Metroidvanias have a long history of speedrunners trying to beat the game as fast as they can. In the Akupara Discord, I hosted a Speedrun Competition for the Demo of GIGASWORD! We had two speedrunners jostling for the fastest time. Currently .techhead. on Discord has the fastest time at 16:18.35. The speedrunners are predicting that a time of 16:0X could be the fastest time for the demo. Do you think you can got any faster? Here is their run if you want to see it! Do you think you can go faster?
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2500332521
enderjora is hot on their heels with a time of 16:21
I spoke with Jack about what they have been working on this month on GIGASWORD.
Hey Giga-Friends! I hope you’ve all been well!This month has been an exciting one for GIGASWORD for two major reasons; the first of which being that the Steam demo has been updated with tons of new content!
Here’s what’s new:
-Outskirts area and Forgotten Waterway area have been completely restructured
-multiple background elements have been updated
-collectible scrolls are now in the game, and you can find one in the demo
-a bunny you can pet and feed carrots to!
-Sloan fight has been improved
-tons of bug fixes
-and more!
Alongside these changes, we’re also currently hosting an official GIGASWORD Speedrunning Challenge! How fast can you complete the demo? Think you can take the world record (and win some prizes in the process??)
Here’s how it works:
-Play the new demo on Steam: http://bit.ly/GIGASWORD
-Submit your time in the Akupara Discord: https://discord.gg/akuparagames
-And that’s it!
If you haven’t played the GIGASWORD demo yet, now is the perfect time! I hope you guys enjoy all the new changes, and if you do, please do us a ginormous favor and wishlist the game on Steam!