SPEED RUN NOTES
Xcw speed-run notes
Win condition
A scene completes when every active threat is removed and the character reaches the safe end state the level shows. Winning is the clean exit, not the kill count — leaving with a threat still able to interrupt you is a fail.
Fastest line
Before acting, separate the threats and pick the one that can interrupt your very next move. Let one action fully finish, check how the scene shifted, then take the next — this clears the scene in a short safe chain instead of racing the closest enemy.
Input language
The input is scene-specific: mouse aim and click, a drawing gesture, or a touch action, shown when the scene opens. Match the displayed cue and commit to one action at a time instead of spamming.
Opening play
On the first pass, name the single most immediate threat and any object that changes the environment, then act on the one that makes your next step safer. The enemy nearest to you is not always the one that will interrupt first.
Score signals
A correct action removes a threat and opens a safer next step; if the scene resets or you take a hit, you treated two threats as one or committed before the scene finished updating. Watch which threat repositioned after each action.
Recovery
After a failed scene, list the threats again and deal with the one that can interrupt your next move, one at a time. Most failures come from combining two threats into one response — split them and act on each in order.
Player questions: Agent J
How do I control Agent J?
The input is scene-specific — mouse aim and click, a drawing gesture, or a touch action — and the cue shows when the scene opens. Match it and commit to one action at a time.
How do I pick the first action in a scene?
Find the threat that can interrupt your next move and any object that changes the environment, then act on what makes the next step safest. The closest enemy is not always the right first target.
