Spelunky is © 2008, 2009 Derek Yu and Mossmouth, LLC, and is used under the [Spelunky User License v1.1b](https://spelunky.ai/LICENSE.txt). spelunky.ai is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Mossmouth. The game and its assets may not be sold. Music by George Buzinkai and Jonathan Perry; sound effects made in SFXR. From Spelunky Classic 1.1, © 2008, 2009 Derek Yu and Mossmouth, LLC. # The shortcut win's 0:00 From the spelunky.ai wiki: . The shortcut win's 0:00 is a quirk of Spelunky Classic in which a player whose wins all came from a shortcut door sees TIME: 0:00 in the high scores. | Quirk | | | ------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [How we know](https://spelunky.ai/wiki#how) | Read in the game's code and seen in the original game running | | Where | [`scripts/scrUpdateHighscores.gml:55-62`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrUpdateHighscores#L55-L62) | | Pinned by | [`fidelity/replays/ending-seed-1.txt`](https://github.com/851-labs/spelunky/blob/187c08df2d359683ed808ed14322c0bfcfaa3d7a/fidelity/replays/ending-seed-1.txt) | | Row | [docs/quirks.md §1, Bugs and leftovers in the 1.1 source](https://github.com/851-labs/spelunky/blob/187c08df2d359683ed808ed14322c0bfcfaa3d7a/docs/quirks.md#1-bugs-and-leftovers-in-the-11-source): [“A win from a shortcut shows TIME: 0:00.”](https://github.com/851-labs/spelunky/blob/187c08df2d359683ed808ed14322c0bfcfaa3d7a/docs/quirks.md?plain=1#L97) | The [shortcut doors](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/tunnel-man-shortcuts) above the [title screen](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/title-screen) start a game at level 5, 9 or 13, and a win from one counts. But it keeps no time: the time record stays as it was, which before any other win is 0. The high scores show the time whenever there's a win, so a player whose wins all came from shortcuts sees 0:00. ## What happens After a game won from the level 13 shortcut, the credits fade out to the [high scores room](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/high-scores-room). The win is counted, WINS: 1, but the room shows TIME: 0:00, and the only trophy is the money's[^1]. **Clip: A win from a shortcut.** After a game won from the level 13 shortcut, the credits fade out to the high scores room. The win is counted, WINS: 1, but no time is kept: with no best time before it, the room shows TIME: 0:00. ([video](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/media/clips/speedrunning-basics/shortcut-win/clip.mp4)) ## Why A shortcut door sets `global.usedShortcut` for the whole game, and the start and [tutorial](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/tutorial) doors clear it[^2][^3]. At the end of a win, `scrUpdateHighscores(1)` writes the win's time only when the game wasn't a shortcut's: ```gml scripts/scrUpdateHighscores.gml:57-62 if (argument0 == 1 and (global.time < tTime or tTime == 0) and not global.usedShortcut) { highscore_add("TIME", global.time + 8000000); global.newTime = true; } else highscore_add("TIME", tTime + 8000000); ``` [`scripts/scrUpdateHighscores.gml:57-62`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrUpdateHighscores#L57-L62), from `spelunky.gmk`, Spelunky Classic 1.1's source, © 2008, 2009 Derek Yu and Mossmouth, LLC ([Spelunky User License v1.1b](https://spelunky.ai/LICENSE.txt)). So a shortcut win writes back the time that was there: 0, until a win from the start or the Tutorial. It still adds 1 to WINS[^4]. The high scores room draws the time row whenever WINS is above 0, with the comment "only display time if won", and 0 seconds reads 0:00[^5]. The time's trophy is made only for a time above 0[^6], and the Moon Room's panel shows its goal only for one[^7], so neither shows: no trophy, no door, and the panel reads LOCKED.[^8] ## Reproducing it Pay the [Tunnel Man](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/tunnel-man) for a shortcut, start a game from its door, and win it, with no win from the start door before. Any player whose wins all come from a shortcut door sees it. The replay of the clip wins a game from the level 13 shortcut, so `usedShortcut` is 1 from frame 738 to the end. At the high scores room, frame 8393, the time record is 0, and the only trophy is the money's, with no Moon Room door[^9]. A later win from the start door keeps its time, and the row shows it from then on. [Speedrunning basics](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/speedrunning-basics) has the rest of how a run is timed. ## In the port The spelunky.ai port reproduces it exactly: it's in docs/quirks.md's list of the 1.1 source's bugs[^8], and the oracle's fingerprint of the replay pins the time record and the trophies. No option turns it off. ## FAQ ### Why does my best time say 0:00 in Spelunky Classic? Every win so far came from a [shortcut door](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/tunnel-man-shortcuts). A shortcut win counts as a win but keeps no time, and the high scores show the time row as soon as there's one win, so with no time kept it reads 0:00. ### Do shortcut wins count for the time record? No. Only a game started from the start door or the Tutorial's keeps its time. A shortcut win still adds to WINS, and to money, kills and saves as any game does. ### Does a 0:00 time unlock the Moon Room? No. The time's trophy and the Moon Room both check for a time above 0, so with 0:00 there's no trophy, no door, and the room's panel reads LOCKED. ## See also - **Related:** [Scoring](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/scoring), [Tunnel Man shortcuts](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/tunnel-man-shortcuts), [Speedrunning basics](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/speedrunning-basics) ## References [^1]: Clip [speedrunning-basics/shortcut-win](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/shortcut-win-no-time#clip-speedrunning-basics-shortcut-win) [^2]: [`objects/oPlayer1/other_animation_end.gml:137-157`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oPlayer1/other_animation_end#L137-L157) [^3]: [`objects/oPlayer1/other_animation_end.gml:72-95`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oPlayer1/other_animation_end#L72-L95) [^4]: [`scripts/scrUpdateHighscores.gml:81-84`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrUpdateHighscores#L81-L84) [^5]: [`objects/oHighscores/draw.gml:126-142`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oHighscores/draw#L126-L142) [^6]: [`objects/oHighscores/create.gml:50`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oHighscores/create#L50) [^7]: [`objects/oHighscores/draw.gml:46`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oHighscores/draw#L46) [^8]: [“A win from a shortcut shows TIME: 0:00.”](https://github.com/851-labs/spelunky/blob/187c08df2d359683ed808ed14322c0bfcfaa3d7a/docs/quirks.md?plain=1#L97), [docs/quirks.md §1](https://github.com/851-labs/spelunky/blob/187c08df2d359683ed808ed14322c0bfcfaa3d7a/docs/quirks.md#1-bugs-and-leftovers-in-the-11-source) [^9]: Replay [`fidelity/replays/ending-seed-1.txt`](https://github.com/851-labs/spelunky/blob/187c08df2d359683ed808ed14322c0bfcfaa3d7a/fidelity/replays/ending-seed-1.txt), which the clip [A win from a shortcut](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/shortcut-win-no-time#clip-speedrunning-basics-shortcut-win) plays ### Source code - [`scripts/scrUpdateHighscores.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/scripts/scrUpdateHighscores) - [`objects/oHighscores/draw.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oHighscores/draw) - [`objects/oHighscores/create.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oHighscores/create) - [`objects/oPlayer1/other_animation_end.gml`](https://spelunky.ai/wiki/source/objects/oPlayer1/other_animation_end)