Buggle Stars Big Steps 2630

A reasonably decent run through Buggle Stars map Big Steps for 2630 points, just illustrating the pathway I currently use. With more optimal star collecting, the score ought go up to around 2660 - 2670. I'll give a detailed textual writeup on the Casual Collective website's Buggle Stars group's forum in just a bit.

Non-obvious key techniques that helped the run score fairly well included:
1. The superjump after star 3, to get to the bounce platform rapidly, such that you can ascend up to the high small platform.
2. Using a superjump to get star 7 and up to the middle small platform for 8 rapidly.
3. Using an impact hop from striking ceiling to transit the gap between sides when going for star 10.

4. ** Note that a move not shown on this run, as it is a bit tricky to do and CamStudio lags me a bit (my box is a bit old), is that for stars 2 and 3 it is possible to avoid touching the platform star 2 hovers above, superbouncing off ceiling above there to clip star 2 for 200 and whistle down to star 3. I've done 200-199 there before that way, double 200s is likely possible. This youtube run touched platform and nabbed 199-194. For a platform touch 199-197 is usually more respectable. So 2-4 points for the optimizing there, though it's a tricky move. I usually go back for the trickier optimizations once I'm edging closer to what I judge my max will be.

Star 5 (low left) is 173 here, and I've been 184 on it before, just not a good setup / pick-up on 4-5 this demo run. Next to last star 14 was 191 this run, sometimes snag it for 195. And so forth. A fair number of stars are like that, there's clearly 30-40 on the floor for slightly more optimized precise star snagging.

Will chitchat discuss more on CC board forum post. The run is meant to illustrate pathway, not to be my best run ever, I'm still working on optimizing this one.

That said, guessing this path tops out around 2670 or so, I do not quite know how awa manages the level record of 2690+. I think maybe he's got another technique somewhere.

Also, a shout to Xenite for giving the initial tip to superbounce trick after star 3 that got me reinvigorated to tackle this level. Thanks Xen.

Have not yet found a tool for mixing audio and video, may reupload with a sound track. First video, try to be kind in commenting on production values. I have a nice 28-sec trimmed file, just can't get the freeware to encode it in successfully. Comment suggestions for a good avi + sound editor welcome.

Buggle Stars is a game made by the good people of:
http://www.casualcollective.com/

Regards,
-evoke

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• Buggle
• Stars
• Casual
• Collective

[Twenty4581]

Thanks. I was stuck on that one

[cilibinarii]

Thanks for the great vid, finally some new perspective on this pain-in-the-bottom level.

[KikosVids]

Thanks for posting this Evoke, cool to see how I could improve my scores.