framerule

English

Alternative forms

• frame rule

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)‎^[1], 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.