[TAS] 0 GEO vs THE SWARM

[@jarlyk]

I had a ton of fun making this TAS and I'm so happy to be able to share the final result with you. What started as a response to joke comments on the prior 0 Geo video turned into something way more awesome than I ever expected it would be. TASes like this take a long time to make (this one had 456,102 input frames); as such, I've turned on some new features for anyone who'd like to support the channel. If you enjoyed this and want to offer some support, consider using the Thanks feature for a one-time tip or Join if you'd like to become a member for a few bucks a month and get early access to new videos. I'll probably take a bit of a breather now that this TAS is done, but if anyone has any ideas of what I should work on next, let me know. (:

[@hakonhassel4928]

Member gang lets go!

[@hakonhassel4928]

@HellHeater If he does 112% he needs grimmchild mwuhaha

[@Zylef08]

Good job on the run! Now do it with greed

[@GMPranav]

Yo big congratulations on finishing this project mate. You well deserve a break. As for ideas, I think some of the mods will be interesting to explore. For example the one skurry played that made spells overpowered.

[@phee4174]

thanks for the fun TAS! and a potential suggestion for what your next TAS could be when you've returned from your break/breather from them could be TE Myla% where the goal is to beat Radiance and talk to Myla afterwards without grabbing cdash or beating soul master (or doing anything else that causes her to become infected, but I think those are the only two things that do so) also a suggestion for the next time you do a TAS on a modified version of the game (like how you modded in having gathering swarm from the start of the game) where you do dark rooms could be modding in lantern so that viewers can have a better idea of and be able to see what's going on in dark rooms?

[@hudson963]

I like how the large clusters of geo look like balls of light, almost as if the Radiance is trying to stop you

[@Chara_Dreemurr999]

OH GOD

[@undeathghost5627]

underrated comment

[@TwoEyesToListen]

Dude I thought of EXACTLY THE SAME

[@tacopizzasandwich621]

Imagine if the radiance knew that getting one Geo would kill the run and forced you to equip gathering swarm Too bad it was up against a tas

[@kaidatong1704]

the radiance' homing attacks are nothing in comparison. just make these crash into platforms or whatever

[@ignorance413]

Now imagine if the swarm didnt dissapear on room transition

[@cobaltordinaire5219]

god, doing that TAS must be hell

[@lankymaccrazyhair264]

I'm pretty sure the game would crash

[@ARM0RP0WER]

Game would either crash as you would end up having thousands of geo just orbiting you or you would collect it instantly on entry to a new room

[@iexist1300]

There probably wouldn't be enough to crash the game, but it probably would be unavoidable for a bit after each transition

[@PTS1337]

You can see something along these lines with Celeste TAS where they make a berry train for the entire level.

[@stevenneiman1554]

19:17 Soul Tyrant: "the knight's on 1 mask, it should be easy enough to kill it with my tracking soul blasts." TAS: "so these are basically just geo that despawn when they hit a wall? Easy."

[@AutistiCat2406]

"We want to get cdash, and since we can't use stags we're just gonna have to walk there" *proceeds to use a ton of wcs to basically fly through rooms* Ah yes, my favorite form of walking

[@Deathranger999]

Walk is actually short for wal kling.

[@SeanCMonahan]

@@Deathranger999 five head

[@MakenaForest]

@@SeanCMonahan sixhead

[@dando541]

@@MakenaForestsevenhead

[@_Sloppyham]

More like 6.5 head

[@cawareyoudoin7379]

No mind to think... No will to break... No voice to cry suffering... No geo to spend...

[@patrickg5648]

the audio commentary was recorded in a massive stone cavern, like the ones in hallownest, to add to the immersion

[@inygs2807]

I didn't even notice before I read this comment, it just fit so well

[@DamageMaximo]

shut up

[@Redheart709]

ah that's why the entire game is 2d. it takes place in this guys ant farm

[@grain_death]

i was gonna comment this as well, it genuinely adds so much

[@goddessdeedeebubblesofimag7789]

Now I can't unhear it lol

[@aidanhood3666]

My favorite quote was during abyss climb:“ I’m pretty sure the hollow knight was cheating to get up there first” 🗿

[@Racesolar]

the Pale King talking to the Hollow Knight and noticing the Knight ZOOMING like "No will to break... No mind to think... No... what the fuck is that. Oh my me we need to leave right NOW"

[@Randus1058]

@@Racesolar it's been a momth but using me as a replacement for god for oh my god was a genius play on words and I wsnt to validate you for that.

[@charmaci]

@@Racesolar "oh my me" I can't tell if you're calling yourself god or you just don't believe in god but good one

[@otterfan65]

@@charmaci it's because they're typing it as if the pale king is saying it and the pale king is a higher being (who are pretty much hollow knight's 'gods' in the same sense that we see gods, not the shitty 'gods' that the godseekers go for), so saying 'oh my me' is basically just 'oh my god' but he is the god

[@charmaci]

@@otterfan65 oh lmao i get it now

[@kayplaya86]

I love how when there's a ton of geo clumped together the butterflies blend into each other and it just looks like there's a white orb circling around you

[@atrane365]

RadiGeo or Geodiance?

[@EaterOfGeese]

@@atrane365 rageonce

[@LofferLogge]

I love how the precise jumps make it look like you're just floating upwards, especially in fog canyon

[@aimrurt]

sometimes in hollowknight I would manage to dodge the little swarm guys and think "huh I wonder how long a person could do that for" well, case has been settled

[@kingcrimson4133]

this is tas, a run that was recorded with savestates and slowdowns. it's not reflective of normal human gameplay

[@DeuxisWasTaken]

@@kingcrimson4133 TAS is essentially a proof of what a human could do if they made all inputs perfectly. It's the absolute answer to "how long a person theoretically could do that for".

[@gringuss]

It is actually kinda gross how this isn’t getting as much views as it deserves. Huge respect for having the balls to create this monster

[@jarlyk]

Just how YT works; established channels get a lot more impressions, so they get more views. That said, this video is doing the best so far of any on my channel and a big part of that is the likes and subs it's been getting, so much thanks to everyone who took the time to like and/or subscribe. It's one of those cliche things at this point, but it honestly is the best way to tell the algorithm that a video is worth seeing.

[@danzackblack5829]

Most people get turned off when they see an hour long video, so it makes sense

[@stickmananimationsX]

It is already have enough attention tf you mean

[@jarlyk]

@@stickmananimationsX It didn't have nearly as much of an audience at the time this was originally posted; it took off a few days ago.

[@UltaFlame]

Still poppin off

[@veggiedragon1000]

This turns Hollow Knight into a super precise bullet hell in some sections. Fascinating watching the slo mos.

[@thegappleapple7763]

I just imagine him being like: yes! I finally figured the next few frames

[@CJTheExpert]

Godlike content. Appreciate you and all the others that put the time into making such a spectacle!

[@jarlyk]

I'm glad you enjoyed it and thanks. :) I had so much fun making this one and, even though it has a few flaws, I'm very happy with the entertainment value. There were times while working on this that I wasn't sure it would even be possible to complete (the dual orbit solution for the Wraiths pickup, in particular), but it turns out there is, in fact, a timeline that doesn't pick up any geo.

[@therilyncobrin2372]

one of the things I love is how this stays light and fun. you're going for a fast run but there's still many moments where you're like "that could have been faster" but you went with the fun option instead of trying to optimize it as much as possible.

[@jalepinojoe6285]

Wow. This currently ranking 9th on the normal TE leaderboards shows just how incredible TAS is. It was so much fun watching the behind the scenes videos and the progress updates as this TAS came along. There's 2 things that looked a bit off to me, firstly the cdash after collecting ddark looked very late, and also upgrading wraiths to shriek can (at least according to my quick check on current patch) be done a decent bit sooner. Regardless, this TAS is an absolute beauty, and I can't wait to see what you do next!

[@Pyron39]

I don’t really know what you mean with the shriek collect, but the cdash out of ddark room is delayed because you do not actually gain ddark right whenever you destroy the shaman, so you have to wait a bit or else you would have to go back into the room to collect the shaman again

[@jarlyk]

There are definitely a few cases like this where I didn't optimize fully. The ddark pickup I played a bit conservatively as it's a bit annoying to check whether you got it and go back and refine until it's the perfect timing. The wraiths I don't think I could do earlier based on the trigger box positioning, but I could be wrong. Might also be a patch difference.

[@Ender_Onryo]

@@jarlyk Would it be faster to trigger shriek at the spot the game pulls the player to instead of as soon as you can cast the spell? Since maybe player controlled movement could get you to the spot faster than the floating animation.

[@zaptrap4802]

@@Ender_Onryo It might be interpolated, in which case it wouldn't be faster, but I might be wrong.

[@carsonyoder7320]

What does TAS mean?

[@anabsolutebuffoon]

Scrolling the comments to find Jarlyk still answering TAS and speedrun questions is so nice to me tbh, it’s like the only responses and I love that /pos

[@joshuapatrick682]

The swarm is like “hey why doesn’t this dude want the $?!? Why did he even equip us?!

[@klapudo119]

My anxiety was through the roof the entire run Awesome video and congrats on completing it!

[@cysipy]

the swarm honestly looks sick, like, a big glowing ball, its like an actual orbiting planet

[@Aelinbunn]

I don't play hollowknight but I get youtube recommendations and honestly I wish I could grasp just how insane this is. Even though I don't have a concept, it's still so amazing and beautiful to watch

[@LagVantage]

That was really fun to watch! The commentary was very entertaining and helpful to understanding what was going on. I think this is the second or third HK TAS that I've watched and it's pretty cool that you added commentary to it. Happy holidays and awesome vid! :)

[@megacharizard1356]

that’s a lot of money man!

[@josebach02]

@@megacharizard1356 ₱250 Philippine peso = $4.49 usa dollars

[@dandischinosvarietyhour1655]

I dont know why no one else is talking about how well explained and commented this run is, its so easy to follow and really adds a lot. Same with the small slow mo bits when there's a cool geo collection section, its such a high quality production. Great job!

[@zuggo]

That. Was. Beautiful! Super cool TAS and your commentary made it all the more fun to watch because it helped me to understand what was happening better. Keep up the good work!

[@NotPixel6360]

it's a little scary seeing them do frame-perfect jumps on 1 mask, and then i remember 'oh wait this is a TAS'

[@SeanCMonahan]

Not only was this a great TAS, the presentation was fantastic, both your narration as well as the picture-in-picture slow motion replays smoothly positioned out of the way. Bravo!

[@metroidnerd9001]

Been looking forward to this TAS for a while! Glad to see it finished in all its glory. For future TASes with dark rooms, would it be possible to do a separate recording of the same inputs in those rooms with lantern equipped (maybe hacked into your inventory)? You could put that in the little mini-view so we can see more of what’s actually going on.

[@jarlyk]

I actually tried to do this, but the light change broke the rng sync, sadly. In future TASes with dark rooms, I might just hack in having light from the beginning.

[@fl00ds]

@@jarlyk another option would be to overlay an image of the room with lantern in editing and align that with object tracking in the editing software, although that would obviously be much more annoying than just hacking in lantern from the start

[@JetSetDman]

there's something weirdly hypnotic about watching the knight repeatedly nailtap the walls to move faster

[@kittencaboodle8124]

that was such a nutty and fun run, your approach to problem solving through this vid and all the deep dive vids before was impressive and really interesting. love the commentary too, you do a great job explaining everything satisfactorily without taking too long on or glossing over any topic!

[@osimdra1063]

I like the « 0 geo is too easy let’s make it impossible for humans »

[@ratlegttv]

this is absolutely incredible jarlyk, 10/10 ty for doing this!!!

[@deepakrajendra8019]

Such a fun idea. I love the addition of your commentary. Lovely to listen to your personal thoughts that gives so much context and also makes it way more easier to digest the sheer amounts of things to take in.

[@ruairidhlloyd282]

Comrade you have the brilliance of creating this in your spare time. I hope you continue to have as great a job In working life too as you are truly a great genius for coming up with this and I sincerely hope you get to do the work you want outside of this.

[@incrediblebat]

soul tyrant with TAS is like something out of an anime lol

[@alasdairsinclair916]

I love how Soul Tyrant is so tough that you actually see the boss fight. PS: I also fought soul tyrant in my regular play-through with only 5 masks and no double jump. As I am not TAS, it was pain.

[@jarlyk]

I'm pretty sure I chain-died to Soul Tyrant like ten times before I finally gave up, then came back much later with nail upgrades and a lot more health.

[@karimjemel7405]

22:17 you can squeeze in between Elder Hu's rings that's so cool ! 22:17

[@CyberXY0]

Thanks for the super easy to follow tutorial!

[@certifiedtealeaf]

This is amazing. It's so satisfying to see the tas jump around the geo. Just wow. Great work.

[@speedyboi88]

ive been watching clips for weeks and im so excited to watch this!!

[@hollowknightenjoyer]

My favorite part was when they said "it's swarming time" and swarmed all over the geo

[@orange2540]

amazing TAS, my favourite part was the squit arena its like a work of art seeing the TAS's expert dodges

[@Kellestial]

Dude this is crazy, only good thing from waiting for silksong is the insane challenges and modded bosses etc that people are doing

[@tooth2887]

love when people say shit like "now do it this way" trying to joke about it being impossible but then the person actually does it, be it via hours of practice or hours of coding (both being incredibly hard to do, especially if it was THIS challenge.) which just shows how much dedication fans of the game are, love finding dedicated people. y'all rock.

[@Firefly256]

The ultimate challenge is not confusing essence with soul lol

[@MikePaxtonMusic]

Incredible, I have been waiting for this, and it's better than I could have ever imagined. Thank you Jarlyk

[@febe232]

The TAS is amazing and the video with the slowmo parts is really cool. Good job man

[@zandatsu07]

I hope in GDQ 2023 They will showcase this amazing TAS

[@jarlyk]

This isn't the kind of TAS that would show up at a GDQ, unfortunately. It's too long and the HK TASing is a bit too jank to reliably sync for a live demo like they often do with TASBot on a console. This is also why you probably won't ever see an HK TAS on the TASVideos site, as they've got a semi-competitive verification ruleset based on console TASing that doesn't really work for complicated games like HK which are only barely TASable. Personally I think of TAS creation as mostly creating art. Competitive speedrunning between humans also produces art in the form of completed runs, but is structured somewhat like a sport.

[@kuroraiko986]

I love the commentary and picture-in-picture segments! Nice job!

[@TheZpatric05]

so sick! really good tasser! ive known u since you were at like 300 subs and its crazy to see how good uve gotten at tassing now!

[@jarlyk]

This one was a lot of fun to make :)

[@ekkoet]

I was planning on having it in the background while doing some practice. But 2 minnutes inn I lost all focus at practice. And I watched the video until my computer died. Great video.

[@tisme1105]

Best part for me was the final Watcher Knights attack - when the last 2 get blasted in different directions. Great work.

[@BlueSR]

Now do it with gathering swarm

[@jarlyk]

Hmm, maybe an upgraded gathering swarm: after a delay, the geo from the previous room follows you through the transition. The eventual geo ball at the end would outshine the Radiance.

[@Deathranger999]

@@jarlyk Wait that actually sounds insanely cool.

[@leinad1110]

Dude youre sooo underrated, this is incredible and soo amazong to watch

[@shroomian2739]

This is amazing. Your commentary has really improved from some of your earlier videos, and the ways that you explain how and why you do certain things are timed very well. One thing I’d recommend is bringing back the input display from some of your previous TASes, however, apart from that, I don’t really have any critiques. Very well made, digestible video, and a phenomenal run.

[@hatrian]

The audio quality makes this sound like he's giving a lecture in a giant hall about a hollow knight TAS

[@austere_]

Great work! My favorite part was when you mixed up soul and essence

[@kuzetsa]

I mean, only like constantly. either way it's a good TAS.

[@zephra1675]

Adding to the algorithm but thanks for the video, never seen this channel prior but the amount of work that went into this is amazing

[@SweetJP.]

super cool. Hollow Knight TAS'ing has come a long way, since I was speedrunning it.

[@aimrurt]

whenever it all clumps up it just makes me think of a mini radiance that's just dead set on trying to screw over the entire run

[@melonpop_5303]

who needs silksong when i can just rewatch this over and over

[@memoowo]

I'm already excited just reading the title. So stoked to see how this would be!

amazing run, really impressive 👏 and I loved your narration and explanations

[@madeline6951]

The editing and explanations in this video are very informative and helpful, great job!!

[@bewoke1819]

I really enjoy the detailed commentary you gave alongside the great tas

[@noramasa]

This seemed like an insane thing to attempt at first, but it was so much fun to watch. Great job both with the tas and the video!

[@Itsumich]

This tas is impressive and a lot of fun, good job and thanks for the vid! Also the commentary and the editing with slowmo are on point!

[@turbulenttaco6921]

SUPER IMPRESSIVE!!!! Keep up the great work! Subbed and shared with my HK bois B)

[@kevvy-bobevvy556]

Love this video, really enjoy watching the sick jukes

[@isolatedegg3234]

This left me speechless so many times. This is incredible.

[@TryinBin8889]

amazing video, found yourself a new subscriber. Can't wait to see what other amazing TAS videos you have for us in the future

[@Recabilly]

this is insane. Well done! Love seeing the little things you do to avoid the geo

[@ethansedai870]

Nobody: KZbin auto captions at 44:40 "Grab a little bit of quick soul with your mother"

[@ThatJay283]

nice! i know TAS runs generally leave zote to die, but i wonder if there's a TAS run where the goal is to listen to his words of wisdom.

[@morpheus_uat]

the instant replay dodge GEO cam is so cool man this was masterfully crafted, kudos!

[@omiau4434]

"Might aswell grab monarch wings for lost kin" "Alright lets spam the hell out of ddark and do nothing else in lost kin"

[@narwhal16384]

This is gonna make marvel redesign their whole brand to match this’ epicness standards

[@maxwellkennedy9324]

Love your tasses man! keep up the great work!

[@jacudoloko]

congratz on the achievement, I didnt even finish the video but is awesome

[@rawvegankid]

Shriek is my favorite spell, nice to see it given some love in tas runs ❤️

[@gamingalthepal]

I can’t wait to watch this! I’ve waited so long

[@bluehairedemon]

I just started watching, from the length im assuming this is a full run, that's an instant like from me

[@jaredcollins2049]

This is incredibly impressive, interesting, and funny, I've never known I needed something like this until now

[@wolfguy423]

".. a bit of a push over." *one shots* that made me giggle pretty hard Lol. Quite enjoying the TAS's you make, I love the smooth and swaggy movements!

[@diab303]

Finally it's here! Mad respect!

[@leek8656]

24:25 “pogaxeless pogaxe” I’m dying 😂

[@swagboss]

When i saw how long this video was, I was prepared for it to be a boring video that I would click off after a minute or two. To my surprise, you kept it entertaining and interesting throughout! Great video

[@nathanjuarez2092]

I think this video changed everything I thought I knew. I'm re questioning my entire life.

[@kiethme9799]

I love the slow motion at the corner , always 🤩

[@FateStayN1ght]

NICE HUGE RESPECT FOR DOING THIS ! I was one of those wanting gathering swarm now i am glad it actually happened !

[@ixeliema]

Super work Jarlyk! Appreciated the commentary, too!

[@a1KMan]

I love seeing examples of non-Newtonian orbital mechanics. That it's a TAS of a game I enjoy multiplies the enjoyment.

[@miclipscountry]

You are slowly becoming my favorite tas creator of all time, being able to pump out these tases every few months is amazing considering the amount of time and care each tas takes. Thank you for the content and I’m enjoying seeing how far you can push this game to it’s limit!

[@purevessel1071]

I can’t be the only one wondering how he would get Gathering Swarm without any Geo

[@jarlyk]

The game code is modified to give the knight gathering swarm and equip it upon the start of the game

[@purevessel1071]

I really got ratio’d by Jarlyk lol

[@twintyara6330]

Forgot how beautiful this game is and how much harmony the music have

[@quickscope8034]

I gotta say the instant replay is a very nice touch. I lost all my care about HK long ago but this is a must watch after the first 3 min

[@mariami1359]

It's a huge work and it's absolutely incredible

[@socksygen]

A full game commentary hollow knight challenge tas? Amazing content!

[@xXSchimpXx]

amazing run love all the effort u put in ~

[@mkks4559]

It feels weird when you refer to speedrunners as “humans”, it’s like a robot speedrunner is explaining to us exactly what we should do. Oh and by the way, now do it with Greed.

[@Smoldragoncat]

Imagine it’s fragile greed and the tas immediately dies so it breaks

[@CaioHenrique-cn5ll]

Greed doesnt make difference if you dont pick geo

[@mkks4559]

@@CaioHenrique-cn5ll The more Geo there is, the harder it will be to dodge it.

[@CaioHenrique-cn5ll]

@@mkks4559 ok

[@proxy9321]

Woohooo just saw this! Time to get popcorn and a comfy blanket; let's go!