Dissecting Design -- The (In)Accessible Nature of Celeste

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Published on February 5, 2018 5:00:03 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6bT12Z3C_o

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Celeste (2018)

Duration: 50:08

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For this week's Dissecting Design, we're focusing on the indie platformer Celeste. While many people will talk about how the assist mode makes Celeste more accessible, I think the game's design is more inaccessible to new players than one would realize, no matter how great the platforming is.

0:00 -- Intro

1:12 -- Basic Gameplay

8:18 -- Assist Mode's Feature

17:06 -- B-Side Changes

20:17 -- Level Design Problems

34:47 -- Subjective Difficulty Explanation

44:50 -- Final Thoughts
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