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NEW PARALLEL PROTOTYPE · ROUTE GRAMMAR

Forward Detours Lab

Six ways to put bonus fights beside the main route without making the player walk backward afterward.

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0BONUSES
01VERSION
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THE EXPERIMENTEnter a side room. Clear it. Exit farther along the route.

Default behavior removes the empty return walk, but you can switch traditional backtracking on for comparison.

LIVE ADJUSTMENTSChange every map at once
Fog distance
Enemy threat
Bonus exit

CurrentAvailableBonusUnscouted
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