Neon White Developers React to 35 Minute Speedrun (World Record)

Watch along with the Neon White developers as they react to this 35 Minute Speedrun, the current world record!
Join developers Ben Esposito (Creative Director), Russell Honor (Game/Level Designer), and Carter Piccillo (Senior Level Designer/ Environment Artist) as they react to this world record speedrun from Azorae. Neon White is an anime style first person action game where you use cards as weapons to kill demons and finish levels with the fastest time possible!
Check out more from speedrunner Azorae here!
speedrun.com/user/Azorae
twitch.tv/azorae
AzoraeSpeedruns
#IGN #NeonWhite #gaming

[@mk-ultraviolence1760]

Every other developer: We did not intend for that to break like that. Neon White Devs: JUST AS PLANNED!

[@loqwean]

Based Pallas's cat pfp

[@jayb6736]

P

[@zayzo007]

Devs:YEEEESSS🤣

[@torok8974]

K E K

[@imaloony8]

It's kind of brilliant to design a game around speedruns, so every time someone breaks a level, you have that tiny voice in the back of your head wondering if you're still just dancing in the developer's palm.

[@beckstheimpatient4135]

This is so fascinating to see! As opposed to most other games showcased here, this one is MADE for speedrunning and you can see that in the dev commentary. It's incredibly beautiful to see!

[@rubyy.7374]

Yeah! And since EVERYBODY has to speedrun to play the game, you have a far greater understanding of the work it took to get these times.

[@DempseyDaPro]

Made for speedrunning but the devs have completely abandoned the speedrun community for a year now 😭

[@peachpink2831]

@@DempseyDaProI mean they got new ventures

[@cetadel6597]

The laws of speedrunning: If it has health, it can die. If it has bomb jumps, it can optimize. If it has devs, you can shock them.

[@cyrolocker1229]

If it’s a open area, It can skip the entire level

[@SandwichConsumer]

If the game exists,then there are devs

[@camaku3084]

If there are, then there is

[@Numbabu]

@@camaku3084 if, then

[@saber1776]

@@Numbabu ⠀

[@Noodle-Segootal]

So glad these devs understand that in the years it takes people to fully optimize these levels the community will spend just as much time on the levels as the devs have

[@Stickyz]

More time

[@ZoraHimself]

Can't wait for someone to TAS this game to see the absolute madness you can pull off

[@Karttibone]

There's probably lacking collisions on a few corners or pixels so yeah probably gonna break the game to under 10minutes

[@MINECRAFTLOVER4000]

after being part of the speedrun community in the demo this is definitely my favorite devs react to speedrun episode

[@nathanlindsey643]

Machine girl did such an awesome job with the soundtrack HOLY

[@ShadowOfOurHearts]

Any Rush feelers in the chat?

[@xasdrubalex]

I’ve played the game, went to their show organized by a friend, had hell of fun, discovered way after they were the same guys lol

[@ToastyGGG]

the book of life levels were so fun to watch, their attitude when somebody teleports through solid objects was genuinely so funny to watch.

[@erakfishfishfish]

They’re so much fun to play, too. Not only are they hilariously OP, but they’re very forgiving of mistakes too.

[@maxspecs]

"What did you think the world record would be?" "Like 10 minutes."

[@traptoaster5660]

They should really make a level creator.

[@reimuhakurei2123]

Yes

[@zvra]

Yes

[@pozzoom5892]

Yes

[@okno135129]

Yes

[@qazweriopkoilj]

Nah

[@BlazinWolfz]

GOTY for me. Was so fun to run through and try and get best times with such fluid movement

[@Garmond_Zaza_Fan]

same but man is the dialogue so corny

[@ogretime]

@@Garmond_Zaza_Fan I'm pretty sure the dialogue was meant to be extremely corny

[@gxrsky]

@@ogretime why do you think that?

[@isaiah7106]

@@gxrsky Pretty much every character was stereotypically made so I’m sure it’s meant to be corny.

[@castafiorept7309]

@@isaiah7106 They made it corny so you would speedrun through the story 🙃

[@PappyBiceps]

Easily a top 10 favorite game of mine. Perfect fit for casual speedrunning and very engaging gameplay and the soundtrack makes it such a vibe. Hope they make the leaderboard more navigable.

[@TOGS355]

"Aim for the heavens!" the sondtrack is such a banger.

[@bootstrap925]

got an ace rank on every level and 100%d the collectibles, had no clue destroying bullets gave you a boost…

[@InamorastraStardustLucille]

time to go for all dev time medals, or really strong individual level times! :p

[@inYourBackline]

and then install neon lite and get even better medals@@InamorastraStardustLucille

[@iheartlownotes]

so cool how every level from a game designed to make you speed through it sticks perfectly in your memory

[@azy3929]

just watching the speedrun feels so well, like a calm visual asmr where all pieces go in the right spot and is very cool to hear the devs opinate

[@ClazziquaiR]

Hell yes, my personal goty so far 💙

[@orbrat212]

loved dunkey's video on it

[@lobster7799]

Just picked this up last night and can’t stop playing….Finally something unique and fun

[@defendrr_ru]

@@cherrycrystalssilvertears the gameplay is fun? Idk. The original doom also had a forgettable story

[@sharkeatinpizza]

​@@cherrycrystalssilvertears you must hate minecraft then since there's barely any story

[@goober4135]

@@cherrycrystalssilvertears this is a platformer game not an rpg

[@exzisd]

Even the developers reaction wasn't as fast as that speedrun. Still aced it.

[@joshuhigashikata9871]

Speedrunners are amazing. This game itself is such a nice gift to the speedrunning community!

[@Station27Steve]

Level designers: Yeaaaaah there's no collision there... Or anywhere... We don't have collision in our game lol

[@traptoaster5660]

this game could be the next Mario Maker if they made a level creator

[@GL1TCH3D]

That would place it in my top 3 games of all time if they would do that.

[@gucciwitch]

Shout out to Machine Girl for making an amazing soundtrack!

[@Pollux167]

loving this game so far (with the exception of estate....) cool idea idea might dlc where you play as the other colored neons with their own unique weapons.... could be cool to have character leader boards and such

[@KatsuKasuu]

devs who actually play their games just make me so happy.

[@GravedSanctuary]

My man Azorae, doing amazing runs as always. His Talos Principle runs are also very fun :D

[@PH-G]

Some of the routes have gotten even crazier. I'd love to see them do something like this again.

[@TravisRayLive]

This is my favorite game, and it's one of the few I've 100%, but seeing how fast these guys can go... makes me sad inside. That was incredible

[@TheInfernoArcher]

Props to IGN, only found out about this game from this video and I’ve been playing and loving it so far!

[@OrderedEntropy]

As trackmania simply teaches. Time spent in the air is time not spent accelerating.

[@MetalDeth777]

3:20 "Hidden" is an understatement. It took me a year and a half of playing this game to find out that there was a parry mechanic...I was so amaze. Lmao.

[@qazweriopkoilj]

Watching this video now and just realized it lmao

[@kotokalypso7822]

A game for speedrunners, by speedrunners, watching a speedrunner do things they didn't even know you could do in their own game lol

[@garygan9996]

Love this game. Insane speedrun~

[@BrandonGiordano]

This is so cool to see. Devs being genuinely excited by people pushing their games mechanics to the absolute limit

[@alieldeen5612]

Hopefully we can get more of these new games speedruns

[@nekuuq5707]

These Developer Reacts videos are so nice to watch

[@Vartazian360]

How is he able to go on to thr next level skipping all the xp, cutscenes etc? Also he's doing almost all the wr routes this run is insane

[@AzoraeSpeedruns]

This is the Level Rush mode, which is just the levels back to back with none of the in-between stuff. It's unlocked after completing the game and has its own leaderboards.

[@Symphonixz]

great episode

[@endlesslytired]

You should have them back on and have them react to the special character levels

[@lordbeanoz9644]

they either say “this is so old” or “we added that at the last minute”

[@ww4830]

Getting author medals for every one of the maps became insanely difficult. Was having to get into top 2500 on leader boards for them. Love the game though!

[@dwerical]

This is gonna be so cool

[@Benobot99]

My GOTY as well. It's a masterpiece. Glad to see my strats were the same as the WR on some levels.

[@Manas2222]

What's goty?

[@thebest-360_5]

@@Manas2222 ‘Game of The Year’ iirc

[@Manas2222]

@@thebest-360_5 what is iirc? 🙂 I'm sorry I'm kinda dumb when it comes to abbreviations. Btw thanks for the goty one.

[@StarlitWitchy]

This is such a nice commentary lol

[@Strickem]

This is gonna be fun

[@theyruinedyoutubeagain]

The current WR is 28m57s wow

[@namelesschannel4103]

Old mimic looked cool, but yeah the new one fits the fast paced vibe more

[@joliFR]

the devs seem so cool honestly

[@henoldpcllama]

long time not see speedrun series

[@JiF28]

Please play this game guys

[@saubhikchoudhury]

These devs are precious

[@zeo4481]

Pure fun action.

[@kingshadow8782]

Yesss

[@shortvlogs276]

So nice sharing 🤩

[@xystem4701]

such an amazing game

[@ComradeJae]

Is "Only Shallow" a reference to the My Bloody Valentine song of the same name?

[@kuromikendall]

The more you love your decisions, the less you need others to love your decisions. ♡

[@archmageaethas]

GOTY for me also! love this game to bits!

[@sewdryandeuneo2358]

Wait what, what already?

[@lauracalabro]

this game is actually a piece of art

[@yasseengaming1996]

Oh boy

[@ShorinRyu74]

why does the level rush skip the level before the final boss fight?

[@codesymphony]

it's basically an autoscroller

[@SilentVinyl]

Pretty cool

[@ShogunRyuusha]

More Neon Violet trap rooms when?

[@OPArk-]

The power of speedrunners compel you! The power of speedrunners- WHOOUUUUHHHHHHHHHHH COMPEL YOU!

[@necromax13]

Yeah yeah but the machine girl OST!!!!!

[@josephabrams8529]

19:29 Your wish has come true sir.

[@retro_tcb]

devs sound hot

[@Luis04133]

Cool

[@XJ9LoL]

looks like a game to send messaging to the brain to go and become a vtuber

[@saberserpent7983]

*NEON WHITE*

[@darienb1127]

Still wild that these are the same guys who made TattleTale.

[@p1nball729]

Jesus christ the amount of bots in this comment section

[@kingshadow8782]

🤘🏻😎👍🏻

[@Nazvi88]

want second part of this game!!!

[@memeteamljksdsdfl5092]

meanwhile me who didn't even know that you could switch the card you are holding intel the end of the game: wut

[@srduncanbyu]

....is russell actually funke? if not, their voices and interests are pleasantly coincidental :)

[@lieutenantarex1393]

The one dev sounds like malf lmao

[@cryzz0n]

literally my GOTY. still so underappreciated

[@yahirmolina8488]

AIM FOR THE HEAVENS

[@blockshift758]

Note: it was all intended

[@adityabirsingh2601]

25:56

[@VanessaMagick]

How did they completely skip Sacrifice? It's the second-longest level in the game and they didn't even play it

[@Audalyst]

Sacrifice is just not available in White/Micky Level Rushes.

[@CEOofPIVISCHE]

Ben Despasito

[@theambi]

19:51 what happened here. there's a guardian he missed but he still moved on.

[@s_arira_s]

mimic chest shot it

[@thetrueyawn]

those rocket jumps looks like theyre straight from tf2 lol

[@michaelfishman6082]

you mean straight from QUAKE?

[@IcantStressThisEnough]

Awesome run , uh uhh.. "insert witty comment"

[@anzen8433]

8:03

[@soez_strg6166]

The game literally looks like a 1st person sonic game lmao

[@flyrehash5124]

pretty accurate comparison tbh. this game’s gameplay is way better tho

[@joechaney5405]

Hi

[@torototoro1252]

3:12

[@slimjons]

Dev React Rain World Speedrun?

[@khersy]

They’re pretty funny haha

[@eugeniykanayev5853]

When u want to play game, but u have only 2hr to refund

[@MetaGamingDojo]

😫uhhhhwaaaaaaah!!! *(Finishes the speed run and stops screaming)*

[@impossibear314]

6:25 “stomp” slower than a diamond there 19.5 seconds

[@gatfatf]

Christ this game is so much better with 0 story lmao

[@skeletorthebest7204]

Everything is intentional.

[@RomaxSinergy]

Охренеть просто. Я уже подозреваю, это тренированная нейронная сеть проходит игру.

[@qazweriopkoilj]

При чем тут нейросеть шиз

[@zak6474]

Karlson but not mid edition

[@MrHowlforever]

This game was robbed game of the year it’s incredibly

[@RomaxSinergy]

Neon White это Super Mario для зуммеров

[@SocietyKilledTheUnicorn]

Knowing nothing about this game other than this speed run makes playing it very discouraging. Especially on console.