Curmudgeon Gamer: First speed demo: Tomb Raider, level 1

23 April 2006

First speed demo: Tomb Raider, level 1

I've recorded my first speed demo. It's not horribly dramatic, but it is better than the one on Speed Demos Archive. In their video, the final time was 3:12. In the screenshot to the right, you'll see I've got that bested by 2 seconds at 3:10.

Link to video: tomb-raider-level-01.avi

(26Mb)

Note: Audio is about 0.7s off from video. If you know how to fix this with mplayer's mencoder program, drop me a comment.

If you bother to watch the video, here are a few comments to add:

Run-jumping appears to be faster than just running. That explains why she's hopping all the time.
There are several mistakes: needlessly smacking a wall in room after first switch, drunk running up stairs after wolf attack, missing the breakway floor near the end, and bad alignment on the final switch.
Right after the wolf attack, you can see something we used to do while playing. Stand just a little to the left of the switch, pull it, and then do a blind side jump to the lower platform. That's not in the demo at the archive.

I think I can get it down to 3:08, but that's about my limit. I've already done a non-recorded 3:09, and even that had one mistake I can recall.

--jvm at 03:39

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Comments on this post:

1.) Give iMovie a shot and see if you can't move the "soundtrack". I'm pretty sure there's a way, though you might have to extract from the avi first. Still, a possibility for your final version.

2.) Okay, you know what's coming next -- think it'd go any more quickly in the Saturn version? ;^)

By rufbo, at 23 April, 2006 12:18

Scary, Ruffin. As I finished the recording last night, I started pulling out the Saturn pieces...

Yes, I will try it. :^)

By jvm, at 23 April, 2006 13:44

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