Celestial Resort C-Side

**Celestial Resort C-Side** is the C-Side of Chapter 3: Celestial Resort in Celeste. This C-Side tasks the player with dodging extremely fast moving sludges, using wall bounces, and bouncing on Mr. Oshiro's head in mid-air to complete its challenges.

## **Gameplay**

This will be the first C-Side in which wall bounces, a technique learned in Chapter 7's B-Side, are required to progress. The first room has a few pairs of moving sludges going in straight vertical lines at incredibly fast rates. The second room gives the player a small area with sinking platforms that pass through the paths of moving sludges where wall bounces must be aligned. The final room has Mr. Oshiro chase the player while they make it through corridors of moving sludges and over bottomless pits, with the last jump requiring a bounce on his head as he passes by.

### **Strategies**

Room 1

To complete this room consistently, stand at the edge and watch the moving sludges. When they're both at around the middle, do a jump to the right and dash diagonally up-right to make it past the first set of moving sludges. When you touch the dash crystal after falling a bit, do another up-right dash, and repeat this process three more times until you reach the right wall, then grab it. Watch the last set of moving sludges and jump to left as soon as the moving sludges start moving toward the other side and dash straight up to climb to the end.

Room 2

Stand on the first sinking platform and hold down to make the sinking platform go down faster, but let go briefly such that you'll be out of range of the moving sludge. Jump in place so you don't descend into the dust bunnies below and watch the moving sludge to your right. When it's at the bottom, jump to the right and prepare to do a wall bounce to get up to the next sinking platform. Take this one down to the lower area as well and jump to the right when the moving sludge to the right is at the bottom as well to line up another wall bounce to make it to the end of the room.

Room 3

This room has some skull binoculars available to preview the room, if needed. The first section of this room has a few pillars with moving sludges on them you need to make it through while Mr. Oshiro is back to chase you. Dash diagonally up-right to make it above the moving sludge on the right and climb up to get the dash crystal, then make it back down the right side of the pillar before Mr. Oshiro gets you. Do this again for the next pillars, then one more time. For the last pillar, jump off the right side of it and dash straight right into the gap in the wall to collect the dash crystal. If Mr. Oshiro is about to attack, grab the wall and move out of the way for him to pass. Otherwise, dash straight up into the next dash crystal, then straight right again to collect another, then fall a bit and dash straight right to collect one more. Dash diagonally up-right to make it to solid ground, then let Mr. Oshiro pass before preparing to do the next section. Jump over the first circling sludge to the right when the circling sludge is at its left-most point, then dash up-right while you're touching the dash crystal. Fall a bit as you keep moving right, then dash up-right into the other dash crystal, then dash straight right or up-right to make it to the next bit of ground, jumping quickly if needed to avoid Mr. Oshiro's attack. In the next section, you'll need to bounce on Mr. Oshiro's head to get enough height to make it to the key token. A reliable strategy is to jump to the right as soon as he starts to move, then dash downward or diagonally down-right to hit his head if your positioning was off. Do a large bounce up and dash up-right to collect the key token and grab the right side of the key-activated platform which will take you to the right. Jump to the right and move back to the left when Mr. Oshiro tries to attack you here. Then, climb to the top and wait for him to attack again, at which point you should do a small jump straight up so that you land on his head, regaining your dash in the process. Jump to the right and overlap yourself with the dash crystal to the right. When you're aligned, dash up-right twice and you'll collect the Crystal Heart and complete the level.