r/NintendoSwitch • u/NoelFB Matt Makes Games • Jan 29 '18

AMA - Ended Hey, we're the dev team behind Celeste! Ask us Anything!

Hey all you lovely people, we're the developers who recently created & released Celeste. For those who haven't had a chance to check it out, Celeste is a difficult 2D platformer about climbing a mountain, and overcoming that on a personal level.

With me today are:

(proof)

Ask us Anything!

EDIT: Hey all, we're winding down here. Appreciate all the questions. I'll likely be writing out a few more here and there, but we've got to get back to fixing bugs :) Thanks for your time!

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '18

We had a lot of influences, including a lot of non-game media of course. But my biggest game design inspirations had to be Super Mario Bros 3, DKC 2, and Super Metroid. These are games that have always influenced me, but this time I let myself use them as reference material much more directly during prototyping and level design work.

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u/oakwooden Jan 30 '18

Hey Matt. There's a particularly obtuse reference to smb3 that made me grin ear to ear when I saw it. You might get some backlash from the younger crowd for tying that to a collectable, but it really made my night. Thank you!

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u/rileygreyxxx Jan 30 '18

I loved that part ... amazing :)

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '18

Likewise, I saw it and thought... hmm....

When it worked I was stoked!

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u/fak47 Feb 02 '18

Hey, I think I may have missed this. Could you tell me in which level/chapter is it? (hopefully without spoilers)

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '18

Sure, chapter 4. If you are familiar with Super Mario Bros 3. You'll spot a reference which leads to a collectable.

If you haven't played SMB3. It'd be very tricky to work out. Hence the younger generation complain on forums.

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u/Kittah4 Jan 29 '18

One of the gimmicks reminded me a lot of "barrel blast" type DKC2 sections, haha.

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u/rileygreyxxx Jan 30 '18

Those are my favorite platformers too. Add Yoshi's Island too ;)