[TAS] A Difficult Game About Climbing in 2m29s

This is a Tool Assisted Speedrun (TAS). It was not played live. I made a tool for the game that allows me to create savestate, slow down the game, advance frame by frame, ...
UPDATE 26/04: There is a way better TAS (1:51) made by Hitachi: • [TAS] A Difficult Game... . This one is accurate, 100% legit and "doable" within the original game. Check it out!
I implemented a replay system around all that, and everything put together resulted in this run! This is not perfect, this is far from being fully optimized, but this is a first step towards a good idea of how the game can be done if played perfectly!
I think my savestate system messes up the speed of the hands/body, so this is entirely possible that this run is actually not possible on the game, so it might not be a legit TAS. But even if it isn't, it's pretty close to what's really possible (there's no like speed boost, or cheat whatsoever).
I hope you enjoy!

[@Pontypants]

I am SPEECHLESS!

[@qadri_]

that is easy

[@BadmanYT-1254]

Hi Ponty!

[@wRadion]

Thanks for watching my TAS! I saw your reaction, and wanted to clarify some things. I will probably make a video about it. The main thing that the tool is doing is recording my positions and speed in the game then play them back. Then, on top of that I've added the possibility to create and load savestates, slow down the game, see some specific values, etc... So it can indeed not really be 100% legit and I suspect it's not. There's still one issue with the savestates, when loading the hands, they have a different speed than when I saved them. So there is some small abnormal speed variation. But apart from that, overall this is pretty close to what is currently possible with the game.

[@Hinghee123]

@@wRadion so technically clark is still number one

[@tonynguyen744]

an easy game about climbing

[@doofusleloofus]

The cockroach in the sewer system when I left my food on the table for a couple of minutes:

[@Hinghee123]

lol

[@Big98Bob]

😂😂

[@nick_9914]

you mean, for 2.29 minutes

[@newersmiles289]

O my GOD 😂😂😂

[@Hinghee123]

@@nick_9914 💀

[@jypyannukke]

Me: "looks away for 2 seconds" The spider on my wall:

[@rare0oze136]

I thought I was clever when I thought of the same joke but everyone said it I’m the comments lmao

[@aidenr3310]

​@@rare0oze136 awww that sucks lol

[@yudhakurnia23]

2:39 even the camera cant catch up

[@RimuruTempest-_-0]

Bro is faster then camera man

[@RimuruTempest-_-0]

💀

[@Brinkedos]

And isn't it odd? 🙂

[@kanemane]

Clark has probably watched this 20 times at least by now

[@DonKennyOfc]

KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

[@belo.2]

Qual sera a nacionalidade ​@@DonKennyOfc

[@rc-fannl7364]

And Clark will probably upload an under 2 mins run tomorrow, lol

[@chuckpalahniuk2174]

@@rc-fannl7364 why ? this one is tool assisted so no need. but cool video

[@rc-fannl7364]

@@chuckpalahniuk2174 This TAS shows there are still a lot of optimizations left, so leave it to Clark to implement these. Although it is possible some inputs are too frame perfect to be humanly possible. But still, never say never, right?

[@Codyumm]

blows the other tas's out of the water.

[@leevi12]

craza

[@Oyakinya-Izuki]

Ye

[@prod_change_up]

Climbs them out of the cliff

[@Motivatedclock]

Sooooo, when is the video of you beating the tas coming out????🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Wulfjager]

​@@MotivatedclockTAS but the climber is x3 bigger

[@mrafton9457]

Imagine spending days climbing mount Everest and finally climbing to the top, and when you look down you see the human spider just boosting his way up the mountain at top speed.

[@HiFisch94]

I once read a book about everest climbing and some guy was going up there with a whole crew, exhausted, etc. At some point on their way up, Reinhold Messner was just zooming past them 😂

[@noahgarcia2153]

Clark on his 502nd speedrun

[@victorkao1472]

Clark on his 8500th speedrun

[@Moss_Dude]

Takes a deep breath and focuses* "Ok, time to climb this mountain.." Starts violently skittering up like a spider*

[@pav998]

Clark has competition now

[@demise2515]

ong

[@poopooman4820]

A worthy opponent

[@aadimgyawali1462]

i don't think a real human can get quicker than 3:30 minutes in this game

[@pav998]

@@aadimgyawali1462 shhhh you’re ruining the joke

[@ThesoriUK]

Something feels off about this video for some reason

[@HazyBlackest]

This TAS guy is pretty good getting WRs in every game.

[@kobbsy7441]

He crazy fr

[@ninjack11]

1:19 that's just dirty

[@prettyone68]

sup with 1:27 XD

[@Tygermite]

I was stuck at that part for an hour... It just made me want to cry.

[@manu5l93]

1:38 ...

[@MollyWinter]

Imagine being on the top of a mountain and seeing him coming towards you. Absolutely terrifying.

[@victorkao1472]

Bro didn’t become spiderman. He is the man spider

[@B.Cypher]

I love the scittering crab motion it’s so crab like 🦀

[@4nt0s]

It's hilarious how much the movements and sound remind of a bug

[@eboatwright_]

The sleep paralysis demon on it's way to my bedroom:

[@myowncomputerstuff]

It's always cool seeing how TAS lines differ from WR lines, the way they take all these high-risk routes to save time. In this case, I feel like the TAS is actually playing the game MORE as-intended in several areas compared to speed runners, like how it grabs the breifs on the clothesline at 1:03 and declines the concrete pillar "shortcut" at 1:30.

[@bennettslavin3975]

Its “hands” move so much faster than a humans that going around might be faster than the pillar which needs a second to hold on to

[@drawingdavedraws6152]

Read the description of the video: "This is a Tool Assisted Speedrun (TAS). It was not played live." For people thinking that this is the new speedrun record, it is not. This is just an entertaining video.

[@alexplaysgd]

i sense so much improvement is possible, am excited to see the future of TAS for this game

[@Sonoooo4]

What is TAS?

[@yesnt7356]

tool asisted run@@Sonoooo4

[@OGCalicant]

@@Sonoooo4tool-assisted speedrun. I think it means they used some algorithm to make this possible..? Basically this isn’t fully a human doing it, meaning it doesn’t count as a world record

[@Rondobondohondo]

​@@OGCalicant not an algorithm, usually they go frame by frame to put in the ideal inputs, showing us the theoretical fastest gameplay possible. Obviously no human will be able to keep up with a TAS in most games, though.

[@OGCalicant]

@@Rondobondohondo what do you mean? I don’t really get how “going frame by frame and putting in idea inputs” works… that’s why I assumed that was some code or something, a person does that?

[@Meuhy]

This is so sick! It's been a wild ride watching you code this live, but it was worth it in the end

[@dman1456]

The craziest thing about this is that it's not even fully optimized in a few places. A preposterously fast time, and it's not even as far as it can go. That is amazing to me.

[@k4kadu]

This is the first piece of content I consumed about the game and that very much throws off how hard this looks.

[@calumdickson7016]

imagine mark watching what took him an entire episode be done in like 15 seconds

[@stargirl7646]

I was just thinking of this 😂

[@suserio7871]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@freezeburn1]

TAS, it seems like you somehow manage to master every game worth playing! Love what you do, keep at it!

[@orangeseagamer4522]

TAS means tool assisted speedrun

[@mendeleyev1790]

@@orangeseagamer4522. ✈️

[@OLDMANWAFFLES]

Clark is taking notes.

[@BigBoyAdvance]

The swimming section at 1:05 looks very improvable compared to some RTA runs

[@wRadion]

I spent a lot of time in that section. My tool crashed a lot and I lost a bunch of tries because of the green rocks that disappear when they fall. In the end, I just did something okay-ish and moved on ^^

[@Kontinuum_LXIX]

Let's gooo masterclass, programmer tout le plugin plus faire la run t'es vraiment une légende

[@adealtas]

This is crazy, I love it !

[@Hinghee123]

the way this dude completes the run in such a desparate way, it is just so hilarious

[@awake1251]

This is so impressive. You’re practically running.

[@joan_bros_speedrun]

this is so satisfying to see

[@Gustavo33790]

the clap noises of the hands sounded so satisfying.

[@dalcowboiz]

The was one of the most mind blowing things I've seen in a while

[@honor_gamer]

I was waited TAS how it will looks like! Finally! :D

[@LeoRedFang]

yes! this is what I've been waiting for!!

[@strawberttt]

LMAO this is amazing I love the sounds

[@djmax01]

It's cool to know that it is theoretically possible to get close to this speed as a real person. GOI came down to a lot of 5 minute runs and no one thought it could get much faster but now it's down to under 1 min. I'm sure it will be the same for this game.

[@thegreatestroman1651]

can't wait for this game to be blown open in the following months, it has all the speedgame potential you need

[@RealiceCubeAmongUs2069]

Bro did Clark dirty 💀

[@Xebusy]

Mind blowing tas

[@sgtgamer5140]

Legends are watching after beastboyshub 😂😂😅

[@Tea78972]

Yes dude 😎

[@bablumandal4768]

Yeap you are right

[@phillipnguyen8138]

Ive been waiting for a TAS for this

[@cadaeib65]

Absolute masterpiece oh my god

[@sadr-yt]

GG! amazing work!

[@codetaku]

I appreciate that you acknowledged the imperfections in the TAS, often when people publish a new TAS they're just like "welp this is it, unless new routing ideas are discovered this is the fastest it can be done" even when they're not micro-optimizing at all. Definitely saw a couple minor snags, and I'm not even sure you're "swimming" optimally (maybe you are and I'm terrible at processing it just because of how slow it is relative to the climbing), but it was definitely hilarious to see that this game played for-the-most-part optimally makes you look like a literal cockroach lmao

[@J7Handle]

At the last swimming section, he clearly grabbed the starting rock later than he could have, the pool area looks like it could have been done faster,but overall it looks mostly clean to me. I doubt a sub-2 minute TAS is possible.

[@baby_pug]

absolutely insane, nice work!

[@am_Nein]

The sound really, really ties it together.

[@MatthewWilliamMWK]

YESSS finally a tas!

[@rualroca]

1:54 bro started to levitate 💀

[@jaredfolsom4989]

Bro you right 💀

[@commentspae]

he is visibly holding onto the lamp

[@TheLazyComet]

that was terrifying. thanks for sharing

[@fallenhuman2081]

This is absolutely hilarious to watch somehow

[@GlorbergGoldGate]

It looks like he floats from the rock to the lantern around 1:54. This is so cool. I don't know the first thing about TAS's, but Im sure this took some hard work. Nice job!!

[@serocrux]

Crazy part is he shoots himself away with his right hand, the jump isn't actually done with the left 💀

[@DotMeister]

im subbed to you

[@GlorbergGoldGate]

@@DotMeister ay let's gooo!! Thanks for your support!

[@AS13B]

good stuff

[@nathanedmond8312]

Congratulations to the tool! No but seriously, nicely done dude. By the looks of it, creating your own tool in order to handle the creation of this must have been a ton of work. Nice job! (Bon travail!!)

[@LouiseBelcher69]

Now I know what Spiderman feels when he climbing

[@chuckpalahniuk2174]

I was like no way it's human. then saw your description. amazing dude, so hypnotizing ! thanks for that

[@fontajo]

So glad you didn’t have the tas do the cement wall skip, now I won’t feel bad about refusing to learn it

[@wRadion]

I didn't manage to do it fast enough to gain time. So as far as I know, doing what I did is just faster

[@christophevachon7110]

this TAS run moves like an angry spider, it’s freaky

[@Innertorium]

It’s like something out of a horror film! “WE ARE COMING!”

[@kunortep]

Стас как всегда бьёт все рекорды, ох уж это Стас )

[@Oyakinya-Izuki]

This TAS guy beat clark by minutes ( real)

[@Butchcavalier]

love the way he scuttles. Like an insect of some sort or perhaps a gecko

[@brickmannstudiosh6488]

holy shit speechless and amazed also odly satisfying

[@spadesofhearts7714]

The creature I see during my sleep paralysis

[@user-yc3xz5tc9e]

Саня Булкин в шоке будет

[@Kudasal012]

та это софт

[@Zulk_RS]

Never before has a TAS made me this uncomfortable while watching. Well done.

[@Pirateking1997]

That was so satisfying to watch

[@FurryNonsense]

Skip to 0:18 You're welcome

[@CrtzicalHitz]

Feel bad for clark

[@GeneralKenobi69420]

Oui oui baguette, le speedrun très bon, oh la la

[@Mtox_987]

Bien joué je suis choqué du TAS boulot monstre de faire sa en si peut de temps

[@RaghavBabbar]

Fantastic

[@juniorsniper4753]

🧐🔎HACKER !!

[@joepalladino9257]

You made that look easy! Impressive

[@noahdecoco6438]

I was waiting for this!!!!!

[@AMS-KungPao]

Speedrunners in a couple months: "I just did sub 2 minute speed run while blindfolded using a Guitar Hero drum set"

[@MageBurger]

Childs play, use voice commands. Speedrunner better hope they can outpace Eminem.

[@Ly221]

mark should not watch this video

[@DocGeraud]

Very nice!

[@Frankie_and_fwoggie]

Omg this TAS guy is insane he has a WR in basically every game

[@3KLANGMUSIC]

Clark is crying right now.

[@Alexander-hs7zo]

🤣 Even the camera can't keep up with the player

[@serafimribeiro7418]

The fact that it is possible to do better is isanely mind blowing

[@Pavlushk_a]

Хороший забег. Удачи в будущих забегах

[@CHAINSAWMAN_0721]

サワの動画から

[@goz1k]

People don't know what is TAS.😂

[@hikkariemi]

what does TAS mean?

[@888records]

Tool-assisted Run which means it calculates your moves and then runs the program

[@starxdreamz.]

It just means a speed runner has tools, like a slowed down game for example

[@scotter88]

Clark: finaly a worthy opponent, our Battle Will remain in KZbin History!

[@RDS_Armwrestling]

I watched Jaboody boys suffer for a long, long time on this game, and jumps that took them many, many attempts to get perfect, as well as routes that you took not being possible in the actual, real-time game play, so you're correct, this version of a playthrough isn't possible in real life. Good to see what the end of the game is like, they got stuck on a super specific jump that your character took in less than a second haha

[@Scufyyy]

What does TAS mean

[@adrianlosch2111]

Tool assisted speedrun

[@Scufyyy]

@@adrianlosch2111 thanks

[@victorkao1472]

Tool-assisted speed run. Basically you code it so the machine operates the game character

[@레일짬뽕]

It happened LMAO

[@ABHEEeeee]

Clark: finnally a worthy opponent

[@WRLDOfSad]

Goddamn some of those strats.... Clark should definitely try

[@sasu1529]

サワの動画から来た人👍

[@user-xe2bp2yb6s]

😂

[@user-bh3ip2gn5b]

なぜわかったw

[@user-xe2bp2yb6s]

@@user-bh3ip2gn5b 天才やから

[@Halfendymion]

The way he always has that baby-legged stance

[@TheRealUnoYT]

This TAS guy is pretty good

[@Abstractvoxel]

I was laughing the entire time, that was awesome

[@FractorX12]

2:03 bro this jump is sick

[@igorostapenko6129]

so fantastic and amazing

[@Vok250]

Crazy part is that there are even more skips now which can drive this time lower!

[@theta4951]

What a terrifying creature