[TAS] I Wanna Be The Boshy in

A tool-assisted speedrun of I Wanna Be The Boshy, completed in 22:22.22 under the main real-time speedrunning category (any%, avg-mode, no WW, Dark Boshy only).
I began this project in June 2019 with an idea to improve already existing TASes (30:37 by xwidghet and 26:45 by MopeyJo). There were platforming timesaves planned throughout the worlds, as well as possibilities to beat bosses faster. Many of these timesaves were already done by a human in real time and found during a long period of RTA speedrunning. I wanted to collect them all into one piece. In the process of making, I found out even more strats that I have never thought were possible (notably Kracko Skip), completed some bosses quicker than I ever thought I would, and all these pushes-to-the-limit appearing one after another truly amazed me.
All this said, I hope you will enjoy the TAS!
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Technical details:
The run is done on the latest version of the game, on Totally Average-mode and it uses a special character Dark Boshy. The run does not utilize "wrong warping", which is a game-breaking glitch that allows to skip straight into the final boss (for speedruns with WW, see • [TAS] I Wanna Be The B... and • Boshy any% in 2:43 )
The tool used to make the TAS is Hourglass r77 (github.com/TAS....
TAS Timing: 67111 frames (or 22:22.22) starting from game power-on to the end of movie file (slightly before dropping into gradius ship).
RTA Timing: 67531 frames (or 22:30.62) starting from getting control of the character to the cutscene after Solgryn's death.
Rerecords: 85521
Current RTA World Record is 30:42 by BBF ( • Boshy any% (Dark Boshy... )
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Submission on TASVideos:
tasvideos.org/6...
Downloadable encode of the TAS (1272x968, 50 fps):
mega.nz/file/C...
TAS movie file:
drive.google.c...
Live commentary:
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Techniques used:
Moonwalking: by pressing left and right at the same time it is possible to move horizontally 2 pixels a frame (moonwalking) or 1 px/f (slowwalking) as opposed to the usual 3 px/f. It allows to put the character in more precise positions and to clear tighter gaps. Additionaly, the character always faces left while moonwalking, thus it allows walking right while shooting to the left.
Double shot: if you fire a bullet and press/release any movement key at the same frame you will fire two bullets at once. This increases damage on most of the bosses (some of them can only absorb at most one damage a frame) In RTA speedruns the trick is set up by binding down and shoot to the same key.
Every-frame shots. Normally, a perfect mash would fire bullets every other frame, because the shoot key has to be released before pressing again. However, by pressing either a jump key or C on the next frame after pressing shoot key, you will fire an additional bullet on that frame, which leads to shooting every frame. Combined with double shots, these techniques can lead up to 100 dps, allowing to defeat bosses extremely quickly.
Save hovering: in World 11, if you load a save while holding both shoot and jump keys, your save position will move slightly up. It works because the first frame after reload, the character is put into a default position, which in World 11 happens to be right in front of a save. Thus, shooting on this glitch frame will make a save on the next frame. And because jump key is pressed, you will move upwards before new save is created. This trick skips two screens and the Final Tower, saving quite a lot of time.
Speed boosting. If you get stuck in a solid and come out of it from the side while pressing down, you can get a speed boost of 1-3 px/f. The methods of getting stuck are going inside platforms from below, getting pushed into solids by other entities, and getting stuck in edges in boss rooms (like at Ryu).
Character sprite manipulation. Shooting changes the character's animation and, for some reason, makes him slightly less sensitive to collisions. This turns out to be crucial for Kracko Skip, and is used throughout the run to clear tight spaces. The downside is having shots at seemingly random places.
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Credits to:
Solgryn for creating Boshy (and BoshyTime for inspiring him)
MopeyJo and xwidghet for making previous TASes
BBF, CosmicSense, eelusion, irelandofendor, Kalemandu, MostlyTyste, Stonk, witwix, Yagamoth and others for finding strats and improving speedruns.
nitsuja and crew for creating Hourglass.
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Twitch: / shar1
Twitter: / sharkov63

[@DonYagamoth]

This is a fantastic TAS, there's only 2 tiny instances where I wonder whether it could've been slightly faster with other strategies - and I'm almost certain, the creator of this TAS tested and tried that already, considering how clean and entirely thourough this appears to be This is really a work of art, thank you for creating this \o/ This game has come a long way

[@zzzpoma9961]

TAS-maker lost about 10-15 seconds over the run just to make the cool end time :D

[@MantaRaydiated]

What were those two instances out of curiosity?

[@patty4449]

I see 1 skip that is missing

[@chanceForNotBeingRapper]

what's more fucking impressive is the time, 22 22 22 I mean who did this so deliberately

[@wt2video922]

@@chanceForNotBeingRapperIt’s a tool assisted speedrun

[@rei.]

witwix really improved a lot since his last run wow

[@Kaktanternak]

I really miss his boshy runs :(((

[@connor991]

Kaktanternak does he even stream anymore? I never see him streaming when I’ve hopped on

[@Atozmos]

He really worked on his sexual assault skills

[@YukiKisane]

I've been wondering where the Wit of Wix has gone...

[@vladharr7123]

bruh, this is not witwix, this is Rassian man

[@MaybeTophat]

8:52 "you're too slow" *gets defeated 8 seconds later*

[@jeanmegre]

lol

[@benro6564]

the fact that this ended as a 22:22.22 is just perfect

[@theinternetofficer6594]

no it isnt

[@adnanjunior123]

@@theinternetofficer6594 🤓

[@schmoko_]

​@@adnanjunior123🤡

[@Zer0Skateboard]

​@@theinternetofficer6594man, shut the hell up.

[@cajadeavena9733]

@@theinternetofficer6594 💔

[@evernewb2073]

it is...genuinely disturbing how many of the sprites in this I recognise despite never having so much as heard the name of this game before

[@docbones213]

Same. Even the god damn Cheetahmen FFS.

[@Crazylom]

@@docbones213 This is Angry VideoGame Neeeeeeeeeeeerd!

[@Metrocysh]

Welcome to I wanna be the guy. The fangames that will use tiles and sprites for a LOT of games

[@IOMAN]

Deja Vu

[@Faiskinho]

Well you probably saw them in their respective games

[@stiky5972]

Looking at this I don't want to be the Boshy

[@SbzksbsldnabK]

Oh ho ho... I do! And i will soon...

[@travv88]

The hell is a Boshy anyway?

[@stiky5972]

@@travv88 Not really sure. All I know is that I don't want to be one.

[@Enneamorph]

@@travv88 it’s like you’re saying “i wanna be the best,” but wrong. Boshy ended up being the name of the character

[@justaspectator9762]

@@Enneamorph iirc boshytime was a streamer who played iwbtg fangames and said something like "I wanna be the guy is too easy for its concept" so the game Was made for him. Also the Boshy character is just a mascot for his streams too iirc

[@GuimoTheGizo]

Man I love the part where he says "It's Boshy time!" And then boshes all over the screen

[@IAmUnderscore]

Go away

[@atwistedb]

@@IAmUnderscore it’s boshy time!

[@sorrowsoandso]

Please, not this too

[@DDumbcan]

@@sorrowsoandso it’s boshy time!

[@乙乙乙乙乙乙乙乙乙乙]

I hate these comments like “i love the part where he says “insert here a retarded part of this comment” and then X’s all over the screen”

[@74R45]

this is truly a work of art, well done shar 💜

[@dragonup9300]

Amazing TAS speedrun, man! Im truly enjoy to watch it! One year of work and this...its beautiful!

[@xwidghet]

Nice TAS, and cool to see you figured out how to get a high quality recording of your run. All the slowdown time losses and graphical bugs that occur in mine were pretty disappointing, which was a pretty big deterrent for me to try and make improvements. I had made most of an optimized run, but gave up at W11 due to the aforementioned issues and new skips being found. This one beats that one by multiple minutes I think, so very nice job.

[@shar1]

Thank you! About graphical bugs: for some reason I didn't have anything neither during creation nor during recording (except, of course, if you load a savestate too far back). I don't really know why is that, so, maybe, I'm just lucky. For capturing I used Hourglass r81 instead of r77 because of frame drops with lossless AVI capture. Then I merged it with VDub.

[@bezzua]

Просто мастерское исполнение. Не меньше года тренил наверное. Молодчина!

[@Oeeecat]

ты или рофлишь, или ты не понял, или я не понял )

[@dimadanadji]

То что он это делал больше года, это правда, но прошу тебя разочаровать, это играет не человек, а бот

[@pizdabol]

@@dimadanadji поправочка, играет человек, но ТАС записывает всю память игры для каждого кадра, соответственно можно откатываться назад на нужное количество кадров и перепройти (и после смерти), так что сейчас люди просто каждый фрейм перезаписывают, гонятся за рекордом)

[@Алексей-ф7й2ц]

Это то, как наши родители ходили в школу(по их рассказам).

[@belochbigcatbig5002]

умереть, но успеть до звонка

[@aiae]

да это не смешно и не актуально

[@АлександрСекрет-ч8я]

Это склейка

[@АлександрСекрет-ч8я]

Там в некоторых моментах видно как он умирает

[@кейтара]

@@АлександрСекрет-ч8я это же ТАС. Склейка была бы неэффективна в боши, не?

[@davcaslop]

OMG dude this was AWESOME congrats OoO

[@RetroGanger]

Топовый Стас, спасибо за такую работу

[@thomasedison777]

Стас - лучший спидранер!

[@nameisChannelID]

4:06 Perfectly Cut Deaths

[@bensoncheung2801]

34 👍

[@maxcle4885]

34 👍

[@notquitehadouken]

34 👍

[@seangiglio]

I like how the walking tutorial is after the first screen where you need to walk to progress

[@Gooey]

Actually you dont need to walk on the first screen

[@Radical_Sir]

when you decimated Ryu, Sonic and Megaman. My eye lit up with joy and hype, Great job on the TAS man!

[@CaptTerrific]

That megaman skip tho... after the 15 hours I spent beating him the first time...

[@Opanker_]

Wait why ryu? He is one of the easier bosses

[@corb805]

10:55 is definitely morse code. Edit: It is .--./.-../.-/-.--/.-/--. in morse code, which translates to PLAYAG _Someone help I am a normie who doesn't get the joke_

[@midas8877]

ario

[@swoopaedev]

play ag NOW

[@Rukir]

Probably something like Playa G

[@swoopaedev]

@@Rukir openag is a game it literally tells you to play ag openag.pro play it now

[@fieryfist3150]

swoopae Nah im good

[@honor_gamer]

Love the time how it's perfeftly matching there. The T.A.S. is so amazing as always.

[@Maks113]

Поздравляем! Очень круто!

[@nonsense1863]

Бошист Семён в молодые годы... Были времена

[@NEVERDOORS]

gratz on boshing, sick TAS

[@Wrkrr]

Wow, really good. This speedrun is best of this game.

[@Aaron_Grella]

Best for TAS, not for RTA

[@alejandromarquez1291]

12:16 *Even knowing that the Spider was going to appear right there it still scared me*

[@saveriozambetta7528]

I have aracnophobia, i can say the same

[@alejandromarquez1291]

@@saveriozambetta7528 I don't have arachnophobia, in fact I like spiders and it still scared me xD (maybe it was because of the volume)

[@KarmikKoala]

Вот еще прыжок быстрее чутока, случайно тогда у нас вышло - www.twitch.tv/dreadztv/clip/TriangularSuspiciousElkBabyRage

[@drumling]

Тебе бы в час пятнадцать уложиться..

[@Tema-fc9ky]

@@drumling так он уже делал в боши сабчас )

[@timur3411]

Тогда было бы не 22.22.22 :)

[@sergeykudryavtsev6646]

Хм,если такой прыжок возможен, то лучше уж сразу на правую платформу прыгать, не?

[@DENIS9805]

Чё

[@well2369]

Это вам не Стэс, это Влад

[@darbi6290]

Это стул

[@Scaramouche122]

Это влад дп

[@MrSticks42]

Уверен, что благодаря этому ТАСу спидраны по Боши станут еще более интересными

[@maxnedodaev5527]

Крутота, спасибо за разбор с коэлой!

[@iwbtkroker]

It's legendary!

[@3.T.C]

Hey man, I lost my watch and was hoping you could tell me what time it is?

[@shar1]

It's Boshy time.

[@nivdy]

is it weird to say I grew up on this game? I played this game in middle school, and it really shaped how I live with determination. if I put myself through something, eventually I could do it.

[@victor22332211]

I actually got the same way of thinking because of that game. Beating this game really improved my motivation for other things in life

[@edgiest-edgelord-that-edges]

This game is weirdly nostalgic cuz I remember some of the first streams I'd watch on twitch being Boshy way back in like 2013 lmao

[@thebrazillianguytm2186]

nothing against your taste or anything, but geniunly, there are games out there wich are *fairly* difficult and are much more rewarding and lets face it, this game was made with no care whatsoever

[@nivdy]

@@thebrazillianguytm2186 this game was not made to be "fair" it was made to test your skills. I've played easier platformers, I've 100%'d celeste. I have nostalgia for this one because it was a game I played as a kid.

[@theinternetofficer6594]

gaming is for sinners, stop playing gamers, nazi

[@lapismazo]

I remember discovering this game like 8-9 years ago, but now I finally understand most references

[@BucketsnG10ves]

I'm going to assume that Kracko skip is not RTA viable but damn thats a huge skip, also very impressive!

[@chair7728]

its not even close to being viable

[@LiamH2004]

It is rta viable with pause buffering

[@Opanker_]

It's rta viable by litterally tasing in real time

[@spiritbond8]

Wait, how did he even do it?

[@codigogamer8157]

I though this game was dead, but I saw this and I got really happy, this is truly a work of art

[@Joryho]

Boshy is never dead, just not known well.

[@deltaheavy2094]

10:10 When someone turns on the light in my room.

[@mmnt1337]

11:05 Код морзе расшифровывается как "PLAYAG"?

[@Atozmos]

2:45 Does turning and shooting have any impact on that jump being clear-able?

[@shar1]

Yes, without them this jump is impossible.

[@altayklc9047]

nope, he's messing with you oh wait he wasnt

[@Opanker_]

Yes because turning makes your gun look left and it doesn't touch the spike and shooting makes boshy's legs go in a little bit which also makes it not touch the spikes

[@Eokoi]

Still amazing to see this completion

[@weat9709]

this is definitely me when it’s boshy time

[@Yharim]

I miss this game

[@Patashu]

GG! Very fun TAS!

[@lsinim]

개 쩐다…보시가 이만 한 TAS가 나올 여지가 있을 줄이야…

[@이재영-b3h]

오....한국인 발견

[@MsLoquendo20]

Quite dissapointed that the giant spider wasn't a sub final boss, it would have been a somewhat epic vengace type battle after so many encounters with it

[@acrowiam-speedruns4296]

Insane, Awesome Job :)

[@acefoxtheblueguy]

2:49 BEAM ATTACK

[@kirimusse]

Kinda funny how this game precedes the mene.

[@joshuaspector8182]

This must be the easiest game ever. Look at how easy it seems. :D haha. Nice job tho, I can't even get like 4 minutes in. love this

[@matejastankovic1409]

@CoolestGuy94 I have something to tell you....

[@metal42]

​@@matejastankovic1409I don't have anything to tell you.....

[@njaab5097]

Выглядит просто Надо будет попробовать

[@frezingcrazy]

Эх чел, если бы ты знал, как ты ошибаешься.

[@njaab5097]

@@frezingcrazy Эх, чел, если бы ты знал, что такое сарказм

[@НИКА_НЕТ]

Ну так попробовал?

[@LreanJakl]

I have already seen this video more than 4 times

[@hedgehogsmarbleruns3705]

9:32 made me fall on the floor

[@Grisha123]

I keep coming back to this video

[@angel_of_rust]

That savejumping tech is really interesting

[@КоляКоростелев-н5ц]

Very fun TAS!

[@GachiAndrey]

Спасибо за проделанную работу!

[@hedgehogsmarbleruns3705]

bro that spider💀

[@dimis9054]

The gigant enemy spider

[@decotrseler474]

Кармик тебе привет передаёт.

[@dragonslayermasterornstein83]

TAS is basically the only thing that could make boshy as strong as the game itself

[@cursedtosufferGRIMM]

I love the I wanna sereis, these f'ed up popculture references are so so good I love it and the funny unfairness and still being really fair with checkpoints(imo) I wanna be the guy and I wanna be the boshy are at least 9.5/10 games to me.

[@chapchaf6802]

лучший Стас в моей жизни Kappa

[@СашаСкромный-й6щ]

Где-то в мире в шоке один Куплинов :)

[@morj3310]

Где в слезах Стass пиздит стул

[@Rittberger.]

Почему я улыбаюсь. Хадукен - это прямо тема его канала. Как-то подписчики сделали игру, где Мохнатый боец спас Диму от Марио.

[@Дмитрий_Сивухин]

Пришёл от Кармика. Вот без обзора и разъяснений и не скажешь, что тут колоссальная работа проделана. Красава, Бро!

[@SkiLLoLeR]

Great job!

[@ivan-hd8ts]

I just noticed that at 2:27 he is going left to right pixel perfect with the walls, what a detail...

[@kanon0n]

seeing 222222 feels like perfect tas

[@Kaitri]

boshi: kills mario mario: thank you!

[@tunafissh]

22:22.22 is incredible

[@brianli6562]

This looks like a terminalmontage video.

[@Mikelica69]

XD

[@Flinch9000]

Pre-Something About

[@certifiedbruhmoment1436]

11:20-11:49 I love the way TASbots brag

[@eldergamer10]

1:11 The giant Enemy Spider *starts beatboxing*

[@yrinx]

i don't know anything about this game, can anyone tell me what happened at 0:58

[@BladeMK]

Optimized. Great job!

[@BladeMK]

Still stands.

[@ninzwz]

cool tas! i do have a question though, did it actually just end up being 22:22.22 or is it slightly suboptimal for the sake of being that number?

[@shar1]

It ended up being really close to 22:22.22, I might have lost only a frame or two to get the exact time.

[@TheGaming100]

@@shar1 jeez, what ae the odds lmao

[@killerofzombs115]

I did not expect Angus Dei from Ace Combat 4 at 21:13.

[@absolent.7485]

Just love the music of 4 world

[@skeletonizer7512]

PepeLaugh 👉 STILL HASNT BEAT SOLGRYN

[@mariosonicfan2010]

19:20 ...Is this how King Crimson works?

[@賢者タイム予備軍でした]

系の実況を見てるとこれがいかにえげつないことしてるかが分かる

[@こをくんのモンスト部]

ほんとそれ‪w‪w

[@こをくんのモンスト部]

特にソニック戦

[@賢者タイム予備軍でした]

@@こをくんのモンスト部 精神力ぱないでよね( *´艸｀)

[@scp-682ver.Bright]

@@賢者タイム予備軍でした それなぁ

[@UniMindPerson]

Where music on 4:45 is from? I played that NES game, but can't remember.

[@a767n]

Cat mario?

[@JollaKoala]

Cheetamen theme, the world itself is based on the game.

[@Dlinnarukii]

Ты монстр просто, император ТAS

[@inspector9320]

У Сильвер нейма наверное анти рекорд по прохождению этой игры

[@Rukir]

when the numbers align this nicely, is there even a point to improving the run?

[@BladeMK]

Yes

[@GuanlongX]

No

[@cadelijoren]

13:40 que se llama el cancion?

[@fancy00ne]

We waiting more good speedruns from shar , Shar: hold my crowbar

[@ilikegeorgiabutiveonlybeen6705]

привет ты случайно не знаешь есть ли какие-то манипуляции с миссингно как с ганоном 17:17?

[@zorgo4444]

С алайнов на мегамене зарофлил люто. Ты много из этого стаффа нашел по пути? Скип крако до этого таса на моей памяти всегда считали невозможным, помню ББФ говорил, что если бы кто-то внезапно обнаружил сетап, то это бы стало главной метой среди РТА раннеров

[@slavaosadchenko9217]

Лев! Просто зверь)

[@alexandrf.184]

8:29 second double jump? WTF?

[@archiveFolks]

he toe-tapped first spike' edge

[@eessndjd]

6:54 time to go though the floor

[@crobodile]

I’m beginning to think that it might be Boshi time

[@eddiechannel3000]

Oh boy its the VVVVVV part! Oh, I see,

[@krawlleer]

Как проснулся, сразу поставил лайк)

[@leezitro9325]

love how after killing mega man he shot bullets at increasingly smaller intervals

[@rostok3152]

Cоник за 8 секунд? Мужик, ты чего?

[@SuperVegitoYoshaaa]

Are ya winning, son?

[@lemonnotorange8794]

You are the best! Keep up!

[@stanleyching]

ive never seen this game before all i know is that its boshy time

[@CrazyLegs-22]

When the Tas dies you know is a hard game

[@hybridth374]

You are a god

[@BladeMK]

One word: Optimized

[@topkarat]

To this day I have never seen someone play the vvvvvv level

[@rinkusutoraifu526]

I play it this year... It's horrifiying :'c