[2024-07-03] T O U R O F I T A L Y v0.85 Released, M2 Speedrun Race

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Big fat wrap-up of the previous quarter:

Hello everyone! While I only posted one update last quarter, know that it's not because I was dead. I've actually been pretty busy!

In April, I participated in a speedrunning race of Metroid 2, against some fellow named "squidman" during the "Game Over Cancer" marathon benefitting the Canadian Cancer Society. Squidman was a moderately experienced speedrunner who was new to Metroid 2, while I was not very much of a speedrunner but was very experienced and knowledgeable with Metroid 2. We ended up being very close to each others times when we practiced, and when the day of the race came it was anybody's guess who would win.

I won't spoil who won, but I will say that it was an incredible race and that we both got new personal bests and top 10 leaderboard times during the race. You can watch the race on either Twitch (which preserves the chat) or YouTube (which has a less annoying player).

Beyond that, I ended up making a new, mostly-fledged ROM hack for the Metroid Construction "Starbase Contest", which started at the beginning of May and ended at the end of June. There ended up being ELEVEN hacks produced for this contest, and one of them was even named Eleven!

My contribution to this contest ended up being a hack called T O U R O F I T A L Y. I'd describe it as a hack with a very silly premise that makes a serious attempt at being a well-designed game that is approachable and interesting to both novices and experts. Currently it's the highest rated hack on Metroid Construction, so strike it while it's hot before the haters show up!

Now, with three romhacks under my belt, I think that's enough to warrant creating a subpage in the works section, if you don't mind me.

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ADDENDUM: 2024-07-10

I noticed that some people are stuggling to find progression in my new Super Metroid hack (Tour of Italy), and I also noticed that people are also searching for "super metroid tourofitaly map" on major search engines, so I decided to make a quick 'n dirty map of the hack. It's not up to my usual standards, but it should be enough for you to get 100%.

As always, you can find it on the Maps page.

(I suggest playing without a map if possible, but at the end of the day I'm not your mom.)

Map Link

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ADDENDUM: 2024-08-17

Yesterday my friend Ambureon finished making a detailed map of my hack Tour of Italy. Check it out on their site!

In honor of this, I removed the direct embed of my provisional map from my maps page, and instead added a little notice to redirect all you critters to the fun internet doggy's webpage instead. Please enjoy. :)

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ADDENDUM: 2024-09-02

A couple days late, but I'd like to announce something regarding my contest hack that I keep talking about:



I won!

Now please go play some of the other hacks from the Starbase contest! (The list should be near the bottom of the page.)