A few clarifications because I'm sure I'll get comments about these: -When you see floor not being lava, it's intended like for example: at 1:55 there is a door that I unlocked in that spot and 12:40 is part of a floating island spanning across 3 rooms -I really tried my best to not place unnecessary blocks, however I'd not be surprised if a more skilled player finds a clever strat to cut some out -Because spawn points often messed up (they're usually placed on the floor) I made myself spawn in the room before, right next to the screen transition so I have to re-enter and retry. Otherwise I could've abused my deaths and respawns to skip hard sections -The map was custom made and isn't available for download, since a lot of things are wonky and broken still -Last but not least, this was made for fun, and the goal of the video was to be an enjoyable watch :)

I'm sorry to say that I'm absolutely floored by this challenge

Cheating platforms I can see that can definitely be removed: City 1 - 5jump off the lava itself should work here to conserve the dash to the end Site 1 - Climbjump off the lava here should work, but it seems quite difficult Site 4 - you have a corner to jump off here, and a right dash should make it far enough from there Site 7 - another lava climbjump here should work Resort 5 - updash into the crystal and wbounce should be able to clear the spikes Resort 8 - 5jump off the lava should gain enough height that a dash is no longer needed 15:05 - should be possible to make it to that wall with a dash remaining if you climb up the right wall Cheating platforms that could possibly be removed Site 2 - seems doable by jumping off the lava but stamina could be a killer here Site 3 - ceiling pop possibly? Site 5 + 6 - Badeline could definitely pose a major threat here but seems somewhat doable Resort 2 - play this section before brown maybe, but then some of the rooms in brown may be impossible Resort 3 - maybe more lava climbjumps, but this seems hideous Ridge 1 - a ton of lava climbjumps maybe? Temple 3 - this room seems doable in 2, albeit very difficult Various blocks on Flag 1 - you could probably cut at least one here using midair supers but idk Cheating platforms that I can't see a way to remove Resort 1 Resort 4 Resort 6 + 7 Ridge 2 Flags 21/17/14/7/4/1 Cheating platforms that aren't shown in enough detail for me to decide: Last room of Elevator Shaft Most of Ridge A couple tight corridors in Temple Parts of Reflection A few sections of Summit Other notes: 6:27 you appear to hop off the water here rather than do a cornerjump I wonder if 5b would save block usages due to having a more aerial Theo section at the end? I think you accidentally cut out the clip for the Chapter 2 revisit in Summit, and played the Ch4/5 clip twice lol

I want to see an optimized TAS of this. I wonder just how many cheat blocks it'd shave.

As the top of the mountain isn't covered in lava, I assume that the whole story of this challenge was to escape from the lave by climbing high enough

ISsue in Chapter 3 is a common thing when makers make vanilla maps. All vanilla maps select the color and visual behavior of "spinners" on a per-map basis. Becuase your map isn't the vanilla map, it doesn't make those changes

I would recommend if you are doing challenges like these in the future, to definitely download the speedrun tool, as it allows you to savestate anywhere in the current room and prevents the repetitive grind of certain boring sections. Otherwise, great video, even though a lot of these cheat platforms didn't have to be used. Also as a fun fact, lava works exactly like normal walls (not ground), and you can do basically any and all tech from it as long as you do it within a certain time window. :)

Hello! I am a pretty experienced Celeste player (I have over 2k hours logged on it), and I can see a bunch of spots where cheat blocks can be removed. Would you be interested in me going through the chapters and working out how many can be removed within human capabilities and/or if you allow TAS? We can even make a follow up video on it if you'd be interested!

I want a grandmaster player to try this challange, and see if the amount of cheat blocks would see a change

I'd love to see this mod uploaded and seeing people attempt to remove all cheating platforms. Also, speedruns.

The way he says "fucking wind" is so relatable i hate it so much and i hate who ever thought it was a good idea

Pov: The guy in our imagination jumping from tree to tree.

I think that at 1:30 you are not jumping of the wall below the lava, but of the lava itself. You can actually perform neutral jumps of lava walls

Out of the 99999 challenges I’ve seen in Celestenet, this is actually a really cool one

Very cool challenge idea ! I can see tiny improvements, though they would make things a lot harder. The main idea resides in the fact that lava actually has a wall hitbox, that happens to extend 1 pixel further laterally than the death hitbox, making it possible to actually wall climb or wall jump on lava with high precision. I think a lot of cheating blocks could be avoided using this but hey, it really depends if you're willing to grind pixel perfect placements on the hard rooms (depending on the speed going towards lava the difficulty can vary, because being slower means more frames available for the right pixel, to which we can add the buffer frames)

in room 2, you can get past the spikes by climb jumping straight up followed by a climb jump over. the momentum from the first jump is enough to get by without using a dash

You make some good content man I enjoyed the video. Funny as well

this is an awesome video!! It just reminds me of how much fun it is playing through celeste for the first time. The challenge isn't in just executing a difficult series of moves, it's also about figuring out what moves those are in the first place Just beating the level is equally as satisfying as figuring out what you're supposed to do to get there (as if solving a puzzle).

Was very surprised to see only 2.25k subs, this was a great video

This video was super entertaining! I'm super glad i stumbled across this video and I hope i stumble across some more! :D

The challenge looks extremely hardcore with an extremely cool idea. However not only the challenge is cool, the video with the explanation is awesome too.

i got some tips for later use. You can actually wall jump from lava, if you jump before you hit the lava, though it’s pretty precise. You can also execute a ceiling pop. It is a jump under a ceiling achieved by holding on a wall that connects to a ceiling from the bottom of the wall, holding down diagonally towards the direction you want to go, and jumping at the perfect time. Suggest watching a tutorial for both of them.

This video is absolutely awesome! I hope you get lots of views!

This video is problamatic mostly because you forgot to mention that you can't beat 5A at all because once you enter the mirror and start falling, you touch the floor, and that isn't a cutscene because you can't skip it. You have to beat the b-side to contuie because that section is impossible because the game doesn't consider that falling segment as a cutscene,

Definitely made the right call for the last part of Temple 😂

Goddamn how are you this underrated you've got some awesome video ideas.

you're very underrated and make amazing content, keep it up :)

This video is just right Good job, Ben

so much dedication, wow (cool video btw)

I do wonder if doing some of the "cleanup" rooms in the hotel in a different order would lead to different amounts of blocks needed

Your content is so good :)

the amount of deaths in chapter 3 looks like my first playthrough. the blobs hurt my brain and souL

That thumbnail is *chef kiss.

I need this map right now, my monkey brain sees a bunch of ways to save blocks

It would be amazing we were able to download this map. I feel like I could shave off some blocks and also it is a really interesting challenge.

Ben that was so so cool ur so skilled

someone should tas this to see what the theoretical minimum is

You could skip the first chest block by doing the no dash strat for that room

Dang, youre really showing off with all these Expanded Techniques~

Some more stuff may be possible with a very precise trick, a lava cornerboost. There’s tutorials that explain how to cornerboost if you’re unsure how to, but if Madeline is on the top 1/4 of the top pixel of the hitbox of a lava block, you can perform a subpixel perfect lava cornerboost. Might make some rooms possible without more cheat blocks, if you’re willing to slam your head against a lava block for a few minutes!

Just found out about channel, great video!

If i remember correctly you can pass room 2 without dashing between the spikes because you do that when doing the dashless golden berry

would love to see you try the b and c sides like this

Your gaming is insane for me. Like, I wasnt able to figure out myself for, like, 10 minutes, how in chapter 4 you needed to use that block from the side to get over the spikes in almost the start, before the mega wind is starts. Yep. Welp.

The first cheat block in chapter 1 can be avoided as you can climb the top side of the T shape platform, then jump, and then jump again as soon as you possibly can and move forward.

That first issue you ran into with 1-2 you can clear with a 5 jump

I would love to see a tas or something with the same goal. I am sure that it could save a few of these

Of course it’s possible! It’s Celeste!

Same challenge but B sides would be like: nothing changes

this looks fun

I think almost all of the blocks (I have only seen chapter 1 and 2) can be done by doing cpops (a subpixel perfect tech) and even more spikejumps, also, you are able to do even more horizontal momentum after climbing, the easier option is to climb jump Up and then jump to the direction of the spikes while holding grab and falling from the previous jump (is kinda complicsted) but gg anyways, this are some exp and gm techs

That’s about twice as good as my normal run

10:00 So, in this alternate world does Theo just... die here?

in room 2, 1:46, it is possible to skip across the spikes without a dash. Watch how chapter 1 dashless room 2 get across.

Celeste, but the floor is lava

why has this guy only got 2K subs

If you do another Celeste "is it possible" challenge, it might help to have the Speedrun Tool mod so you can save state different areas. I think most people use the save states to practice difficult segments of a room before clearing it from the start, but use it however you feel

this is needed to be a map tbh, i want to try it without the blocks

Room 2 is possible Use the dashless strat for the spikes after the jump pad, and then jump towards the exit and dash

Average strawberry jam beginer map

So,now you need to beat 8C 74 times😈

Would you look at that, Checkpoint 1 of the Summit is actually the final challenge this time

You can actually jump off 1 pixel of Lava :3 so with a bit of precision room 2 should be possible with a corner boost, same way you would beat it for winged golden

The first cheat block is actually skippable. Normal dashless strats shouldn't work, but due to weird coding jank, you actually can perform walljumps off of lava. Including ones that require the grab. It's insane, but possible. The second one can be solved with another lavagrab. The third one is the same as the second. The fourth one might be able to be saved with a Cpop. I couldn't get it, but I wasn't trying very hard. The fifth one is seemingly frame perfect, but can also be saved, theoretically, with a Cpop. 6 and 7 can be done just with clever routing and by going back onto the platforms that you came from and dodging under Badeline. The eighth is the same as the second. The first room of the second button is not possible as far as I know. The second room of the second button is easily possible just by doing it first. The exit of the second button is easily possible the same way as the second room. The first room of the third button is not possible as far as I know. The fourth room of the third button is possible with a demo dash followed by a Cpop on the books along the left wall. The first button is easily possible as the last button. The first block of the long room is skippable with a corner jump. This is as far as I wanna go. If somebody wants to continue this, including me at a later date, you can.

in 15:03 you have to wave dash to get in the wall then use the dash to get in the wall, jump and reach the exit

less deaths than my farewell completion

Room 2 is actually possible, with a welltimed spikejump you can make it over the gap without using a dash

This looks really hard

my guess is exactly 100 cheat blocks for all chapters including farewell.

1:59 , that jump is possible if you do 2 walljump quickly

next is US election d-side without touching the ground

Good job, now do farewell

for the part of the summit where there's downwind, you can actually jump on the lava cause funny downwind effect, thereby removing all cheat blocks. it's tas only tho

All of chapter 1 can be done dashless. You can save your dash in room 2. -sincerely Uel

I'm curious if the b sides require more or less cheat blocks? Since they unlock the next chapter and actually don't require as many rooms as you'd think in 5b's case because of strats like bub's drop.

Btw you can just jump off the lava sides if you are close enough to it

YOU DIDNT NEED THE CHEAT BLOCK IN ROOM 2 CHAPTER 1!!!!!!!!

Room number two is acctully possible Because you can grab on the top then jump twiceand grab on to the edge and dash

Also you can neutral jump up a lava wall

-You should do farewell-

dude this challenge looks kinda fun but also annoying

you can save like 50% of cheat blocks

Как вы создаете эти карты? Может есть какой-нибудь сайт? Или программа?

Make this a mod where you can get all berries too

2:08 neutral wall jump to corner spike jump, it's not that bad, i made a bunch of them in my first mod, you can clear 6 tiles this way even. that's only 5 tiles here.

6:28 Or you can use the water, Mr. Genius. 6:42 Can’t you just dash out of the room?

WHOA WHOA WHOA WHERE'S CHAPTER ZERO?!?!?

so who is gonna tell him about lava tech

gg

1:59 if you climb and jump, then jump imediately you can get past here ez without cheating.

did you put this as a mod on everest? would love to try it for myself!

who’s gonna tel tell the final platform with the flag is floor

is there a download for this mod?

I might be wrong here but can't you just corner jump for city room 2 and some other places? It's your challenge so honestly you do you, it's still sick

i'd guess 15 cheats

now do this but deathless

Lava or lava

Chapter 1: - you realize that lava is a climbable surface right? you absolutely can beat the room you got stuck on by 5jumping off the lava, same as what you'd do in a chapter 1 no dash clear. Chapter 2: - the first stuck should be doable with two corner jumps. depending on how proficient you are at corner jumps that's doable. - same applies to the first instance of the badeline chase sequence - you might be able to reach that switch by doing a precise wavedash at the left end of the switch gate and therefore going under the thing then using your dash to reach the touch switch, but i'm not sure how you'd get out of there. If you had replaced the floor with lava instead of placing lava over the floor, you'd then be able to corner kick out I think? - won't ask about the big badeline room Chapter 3: - what if you tried corner kicking the screen transition in that first room? I think you'd still die, but worth checking - second room, lava is a climbable surface. i don't remember the exact hitbox, but I think it's possible to corner jump between the lava and spinners. - you can climb those stairs by neutralling off the lava into corner jump - that demo isn't impossible, especially with how much horizontal space you have to work with when aiming, also, I'm, like, 70% sure you could've just wallbounced over that? - that long room with lava floor looks possible. I think you neutral off the wall to the right, jump off the lava, corner jump off the lava, that's part 1. Don't remember what the rest of the room looks like and footage didn't show. By the time you reach chapter 4, it becomes difficult to see stuff because you gloss over a lot. But yeah, I think there's a lot possible that you missed.

did you route chapter 6 to minimize cheats? cuz i know theres many paths u can take

15:03 wouldn't an extended hyper off the zipper, neutrals up to the top, and then a late wallbounce off the top wall and late horizontal dash be enough? I'm not sure about this though Also, pleaaase release this as a mod, it seems pretty fun especially with a few dialog modifications (kind of like what the etseleC mod does)