Year of Harvest Moon Speedrunning June Update

Year of Harvest Moon Speedrunning
June Update

Game:       Harvest Moon: Back to Nature
Category:   98%
Original Estimate:          ???
PB at the end of month:     15:45:48
Current Goal:               Sub 15
Likely to run again:        Yes, but not soon

I don't remember exactly when I began routing this game, but I don't think most of the routing was done until this year. This was the first 'really long' run of this year, so actually being able to finish runs felt like quite a task, and out of the 3 times I managed to stream it, I finished 2 of them, which I consider good.

Something really important I didn't actually route into the run until a few days before my first streamed attempt was the Animal Exchange Esploit, which saves so much time throughout the run, because of it allowing me to get a lot of money early on. My PB at the end of the month was ok, it saved over an hour and a half over my previous, but got worse luck, so can definitely be beaten.

I definitely think I'll run 98% again at some point, though it definitely won't be that frequent due to how draining the run is.