Addiction Automated
Introduction
Having played Spleunky (HD) over 7 years ago, I've recently started playing it again on a new account (the one I'm using to write this guide).
Perhaps it was my experience with Spelunky 2, but Spelunky, once seemingly insurmountable, now felt surprisingly approachable. In under 100 runs, all achievements were ticked off — Full Journal, Low Scorer, Speedlunky, Big Money ... except one: Addicted. Never would have imagined that having to die a 1000 deaths anew, would exacerbate my itch for 100% Spelunky completion.
To prohibit "Addicted" from being that lonesome, yet formidable gatekeeper of "100%" ("Low Scorer" assumed that role for my initial 100% completion), I have written a couple of small scripts (AutoHotKey, and Python; take your pick) to automate the "End Adventure - Quick Restart" loop.
While the AutoHotKey route offers simplicity and ease of setup, the Pythonic way stands out as the overall better choice.
Happy Spelunky-ing! :)
AutoHotKey
To automate for the "Addicted" achievement using AutoHotKey, follow the instructions below.
- Download AutoHotKey (v1.1)
- Save the script given below into a file ending with a '.ahk' extension (I named mine Addictlunky.ahk)
- Run the script (double-click the '.ahk' file created in the previous step)
- Launch Spelunky, and start the adventure mode in a non-paused state (e.g.: start at 1-1, with the level timer running)
- Press Ctrl + 0; and let AHK handle the grind, the addiction, and the toil.
- Press F4 when/if you want to stop the script.
Python
If Python is more your jam, high five!
Details and instructions for working with this script, are directly included in the script given below. Also included below, is a video demonstrating the usage of this script.
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