[TAS] Celestial Resort L-Side in

This is a Tool Assisted Speedrun of Ythundyth's Celestial Resort L-Side, which you can download at gamebanana.com... if for some unholy reason you want to play it. It is nominally designed for RTA play, but the only things I can see coming from that are suffering or an ego boost, neither of which seem good. That being said, it's a decently interesting level to break with TAS tools, so here we are.
This TAS is a 23.5 second improvement over the previous version that I worked on with truegen. My work on that version was reflective of somebody much newer to Celeste TASing, and looking back at it, I saw lots of room for improvement. Sub 4 minutes was my stretch goal for the rework, but that ended up getting smashed lol. 3:4x is almost certainly possible, but working with a level this restrictive got more than a little old, so I'm happy with this.
Inputs in this TAS were largely written by me, with occasional portions from the original version still present. Additional shoutout to sashabell and Marlin for their help publishing this TAS in its current state. Sasha reworked the underwater screens and found another second of timesave elsewhere, and Marlin recorded this video for me since my laptop lagged considerably on some of the screens.
I stream pretty regularly on twitch, you can catch me live at / lmjacks
Inputs: pastebin.com/8...
Old TAS: • [OUTDATED] [TAS] Celes...

[@Lmjacks]

this vid kinda getting algorithm’d over a year later, huh? if u like this stuff, feel free to drop a sub or watch other vids, there’s plenty more where this came from! i also have plans to TAS another map pack, and might start working that more earnestly now lol

[@zacharywoloszynski4258]

Algorithm works in mysterious ways

[@goldendoodle252]

I'm pretty sure I watched it before but I don't mind the algorithm giving it to me again :)

[@earthUSOA7705]

421st sub

[@jmagicd9831]

Is this even beatable without TAS?

[@Apple_Beshy]

Hmmm

[@FlopZenith]

what theo had to go through to exit the resort through the vents:

[@erm_5557]

All that to avoid a ghost

[@the_puzzlest]

-guys theos the imposter i saw him vent-

[@kakyoindonut3213]

have you heard about among us madeline?

[@nwchef]

@@the_puzzlest may death come to your family

[@Enlightenment0172]

@Nicholas D. Celeste 2 is actually Lani's Quest. I have reasonable suspicion to believe this is Theo's sister.

[@appakling]

I came in here thinking that this was someone playing it. this is some crazy stuff

[@TheTrueXaver]

the sudden realization this was a TAS:

[@Maynick2001]

This community needs to take a chill pill.

[@atlix2]

oh good fucking god i didn’t realize this was a TAS at first and i was losing my shit

[@Mahier_theguy]

i can't see how this is possible

[@VincentPeloquin-k8i]

1m15 is god speed 💀

[@redshell9205]

The creator of this level must have like 4 arms.

[@Schenkel101]

My psychologist: spike hitboxes exist, they can hurt you. TAS:

[@tacopizzasandwich621]

This time the psychologist is treating your severe lack of regard for one’s own safety

[@thiennhanvo2591]

Badeline:youre not a mountain climber Madeline:hehe going at lightspeed goes brrrr

[@riv3rw4ter]

Oh my god it's a tas Is this actually completeable unassisted?

[@Mimicker1]

​@@riv3rw4ter Im pretty sure the map pack was made specifically for TAS meaning its pretty much impossible for a human to complete these legitimately

[@riv3rw4ter]

@@Mimicker1 damn

[@cuddlebug9699]

Badeline: "You're not a mountain climber!" Madeline: *"PARKOUR!"*

[@anunoriginalusername9311]

tas madeline is a reality climber

[@КостяКиндалюк]

Reality shifter through the deadly obstacles... That would be a better explanation of who L-side Madeline is

[@TinyDeskEngineer]

"Maybe I'm not a mountain climber, but you know what I _am?_ Possesed by 7 different demonic entities at once as well as pure caffeine."

[@mixmenmix]

@@TinyDeskEngineerLMAOOO I LOVE YOUR COMMENT

[@Smoldragoncat]

@@mixmenmix”You should have said I wasn’t an acrobat and reality bender, that way I could’ve proven you wrong”

[@Minispark-hk3bn]

How I feel playing chapter 1 immediately after beating chapter 9

[@CapybaraLord75]

Wat

[@jacobpage8028]

Im halfway through the last screen. Wish me luck😂

[@kekjack1518]

​@@jacobpage8028 did you beat it

[@SkyP9812]

I'm currently on the wavedash -> moving-platform-cornerboost grind (still haven't hit it, but one of these days...)

[@randomlittleidot]

@@jacobpage8028Jacob please did you best Celeste yes or no

[@_qwerty_3545]

Convinced that Madeline is the type of person to avoid all the raindrops when it rains

[@poatatoooo]

And actually manage to do it

[@Fahimlol]

No, she goes up to the clouds by climbing the raindrops somehow

[@Smoldragoncat]

@@FahimlolNah she’d probably climb all the roofs of the city while dodging the raindrops, do a few wallbounces by throwing two pieces of debris into debris into the air and hypering off of them before wallbouncing, while dodging the raindrops, then start bouncing on the clouds

[@wooloocommander3038]

touhou

[@_WiZ420]

@@Smoldragoncat Don't forget the frame perfect drop bounce though, which lets you perfectly hop off of the edge of a rain drop

[@Livelysummer7]

I love it how the gameplay seems to get less and less human as time goes on

[@victorli1622]

bc its not human... its TAS

[@Livelysummer7]

@@victorli1622 I know, it just seems to get less reasonable as time goes on is what i meant

[@loganxavier]

@@victorli1622 wow, who would’ve guessed

[@squishy_moss27]

"the design is very human"

[@TinyDeskEngineer]

It's the celestial resort but Oshiro has really, really bad anxiety.

[@Imaperson1020]

Gotta love how 25% of the obstacles are demodashes because of one speedrun trick in resort

[@ts4858]

Wow this looks so "fun" to play

[@Lmjacks]

😄👍

[@ozzie6447]

i can’t wait to “enjoy” trying this out

[@achievedchair17]

Wow, this looks so fun to “play”

[@KingstonLambre2011]

Wow this seems fun can’t wait to go cry for another 4538263 years on how it’s so hard after I beat it

[@iexist1300]

Wow this "looks" so fun to play

[@IschmarVI]

perfectly RTA viable

[@cocoabutter5888]

Natalie did this RTA...

[@TheOneWhoHasABadName]

the map itself is RTA viable doing it this quickly probably isn’t viable though

[@HiddeWinter]

@@TheOneWhoHasABadName this is viable? what the fuck?!

[@TheOneWhoHasABadName]

@@HiddeWinter grand master (there’s actually people that cleared it) I detest precision gameplay though, so won’t play this (and also skill issue). like nyooming a lot more

[@jess648]

massive skill issue

[@WooperGamerYT]

Pretty sure this TAS just turned L-side into the W-side.

[@babymariochannel8087]

@@CanYouDontirlactually, TAS is an acronym of their name. Their first name is Tool Second name/middle name is: Assisted Last name is: speedrun. This isn’t something many people know, so I thought I’d share it

[@Tetramare]

This TAS dude is so talented it's surprising how many games he has conquered and how almost nobody can beat his record

[@midasvijfwinkel6116]

​@@Tetramare wdym almost? The only one ever beating TAS' records is TAS.

[@ShadowPhoenix4798]

@@babymariochannel8087yeah, for how many WRs they have, so many people dont know abt them. The last name is actually speedrun-Bot, its hyphenated, by they normally just go with just speedrun

[@babymariochannel8087]

@@ShadowPhoenix4798 ah, my bad

[@alikaanbalaban985]

3:08 Average fan made sans fight

[@totallynotarobot8607]

Jesus. It's insane that the community has come far enough to make videos like this. You get a subscription just for this. Wow.

[@RichConnerGMN]

nice pfp

[@Jake28]

It's a TAS

[@totallynotarobot8607]

@@Jake28 yeah I'm aware, my statement still stands. What I meant is that I think it's impressive the Celeste community knows the mechanics of this game well enough to make a TAS like this

[@Jake28]

@@totallynotarobot8607 Ohh, that makes sense. Yeah when you think about it that way, it is pretty impressive.

[@leivvvvvvvvv]

no one asked about your opinion

[@KanashimiMusic]

I didn't even realize that this was a TAS until I saw the water boosts at 1:11. All this time I thought this was just an insane player.

[@meme-hf2pm]

ah yes, because the title doesnt say tas at the front

[@KanashimiMusic]

@@meme-hf2pm Yes because I didn't pay much attention to the title. That was what I was trying to say.

[@codigogamer8157]

Yeah I get you why though, sometimes people are just insane so I could've been a possibility.

[@noah_lot2842]

I didn't know what TAS meant until I read some of the comments, I was really confused lol

[@EaterOfGeese]

Same. I thought well this is SUPER hard but I only have 2 golden strawberries so there are people way better than I can imagine and maybe this is kind of easy for them, but then I saw the tas go flying faster than me learning the wavedash and finally realized

[@Ythundyth]

Ah yes, my favorite TAS is back, and this time with even more speed. Congrats and thanks, it was very enjoyable to watch. And it's great to see that you share my opinion of this being a good, fair and very fun map. Sometimes I honestly wonder why this and Atone don't just become a new genre of Celeste maps.

[@plexquared1877]

Is it called the L side because you're gonna take the L?

[@terbilal4781]

@@plexquared1877 maybe

[@stomir8569]

@@plexquared1877 he took the W tho

[@thecountercounter9127]

For you, it was years upon years, teenage adulthood, even your elder years gone, your life's work, set into this one level, it took you 10 to clear one room, and another 20 to clear the next. The hours you spent in your room hitting the keyboard keys was uncountable. For tas, it was a bright and early Sunday morning workout

[@articwooflover1448]

We are not the same

[@NoobOfLore]

This is one of the first custom stages I've seen that not only am I certain I couldn't complete it, but where it doesn't even look like it would be fun for me to try.

[@Lmjacks]

don’t worry, i didn’t try to play it either

[@xolimono]

Theres a lot of custom content in the celeste modding community thats around the main game's difficulty if not easier, extremely janky, wacky, difficult of this kind isn't as common (there are difficult maps out there but they're much more fair than this i think)

[@trollsansofficial]

​@@xolimono I legit thought this custom level was a joke

[@andreinaf]

I am extremely proud of myself for just beating b side of chapter 2, you cannot bring me down

[@Smoldragoncat]

Be very proud

[@PoptartsForBreakfast]

B side of chapter 2 is so hard, be proud, took me ages to beat

[@motivatedman9730]

Stand proud, you're strong

[@slidrhyme5128]

Same just beat ch3 b side as well

[@Smoldragoncat]

Have fun with 3C

[@celsior8410]

Imagine if this was humanly possible

[@shoebillfan1963]

someones done the L side without tas, i think

[@coldfire2742]

I think someone did...

[@thestarrywolf]

@@shoebillfan1963 do you have the link? I'd love to see how they do that water boost

[@shoebillfan1963]

@@thestarrywolf kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2rdeputeaqFnNE i think

[@wyv_hat9037]

@@thestarrywolf parrot dash has done it! i’m gonna find the link in j a sec kzbin.info/www/bejne/maabYnqJorGLbrM

[@Last_Person]

I adore this level and it’s absurdity, I’ve seen a lot of the absurd techs this game had but when that long water hallway came up my jaw dropped so hard it broke into the basement.

[@lildreamer5913]

celeste mods scare me

[@Pennylessen]

L-side?? Were like halfway thru the alphabet 😭

[@nekorubu]

hello yes why is there an l side

[@the_furf_of_july4652]

Because there are masochists in the community and sadists who can make mods

[@HarmonizedHero]

i didnt even know that L-Sides were a thing, and it looks insane! i wonder what a Z-Side would even look like now?

[@RealBasil143]

jokes on you, November-side

[@aahijustalice8112]

It would be entirely pixel-perfect falling sections with barely any reaction time

[@thanoid2373]

@@aahijustalice8112 and its ALL one giant room, so you have to start all the way over if you make a mistake

[@Hasde_dfs]

@@aahijustalice8112 barely you say. What if we just said no.

[@rkon7629]

@@aahijustalice8112 and it reinstalls your game if it detects external software

[@rasati]

gotta love the original non repetitive gameplay its like a gd level from the recent tab called "rate demon"

[@Gardengap]

Conical Depression in Celeste

[@Smoldragoncat]

@@GardengapExcept the depression is literal

[@ATAKwaCN]

Just think, every one of those red things is a piece of Mr. Oshiros anxiety. He must've had a panic attack all over the mansion 2,765 times.

[@silverwolf28]

2:07 man why mountain climb? madeline should just be a swimmer

[@ericpr4612]

Waking up to two(2) lmjacks2 tas's is the best way to start today

[@Lmjacks]

had to put the 2 somewhere once i took it off my username

[@Jackaboi_OwO]

"The design is very human"

[@keags1545]

My favorite part is when celest goes crazy fast and off camera the whole time

[@garrettbenedek1036]

Thats the good parts when shes really moving. And Fast.

[@CryptGirl38]

celeste is the name of the mountain she's climbing, the girl is celeste's monster

[@jason_man]

1:11 I think she moved like 132 paralel universes

[@Slugcat317]

The year 3650: gamers have evolved to have precise finger movements so accurate it can outdo a tas

[@adams3616]

I know this was posted 2 years ago but how does Madeline travel directly through the red blobs? Is it a glitch of some sort? Like at 3:31

[@pupsik519]

theres a demosjump, it occurs because between the dust bunnies is a small hitbox where Madeline can perfectly fit

[@Slugcat317]

Badaline: ur not a mountain climber Madaline:

[@QuinnyBean]

Robots can't take over the world if we distract them with speedrunning!

[@zememerr2329]

I remember the first time I saw someone complete 3L, they took like 5 minutes on the tight water navigating room. The TAS just dashes through likes it’s nothing

[@offbeatsofa9743]

honestly, i feel like that is the one room i could actually do. if hitboxes were on, it would just be a matter of going pixel by pixel until you get to the end

[@PortalChicken]

Immediately after beating Core A in 4 hours, I said it was the hardest challenge in the game. Immediately after, I realized Farewell existed. Immediately after THAT, I see this video. I have been humbled beyond recognition.

[@SpeedcoreDancecore]

Then you still have core B-side and core C-side if you want, the B-side is not that bad but the C-side gets a bit harder (but shorter)

[@trow7432]

I love how the part at 0:55 lined up with the music

[@I_am_Mic]

I'm literally in the middle of chapter 9, and I thought it dosent get any more insane than this, like this man is literally phasing through hazards!!! HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE???? what an absolute amazing run

[@BeeHive5]

Its by doing a frame perfect crouch dash into the spikes

[@thecringequeen31]

@@BeeHive5aka a demo

[@I_am_Mic]

​@@BeeHive5my god... "there's more" no....

[@MadelineJS.2727]

2:14 "fuck, wait the what?"

[@brennenbyrd4507]

Badaline: Your not a mountain climber! Madaline: Observe

[@gigiobigio0002]

Whew i almost enjoyed playing a mod. That was a close one.

[@shinejnn2]

whoever made this map is a legend...

[@godlyvex5543]

eh... it's a mediocre map. No diss to the creator, they probably know it isn't anything that special. It's a lot of "do this frame perfect obstacle 8 times", a lot more boring than vanilla celeste's B-side designs. The decorations are bare-minimum. I'm not sure there's anything positive I can say about this map. What does it do that makes it special compared to the K side? If the answer is "it's slightly harder", then that's a design fail. The original celeste B/C sides stepped up the difficulty by very clear increments, with each new side doing something the previous didn't. D-sides also had a clear purpose of implementing difficult community tech and putting a fanmade spin on things. I could probably get behind having one more letter, years after D-sides to show how much the modding community has progressed in terms of quality and design, but looking at L side? This map isn't it. This is the same level of quality I'd expect from the D-side era.

[@shinejnn2]

@@godlyvex5543 yeah I can understand. Tho imo, as someone who has no experience in the editor yet, the map's still on point, like how the hell could you create a map and thought for a TAS?! You really need some good experiences to map something like this. It's dang impressive to think out of.

[@godlyvex5543]

@@shinejnn2 I disagree, but you're entitled to your opinion. Having seen things like item abuse 3 from the mario romhack community, and mario must die, I have very high standards for things made for a tas. A tas is the perfect tool to show off crazy tech and extreme moves, and they are flawless so there's not much point in having multiple copies of each difficult obstacle. And considering this map has been beaten by real humans, that leads me to believe this was not designed for a tas.

[@shinejnn2]

@@godlyvex5543 I see your point, cool you must be really advanced at this kind of mapping stuff. Since I'm fairly new to the community stuff, I'm curious what kind of map you have in mind, mind to recommend me some examples?

[@godlyvex5543]

@@shinejnn2 I'm not very involved in the celeste community, so I don't know much about the tas-centered maps, but for something to play, I HIGHLY recommend the spring collab. It's a bunch of levels for all skill levels and they're all very high quality.

[@ntggamer3613]

Celeste players after torturing themselves

[@ronbenatia6682]

It's like watching a guitar hero/beat saber version of this course with the music Very impressive!

[@ferrety1]

Is the l side actually humanly possible though? Just curious, cuz at this point I don’t know what this community is even capable of 💀

[@deadchannel294]

1:08 just a tiny bit speedy

[@tricmagic]

Pretty sure you've taken running from other people's problems way too literally Maddie. Or is it into people's problems.

[@UndatedTundra]

Devs: "So we're gonna have spikes that kill the player" TAS: 2:15

[@andrewthomas9476]

0:35 madeline gets shot from an off screen cannon and propels through the level

[@milodiin]

These should just be called TAS-side at this point

[@curllum]

As someone who just finished the Celeste base game *what in the actual hell did I just witness?*

[@curllum]

Oh my god I just realised this was a TAS Jesus Christ…

[@Lmjacks]

i hope it was still impressive :3

[@Jyoryaxx]

A lvl Celeste players made to warm up, before a difficult one.

[@kukkik7039]

You know when you watch a professional athlete do something and as an outsider you don't even realise how impressive it is because of the difference in skill level? That is how I am feeling right now. I know its obviously incredibly hard, insanely hard even, but the game went on so fucking fast I had no idea what was going on half the time, you know? I had no idea what this person had to do in to get past certain parts of the level. I had no idea what things to even be impressed about. To me bro just flew through the whole level once in a while doing some jumping shit I knew from my own experience how hard they are to do.

[@friedtomato7067]

You know it is a tas, right?

[@garrettbenedek1036]

Well Tas is a Legendary Speedrunner. We all love them.

[@Robloxballermobile]

This shit crazy

[@i_Soar]

Madeliene is not much of a mountain climber, but damn is she a contortionist

[@kirbyfan2525]

ah yes, RTA viable strats i personally love the Jesus x Sonic The Hedgehog strat

[@thunder7433]

Ah yes 1:08

[@armageddon7432]

i never realized how much the dash sounds like fabric

[@spagandhi]

After level 9, I don’t know how much more this game has

[@MoldyTheMold]

I just completed the normal game, what the fuck is this?

[@MrLiveforlove]

Jeez. Just watching this raised my heart beat per minute.

[@hello_i_exist_uwu]

Average hotel in Ohio:

[@QwerginMemes]

1:58 homeboy really said "brb I gotta meet up with satan"

[@vermilisix]

Somehow every room looked harder than the last

[@sensejazanki2419]

How did you get footage of my casual playthrough?

[@LokiThePug]

The feather part is so *_satisfying_*

[@thechargedfoxie456yt2]

Well to understznd this, first we have to talk about parallel universes-

[@touhoe]

beautiful

[@LyceenJPS]

Yall just bullying oshiro into making harder levels for you at this point.

[@AmyStrikesBack]

I strait up forgot how insane the celeste's Momentum can get

[@სანდროღლონტი]

I actually watch a lot of stuff at X2 speed and sometimes i turn in on just because why not so after watching first 20 seconds i checked if it was turned on. It was not.

[@Krampy2]

My math teacher explaining how to do the problem:

[@MSM_325]

How is this possible?

[@ItsReallySoya]

my hatred for Celestial resort is growing even more looking at this

[@codythesupergamer3811]

Pov you don't know what a baracade is:

[@marhola100]

OH It's a TAS. I was going insane.

[@ThatSillyWeirdo]

I just got the game but now I feel like I’m a noob

[@ilikata141]

1:11 the stray cat when I try to touch it.

[@katfulcoded]

i know this is a tas and all but like what the fuck is this.

[@Fish4two]

I read the title and was like "what the hell is an L-side" then i watched the first three tricks and was like "oh"

[@datbanan2717]

as an avid not modded celeste fan, what the fuck is this

[@mattquellobello]

Humanly impossible wtf

[@selentia404]

Sir i have a question, what the fuck

[@armageddon7432]

in celeste, death is optional

[@The_BaGGed_BOY]

What the actual hell Cant even beat the regular game :(

[@pedrolucas9511]

That guy called TAS is a legend

[@blajjko]

for real bro. for real.

[@lailoutherand]

At this point sides are becoming more like jokes to the community, a challenge to make it as absurdly, impossibly, and ridiculously hard as possible. Boy cant wait for z side that will probably be poorer quality than actual main game content and will actually contain… oh idunno some extremely tight corridorrs maybe some spike spem and some random DAMN SMOWBALLS FOR SOME REASON???

[@godlyvex5543]

you joke about z side being lower quality than main game content but look at L side and tell me with a straight face that it's even half as good as the main game

[@italicmuscle4786]

At first I was like I can do this Then I watched

[@whenthemewhen2755]

Its called L-Side because normal players get the L thousands of times.

[@Lmjacks]

L + ratio + dust bunny wall

[@Boombotz482]

My puny farewell brain cannot comprehend what’s happening

[@joseaarce1687]

No die?

[@lemonadogirl4082]

Of course this is RTA viable, can't you chain together 10 demo dashes on command and water boost for 10 seconds?

[@anonymous-hj7zn]

you dont need most of that woost speed and most people just bind multiple jump keys also a lot of these rooms have like 3 checkpoints and the hardest room is actually right before Oshiro

[@Lmjacks]

yeah that feather room is fucked, even for tas. the dashless turn i did on the first feather is mathematically impossible for the next couple turns, and so hard to line up that i didn’t bother implementing it later in the room when the geometry was the same