Chapter 2: Old Site

**Chapter 2: Old Site** is the second chapter of Celeste. The chapter introduces several new objects, and is the first chapter to include a large amount of story content (detailed below). This chapter also introduces one character: Part of Madeline.

## **Gameplay**

### **Objects**

#### Start

The B-Side Cassette Tape for the chapter is located here.

* Space Blocks
* Spikes
* Smashable Walls
* Dash Crystals
* Falling Platforms
* Skull Binoculars
* Cassette Blocks
* Traffic Light Blocks
* Disappearing Platforms

#### Intervention

* Space Blocks
* Spikes
* Shields
* Shield-Activated Platforms
* Springs
* Disappearing Platforms
* Falling Platforms
* Dash Crystals

#### Awake

* Springs
* Spikes
* Disappearing Platforms

### **Crystal Heart**

*Main article: Crystal Hearts Guide*
The Crystal Heart is located in the first sub-chapter, Start.

### **Alternate Sides**

The B-Side is divided into three subchapters: Start, Combination Lock, and Dream Altar.

#### Start

* Space Blocks
* Spikes
* Dash Crystals

#### Combination Lock

* Space Blocks
* Spikes
* Shields
* Shield-Activated Platforms
* Dash Crystals
* Springs

#### Dream Altar

* Springs
* Spikes
* Space Blocks
* Dash Crystals
* Skull Binoculars
* Shields
* Shield-Activated Platforms
* Cassette Blocks

#### Old Site C-Side

* Space Blocks
* Spikes
* Springs
* Shields
* Shield-Activated Platforms
* Skull Binoculars
* Dash Crystals

The B-Side and C-Side both place a heavy emphasis on certain space block movement maneuvers. The B-Side teaches the player about that by hitting the jump key the moment that they touch the exiting edge of a Star Block, they will be propelled faster and further out. Most of the B-Side's screens (and all of the C-Side's screens) are impossible to navigate without using this maneuver. In the C-Side, the player has to know a technique in which you can re-grab the other side of a space block by holding the climb button and holding the opposite direction it took you.

## **Plot**

**I tried to warn you.**

This section contains spoilers for Chapter 2: Old Site. Do not read the following section if you wish to avoid spoilers for Chapter 2: Old Site.

Madeline awakes to find that several mysterious changes have occurred to her surroundings: the flames of the campfire that she lit before she went to sleep have turned green, blue lights are descending from the sky, and the text of the Celeste Memorial is now re-arranging itself at random. Madeline then leaves the Celeste Memorial and starts exploring the surrounding area.
After a significant amount of exploring, Madeline encounters a large mirror. As she passes by it, she sees in it a reflection of herself with various features changed (the reflection has purple hair, white skin, and red eyes). Madeline stops after passing by the mirror and walks back over to it, where she again sees this distorted reflection. The reflection then walks over to in front of her, breaks out of the mirror, and runs away. After this occurs, several non-interactive blocks in the level transform into Star Blocks. Using these Star Blocks, Madeline continues to explore.

Near the Celeste Memorial, Madeline explores a previously-inaccessible area, where she finds her reflection from earlier sitting by a dead campfire. The reflection reveals herself to be not Madeline, but Part of Madeline. The two converse; Part of Madeline attempts to convince Madeline that Madeline should stop climbing Celeste Mountain, saying that it's too difficult a task for Madeline to manage. When Madeline insists that she needs to continue climbing Celeste Mountain, Part of Madeline proposes that the two of them go home together, then begins chasing Madeline through the level.

After an intense chase, Part of Madeline stops chasing Madeline and disappears, laughing. Madeline continues running until she encounters a pay-phone, which she observes to be ringing. After some hesitation, Madeline picks up the payphone, and is answered by a green-haired boy, who she has an increasingly confusing conversation with. After revealing that he knows that Madeline is calling from a payphone, the boy insists that Madeline called him. Madeline then reveals to him what has just happened to her over the course of the chapter, but he insists that she's making all of it up. As she tries to reveal more of her experiences to him, she realizes that she's dreaming, which he confirms, then gives her more evidence to believe that she's dreaming. Part of Madeline then appears in front of Madeline, telling Madeline that it's time for her to give up and go home, after which the payphone transforms into a giant monster and eats Madeline.

Madeline wakes up to find herself back at the Celeste Memorial, where everything has returned to normal. Madeline then encounters Theo, and they converse briefly. Madeline then continues until she finds the payphone again; she uses this to call her mother, who tries to help Madeline calm down.
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## **Quotes**

**I tried to warn you.**

This section contains spoilers for Chapter 2: Old Site. Do not read the following section if you wish to avoid spoilers for Chapter 2: Old Site.

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> Part of Madeline: You can't handle this.
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> Madeline: That is exactly why I need to do this.
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> Madeline: Are you the weak Part of Me, or the lazy part?
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> Part of Madeline: I'm the pragmatic part.
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## **Major Strategies**

The A-side version of the level contains the "cutscene warp" glitch, where, by being in a particular location at the moment a specific cutscene begins, then immediately skipping it, one can clip into the ceiling, saving about one second.

The B-side version contains an esoteric skip sometimes referred to as "altarskip", where 5-6 seconds can be saved with the use of a pixel-perfect diagonal demodash.

## **Gallery**

Typical Old Site ScreenMadeline at the phone booth