How I Beat Celeste Blindfolded

[@Rhododo]

pinned comment to clarify that this is not an april fools joke, my internet is just so bad that I uploaded it the 31st but it finished uploading past midnight

[@IlllIIllllllIII]

Liar

[@VoidSparkyy]

hmmmmmmmmmmm oke, incredibly impressive then!

[@civel]

Do you have a full VOD of the whole run? I am (legit) interested on looking at it for strats 😃 and also to accept the run for the blindfolded site 👍

[@Rhododo]

​@@civel Unfortunately the footage is a bit messy, with tons of background noises (I live in the family house) throughout the whole run, and even my mom entering the room a few times during the recording, so I can't just drop the whole 22 hours of unedited footage (without even taking into account the fact that 22 hours of footage would literally take like 4 full days to upload, and would eat up all of my monthly data) I could try to trim it down to only the successful attempt for each room and cut the audio on the parts where we hear background noise to avoid both of those issues while still showing the setups, but I don't think I'm willing to spend the time to go through all the footage again If you have any questions about setups for a specific room though, I'd be happy to answer!

[@IlllIIllllllIII]

​@Rhododo So is it fake?

[@mesafullking]

was litteraly thinking "hey did anyone beat celeste while blind folded" like 2 hours ago

[@tr_aux]

prophecy

[@EktoAnim]

and this comment was posted 2 hours ago.. that's like, two instances of "2 hours ago" in one comment. that's crazy

[@EaterOfGeese]

​@EktoAnim and your reply is 2 hours ago, and is the second one.

[@Nyworin]

Same...

[@mineblaze961]

whats even crazier is the reply above me was written 2 hours ago

[@SampleChample]

holy you are way too good at mimicking those lil dialogue noises

[@Rhododo]

Thanks :) I didn't expect to see you here! Your videos inspired me a lot, they're basically the reason why I started making challenge videos! I can't wait to see that Pikmin challenge you're working on :)

[@nonnilmil]

omg it's the no climbing guy

[@hermiona1147]

'if you crouch the wind doesnt push you anymore' Im sorry WHAT

[@elenos9988]

I've just spent hours struggling to get the golden 4B and I'm only just discovering this...

[@Violight9]

yall just stupid, i found out about that the first time i got there

[@smth35]

happened to find that out during my complete beginner playthrough iirc

[@pk251]

i’m half way through chapter 9 and i didn’t know this 😂

[@uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhidk]

i casually speedrun celeste and i didnt know this

[@imanatid]

As someone with a pretty good understanding of celeste's mechanics and speedrunning strategies, I cannot imagine trying to beat the game without the ability to see.

[@tsurokuro]

i was fully expecting the answer to be that you just learned to echolocate and i was not disappointed this is so impressive oh my goddddd YOUR CAT IS SO CUTEE

[@cheese0827]

Why did I read echolocation as E-chocolate?

[@Mushie_lol]

@@cheese0827I also 1st read it like that 😭

[@Coocoocrazy3]

@@cheese0827WAIT ITS ECHOLOCATION

[@sheepgetssheared5614]

same i also read as e chocolate NEW CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY LEAK? wait no it already exists nvm

[@Coocoocrazy3]

@@tsurokuro everyone read it as e-chocolate didn’t they

[@CleetuSdaman]

Next up Rhododo is beating getting over it without his hands

[@trashdragon6289]

beating getting over it with your foot would be hilarious

[@stumpybumpo]

blind getting over it would be great

[@YaShKa833]

​@@trashdragon6289bro you inspired me to do that video. I will try

[@trashdragon6289]

@@YaShKa833 lmaoo

[@EaterOfGeese]

Getting over it but you start at a random location, sound is off, and your eyes were carved

[@Tardu00]

You could also remove the monitor entirely after opening celeste, it would be funny to see you staring at the wall

[@Rhododo]

that would indeed be funny

[@lex4103]

@@thechipmunksgang Bc then u could see your keyboard still

[@AlexanderBoyy2]

The amount of time not only doing this difficult challenge must've been, but to also make a 1 hour video out of it, (doing scripting, editing, etc.) Had to have taken a lot of dedication. You definitely earned a sub.

[@theactualmydoorfellintoperson]

For a good bit of the beginning I was like “hey, why aren’t these strats normalized or super consistent?” Then I remembered that it was a challenge run and not a speedrun.

[@KirinMage]

I absolutely love your editing, making your camera go transparent when Madeline is behind it, the nice editing of showing how your memory warps at 14:10, I'm not even done with the video and I am 100% subscribing

[@lmnk]

Extremely impressive run! Love you paying attention to small details, like webcam overlay becoming transparent when Madeline is behind it or changing the dialogs :D

[@Konokular]

"As you can see, my parents just got divorced" "So we'll just skip it with an extended huperdash"

[@nielymoon]

a lot of the technical stuff with regards to different types of dashes/jumps has always confused me, but you explained it really well! that's an impressive feat on its own to me

[@lirachonyr]

cassosted fuper

[@WeeklyDoseOfCeleste]

@@lirachonyr T R A N S L A T E T O E N G L I S H

[@Alluxing]

This is actually an insane achievement, congrats on pulling it off!

[@janmagtoast]

Oshiro: LOOK AT ME WHEN I TALK TO YOU Madeline the Hedgehog: no 😎 _starts dashing away blindfoldedly at the speed of sound_

[@ZeroKung2309]

I clicked this video because of a little curiosity, but ended up watching entire thing. really respect all of your will and patience to make this challenge success, I really enjoy it :D

[@arandomguyontheinternet3111]

for chapter 3, i would've used a metronome and timed it for each room to know when the dustbunnies move.

[@kindlin]

_External aids disallowed._

[@emmyciyat9904]

unfortunately quite a few rooms have bunnies that move on different cycles, and you would have to time the metronome start with the level load perfectly

[@kindlin]

@@emmyciyat9904 Your brain can probably make that phase shift mentally, all you really need is a consistent beat to work with. Tho, I wasn't thinking about how basically every room has a different cycle duration, making this very hard to do....

[@SpacePianist]

Congratulations! That’s so impressive!! I also adored the editing, made it that much enjoyable. Bravo blind Madeline

[@hitomodoki3199]

DUDE THIS IS AMAZING you could literally draw the entire celeste map now XD

[@tachyonites9568]

the descriptions on these videos are always great

[@Insert_Creativity_Here]

I love how oshiro’s maze doesn’t even give you the grace of dying you just have to s u f f e r

[@marzipan6902]

Rhododo vids are always good no matter the amount of insanity there is. (Also i dare u to do farewell and core like this >:). )

[@brandonoverbey6948]

He hearted your comment, hes gonna do it

[@freshstat1csnow]

blindfolded farewell will be in my nightmares tonight, thank you

[@alsolii]

@@freshstat1csnow as if farewell wasn't enough of a nightmare on its own lmao

[@AnimEnthusiast9]

the amount of insanity in there is what makes his videos sooo good

[@orangenal]

I wanted to do this myself ages ago but gave up after a few rooms into chapter 1, mad respect to you for managing to do the whole game!

[@Kermit_E_Frog]

I went wasn't already subscribed so I checked your channel to see what else might be interesting and turns out I've watched and enjoyed LIKE 8 OTHER videos by you without realizing they're the same person. Finally subscribed 😂😂

[@DanrayHT]

If this is a april fool joke, I will die.

[@Rhododo]

it's not!! :D i wanted to upload it on the 31st of march to avoid confusion but my internet said "No." :(

[@DanrayHT]

@@Rhododooh fuh I still alive Joke aside maybe you should try to upload your video at internet cafe. Usually they have very good internet Edit: i suck at english

[@Rhododo]

​@@DanrayHT Thanks for the tip but I'd much rather use my own internet for that, firstly for security reasons, and secondly because even though my internet is pretty slow, uploading the video from home would still be faster than driving to the closest internet cafe (i really live in the middle of nowhere, hence why my internet is bad), on top of also being a lot more convenient

[@DanrayHT]

@@Rhododo at least your video quality is way better than your internet. Hope you keep up and get your own silver button this year.

[@Rhododo]

@@DanrayHT Thanks! I'll try my best :)

[@Caisbak]

This channel underrated asf

[@Psycho0Noob]

i wonder how it must feel editing this video and looking at your own blindfolded footage, like it must be weird being like ''why am i doing this. it's right there''

[@Rhododo]

it sure was very funny

[@poorlydrawncactus1178]

that is the most unique pronounciation of badeline i've seen congrats

[@Rhododo]

now you make me wonder how badeline is supposed to be pronounced

[@dracibatic2433]

your badileen vs. badilin

[@silliest-astro]

@@Rhododolike madeline with a b

[@Rhododo]

@@silliest-astro isn't that exactly what i said though? (...unless I'm also pronouncing "Madeline" wrong)

[@waffellss]

your cat is so cute :3 also good job this is very impressive and the videos so good i love your voice too it sounds so nice

[@Hollow_Guy.]

Bro u make me feel so bad, I can't even finish Farewell (with my monitor turned on)

[@doge-of-venice]

Good video as always: high-effort challenge showing impressive skills, with good music and humor. What more can you want from a video?

[@platinum28]

ive said it once and ill say it again. I love your editing style, the way you speak and the silly jokes. I dont even like celest, but you hadnt made a video in a while so ill watch it. This quality of work deserves more views

[@belovedelysia]

this is officially my comfort channel and video now

[@DracoDominusGD]

Strawberry Jam's "Seeing is Believing" hard edition

[@emqisia]

"My memory is so bad" It is AWESOME. Your dedication to mastering the game is truly inspiring, because that's some serious skill! Your determination and perseverance never fail to amaze.

[@_maybeSilver]

hey!! super cool video, i just wanted to say i really appreciate that you added subtitles, as someone with audio processing disorder. the effort you went through to make it easier for people like myself to watch your video really means a lot, as well as adding some fun humor haha

[@Rhododo]

Thanks! I'm glad the subtitles helped :)

[@FearTheLion]

+1 abonné, tu le mérites, tu m'as impressionné sur les 2 vidéos que j'ai vu (celle là et Celeste avec le moins de sauts possible). Je vais continuer de découvrir les autres vidéos.

[@matveytsarichansky8953]

38:33 chapter 6 has a few paths you can take meaning this room is completely optional and you could try a path with possibly easier rooms.

[@Rhododo]

Yeah I did try the other path but it didn't seem to be any easier

[@matveytsarichansky8953]

@@Rhododo alright

[@FearTheLion]

Tu es le ROAT (Rhododo of all time), grave cool tes vidéos, t'es fort et tu t'exprimes super bien, bonne continuation !

[@FearTheLion]

C'est pas tout le monde qui peut faire des vidéos de presque 1H sans que les viewers s'ennuient. Chapeau l'artiste.

[@Hizochk]

i love your montage and jokes sm!! :З AND CAT IS SO ADORABLE

[@Zyodl]

i saw a video eariler that said "celeste strawberry jam advanced lobby blind!" and i didnt realize until like 5 minutes in that they meant it was a first playthru, not that they were doing it blindfolded lmao

[@NP7_16]

Wonderful video very fun to watch, the edditing is top notch too!

[@SomeGalNamedEve]

43:17 Wow, that's more deaths than it took me to beat Farewell. That really puts into perspective just how tedious this challenge must have been

[@AgenMerlin]

Damn, this is impressive af. The way you talk about all the mechanics in detail is quite cool. ❤ WP

[@faih1741]

You should try to beat Super Meat Boy blindfolded next. Seems totally do-able lol. Absolutely fantastic video! I cannot contemplate how good one has to be to beat a game blindfolded. Amazing!

[@Kermit_E_Frog]

20:10 something about this is wholesome and makes me want to set you saying that phrase is like my notification sound or something 😂

[@mimosapudica8450]

You're probably one of my favorite youtubers when it comes to gaming challenges. Your humor, editing, and how go through every thought process is highly entertaining and engaging. You deserve a lot more subscribers for the effort you put in your every videos. Also btw, love your voice and accent it is very nice

[@lethal_hayden]

wait what i expected this to be a video with millions of views, i just finished watching the entire video and saw that it only has 38k views, this deserves a LOT more and i hope someone in the future is reading this right now and thinking "wow it has so many more views now"

[@neffix6976]

Now Farewell blindfolded :)

[@Rhododo]

no :)

[@Wolan-_-1]

Bro really said "Three and a half rock sounds" 💀

[@anytime8950]

you make such chilled videos and have a great chilled energy, love it so much, thank you

[@SpeedIn834]

I’m happy that it just happened to release on April Fools, and wasn’t purposely released on April Fools. Congratulations! This looked like it took a lot of work, and the video is funny!

[@jamilsonpestana2961]

this is one of the most incredible things i've ever seen. congratulations!!

[@projectdluffy]

I learned so many new tricks while being entertained. I’m subbing instantly. You made me realize how incredibly bad I am at this game 😂. Keep it up!

[@hablablamoshablablas]

Nice work Rhododo

[@vincehomoki1612]

I love your humor with the subtitles and the text on screen. Keep it up!

[@theok7423]

With the exception of chapter 3 this is a pretty good tutorial for the A-side goldens.

[@srb2er]

babe wake up, new rhododo vid dropped

[@boglarkarebay]

I struggle with feathers even with my eyes open. Could never do them blindfolded in my whole life. 😂

[@antiquail]

great job on beating Celeste blindfolded!!!! i could never do that now beat farewell blindfolded😊 (good luck)

[@EntergeticalakaBot]

36:08 that sounded a lot like daily dose of internet lol

[@NAYTER]

How is this not BLOWING UP?! This is INSANE! Subbed bro

[@nightnote2017]

wow, such an interesting video and a beautiful montage, I like

[@rebeccareed6801]

I bet you could use Mr Oshiro’s head noice to figure out the positions of the oscillating red blobs, which could make the run more consistent. E.g. if he charges you at a consistent interval, then you would have a snapshot of the red blobs locations.

[@rebeccareed6801]

You could also use a metronome, or the game music, to give you a approximation of where the oscillating red blobs were too.

[@Rhododo]

I think Oshiro's pattern is a bit awkward and changes depending on your position on the screen, so it would probably be a bit awkward, but yes the game music definitely would've helped. I've decided to mute the game music though since a heavily edited video has cuts everywhere, so that's kind of incompatible with in-game music, it would basically make the audio of the footage unusable.

[@deathnstuff]

WAAAHH yay rhododo posted ~w~ can’t even imagine the amount of work & effort that must’ve gone into this lol. U did an incredible job (& tell ur cat she’s amazing lol)

[@brikroterhals7504]

the sheer talent one would have to posess to do this is actually insane...all the power to you! Fantastic video

[@meedrowh1809]

I like how the entire video is basically a neural network learning the complete the game. This sounds like an idea CodeBullet might do

[@Monitorbread]

this isnt an april fools video?! CRAZY IMPRESSIVE

[@XVND21]

Bro that's was insane! Just keep it going!

[@TannerJ07]

For an hour long video this is so enjoyable to watch.

[@NolanGuill]

i would pay to see him do core and farewell🤣

[@Rhododo]

i won't

[@Mushie_lol]

This video is so good, I thought this channel had about 70-80K for some reason, you’re super underrated!

[@Mushie_lol]

Ps your cat is adorable

[@thisisaname4868]

Nah this video quality is atleast 100k+ or 1m for me lol

[@marekse27]

I'd love to see (pun not intended) blindfolded runs being pushed to it's limits!

[@orbitlix]

this is insane 😭 i do not have even a fraction of your patience + memory because wowww you made it look simple

[@gawain0]

Wow! Impressive challenge complete here! (and really good edits). Well done!

[@mysticmaya9426]

I don't blame you for skipping Farewell, but I would love to see Core (8A) and Maybe the easier C sides. Because while hard, they are only 3 screens. I def think 1C and 2C could be doable :)

[@Rhododo]

i think they should be doable too, but i'm probably not going to do it, unfortunately it's hard to make a video out of just a few extra levels

[@mysticmaya9426]

@@Rhododo Okay! I will perhaps try this challenge myself and credit you. I will link a video here if I do it❤️

[@mapron1]

1600 deaths in chapter blindfolded? I got almost trice that amount with my full vision for 6A. (not mentioning some screens in 6B making 800 deaths for me).

[@Rhododo]

To be fair, I already had over 200 hours played before even starting this challenge

[@mapron1]

@@Rhododo Yeah, I understand you played a lot, not started blind. Still my expectations was in thousands of deaths for each chapter. especially when you say you get like few hours in single room. I guess I underestimated time between each death to make slow and steady setups.

[@hp_isiyou_scp-0803]

I've not began the video yet and I already can tell that you're insane (Cute sock btw)

[@Mehumies12]

I would argue that dust bunnies are the worst mechanic of Celeste even if you can see.

[@Rhododo]

understandable

[@noodlelynoodle.]

I swear you voice is so similar to one of the acience channels i watch sometimes, was ao confused for a second hearing that voice talking about celeste rather than chemicals lmfao i love your accent, the varieties of European accents are always so nice sounding on my ears

[@adorablycutekitten5291]

in theory you could use a metronome to know where some of the dust bunnies are, but i guess timing it with the respawning would be unrealistically hard

[@Rhododo]

Actually I don't think timing it with the respawning would be too hard, it definitely would've helped a lot!

[@pedrocto9474]

2:52 KITTYYYYY‼‼‼‼‼‼‼‼

[@km72327]

this is a uniquely hilarious challenge run I laughed so hard at some of the clips of blindly running into things

[@FerousFolly]

20 minutes in and I'm surprised you haven't figured out how to position yourself on the edge of any platform you know has a climbable ledge. you should be able to hold cling and tap twice in a direction (or slow walk if that's a thing, I can't remember as I haven't played it in a year) then quickly in the opposite direction to walk slowly to the edge and cling to it after walking off, then you can just climb up and guarantee your position on the lip of the platform.

[@Rhododo]

I did something somewhat similar on a few parts (falling off the edge to cling to the other side), but didn't think of this exact setup for it. Doing it this way definitely would've been a bit more consistent, and would've allowed me to do it on more platforms

[@FerousFolly]

@@Rhododo funnily enough, it was as I was typing out the comment that you first did it with the wind

[@darmorel549]

Wow, the fact that lvl 3 and 6 are possible is insane. I cant imagine how much practice some of the jumps took. Cant wait for Core Blindfolded (joking)

[@CibuYT]

Why did youtube only give me this video now ? this is such a banger !

[@Sus-z6t]

you know what madness is, madness is exactly repeating the same action in the hope of change

[@spectralkitty25]

i really like your editing, this was hilarious + well done!

[@_julfox]

as someone who has never played celeste before this was the most fun i even had watching a celeste video

[@Totally_Not_Human]

I cant believe that you blindfolded your sock as well.

[@-Logan_Word-7437]

Wow, that must have been hard. Now do Farewe-

[@csfmd]

This man is better than me whilst being literally blindfolded

[@jmagicd9831]

You should put up a guide on your strats to see if this run can be optimized into a speedrun category. With more people working on it, I bet some of the tougher Resort rooms can be normalized on death cycle. Another idea for ridge is to see if blockless can be done on a normalized setup given how inconsistent controlling the blocks is. Great work!

[@Juni_Dingo]

Oh my gosh I can't watch this... I gave up trying to beat Celeste myself (normally, not blindfolded or anything) in the first room where 3 copies of Badeline spawn because it was waaaay too hard for me and you just breeze through that room BLINDFOLDED like it's nothing, I'm actually crying 😭

[@nak2Edits]

This must have been fun to watch over to see how close you came to dying at some parts

[@Rhododo]

It was!

[@leoleao]

I beat the game 3x and JUST NOW learned about the three different kinds of jump

[@hundvd_7]

20:12 These little edits are so perfect

[@glapigloup]

tes vidéos sont des bangers, t’es trop fort et surtout patient mdrr

[@spikeabug]

I'm so happy people are still playing this game... I want a sequel so bad :(