Game:

Citizen Sleeper (2022)

Duration: 11:40

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Skill and luck finally arrived on the same run, and I can rest. I think this is the final minute barrier for this game, barring some route-breaking exploit I can't even imagine at the moment. I'm planting my flag here until someone else comes to beat the time.

Repeating the description of the big techniques used here:

1) Dragos Skip: If you mash the A button on the controller at the right time while the game is loading, you can merge the intro sequence and Dragos' conversation after that. Trouble is, it seems that "the right time" is a moving target, and I still haven't figured out how to make this one consistent. My best guide is when the loading screen die stops alternating values, but even that's inconsistent.

2) Dice Swap: Say Die A is in a slot for a job, and Die B is in your inventory. If you press the button to start the job for Die A, then release Die B over Die A while you're wiggling the mouse, then Die B will be in the slot and be consumed, but the game will give you a result as if Die A was still in the slot. This is an absolute game-changer, and while I still need good dice in my inventory to make it work, it means that more runs will make it further (unless I lose them to the Dragos Skip).

3) Tutorial Scroll: If a tutorial window opens while you're in a location/cutscene, you can scroll up and down to set up for your next move. You need a bit of intuition to figure out how much you should scroll, since you can't see it until you back out of the event, but it can be a significant time-saver for long distances.

Yes, there are 111 runs between the last WR and this one. (I was waiting until I crossed the 220-count mark before I uploaded that one, hence the short time between them.) Yes, most of them lasted less than a minute, either due to bad rolls or missing the Dragos Skip, but it was still A Lot to get through.

I don't know if I'll actually figure out an All Endings run, but I'll certainly look into it to see if there's anything interesting to find there. Any% has certainly proven to be far more fruitful than I ever imagined.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who worked on this game. I love so much about it, and my world is a better place for its existence.

(Run by FiveIronFanatic, yours truly, for speedrun purposes)

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