Celeste is a beautiful and heartbreaking gaming platform that requires skill, patience and wrists that will not leave you. It’s hard, but that’s the point: he wants to teach you a lesson about never giving up, even when you don’t believe in yourself.
Celeste Classic 2 is a free PICO-8 platform game in a similar style, made by Maddy Thorson, Noel Berry and Lena Raine, two of the developers and the composer, respectively, to celebrate the three years since the launch of Celeste. And his carry.
PICO-8, if you’re wondering, is a downloadable “fantastic console” for which anyone can make games. All PICO-8 games are 16 colors and have a screen of only 128 x 128 pixels, which gives the game library a unique, thick pixel look that combines with a retro-inspired design.
If you’re really wondering why the game is called “Celeste Classic 2,” you’ll be pleased to know that the original, called “Celeste 1.0,” is also available on the PICO-8 website. The game, which was the forerunner of the full Celeste we know and love, was made in just four days in 2015. A version of Celeste 1.0 can be found in Celeste, inside a hidden room in the Celestial Resort Side A.
Although it has a similar, albeit reduced, mechanic, Celeste Classic 2 features a new hook instead of the air dashboard, as well as a character who is not Celeste’s protagonist, Madeline, named Lani. There are at least 16 new strawberries to pick and, according to people in the comments, it will take between five and sixty minutes to complete. You can also listen to the beepy-boopy soundtrack to Lena Raine’s band.
Did you beat Celeste? What is the highest score of Celeste Classic 2? Let us know in the comments.