. To Fabla.](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/l44FdwUTcnI/mqdefault.jpg)
i just completed the game yesterday, and honestly, it's probably my greatest achievement
took me several years of on-and-off playing (it was my first fangame)
this video actually served as a pretty significant inspiration for me
Merg is in for a hell of a ride ;)
I still wanna know what happens if you get to floor 187 upside down without any deaths BibleThump
I tried and it was exactly the same as the normal mode. That is, narrator says "No deaths so far? You might just have what it takes."
Wonderful TAS.
Fantastic job Whyte.
40:05
Just a question out of curiosity, does the jump you do here before falling down actually help reducing time or is it just done for effect?
It's been... a long time since I did this, but my vague recollection is that your Y velocity increases as you fall (obviously, that's gravity!) so if you're falling when the block disappears you've already accelerated and are at max speed. Timed properly it saves a few frames.
@@WhytefangYT That's very interesting, thanks!
did you finally snap after the 9043 record and started doing a TAS
In secret 8, there are supposed to be sounds when you touch [X JUMP] and [8 JUMP]. Can you add those sounds?
(Yes, I know it's not 8, it's "infinite")
Серъёзно, везде.
H1pper _ Раз ты меня видишь везде, то ты тоже везде.
+H1pper _ Именно.
I've heard from a few TASers that recreating sound is super annoying. Couldn't someone write a script that simply logs if a sound is called by the engine and store it with the frame number? Then, the script could play/insert the logged sounds when you create the actual video. If you go back 12 frames, just truncate 12 and start again.
I did something very similar to this; I modified the game itself so that every time it played a sound it would write the frame number to a file based on which sound it was, so that at the end I'd have a file with frame numbers for each sound. I then used FFMPEG and a small Java program to build sound files for each sound, and then added them to the video. It was kind of a bitch to get working properly, but it's a lot easier than placing them manually.
I suspect it could be done more easily, but it works so I never bothered changing it.
Floor 160-166 has a elevator 'beep' sound while entering the warp
+Whytefang You forgot to add the sounds of the collectables in Stage 3's secret and in the trials.
I feel like this is using cheat engine speed set to 0.0001 XD
Imaz Parkour Well it is a TAS so you're not far off.
Lol
So... Did you actually play this but add the sounds later or is this just a hacked/animated run to show how to get the achievements? I am confused.
Uh, sort of both? It's a TAS of the game - to copy/paste from my Twitch page:
TAS stands for Tool Assisted Speedrun. In essence, a TAS program allows 3 things; frame advance, which allows the player to play through the game frame by frame; save states, which allow the player to revert to previous states for another attempt; and recording/replay of the player's inputs.
Together this allows the player to optimize their inputs to beat the game as quickly as possible on a level beyond a normal human's ability.
So this is sort of a "hacked" playthrough, but the point is more to show as close to a perfect playthrough of the game as possible, as opposed to a walkthrough.
Ok, thanks!
+Whytefang so that's why you were tapping the half plates sooo FRIKIN FAST... xD
I would've gotten back to Stage 1 to get the Expert rank *before* going to trigger the big red ? switch, that way you don't waste like 2 minutes of input waiting on the true end cutscene to go to stage 1 from the menu
It's been many, many years since I did this but my assumption is that you're not able to access the menu that lets you redo stages before you finish that cutscene? But that could be wrong and it could just be a mistake, it's been too long for me to recall properly lol.
Anyone know what the music is called on floor 178????
bad apple
Awesome!
You missed an achievement in the beginning
Smoke X Pretty sure I didn't, but I'll bite; which one?
floor 4, where you can choose to go either left or right. keep changing sides... 0:32 in the video
Smoke X 1:03:05
my bad, didnt see the end
Amazing！！！
48:38 Incorrect Narrator, so who did you murder way before this
song in normal stage 6? also you forgot confused ending
edit: nvm, i was wrong, was in 36:45
8 bit Tundra - EliteFerrex
Afro-Ninja Theme Song - KTRECORDS
Bad Apple Sweet Melody - Flandre-SDM
Cellular - EnV
Donkey Kong Land - Boss
Eternal Dreams - T-Free
Fallen Hero - Lemonxreaper
FireFrost - EnV
Firestorm - Cornandbeans
Haunted Woods - Waterflame
Keygen music - Keygenjukebox
Levan Polka - Miku
Link to the Past - Ending
Paladin - EnV
Quiz's Chance - JohnDare
SRW 2nd - Lost Children
Swing Bit Brawl - Waterflame
TCP Elevator Music - tijnn
Zephyra - Newsect
There's a list of songs used. I don't know which one it actually is, as it's been a while since IO made this video.
thanks.
how to do the corner jump expert?It's impossible
It's been a long time since I touched fangames but if I recall correctly bad align corners require you to do a jump on the correct frame to not hit either spike - you can hear the second jump partway through the corner in the video, in fact.
@@WhytefangYT actually,I don't really understand what you're saying.As it says in 9:08,an "A" align is impossible.But how did you do it?
I just realized that you could have used the TNT after getting the achievement. Then you could save even more time.
Oh wait, then you wouldn't get S-Rank.
and the best ending as far as i know
Why is there the effect of Stage 10 in the churatch room?
+Welowas Ser (Welowasser) I had to edit the game itself to add some things I needed and I must've accidentally added that.
ohh... apple pun.. i get it now. Bad apple XD
23:46 bgm name..? stage 8 and stage 9 bgm57:22 32:16
정인 I posted a list of songs used in a comment further down; take a look through them. I don't know which is used where anymore.
23:46 T-Free - Eternal Dreams
57:22 EnV - Paladin
8:30 hack?
its a tas run he didnt run it a bot did
Where is the hidden room achievement?
It's at 30:38, I go into the room for like two frames.
Whytefang Thanks!
What is the music in Stage 8?
If youre talking about the normal stage 8, its T-Free - Eternal dreams. It's not on youtbe, but it's on Newgrounds. The song in upside down stage 8 is Env - Firefrost.
The Dolphiner In the upside down i know. I playe FireFrost in geometry dash. But thanks for the normal stage 8 sound
TAS:
(T)Chuck
(A)Norris
(S)Mode
Damn, nobody got r/whoosh'ed here
Yes, I do TAS
T - It’s good for you!
A - *smash tebal*
S - _Italics_ *Bold* -Strikethrough-
No stage 1 expert pls fix title
+Justin Lewis u fkin wot m8?
Is this tas?
16.31 No Woosh
25:45 All portals have the "Elevator open" noise instead of a "Woosh".
Stops at the secret on that stage!
U use the wrong song in stage 7 hard mode secret place
where did that 1 death come from?
You have to die to get the Leek achievement.
oh yeah...
In the Leek Room where he got the "Eat The Vegetables" achievement, it punishes you for trying to use the TNT, and kills you if you use it, which is why that achievement exists.
Thanks, but someone already told me that.
Is that a new WR?
Ah, now I get it. You did that frame by frame.
+Welowas Ser (Welowasser) So technically it is. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Welowas Forgot to switch accounts, did ye?
If you TAS a game, it should be at least mentioned in the description, if not in the title. Wouldn't wanna come off as deceptive, now would we?
I mean it can be assumed by the description already…