SMO: Studying Metro route - session #29

Goal:

Improve aiming with motion controls so that I'm remembering to use it in every case that it's needed.

Activity:

I did untimed practice trials of the Metro boss fight focussed on making the use of motion controls habitual.

Instructions and analysis:

Reread my notes from previous session.

Trial 12 analysis: I remembered to use motion controls to aim for every shot. And I mostly only used motion controls. I don't think I used lateral movement at all for aiming. And I barely used the direction pad to aim. For the first cycle, I killed all the segments, but on the 2nd cycle I missed one before it went invulnerable.

• Reread my notes from last session and compare and contrast it against my trial 12.

• Problem: I can get better at aiming with motion controls.
• Brainstorm solutions: Continue practicing like this.

Trial 13 analysis: In the first cycle I missed a lot of the snake segments and I think I got hit once by projectiles. Then in the 2nd cycle I died by projectiles.

• Reread my notes from last session and compare and contrast it against my trial 13.

• Problem: Not focussed on projectiles enough. 
• Brainstorm solutions: For the 1st cycle, kill at least 3 projectiles before aiming at the snake segments.

Decide next steps: 

1. Continue practicing this boss fight while focussed on motion control and killing/avoiding projectiles

Guides I used:

I used two guides to help me do this activity.

• The first guide I made specifically for my speedrunning sessions.
• The second guide I made specifically for making blog posts.