Celeste - The New Grandmaster Heartside (2020 Community Collab)

After months of hard work, it's finally here! We began working on the New Grandmaster Heartside back in November of 2020, and after thousands of combined hours of mapping, playtesting, and decorating, we are finally ready to present this absolute masterpiece! Huge thanks to Etpio, Luma, Renatotheflowey, and so many others who helped make this map amazing, we are incredibly proud of it and hope you enjoy!
You can find this map at the end of the Grandmaster Lobby in the 2020 Community Collab, which can be downloaded here: gamebanana.com/maps/211745.
If you are new to Celeste modding, download the Olympus Installer here: gamebanana.com/tools/6449.

[@HeyItzaBoi]

"yeah i beat farewell in celeste im pretty good" *holy shit*

[@QuoteNQuiet]

self confidence went: 📉

[@SpiritofNature]

You are on the council but we do not grant you the rank of master

[@Psyk0h]

Fact: If you ever believe you're reaching the skill cap of Celeste, you're wrong Really thought I was good after farewell too :(

[@suzhengchong2593]

@@mynameisvelk farewell is literally easier than advanced XD

[@Mushroom38294]

Yeah. This makes Farewell look like a tutorial.

[@slab8858]

It still boggles my mind that there are people who beat Celeste and were like "yeah, that could have been harder really".

[@meta04]

MOCE // LXVI moment

[@archipies2553]

I mean I could be a lot harder but thank god it isn’t

[@mimikyubutitsactualyhornet]

I struggle in some begginer levels in spring collab🙃 And i struggle in grandmaster LOBBY not levels THE LOBBY

[@shinyeevee5622]

9:19 I like how they have the spikes read "THANK YOU FOR PLAYING" as if anybody is gonna be able to read that in the 0.001 picoseconds its on the screen for. Also how it says that and yet it isn't even done yet.

[@Oli_TheMegaMushroom]

Um actually you mean 0.1 zeptoseconds 🤓

[@shinyeevee5622]

@@Oli_TheMegaMushroom Bro replied to a comment I forgot about lmao

[@moonagecatamite]

i refuse to believe this is humanly possible

[@freddy4603]

Wanna see someone do it at 160% speed?

[@jj0k0tsxha54]

@@freddy4603 i wanna see it

[@freddy4603]

@@jj0k0tsxha54 sorry, I'm still doing 160% farewell. I'll probs never get to this level of skill even at 100%

[@RoxanneClimber]

same

[@vividescence]

A poor soul that had to delete their comment. Tragic, really

[@smiley_1000]

The new heartside definitely matches the original levels better, but I found the bizarre feel of the old heartside quite cool

[@applepie3683]

Etpio here! So happy to see this being loved, we put our hearts into it ❤

[@DeathKontrol]

so glad you were part of it!

[@JohnSmith-kc6ov]

This level already is love. The whole collab really, every second of it you can feel the sheer love and dedication that went into it.

[@isaacmayer-splain8974]

Ba dum tsh

[@spulp_lord]

Im just curious to what is above the heart room

[@ceph5794]

Aesthetically 100x more pleasing than the old GMHS, and I love the throwback to the prologue at the end instead of the summit c-side room copy Gameplay looks a lot more fun too, although I could never get to that level of play. 100/10, would watch again

[@DeathKontrol]

i'm really happy with how the gameplay turned out but the decorators really exceeded my expectations, awesome job

[@arhia6106]

Yea though i think the red parts are a lil too red, they should've added some white and it would've looked even sicker. Still they did a great job though

[@ekisacik]

late but you can still see 7C gameplay at 9:35, it's a cool throwback :)

[@Mockturtlesoup1]

@@arhia6106 yeah, it's hard to tell where you can even land/touch and where you can't, especially when their moving so fast. Though granted, I'm just watching a play through, so I'm sure actually playing it(especially with all the practice it must have taken) would be easier to tell what's what, especially since I get the feeling that this is a type of very slow progress, inching forward one or two jumps each attempt type of deal.

[@Mockturtlesoup1]

Bruh... And to think Madeline doubted herself in the beginning. You go girl.

[@GM360]

Thought it looked easy enough until you just started LITERALLY TELEPORTING ACROSS THE SCREEN

[@Ghajestis]

ultras are great

[@Dullsonic3]

Plus breaking the sound barrier at flag 1.

[@thegr8hatty]

EASY ENOUGH get outta here with that

[@troit1550]

@@thegr8hatty no really the ultras are the mechanically most difficult part

[@CramcrumBrewbringer]

@@Ghajestis Ultras don’t teleport you. The portals do.

[@kelismaincharacter4925]

I love how when you use a feather while running away from badeline shes just crouching across the sky

[@lostinnowhere6688]

This looks absolutely incredible!! ...not that I'm near the skill level for this XP The section for Heart of the Storm was ridiculous in such a good way. And the 7C reference at the end is also great.

[@DeathKontrol]

the heart of the storm flag is crazy hard but once you get it, it feels so good

[@cavestorymimiga8705]

@@DeathKontrol dude you are the best Celeste player, no doubt you could do every chapter in the game (in a row) without dying once in the entire stretch of chapters (including farewell)

[@rerg6923]

@@cavestorymimiga8705 Thats really hard cuz u get bored and lose focus

[@foiled9491]

Just finished it last week and holy shit it is amazing. I was also one of those people who thought this was completely beyond my skill when I was playing the beginner/intermediate lobby but the more spring collab maps i beat and reached the gm lobby i know i have to do it at some point. It may have taken me 193 hours, but I did it. Thank you spring collab 2020 team, you made a masterpiece.

[@SwainixFPV]

Im really scared of the visibility of the maps personally, have done beginner + intermediate in 12 hours and gave a look at the harder gyms (couldn't chain ultras in 20 minutes of trying in the GM one, will need to try the advanced lobby to get the hang of them I guess). Got turned off by a few levels in intermediate too but still got them ig (the autoscrollers and water, not my cup of tea lol).

[@SeriousBiologywithEmile]

Well if the day ever comes that I manage to get here... ok, who am I kidding? It won’t ever come to this. Congrats on doing this!

[@Avriel_Mimiga]

"this doesn't look as bad as i expected" [lightning] "ok nevermind"

[@Zarkawi17]

That jelly stuff at 8:14 is blowing my mind.

[@bryanh9138]

This looks insanely difficult, but still pretty at the same time.

[@highspeakerofthesluglord3475]

I like this level. Whilst I can tell I could never do it, it still is clear that it is possible and isn't just for tazes. It's also funny how you just through Theo into lava casually at one point.

[@BUGFlower413]

9:37 Oh GOD I loved that 7C reference there!! O.O

[@donker19]

i loved adding that extra touch, felt so right

[@Ghajestis]

@@donker19 it does a phenomenal job of making it feel like "yeah, we're at the end"

[@michodali5342]

@@Ghajestis its more than that though . It makes you realize how far you have progressed since the base game and makes you think yea i passed these insane screens before you and now you feel like an a side. Its there to make you feel good

[@strikehero6811]

Leaving an appreciation comment here cause this video helped me out with the parts of the routing where I got stuck. Amazing level, really felt like a satisfying closure to this masterpiece of a mod! Thanks to you all

[@elfabrip]

From simple jumps to ascending to a superior existencial plane, and i feared 9:34 the most out of all of them

[@mitzitheman8214]

wow just wow I have 100% on celeste all achievements some golden strawberries and you made my accomplishments looks like noting. great job!

[@cas_thekid]

imagine this being the first Celeste content you ever see

[@tm0129]

I beat celeste but im still scared at this dudes skill level

[@achtort]

9:37 dat Summit C-side :D

[@DeathKontrol]

yeah, intentional reference!

[@Eeva_x]

I wish I would have been able to playtest more, but congratulations on release! It looks pretty and fun :)

[@soulrenvods]

Utterly fantastic map in every way, AND an utterly fanastic video to showcase it as well.

[@donker19]

oh hey i did some of this, glad to see it’s finally out!

[@DeathKontrol]

dam straight!

[@marceline8009]

this looks incredible. too bad im too bad to play it lmao

[@mikage6904]

with practice you can do everything ... oh, never mind.

[@Mockturtlesoup1]

Yeah, I stopped on the section of the the 9th level of A-side(I think? I actually can't even remember how the levels/sides work, it's been awhile) at the section where you have to start doing all that stuff jumping on and off of those floaty jellyfish looking things. Didn't have the patience/desire to figure it. Though to be fair, I didn't super love this game like many people do, but I can certainly how some do. I actually ended up buying celeste, cuphead, and hollow knight at the same time, and played celeste first. When I got that point, I decided I'd try playing cuphead for a bit, just because I lost the drive to do that section, and wanted to try out cuphead. Big mistake. I never went back to celeste(though hopefully I will one day.) The same thing is, the same thing happened with cuphead. I actually didn't realize cuphead was "just" essentially a boss rush game, so I was pretty disappointed, but I enjoyed it enough to get to the one of the bosses just before the train boss bear the end, and got frustrated/bored/uninspired, so figured I try out hollow knight for a bit. Super gigantic mega-mistake. I absolutely fell in love with hollow knight(may be my favorite game ever.) The vibe, esthetic, story(though very difficult to decipher without reading about it or watching a KZbin video), gameplay, combat, etc. is just phenomenal. Can't wait for silksong. Luckily cuphead is one of those games you can go back to at any time and be back up to speed almost immediately. Celeste not so much. Funnily enough, I do the same thing with books. I try to always be reading one fiction and one nonfiction book at all times(or read one then the other), and I can't tell you how many times I got to a slow or boring section, and just started reading something else(just for a little while of course, lol), and before you know it's been weeks or months, and I've totally forgotten everything I've read, and either have to start off at the beginning, or just not ever finish it. No idea why I felt the need to tell you all of that. Just frank a red bull and I'm all hyper/manic. Lol.

[@daxee2957]

@@Mockturtlesoup1 I beat all of celeste and same with hollow knight the game is a gift. Up there with one of the best games I’ve ever played in my life 11/10 game so excited for Silksong as well

[@GoodSmile3]

Even though it's surely an improvement, some rooms still look quite messy. For example white + red, that would match only on Santa's head, however that's not really heartside's problem but the themes of mini chapter themselves. The most important is that the old first room doesn't exist anymore, it was horrible. 3:27 Madeline just lost her 4.2 bitcoins that were stored in a laptop in the backpack. Sad. 6:37 poor fish. 9:25 your welcome. Some rooms really look hard to complete without guide so good that this video exists.

[@DeathKontrol]

haha we thought it was perfect when we launched it and now we're finding tons of things that need to be patched. feel free to ping me on discord with feedback, i'm taking notes.

[@thiagosantellan1062]

Begginer:can beat chaper 8 Intermidiate:can beat c-sides and farewell Advanced:this weird limbo Expert:you probably didn't touch grass Grandmaster:you defenetly didn't touch grass in your entire life

[@sp_1029]

Help I haven't seen the sun in years I've been trapped in a room playing celeste grandmaster maps

[@exodiusthearchitect2477]

Congrats on anyone who can comprehend whats going on

[@Mandrake_root]

This was soo cool. I watched some rooms at .25 speed so i could actually see what you’re doing. Such precision its incredible.

[@nevalk196]

Bro, this community is INSANE

[@nitroflux_o1040]

And it never stops getting more insane

[@BoneChill8118]

I beat this a couple days ago and the joy I felt was immeasurable. It’s really fun though. Surprisingly enough, the flag that took me the longest (flag 2) ended up being my favorite flag.

[@DeathKontrol]

flag 2 is definitely the crown jewel of the map

[@thequipster4114]

5:00 was my favorite design by far

[@pitori.]

9:26 thank you for playing

[@psachickennugget8617]

Holy shit. Like seriously, that was beyond amazing. Props to the people making and playing these incredible things I will never be able to beat XD

[@discoparty9993]

8:14 i'd recognize those cloud blocks anywhere

[@catapillie]

congratulations. this is amazing.

[@Sampster8]

I need to play this immediately

[@flash93]

yo this is incredibly late but I didn't even know this existed and it just came into my reccomended so I figured I'd leave a comment I had fun working on this albeit being a muuch smaller part but I'm really happy with how everything turned out

[@DeathKontrol]

Glad to have you on the team!

[@luma8895]

Line of frog.

[@soulglitcher]

Witness the pinnacle of humanity's mechanics.

[@4nnb3rl1ght]

You know what's scarier than the fact that beating this is humanly possible? The fact that human people made this

[@GeoDashPro]

There is no way this was done by humans 😳 major props to you 👏👏👏

[@sandmangreen4]

This is madness! I love it :D

[@tillotman]

this is stunning

[@TechnicalSitaram]

Don't give up mate, that was my first day to use soft soft and i will work on it for a long ti!

[@thelacedog1915]

Haven't played the heartside yet but the throwbacks to the earlier levels are giving me PTSD

[@kodapro2997]

I would honestly die inside if they released this, “oh yeh I beat chapter 9 I’m a pro”

[@elshand.m8820]

aah, i just got into making soft rn and tNice tutorials is so helpful and your voice is so sootNice tutorialng btw! thanks for tNice tutorials tutorial

[@iamdadbod]

Lfg

[@alexdacat7052]

Some crazy shit happening Music: soft piano

[@K0nomi]

oh my god i love how they put 7c near the end

[@seedsetter]

thank you for playing at 9:25. Slow the playback speed down to .25 and it's still fast.

[@bunshine]

this is so nice!! wow

[@touhoe]

this scares the shit outta me, but pog clear-bubble tech

[@ninpro188]

Wait this actually looks like a lot of fun haha! I love the tech in this game, though I need to buy it on my PC to try these mods. I speedrun Celeste on my switch

[@Celestner]

*starts off easy* player:yeah this is gonna be easy *2 rooms later* player: WHAT IN THE LOVE OF GOD IS THAT

[@Mushroom38294]

This makes Farewell look like a tutorial

[@mairo5124]

As a beginer, it feels like doing the entire game without death, while doing every face straw and hearts OvO''''

[@jasyak2]

I saw the core lava/ice, theo in a crystal, the badeline bossfight, and the bird all at once

[@yukisetsuna1325]

Checkpoint 4 is "Theo Hell"

[@BGDMusic]

this grandmaster sure is heartside

[@Lugmillord]

Wow. This is mezmerizing. It looks incredible, both visually and from the gameplay-perspective. At times it is hard to comprehend what's going on. I could never play that. I'm happy I beat chapter 9.^^

[@Smacdown08]

This is terrifying. Im currently on farewell and I find that hard and then I see this…

[@quincius8638]

madeline must be having the worst panic attack of her life rn

[@Nihlm2]

Wow it really is like 12 trillion times better huh

[@eduardpimakhov248]

Well, this is awesome

[@InverseHackermann]

8:12 those jelly backboosts look ridiculous

[@SquidPartyDude]

Every Heartside….kinda reminds me of rhythm heaven fever in a way….every set, a remix would have to be cleared to move on to the next set to make sure you know everything of that set. Oh yeah and Rhythm Heaven Fever, is…a Wii game. Still play it KEKW cuz it was made by the developers of Wario Ware which is shocking. Also Rhythm Heaven fever, has well had a lot, A LOT of memes, custom remixes, ect. If you like rhythm games, I’d say that rhythm Heaven fever is for you.

[@Gorgrigar]

Mind Blown!!!

[@spellfox_]

this is amazing

[@sandorrclegane2307]

Man that is terrifying I mean amazing, but just woah

[@azealot7112]

I wish I could be a Grandmaster but I'm not sure how many months of training I'd need to get this skilled.

[@xsinam]

I beat farewell today in almost 14h and 5K attempts and I don't think that this amount of hours and attempts would be enough for any of these screens

[@MistyStarStrike]

As a mere casual player who beat Farewell, I can only say that this is the most sadistic fucking shit I've ever seen

[@alexandersage4379]

Dylan is like 'oh.'

[@legendgames128]

Farewell doesn't seem so bad now.

[@Arnesfield]

Madeline skipped therapy and descended into this madness

[@girahimeslord6103]

Imagine fighting badline when escorting Théo when fooowing the bord and manage thé lava and ice... Oh wait that a part... The more you know XD

[@animarthur5297]

Remember when this was about climbing a mountain?

[@celestenotrnggame2823]

Really nice work with the new gmhs! What flag did you find to be the hardest one?

[@DeathKontrol]

Flag 2 is the hardest for me, no doubt

[@x3a]

respect for the celeste community :stocks:

[@R.BChefOfDistrict23]

celeste is at it's peak

[@dom3306]

The gameplay : 😭😡☠️☠️🔧⛏️⛏️ The music: 🎻☺️

[@vtpooks2166]

the first half of checkpoint 8 looked doable, eventually then wtf was that, yeah na ima save myself and my controller

[@ButterNuss.]

09:35 OFCOURSE they put this cursed passage in at the end xDD

[@yeahme437]

and i thought i was good for doing farewell

[@space_mamanti]

Holy shit this is so cool

[@JinGaster]

massive amounts of frogeline

[@aydust4744]

1:42 NO thank you to etpio for heart of the storm

[@tear959]

Old heartside's atmosphere felt weirdly open for all the dungeon aesthetic this lobby has, tho I liked the little reference of it in the ending😊

[@ScarletEmber64]

I see your 7c reference and I like it

[@Sam-km1qu]

You are a madlad...

[@mynameischun-li798]

Me at the first minute: Oh well this is not that bad 10 seconds later: holy shit

[@gevidamusic4716]

Mudstep - Break In

[@platonymous_]

this is how our parents got to school

[@benjamincurran5799]

You really need to go into full-on zen mode to beat this. "Hey, take it easy!" "N-no, I'm being serious, stress is just going to worsen the problem, so please stay as calm as possible."

[@destiny4963]

Passionfruit Pantheon: Heaven Spring 2020 GMHS: Hell

[@girahimeslord6103]

Spike jump intensify

[@hollowknightenjoyer]

Yes

[@mikestergrundeen1184]

Me who has never beaten farewell nor gotten close: yeah o could do this