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Aquaria => Gameplay => Topic started by: Alec on November 26, 2008, 09:57:32 pm

Title: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: Alec on November 26, 2008, 09:57:32 pm
I need this for a little feature I'm working on.

I'm curious what you guys' lowest racing time on the seahorse race is? Also: how did you achieve it?

Thanks. :)
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: Chibi on November 26, 2008, 10:05:05 pm
My lowest time was 1:29 (not very low, but the most efficient). I simply used fish form and ate one hot soup for every thirty seconds. Spirit form seemed much too cumbersome for the race. Hope that helps.  :)

[EDIT] I'll add an edit in a few days showing my very fastest time.

I think Xiagan's fastest time was achieved by bouncing off the walls extremely fast (Derek's favorite activity during editing, apparently)  ;)
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: silverflagon on November 26, 2008, 10:15:39 pm
I managed 1:18 this time but before my lowest was 1:20.
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: smashIt on November 27, 2008, 01:23:30 am
never won at the race, so i gave up on the last treasure  :'(
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: silverflagon on November 27, 2008, 01:58:42 am
never won at the race, so i gave up on the last treasure  :'(
Try just running the course without the timer a few times until you know every twist and turn, and then use fish form and soup, it's not that hard or I wouldn't be able to do it.
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: olly on November 27, 2008, 02:13:56 am
This was one of the easiest parts of the game for me. Fish form and one hot soup right at the end got me 1.28. Second run I tried! Chuffed that this has been found hard. I did however spend about 2 hours on SIMON SAYS before cracking it thou!!  :-\
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: Xidus on November 27, 2008, 08:10:00 am
I did 1:25 with fish form and spirit form, and no items. Strangely when I revisited the area days later my time changed to 1:26 on the stone ???

Are + items cumulative? Could you eat 8 soups and go bonus fast?
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: Alec on November 27, 2008, 08:13:37 am
Thanks guys! :D

Keep 'em coming...
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: Chibi on November 27, 2008, 06:48:40 pm
Are + items cumulative? Could you eat 8 soups and go bonus fast?

I don't think items add on to each other: eating more than one every thirty seconds would just waste soup in the overlapping time.

BTW: overwrote the save for the Arnassi Ruins, my next time will be slow in coming  :)

[EDIT] Ok Silver: should of PM'd him then  :P

Fairly on-topic point: I was slowed down a LOT by hitting the statues on my first three tries.
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: silverflagon on November 27, 2008, 08:25:19 pm
Kep this thread on subject as much as possible guy, Alec needs this info and I am sure that he won't want to search a long thread for the info :D
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: Xidus on November 30, 2008, 08:24:54 am
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Here we go, 1 minute flat with fish form, spirit form, and divine soups (+2 speed). I didn't run it perfect so it's entirely possible to get an even lower time.
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: Xidus on November 30, 2008, 09:01:56 pm
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I practiced a little more and got 53 seconds. Again with fish form, spirit form, and royal soups (speed +2). I learned the optimal distance to use spirit form and moved these 2 form hotkeys to the trigger buttons so I can hit them quicker. I may be mistaken but it seems like the soups count down even when I'm in spirit mode?

50 seconds is probably the limit with this method, if you can run it perfectly (I'm still not perfect). Maybe if someone was really good at wall jumping in beast form and could slow the game down somehow he could get a better time.
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: Halo364 on November 30, 2008, 09:28:34 pm
That... Is... Incredible!

Seriously though... wow. My best time is like 1:18, and you beat that by more than 20 seconds.

When do you use spirit form?
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: Alec on November 30, 2008, 10:26:01 pm
(http://xs233.xs.to/xs233/08480/screen0450.jpg.xs.jpg) (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs233&d=08480&f=screen0450.jpg)

Here we go, 1 minute flat with fish form, spirit form, and divine soups (+2 speed). I didn't run it perfect so it's entirely possible to get an even lower time.


Bad ass, dude.  8)
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: silverflagon on November 30, 2008, 11:09:08 pm
 :o
I wish that I had that much control over her when shes had the soup the gives her that much speed :o
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: Chibi on November 30, 2008, 11:10:38 pm
Wow  :o You have my profound admiration, man. I thought I was good with a 1:20 time.  :) (Achieved with divine soup and numerous collisions with the crotches of statues)  :D

[EDIT]  "I had the exact same problem with control,"   Chibi says as he watches Silverflagon blow smoke off the end of her posting gun  :)
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: silverflagon on December 03, 2008, 01:37:16 am
Wow  :o You have my profound admiration, man. I thought I was good with a 1:20 time.  :) (Achieved with divine soup and numerous collisions with the crotches of statues)  :D

[EDIT]  "I had the exact same problem with control,"   Chibi says as he watches Silverflagon blow smoke off the end of her posting gun  :)
Oh dear did I slip one in while you were still writing chibi? lol
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: Chibi on December 03, 2008, 03:24:06 am
Yeah, lol.  :)
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: silverflagon on December 04, 2008, 01:55:17 am
Yeah, lol.  :)
I used to have that done to me a lot untill I learnt to type faster lol
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: Alec on December 04, 2008, 09:55:30 pm
Does anyone have a save file with their super awesome (< 60 seconds) record saved in it?

If so, please send to: zaphire@gmail.com


Thanks folks! :)
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: Xidus on December 05, 2008, 12:03:01 am
I'm looking in the save folder, how do I figure out which one it is? Or should I just zip 'em and send them all?

I was thinking about racing it again and recording it to throw up on youtube, but I'm not sure where to get starting with that. Never recorded playing a game before.
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: Alec on December 05, 2008, 12:07:27 am
save file # is the number of the save slot - 1

i just need the .aqs file, but it doesn't hurt to get the .zga too.
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: Xidus on December 07, 2008, 03:32:06 am
You guys are so going to love/hate me

http://www.gamevee.com/viewVideo/Aquaria/PC/Aquaria_seahorse_race_speedrun/1217626

mirrors (in order of video quality):
http://www.viddler.com/explore/Xidus/videos/1/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loNEXsn7VTI
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: Chibi on December 07, 2008, 05:58:32 am
A little bit of both - "AWESOME MAN!" and "you make me feel so inadequate."  :o /  :(

(http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/6932/naijapc1.gif) (http://www.rightcrazy.com/wp-content/uploads/jawdrop.jpg)

There should be an achievement for such a low time - it takes some finesse to dodge all the obstacles. Congrats!  :)

[EDIT] Ignore the bunny's eye direction  :) / *Sorry Derek!*
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: Xiagan on December 07, 2008, 11:25:33 am
Omg, 41 seconds?
I feel untalented and clumsy now.  :'(
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: Hiro on December 07, 2008, 11:45:11 am
Duuuude. That was epic. 8)

You deserve a medal or something.
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: silverflagon on December 07, 2008, 08:54:05 pm
I'm just going to crawl away into a corner now and cry, that was awesome :o

I just keep swimming into things, stil 1:18 isn't bad for a clumsy devil like me :D  :'(
Title: Re: Question: What's your lowest race time?
Post by: inkblob on December 08, 2008, 04:26:51 am
wow! I thought fishform was a bit too random for the track, bumping into things but I've been schooled ( fish pun intended )  incredible performance!