I’m now working on the beginner speedrunning route for the Metro
kingdom.
While I was watching the guide (before trying any of the route), the
route seemed a lot more difficult than previous kingdoms. So I decided
to use more of the tools available to me to make this project
easier/manageable.
So I created the first section (section 1) to be from the start of the
kingdom to the first checkpoint flag. I wrote about that in a curi blog
comment.[1]
With section 1 I did the following (not meant to be complete):
(1) watch the explanatory part of the beginner's guide,[2]
(2) try it out.
While doing step 2, I noticed that I made a few mistakes that weren’t
explained in the guide. So I rewatched the guide trying to find out how
I’m doing things differently, made adjustments, and tried again. I
repeated that until success. That worked just fine for this section.
Then I moved on to the next section (section 2), which I chose to be
from the first checkpoint to the top of the building.
With section 2 I tried following the same steps that I did for section
1. I noticed that it was too hard. I was failing too much. I wasn’t
even getting close to doing the right moves. So I decided to divide up
section 2 into multiple sections. So I made section 2.1 (from flag to
the awning jump) and section 2.2 (from awning jump to top of building).
Section 2.1 was a bit harder than section 1. I wasn’t able to notice
exactly what I was doing wrong while trying the run live. So I added an
extra method of *recording video and rewatching it to see if I could
catch what I did wrong*. That worked well. I wrote about my initial work
on section 2 and my work on section 2.1 in a curi blog comment.[3]
Section 2.2 was even harder. I noticed that even from just watching the
guide. So I added a method of *writing down explanations of the common
mistakes and explanations of their solutions*. That wasn’t enough. I
was not able to notice exactly what I was doing wrong, even while
reviewing my recorded videos. So I added another method of *comparing my
recorded videos with the beginner’s guide*. I still had trouble until
I finally added this method: *explain exactly what I should be doing
differently than what I’ve been doing*. After doing this last thing I
was able to succeed consistently at completing section 2.2 pretty
quickly (no big time losses). I wrote about my work on section 2.2 in a
curi blog comment.[4]
So with section 2.2 I did the following:
(1) watch the explanatory part of the beginner's guide,[1]
(2) write down the guide’s explanations of the common mistakes and
their solutions
(3) try it out until success. if fail,
(a) figure out what I did wrong,
(i) first try figuring out what I did wrong on the fly.
(ii) if fail, record video and review.
(iii) if fail, compare my recorded video with the guide.
(b) write down what I should do differently,
(c) go back to step 3.
[1]
https://curi.us/2198-mario-odyssey-discussion#15095
[2]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMTl5aVqHdA&list=PLiinoyifvFb64od8RyqPFmVqDrFwkgaa0&index=7&t=0s
[3]
https://curi.us/2198-mario-odyssey-discussion#15103
[4]
https://curi.us/2198-mario-odyssey-discussion#15118
-- GISTE