It's a fun way to play through these maps again. Great idea for a mapset.

Yeah that describes most maps in this wad :D

Thanks. Yes, I think this one is the swiftest of the set for Stroller. And yes I death slide into the exit here. The mapset has intentional speedrun strats built into it so there is a normal way to progress and often a sneaky way to speed things up.

Yeah a bit longer. And the start is a bit further back. I think the exit room is deeper too. It's so odd doing runs on this wad.

I did look to find rules for the map authors but could not find any in the development thread, release thread or the txt file. So I can only assume it is open to the authors to self impose rules for whether they were allowed to play the map beforehand or just do it from memory. If anyone has info on the rules then that would be great. And yes, Map01 is very impressive! I feel like I know the map well but playing this wad makes me feel uncertain. It's an odd feeling! :D

Runs on this mapset were all on a whim. So nothing planned but I'll probably try some more runs in the future. Although they're getting very tough so unsure how many exits I'll get.

Yeah not the most exciting stroll in the world. The enemies on the stairs can conspire to block you though.

If you mean the very start when jumping out of the starting tunnel, then no. I use flags in DSDA to limit speed to enforce Stroller settings. It may look faster at the start as the tunnel is narrow so it gives the illusion of more speed, and I am also falling and turning so again that may be why it looks faster. The only way to actually go faster in Stroller is via a damage boost, a wallrun or perhaps a thing glide.

I have a couple that I want on the DSDA tables so I've scheduled them in before the next megawad playthrough as it seemed a good time to throw in random runs.

@@ChaingunChaCha Oh I see, my bad for assuming :)

Thanks for the feedback - appreciated.

Thanks. Just thought it would be a fun challenge, and it's been too long since my last reality challenge. Luckily not too much hitscan. I was expecting a Spider Mastermind at the end which would have messed it up. I think the first map should be fine on Pacifist. The maze in the 2nd map might cause issues. I did not try any runs on these as it was too close to the Winter Demo deadline.

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Yeah some nice sound and sprite replacements in this one. I thoroughly enjoyed this winter castle map. And yes the secrets felt right for the castle setting.

Ha, Mr Pinky! I really like this setting. A more vibrant winter map with cool architecture. The secret did confuse me for a bit but it made sense in the end when I came from the far side.

The speedy Imps are the main blocker. Pretty much random if you get stuck when pressing the switch as they swarm so fast.

Yeah I did not expect the sudden difficulty spike in Map01. A fun but challenging Christmas map if you don't know what's coming. I imagine the Imps are the same except for maybe being turrets from firing rapidly. Not tested it though. It may actually make them less dangerous if that's the case?

@ChaingunChaCha Yes, probably. How many maps are there ?

@@megasphere308 I think it's five or six from memory.

Yeah it's a fun intro map from Andrea. Probably a goofy but fun wad.

Thanks. Full transparency here on this one - this was a last minute addition to the winter videos so I've not done any runs on it. The section with all of the Imps might impede a Pacifist run. I hope the AVs don't spawn in on Pacifist else that would be painful. I'll give it a go though if I find some time over Christmas.

Thanks. Yeah I'm looking through each map in-between other stuff. Some like this with existing runs and also any with Pacifist runs but no Strollers. Hopefully I'll table-fill a map.

@@ChaingunChaCha Sounds good, just nice to see somebody else looking at TNT haha, best of luck!

Thanks. Those pesky 3 Shotgunners at the other side like to end every good run. Glad I got this in the end.

It's based off a really slick paymentplan run. I wasn't sure if it would work whilst Strolling, but I eventually got the exit.

I didn't attempt it Pacifist due to that arena. Although thinking about it, I wonder if they spawn in if I'm silent? The dual cyber arena is annoying without firing at them to stun them. Maybe I'll check the Baron arena out again. As for the Mancs, it wasn't ideal pathing on this run. Many times I could just run around the edge in one go. But that's how it goes, and lol yes I passed them very politely!

It's a great concept. A bit unbalanced in execution of each arena imo. Great fun to play though. Doing it single segment should be a doable challenge. Ha a whole Rainbow Road multiplayer race map would be an idea!

Yeah the Spider was certainly a surprise. Maybe she could have been used better in an arena perhaps? Then she'd be more of an interesting boss battle. But yeah it was funny. Maybe I'm wrong but I think that little switch opened the Berserk secret? I've not really checked the map out enough to be certain though.

Thanks for watching the series and for the feedback. I'm glad you've enjoyed it! I'll return to a megawad next year once my cosy wintery spell is done. If you get a megawad itch in the meantime then I've also covered the Autophagy (Doom 2) and Deathless (Doom) wads. Or maybe consider Vytaan's TNTR playthrough.

A bit more chilled in both ways then. 😁 I do love a good Egyptian styled map but never seen one in this setting before. I'm tempted to do Map02 later.

Thanks! The roaming Archie is the worst. You need it to behave and path in the right direction.

@@enjoylife6374 yeah a really fun map. Probably fun to play it again and blast through it knowing now how it works.

Ha yeah. Without the Cyber occupying the Archies this run would be so much harder.

Thanks. I was not really expecting it would be possible either. Aside from the Red Key section the rest is pretty consistent though.

@@megasphere308 I was partly expecting a Revenant or two to be stuck in there. That ended a few attempts which was frustrating as the Red Key section is the hardest, especially once the cover is gone. It's hard not to get targeted by Archies. But I managed to slip past the lazy Revenant. The Manc ledge was not normally a problem but of course they lined up badly in this run. The Yellow Key was the one that I thought would be so tough and maybe not possible but I quickly found a strat that worked most times. I'm just happy to exit as I thought this would be one that I would fail to get a run for.

Thanks. This one felt easier than Map28 - more monsters but way more room to move about. Although I am not sure how I survived the Rocket Lancher area tbh - very lucky. Great map all round. Really enjoyed it.

It's a failed version of the run I posted yesterday. Right as I was about to press the exit switch, the Arachnotron killed me!

Worth the anguish!

Thanks. The ending sequence can get painful with all the ways it can go wrong. The Caco helped out though which was nice of it, as that Imp is one of the hardest monsters to manipulate into being able to pass it quickly.

Yep a very mean map to do it for the first time. It's fun to get a really tough one every so often. I might consider a fast monsters playthrough one day. Probably on an easier wad or maybe an iwad. Not this map though!

Yeah the Caco helped, as that Imp can easily end the run, which is a pain that far in. I have a strategy to slightly increase my odds for that Imp but did not need it thankfully. Yeah happy with the time being pretty close to the UV Speed time.

Thanks Billa!

Thx. Very happy that all of the sections finally worked out in one run.

I use a launcher for my source port so I forgot to switch difficulty it seems. Oh well! And yep, this map was really tough - hardest by far so far. The amount of Archies and the awkward start is rough. But that end fight - wow it broke me. One could probably form a strat to cheese it but I couldn't find a good one right away. I wonder if the monsters outside the Spider Mastermind room spawn when the switch is lowered or when you do something else? Knowing that answer might make it easier. I got through it with save-scumming but hey it's just casual play!

Ah that's good to know, thanks. I didn't really learn the map so was hoping this is how it was done.

Plenty of health to spare! It seems to be a recent trend in my runs.