framerule

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English

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Etymology

From frame +‎ rule.

Noun

framerule (plural framerules)

  1. (speedrunning) A multiple of frames (video pictures), at the beginning of which the game performs a check, typically as to whether the player reached an area.
    to save a framerule
    In this run, I arrived two framerules earlier.
    • 2017 October 12, David Snyder, Speedrunning: Interviews with the Quickest Gamers (Studies in Gaming)‎, McFarland, →ISBN, →OCLC:
      When I play the game there's no accidentally saving a frame rule. That's physically impossible. You have to do some really crazy specific strategies to save any time beyond what the current record does.