Yesterday I wrote an important conversation response, and today I want to test it. But rather than using my overlong existing test that plays through the Apartment level, I want to do a speedrun version of the test.
Last I remember, I could get it down to 39 moves with some RNG knowledge. I don't think that should have changed. The RNG knowledge in question is the luck of a non-dirty plushie landing at Ada's feet, so I think any legit speedrun without my RNG benefits would be at least 1 move more. Let's see though!
OK, yeah from game start to ready to talk to Glitch in NRE, the in-game clock ticked from 21:21 to 22:02 for 41 moves.
The only way I think you could save two moves here is if you typed in the random 6-digit 2FA code you have to type in to use the work laptop. Literally a 1 in a million chance.
Now if it would be possible to get to that prompt in 5 moves I can tell you that the password starts at "000000". But you need 5 moves to just get to the work laptop, much less find out about the wi-fi password and locate it.
OK, I have tested the response now and even took a sidequest to fix a lingering use of my deadname in my git config because GitKraken decided that was more important a source than where ever it had been gathering it before.
However, some flailing caused me to lose all of my test skein changes from the last few commits. I will need to fix that... But I need to take a break regardless.
I chose instead to sally forth with doing some writing and I'm a little mad about writer me because she wrote Ada giving Glitch a hug and dammit now I need to make sure that the playerr can tell Ada to "HUG GLITCH".
I was going to eventually, but seems my hand as been forced.
lit just hit me that with day job and a long work burst on Quoll, I've done a lot of heavy thinking today
it actually does take energy, believe it or not
I also can't lie that the little bit I wrote in Quoll hit emotionally heavy but in a good way?
I'm also really thinking about it and the unpredictability of when this narrative beat will hit.
it's not even guaranteed that the playerr will type in the command at all much less when it occurs.
but it feels right that it'll hit on that topic
I wasn't expecting to end up punching so hard on all of these responses I've been backfilling, but I think it's good because it's really nailing down the emotional core of the story