Slay the Spire Developers React to 5 Minute Speedrun

[@rdh288]

Speedrunner beats the game in 5 minutes 3 seconds. Developer's first thought? "We should make an achievement for beating the game in under five minutes just to torment everyone". lol.

[@mavthegamer2582]

GENIUS

[@ninjastreet5]

This is one of the best lines from any game developers I've ever heard

[@mavthegamer2582]

@@ninjastreet5 they should really do that haha

[@thelastking5072]

Give this man a shield

[@AleksandarIvanov69]

Perfect dev thought :)

[@Elhao]

Other games' speedrun techs: out of bounds adventures, air swimming, glitching. Slay the Spire speedrun tech: play the game really fast

[@decidueyezealot8611]

No reliable glitches or cheats in this game lel.

[@FaelCacilhas]

I imagine that you said it as a joke, but almost every game has a "no major glitchers" category! It is my favorite, I usually ignore all the others. Try watching "Super Mario World 2 - Yoshi's Island", it is an insane run!

[@wehavebiscuits]

There used to be the pandora's glitch though

[@Noobie2k7]

The still has a few exploits, just none that can be reliably done in any kind of speedrun. Since they often rely on getting specific combinations of relics and that's not really going to happen. Though i do imagine eventually there will be a speedrun catagory for StS that uses certain game seeds so everybody will effectively be running the exact same spire.

[@Dickinabox]

Same with cup head they finish the whole game in less than half an hour

[@joby645]

Really cool attitude of, "if its speedrunner friendly, and doesn't affect regular gameplay, why patch it" such a refreshing take from game devs

[@sinou319]

Reminds me of something I heard about Titanfall 2 - apparently some bugfix/rebalancing patch fiddled with a singleplayer speedrun strat, so the devs reverted the fix for singleplayer exclusively

[@Zhinakin]

It's the same as the Celeste devs.

[@Croncho-dj4ly]

D1's DongIs2Strong thats cool

[@bayydh8905]

D1's DongIs2Strong thats either slide hopping or grenade boosting. Both are exploits that you can do but they were left on the game on purpose.

[@Anti-Flame]

Yeah it was really decent of them, although... I won't name the specific strat but they did patch a couple of speedrun strats that made for some ridiculous runs, but the bugs/exploits undoubtedly massively supercharged normal runs and were very easy to replicate. Now I still think they exist but you need to do something very specific that no-one will accidentally stumble upon but afaik can be replicated by players if they know it.

[@Anti-Flame]

Big thanks Casey and Anthony for doing this - it's humbling to say the least! I've had the pleasure of talking to them on a handful of occasions too, and they're exactly like this behind closed doors - warm-hearted, unashamedly nerdy goofballs who made a game they never foresaw being this successful and popular and are just kind of riding the wave without having it go to their heads. I no longer stream (real life work, relationships and physical health take precedence) but thanks to IGN's Mark Medina for getting in touch and being fully transparent, giving full credit and all that kinda stuff - super professional, decent bloke. I may do a throwback stream in early March just to see how bad I am at speedrunning now 😂 Peace and love, one and all Iain/Anti_Flame

[@myakun830]

Ay ay captain!

[@kieronpixation5645]

Very unexpected to see you pop up on my reccomended feed, congrats man!

[@TotallyTacotrap]

What is with the pirate glasses? I thought you might be missing an eye, and had it to look somewhat normal, then you took them off and I was like..... uh, weird.

[@drjoofy5844]

fookin legend right here

[@Anti-Flame]

@@kieronpixation5645 Pix! Man, I hope you're doing well! ...and if you think it was weird for you, imagine how I felt 😅

[@GhengisJohn]

Me: Every spire run is a four hour adventure that sees me mulling over difficult choices for minutes at a time. This guy: Has finished a run in the time it takes me to decide what path to take. Though to be fair, he didn't take on The Heart. Would like to see how that goes for him packing the philosopher's stone and brimstone.

[@JohnyScissors]

A thing people forget is that as speedrunners, they're in like the top 0.1% for the thousands of hours they put into it

[@c0Ld]

@@JohnyScissors they're supernerds

[@Adama.1]

FOUR HOURS FOR ONE RUN!? Are you on ascension level 100 or something

[@nicholasoneil1761]

I

[@GhengisJohn]

@@Adama.1 ​ Just a bit of exaggeration for comedic effect. @Nicholas O'Neil O U

[@peoduction6068]

This series is an IGN 10/10 keep it up guys!

[@lilpp4791]

PEO PRODUCTIONS 7/10

[@_dtez_8539]

9/10 has a little something for everyone

[@DeathWolfSaint]

Meh

[@mavthegamer2582]

The guy finished it 5mins but with 3 sec. Its a 7/10

[@waaaweee6934]

i would rate this 10/10 but ign would rate this 7/10

[@BK557SC]

I thought it was a joke when they said the run wasn’t seeded... looked up the seeded speedrun.

[@emilyliedtke7059]

They use Neow's Lament on the first BOSS on Seeded wth...

[@Theosyion]

I kinda want to see team cherry watch the hollow knight speedrun now.

[@bushisback112]

I’m sure they’ve already seen speedruns of it, but ya it would have been cool.

[@guntherhess227]

they have seen it and love it but they can do one for silksong

[@boozebeard9501]

I think there is an AGDQ where they guest commentry it.

[@cinnamonpanda6040]

Boozebeard There is another where they donated money to the runner

[@lucaraschella5478]

They certainly haven’t been speed running the silksong release date announcement 😢

[@JairusC]

"We should make an achievement, "Under 5 Mins" to troll them." LOL. These guys are great. Guess I'll go buy the game now.

[@lukeweber4757]

This speedrunner the type of dude to smuggle dinosaur embryos in a Barbasol can.

[@glenjamindle]

Bahahha stoooooop

[@WollongongWacko]

That ah joke finds a way, into my heart

[@outdoor3]

Broooo ☠☠

[@villanourbano3583]

Broooo ahahah

[@unicyclist97]

Brilliant 😆

[@Gorilla_Chaos]

I used to speedrun this game and honestly the whole tech is just “think fast loser”

[@yrussq]

Which tells us about an outstanding quality of the game - your only constraint is yourself)

[@shikikan482]

think fast chucklenuts

[@elusiveillithid2633]

@@shikikan482 *BOINK*

[@noskill312]

Developers- “This game takes about an hour” Speed runners- “Hold my energy drink, give me 5 minutes”

[@DonGeritch]

it's nice to see that the hacker from jurassic park survived mostly intact, besides losing his right eye, and now spends his time in a more honest way - speedrunning

[@miguelgomes6849]

he is a pirate, what you expect from a pirate ?!

[@hollie6512]

swashbuckling?

[@rusa2195]

Pirating... games?

[@sourapple7831]

@@F1rstNameLastName its a condition

[@biffwellington7577]

He probably has epilepsy, if you cover one eye it prevents games and other strobing media from causing seizures.

[@ZamWeazle]

Due to the nature of the game one can't always speed run it perfectly all the time. But this is ridiculously impressive

[@chuckyl3978]

He is cheating for sure, always the correct cards and artifacts

[@gustaveriksson113]

If the devs read these comments, this was GOTY for me.

[@kingrinek3174]

It means so much for them coming from you

[@adambirch6466]

This guy beat the game in the same amount of time it takes me to choose an act 1 path.

[@nurgle-j5n]

real

[@SpeciousCrab]

I love slay the spire as it is but hearing how chill the developers are somehow made it better.

[@Eltaurus]

This one should be called "Developers have no time to react.."

[@breakdancingbusgo]

I really love this "Devs react to Speedruns" series, keep it up!

[@semregob3363]

5:33 this comment convinced me that they are the creators of this game lol

[@dtanobo]

I love these. Always gets a great perspective into the game. Will forever support it.

[@midnightgadget3459]

I swear i could hear the Dev's utter "Newman" under their breaths.

[@notsure1969]

Lol. My thoughts exactly. If Newman was a speedrunner.

[@jaguartony]

I know I did!

[@dimkacracker]

hello jerry

[@Eblis840]

😂🤣

[@SlightlyUnsalted]

Plurals don’t use apostrophes

[@naftulzvi3353]

The runner looks like the bad guy from Jurassic Park.

[@abysmalmonkey]

Wayne Knight I think.

[@369Triniki]

His son i suppose.

[@aamry]

Hello Newman

[@budfug8691]

@chubbyurma DODGSON! WE GOT DODGSON HERE!!!

[@DennGreenIII]

Dennis 😂😂😂

[@Hahahahaaahaahaa]

Mega Crit Games: "Why would we fix really rare bugs that are beneficial to speed runs?" Team Cherry: Hold my nail.

[@disc_00]

Fun fact: they made some skips literally for speedrunners

[@tatri292]

@@disc_00 I think they said somewhere that the Watcher skip was intended (probably Crystal cave's double jump too). What other ones?

[@Ramohland]

Love to see Devs seeing how fast a person can defeat their game so quickly!

[@NaveedKhan-bs1sc]

I love this series IGN it's wonderful.I get so excited when a new video comes out.

[@disasterjones5798]

negating the flex debuff with artifact is genius

[@charlesajones77]

"He used the Artifact Potion, comboed with Flex to get permanent strength" - Wait, what? Are you saying you can use an artifact to negate the strength down? I had no idea that worked.

[@roslolian11]

Makes sense now that I think about it but it only lasts 1 fight

[@LoerisOtter]

If you look closely at your buffs/debuffs, when you use Flex- you will see, that you do not gain "temporary" strength You gain normal strength and debuff - "remove 2(3) strength at the end of turn" So Artifact can get rid of that debuff

[@Baddaby]

Iirc there's an enemy that literally uses that strat

[@FavoriteSniper]

I’m really enjoying these videos. I love the input from the devs and see what they think.

[@satriaamiluhur622]

That guy looks like he's crying inside

[@Anti-Flame]

:(

[@NahThanksImGood]

@@Anti-Flame What's going on with your glasses did the inside / outside len transition break?

[@kratchet559]

guy looks like the dude in jurassic park

[@MrOnionss]

He's def crying because he lost 25ish seconds by not using smoke bomb on giant head lol

[@xavierrockatansky8379]

@@kratchet559 XD

[@notsure1969]

Looks like Nedry was on his way to Jurassic Park but wound up in the Matrix.

[@YosuaNangin]

Lmao dude

[@thatdarnskag5043]

“We’ve got Morpheus here! See, nobody cares.”

[@xyzen9673]

I mean... In five minutes i would've just picked my path.

[@feminico2613]

This speedruns were rehearsed tho

[@allmightygir4865]

facts.

[@lumonetic1124]

@@feminico2613 Genuinely and?

[@lukewilliams6083]

ATTENTION OUTLAST 2 LEAD DEVELOPERS: This is how you should react to a speedrun.

[@captainjjc3390]

What did they do)

[@cornocob7144]

Luke Williams ?

[@sobtrax1846]

what did they do

[@trysephiroth007]

@@sobtrax1846 They weren't really negative or anything but you could tell they disappointed at all the cool stuff they made getting skipped in a speed run.

[@iansurya2985]

Troy Moore yeah some dev or ppl dont like speed runners, i can understand they really put effort in the game and wanted ppl to enjoy/ immerse with it

[@aisadal2521]

Yayyy! So happy to see another entry into this awesome series!

[@octaviogonzalez8794]

Pleasantly surprised IGN is covering STS in the current year.

[@victorle8421]

I think that he wasn’t using hotkeys because this was before hotkeys were added to the game.

[@ismailraza5883]

when he can speed run with one eyes 👀

[@kingkukujiao]

😍😍😍🥵🥵🥵

[@SuppositionalBox]

I think that's to make sure he doesnt mistake where the cursor is at the speed he's going at. In other words, it helps with accuracy and reading when going that fast if you only use one eye because the two images you get from each eye can cross and make things hard to see sometimes, at least at that speed.

[@ReidoFutebol98]

@@SuppositionalBox Wow, is this serious? haha I thought it was just for "cool" effect idk.

[@GiegueX]

this speedrun is insane, it looks as if the video is at x2

[@snottytoe6957]

speedrunning was invented when david speedrun tried to play the game twice at the same time.

[@badmanjones179]

this is gold but youre talking it to the wrong crowd

[@user-ux4gu2lh8c]

@@badmanjones179 Is he? No one is gonna defend the honor of speedrunning, its just a joke

[@badmanjones179]

@@user-ux4gu2lh8c no i meant in the opposite way, like thats *gold* but he needs an audience who will appreciate it more than youtube comment thread

[@Crimpson2003]

I love these kinds of videos to get an idea of how Developers react and feel to how speedrunners tear through through their game. From what I have seen, it's mixed depending on the developer.

[@jazz8000]

In some cases speedrunners know their games better than they do, people think Speedrunner can just sit to a game and beat it fast but they spend months playing and looking into every little detail, and they have to like the game too obviously, to invest that amount of time.

[@geraltrivia9565]

@@jazz8000speed runners def don’t know the game better than the devs lmao

[@TheTrickyChicken]

@@geraltrivia9565 There is a speedrunner's explain to the dev for Portal where they're literally explaining their own game to them, so I'm pretty sure you're just wrong lol.

[@dc_dachi]

@@geraltrivia9565They definitely don’t “understand” how the game works on a technical more than the literal developers, but pros/speedrunners usually better understand how each of the mechanics fit together and interact. There’s a reason many games need playtesters, dedicated balance teams, and QA. Sometimes, devs don’t really know what kinds of effects minor decisions in their mechanics can have on the end product, and the most dedicated players are usually the ones who can sniff out the things that fall between the cracks.

[@edwardking9359]

​@@dc_dachi They probably will understand the game more on a technical level for a lot of games, though. The devs usually only care if it works, and so might not know why what they just did actually made it work while programming.

[@riv2052]

This is what it truly means to have the heart of the cards

[@kazlamar4654]

The character’s helmet and even his stance reminds me of Hakumen from the Blazblue series!!!

[@darkedix2265]

the helmet reminds me of ZA WARUDO'S face

[@023Whiplash]

DarkeDix ZA WARUDO

[@Magerquark]

This is one of those speedruns where you have absolutely no idea what's happening when you didn't play the game yourself

[@Quicktwosteps]

I'm the type of guy that re- reads each card effect.

[@nochildsupport4889]

I been waiting for this type of videos

[@CruelestChris]

From the way his cursor's moving it looks more like he's using an art tablet than a mouse.

[@airthefallen]

Wouldn't surprise me; GF used to play games with a Wacom a few years back since she had a laptop but no mouse to go with it. So her choices were either that or the built-in trackpad. Makes dual-clicking, middle-click, and mouse-scroll a bit of a hassle though.

[@CruelestChris]

@@airthefallen If he's using an Intuos there's a double-click button on the stylus and an Ipod-style touchwheel you could use as a mousewheel.

[@airthefallen]

@@CruelestChris Oh that's useful! I believe my GF mentioned her old tablet was a Bamboo so I'm not sure how much the two are different.

[@FastForwardPlans]

Huh, if he actionally is, I suppose that would make sense in a way, since you can technially move your pointer around much faster, and since most tablets are very programable, he could hotkey all the important things pretty easily. Makes me want to see if I could try a fps with my tablet.

[@chiffaonosu]

@@FastForwardPlans Bad idea because tablets use absolute positioning, so you will spin like a crazy... thing

[@demoniccrunk]

They seem cool and this was neat to watch, great video!

[@NanoTLG]

I love these vids keep em coming!

[@Teotera]

Love this series of developers react to speedrun!

[@AWanderingSwordsman]

I love watching these. Please do more.

[@greenredblue]

Seeing the kinds of things that have a "speedrunner community" attached makes me want to develop a game called "navigate 4000 colorful menus and pet a dog"

[@AlmostAlice]

goddamn, this really is "blink and you miss it"

[@S0lstickan]

More like: "Blink once and you miss half the speedrun!"

[@bigboibebop]

Say what you want, but that thumbnail made all of us jojo fans immediately think of za warudo. If it didn’t before, it did now

[@Domblestdoof]

Making an “under 5 minutes achievement” would be eeeeevil, especially if you know how much people love showing off their 100% steam achievement list on the subreddits

[@b_argles]

I went to school with Casey! Loved Slay the Spire guys! Keep up the great work! !!!

[@K_NERVe]

5/7 It really makes you FEEL like a developer.

[@yezki8]

No one: The thumbnail: *wryyyy*

[@WilkersonWhittle]

I love this game beyond SO MANY others. The assassin is my favorite.

[@armstrongturbo]

In his early years, Newmann tried speedrunning before settling into a position as a postman for the United States Postal Service.

[@firejuggler31]

Me: Hasn’t come close to 20 minutes achievement. Devs: Let’s make a 5 minute one.

[@classycatvidplace959]

This series is great I just still can't understand why the actual world record a.k.a the fastest run is never picked for the reaction.

[@willguggn2]

It is an actual world record run. Just not the current world record.

[@rompevuevitos222]

Maybe it is too fast lol

[@fabe61]

That always changes and becomes outdated so meh, doesn't really matter if it's the 5m03s run or the 5m02s one.

[@alextrollip7707]

They have to find record and watch it. Then editing and release. It can take weeks to get a video from recording to release. Especially on a channel with this many videos releasing. This might have been the most recent world record at the time of recording.

[@katteisace4563]

afaik they need the speedrunner to approve the use of the vid

[@johnnyseven1416]

Love these videos

[@TheDantheman12121]

"He's going really fast".

[@Merguin]

He could have used the smoke potion to evade the head elite and save like 30seconds

[@angulinhiduje6093]

5:03 WR Devs: we should make a sub 5 minute achievement to torment everyone! gigachads!

[@EHKOS]

Please keep this series going!

[@Romaki96]

So stressful, but this also shows how broken a Whirlwind deck is for A0.

[@Fwacer]

You guys should really have a speedrunner in the call as well, to explain techniques the developers don't know

[@teekay851]

They only have 5 minutes, they dont have time for a 3rd person.

[@Ladylubber]

when you put in the work only for Bugs and Mike to switch the game to Basketball

[@Basheerrko]

The character in the thumbnail looks like ZA WARUDO.

[@italiansoldierfromww2460]

Lol exactly my thoughts, I don't even know this game, I just clicked it to see comments like this

[@existenceispain6849]

Wry my friend

[@namzy410]

Lol exactly

[@NXE212]

@@italiansoldierfromww2460 same

[@ashjoben]

Took me around ~32 mins to beat the heart both times with casual lightning combo... Speedrunners are something else

[@chrisadair99]

The adds before the video started took longer than the speed run...

[@McNugNug255]

I love seeing people completely destroy games like this. Im going into game development and this pleases me. Not to mention it also can help devs find certain game breaking exploits that can hurt the game as well as open their eyes to the ways in which certain mechanics intertwine. Speedruns are actually really insightful for both watchers as well as devs

[@reznoire]

Video starts at 0:20

[@cherrylk4188]

The average run taking an hour makes me feel so much better at the game. It usually takes me 30-40 minutes and that's when I'm playing it slow

[@antonyuwono9661]

Im surprised on how no one talks about ZA WARUDO in the thumbnail

[@svdrevolver5109]

Its actually 100 hours run, he just used his stand to stop time lol

[@gabriel300010]

@@VoidToad WRYYYYYYY

[@latioshunter]

Today I learned: -Speed run bugs exist -Game developers dont mind them as long as they dont affect normal gameplay

[@ruxis8179]

A lot devs don't mind glitches in general If they're glitches you'll never encounter casually but make speedruns faster a lot of them just think it's cool

[@usernametaken017]

Others hunt cool glitches down for no good reason. it depends on the devs

[@d10sess]

The thumbnail look like the Dio stand "Za Warudo"

[@AussieGG]

Speedrunner be like "5 minutes have passed"

[@casperdaghost7836]

I like this. I enjoy them responding to it on the gdq couch.

[@kappapride6226]

When mom allows you playing only 5 minutes

[@fillman86]

I want so much more of these vids

[@QuadryHolloman]

This is dope content IGN

[@jigglypuff4227]

Best format on IGN :)!

[@zirarwz3540]

Someone explain glasses please

[@The13thRonin]

No.

[@partytrumpet]

glasses can help you to see better if your vision is bad

[@Mayrink.]

I do wonder why IGN choose this specific speedrun of the game? There are faster runs out there or runs on more recent patches of the game, but I guess "5 minutes" is more appealing? Plus, who doesn't like pirates?

[@aimbotarrow5981]

It also lets the developers talk more, as a minute long speedrun wouldn’t give them enough time

[@tek4]

For any game developer that reads this, the attitude expressed of "speed running bugs are rare so why would we fix them?" Is the right attitude. Most people will play a game 2 or 3 times and move on. Speed runners will spend years on one level to grind up there skill. Look at doom and ledges and how many of us spent years trying to get the skill just to walk the ledge, let alone now sr50 and jumping it. Its amazing. A game from 1993 is still being played because it was made with love. Tell me I'm wrong.

[@noheffthing]

Game devs know best

[@turbofranek5900]

mom: dinner will be ready in 5 minutes me:

[@mokutomedia1253]

Finally! MORE OF THESE!

[@NickDaGamer1998]

And then there's me taking half an hour to work out a way to one-turn Donu and Deca

[@warnacokelat]

what the hell. it took me everything just to get to 3rd act.

[@Anonymous2627]

The thumbnail looked like a za warudo

[@Jordy2277]

Why is one lens of his glasses dark?

[@hereb4theend]

Most original series on KZbin. 😍

[@zefellowbud5970]

The thumbnail looked like it could stop time

[@Toshiro4619]

I'm surprised nobody is picking up on their overall tone towards what they watched. Sometimes what isn't said can tell you a whole lot more than what was said.

[@sizedoesntmeaneverything4157]

Wdym? What was their tone?

[@1337-Nathaniel]

"We should make an achievement: 'less than 5 minutes' just to torment everybody." That would be super funny.

[@ArchbardWava]

I though it was some Jojo spinoff with that THE WORLD character up-front. 😂

[@OmniscientWarrior]

Well, with the game being beaten in 5 min, he may have use Za Warudo!

[@donkeykong1863]

Yeah its kinda crazy how someone made the tarot cards from jojo...

[@theSato]

Why did they end up watching this run? It's only 3rd place, it was beaten a month later. Guess this must have been taped long ago and they're just now getting to posting it. Current WR is under 5 minutes