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Renfrew Jun 18, 2021 @ 6:24am
[Variant Mode] You can die while collecting a Crystal Heart due to 160% speed
I decided to play through the whole game again on 160% speed (got tired of dying over and over on Golden Strawberries, so this keeps the game fresh for me, while not feeling like a chore).

Anyway, the main purpose of this post:
For some reason when collecting a Crystal Heart at 160% speed, you can actually die because you fall way faster than you usually would, and the game doesn't slow down quick enough. This can get a bit annoying because you now have to collect the heart at a specific angle otherwise you'll have to start the screen from the beginning. This is quite hilarious, and I don't blame the devs for not realising this, because who would play at 160% speed through THE ENTIRE GAME, right?

The Crystal Hearts that you can die while collecting that I have found so far are:
1) Chapter 1 B-Side (you fall too fast and hit the spikes, so the only way to collect is to dash as close as possible to the heart and grab the opposite wall)
2) Chapter 4 B-Side (you fall too fast into the abyss, so the only way to collect is to dash diagonally upwards, to delay falling as much as possible)

You might be able to die while collecting Chapter 6 B-Side, but I dashed diagonally upwards instead of straight, so I haven't tested this further. In other chapters (especially A-sides) the Crystal Hearts are in a safe place, so it is theoretically impossible to die while collecting them.

I haven't collected the following hearts: Chapter 7 A and B-side, Chapter 8 B-Side and all C-sides. So might be possible to die while collecting those.
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Clantis Jun 18, 2021 @ 12:42pm 
they know its possible to die after the heart, because they didn't allow you to die after collecting it before. i don't know if they did it for 160% speed, though. but they're not that worried about keeping this game up to date anymore, they're trying to move on.
Renfrew Jun 18, 2021 @ 1:00pm 
It's just hilarious to think you are done and then suddenly Madeline just explodes and the distortion sound effect just stops. I don't expect the devs to playtest or update a bonus feature on a game from 2018, lol. There are way more bugs on 160% speed than just dying when collecting a Crystal Hearts in ways that wouldn't kill you at normal speed, so it's just a casual extra mode for fun as far as I am concerned.
aqmlyn Jun 18, 2021 @ 1:35pm 
From memory, the only hearts I'm sure you can't die while collecting are 2A, 2B, 3A, 6A, 7B, and 8A, although some others like 4A, 5A, 5C, and 8B are fairly difficult to (without trying).
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Date Posted: Jun 18, 2021 @ 6:24am
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