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FORM FORM D-03SURVEYED

District Routes

Five districts, three target tiers each, and the shortcut debate that splits the leaderboard.

The Underducts: ground zero of the shortcut debate
▲ Steam screenshotThe Underducts: ground zero of the shortcut debate

The tutorial — but silver bites: the gallery slide-jump chain is gate one.

1:20
GOLD
1:50
SILVER
2:40
BRONZE

The lineStandard: Window 3 → gallery slide-jump ×6 → annex counter outside. Gold: a second wall-kick off the right wall skips two slide slots.

TrapThe queue machine's interaction bubble is bigger than it looks — drift too close and the queue animation eats 8 seconds.

The face of the game. Vertical climbing, chain-run school; the outer line splits gold from everything else.

3:40
GOLD
4:30
SILVER
6:00
BRONZE

Low profile and duct-rolls throughout. The gate is the crime scene of the 340-reply thread.

2:50
GOLD
3:30
SILVER
5:00
BRONZE

The most fun 2 minutes in the game: the 7-counter chain and the roof queue's pitch-black joke.

2:10
GOLD
2:50
SILVER
4:00
BRONZE

Finale. Atrium vertical puzzle + the last form. Quiet enough to hear your heartbeat and the stamp.

3:10
GOLD
4:00
SILVER
5:30
BRONZE

The Route Debate: should the gate skip count?

Pragmatists ("an unlocked door is a path")

  • Dev's own words: "we didn't lock it." Unlocked = legal
  • Target times ARE a "find the fastest way" design; the signposted route is for tourists
  • Speedrun tradition: no collision clipping, no cheating

🛡 Proceduralists ("this is a parkour game, not gate-jumping")

  • Form D-14 is part of the quest chain; skipping it skips the story
  • The skip leans on accidental crate placement — that's an exploit, not a route
  • If 1.0.2 patches it out, every pragmatist record becomes a fossil

Community status: Current state: two parallel boards (with/without skip), mutual non-recognition, mutual video-watching.

Community PB board (as of Day 5)

RecordHolderTimeVersion · Note
Full five-district run@duct_tape19:471.0.0 · uses gate skip
Full run (no gate skip)@martyr_of_procedure20:591.0.0 · purist line
Vertical Records single@outer_wall_enjoyer3:211.0.1 · outer line
Permit Plaza single@refuses_to_queue1:581.0.1 · 7-counter chain
Underducts single@duct_breather2:411.0.1 · filed the permit (ironically fastest)