Celeste gameplay: chapter 1 in less than 2 minutes!
175I love Celeste. I've been playing it a lot. The game's controls are nuanced to a degree seldom seen in video games.
When I interviewed designer Matt Thorson recently, he told me "We're very excited for speedrunners." I told him I was excited for speedrunners, too.
After our interview was over, I stayed alone in the Kotaku offices until late on a Friday night, replaying the first stage in an attempt to get through it in under two minutes. I eventually succeeded.
Matt Thorson tells me that one of the developers is an avid speedrunner of games, and can get through the first chapter in one minute and twenty seconds. I can half-understand how he can do that. I recently discovered a movement technique that could shave at least ten seconds off my time here. Also, in my run here, I make a couple dumb mistakes. Like, I should have been dashing on every single horizontal surface. Heck!
Celeste is out on January 25th for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam.