Speedrunning is a form of gaming where the player tries to play through the game as quickly as they can. It is considered by some to be an art form. Gamers can run through the game, quickly defeating “bosses” and solving puzzles at lightning speed.
Speedrunners often use up hundreds of hours of play time—by studying ways to save time in their run. Speedrunners think of speedrunning as a race of sorts. Much of the race is spent figuring out how to save time. The actual run is usually a victory lap. The game Neon White is a “platformer” that is designed to make you feel like you are the runner, making the time skips that speedrunners use in their runs. You can cut through the game easily and quickly, even if you are kind of bad at it. The game itself is about a dead assassin with amnesia named White who is competing against other assassins, killing demons and trying to get out of the game’s hell.
The obstacle courses in Neon White are lightning fast; most of them last for under 30 seconds, and the goal is to slay every demon in the level and reach the end of the course. A player can use many different items as aids, like guns or “abilities” in the form of cards. One ability lets you jump midair, another lets you make an enormous impact on the ground, and so on. Exploiting the game creatively to reduce your time is key in speedrunning. After the level is over, the game turns more sublime. A gift appears somewhere on the course, and you can offer the gift to a fellow character to increase friendship with that particular character during the game. This is where the abilities come into play, for now the player has to use their ability cards to find the gift.
Speedrunning is an art form, and everyone should have the chance to experience it. Neon White is a great way to do so.
Speedrunners often use up hundreds of hours of play time—by studying ways to save time in their run. Speedrunners think of speedrunning as a race of sorts. Much of the race is spent figuring out how to save time. The actual run is usually a victory lap. The game Neon White is a “platformer” that is designed to make you feel like you are the runner, making the time skips that speedrunners use in their runs. You can cut through the game easily and quickly, even if you are kind of bad at it. The game itself is about a dead assassin with amnesia named White who is competing against other assassins, killing demons and trying to get out of the game’s hell.
The obstacle courses in Neon White are lightning fast; most of them last for under 30 seconds, and the goal is to slay every demon in the level and reach the end of the course. A player can use many different items as aids, like guns or “abilities” in the form of cards. One ability lets you jump midair, another lets you make an enormous impact on the ground, and so on. Exploiting the game creatively to reduce your time is key in speedrunning. After the level is over, the game turns more sublime. A gift appears somewhere on the course, and you can offer the gift to a fellow character to increase friendship with that particular character during the game. This is where the abilities come into play, for now the player has to use their ability cards to find the gift.
Speedrunning is an art form, and everyone should have the chance to experience it. Neon White is a great way to do so.
