Celeste Classic Gets New Sequel

I’ve spent some time these last few months bemoaning Prime Gaming‘s lack of interesting and fun games included with your Prime membership. I’ve done so with the fun squeaky hammer of the internet that is the Epic Games Store, following the uproar by idiots that somehow the storefront is a disguise for stabbing baby elephants, or whatever the internet now hates. The point that I am crudely trying to make is that I found something I adore via the Epic Games Store, and I’ll happily talk about it anytime I get a chance. The problem is, it looks like I’ll never get a chance to talk about a sequel to Celeste, partially because it is beautiful perfection.

The impossible has not happened, not yet anyway. There is no direct sequel to the full game that I adore, but the full game from 2018 was developed from a free small PICO-8 idea back in 2015, often referenced as Celeste Classic. Instead, the team behind the beautiful hardcore precision-platformer that induces more swearing than stepping on a lego made a sequel to that. Announced yesterday afternoon via Twitter, the free PICO-8 sequel titled Celeste 2: Lani’s Trek has the community back on the hunt for berries and new swear words.

Over the last 3 days we made a sequel to the PICO-8 Celeste Classic, which you can play here:https://t.co/wP8t6Pv0lg

— Noel Berry (@NoelFB) January 25, 2021

The new game swaps out the wonderful Madeline for Lani, and as the full game did to its predecessor, there are big changes to mechanics. Lani uses a new grappling hook in place of the established aid-dash that Madeline would use (sometimes causing frustration). Not that the grappling hook makes it any easier, it is a Celeste game after all. Said hook only allows for Lani to move laterally, and as a result, they aren’t able to climb vertically like they are Lara Croft up vines.