Time spent to beat game: 2 hours. Additional time spent trying to get 100% map: 3 hours 38 minutes... and that's only because I cheated and found a filled out map online. You win game, you win. 5/5
To help with the hard badge, shoot the enemies in your way for about the first 500m to help preserve your health (the weapon is very helpful early on to help prevent you from getting hit). However, I found even the fully upgraded weapon to only be useful for about the first 500m. At that point I had most of my health and switched to controlling my character with my right hand and not shooting at all. This allowed me to focus on dodging and getting as high as possible with my remaining health. This strategy got me past the 1000m mark. Hope it helps.
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