We climb the mountain in Celeste.
Developer: Extremely OK Games | Publisher: Extremely OK Games | Initial Release: January 25, 2018
Flora, Mike, Moe and special guest Frozen Flygone collect berries, dash and face dark reflections of ourselves.
Players: Flora Merigold (@LudonarrativeFM), Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)
Special Guest: Frozen Flygone (@FrozenFlygone) | Twitch
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SHOW NOTES:
- 0:00 Start
- 1:50 FrozenFlygone Intro
- 3:15 The Gauntlet
- 6:00 Fast Pitch
- 7:00 Time Capsule
- 11:40 Press Reviews
- 13:25 Our First Experiences with Celeste
- 17:35 Movement & Comparisons to Other Games
- 23:10 Challenges
- 27:20 Getting Better – The Story
- 31:35 Speedrunning Celeste
- 34:00 Mental Health in Gaming
- 40:15 The Characters
- 46:30 The Art
- 53:30 Getting Better – Positive Reinforcement
- 1:03:20 Celestemas Eve & More Speedrunning
- 1:07:40 The Final Ascent
- 1:11:15 Core
- 1:14:15 Final Thoughts
RESOURCES:
- Theo’s Instagram (LINK)
- Flora’s 2020 Celestemas Eve via Twitch (LINK)
- How The Celeste Speedrunning Community Became Queer As Hell via Kotaku (LINK)
- Frost Fatales 2022 through March 5th (LINK)
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