i used to be really good at nyamo’s adventure. it’s an html5 game that was made for the ludum dare 35 game jam, and has been updated a few times since.
it’s a really short and easy game, yet it captivated me enough that i began to speedrun it. with a couple months of practice, i was on the top of the speedrun.com leaderboard. there wasn’t much competition, but ‘uncle slam’ (the prior record holder) and me had a week of back and forth before i was on top again. from then on i was playing solely against myself.
i stopped viewing the game as a competition and just played it to chill out. i felt a sort of solitude. mute the game, throw on some music, and slowly improve. sure, i was just going through the motions, but they were my motions; in the internet’s vast oceans, i’d found a small, quiet, secluded island, and built up a humble home.
eventually, i got a time i couldn’t improve. about a year later, uncle slam came back, with a new technique, and beat my time with a 4:43.670. i snagged it back with a 4:04.230, then he snagged it back with a 4:03.683, then i had the record again with a 3:59.350.
that was half a year ago. since then uncle slam grabbed a few records in the game’s other categories, and my left arrow key broke so that i wasn’t able to get those times. while i’ve taken a few multi-month long breaks before, this is probably the longest i’ve gone without seriously playing the game.
after writing a bit of this post, i decided to get out my school-given chromebook (which doesn’t have a broken left arrow key) and try the game out. my first attempt was a 4:12 something. not bad, a third place time, but i was clearly rusty; uncle slam had me beat. i did one more attempt before writing the rest of this.
huh
i guess i still got it
(i feel like this post was superfluous; sorry!)
((i wouldn’t mind it if you gave the game a try! i dunno, even if i can’t compete until i get my keyboard fixed (which will probably be a while), it could be nice to have some friendly competition with some of you))
