TAS (Tool Assisted Speedruns) Are Crazy Interesting - Interview With ConstructiveCynicism
460Today I interview ConstructiveCynicism who holds the Hollow Knight World Record for NMG TAS in 28:59.37. I wanted to get a baseline understanding of what a TAS (tool assisted speedrun) is and how it is even possible for Hollow Knight.
I assumed that Hollow Knight has soooo much RNG that it must be really hard for a TAS to work. Learned sooo much from this interview and my mind was blown.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:14 What is a TAS?
2:03 Is there a base program to run a TAS?
4:15 What do you see when running a TAS?
8:50 What is current WR TAS?
9:25 Once you complete a TAS can it run itself as a single playthrough?
10:46 How to deal with RNG
12:40 Is it possible to have the GPU used to record and CPU handle game + TAS?
14:11 Is it cheating for 1 run to be made of lots of splits?
16:11 TAS community found new bug
18:28 What input editor do you use?
20:57 How hard is it to find the perfect frame to jump or move?
24:06 How did you get started with TAS?
34:06 What resources would you suggest for someone new wanting to learn to TAS?
36:06 What challenges are present for HK TAS not in other games? (RNG)
44:53 Last fun facts or interesting notes?
46:58 Why is TAS route same as Human route?
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