Easy Lobby - All Silver Berries! | Secret Santa Collab 2024 | Celeste

Had some time to kill, took about 12 hours across 5 days. Enjoyed it very much! My opinions on the maps themselves below

The Austrex Project:
Pretty simple exploration map. Reminded me of that part in Portal 2 where you're in the ruins.

Sunrise Garden:
I love the colors so much! The gameplay was very enjoyable as well. It really has a great atmosphere and was very casual in nature. It feels very warm and safe

A Confectionary Quest:
I started out really mad at this map. I was having a terrible night and this map's cheery atmosphere just pissed me off LOL I've come around now. 100%ing this was kind of a nightmare though. I spent like, an hour in this one room that was just bugged which pissed me off. Also one of the rush hour puzzles KICKED MY ASS. Like, it took 20 minutes to solve kicked my ass. But overall I really like it. The speed rings are really cool as well

Slumber in the Skies:
Short and easy, not much to say. I don't really like how there's a new gimmick every room, maybe if you play celeste more they make sense but I didn't have a clue what I was doing most of the time. I still don't even really get the one in room 3 lol

VOYAGE:
There's no way to put how I feel about this map in brief. Definitely my favorite celeste map ever made, and overall maybe the most fun experience I've had playing any platformer. I LOVE the atmosphere, I LOVE the music, I LOVE the simple gameplay. I loved the progression. I wish I realized you could press J though, I think I was looking away from the screen when it told you to do it, so I got all the way up to beating it without ever looking at the journal, which took hours. But I liked it that way, too. The puzzles were GREAT. I went and did all the extra stuff too and I HIGHLY recommend it. Man, what a good time. I'll look back on it fondly for years to come. Thanks so much for making this map.

yep.bin:
Ok, the silver is annoying as hell because it randomly bugs halfway through and your hitbox gets stuck in the ground for the rest of the playthrough, and apparently its intentional LOL. Map overall was ok, nothing really to write home about

Your Story // My World:
Honestly I don't know what the hell this map is about, I feel like I stumbled into a conversation I wasn't meant to be a part of. I don't really think I'm meant to have all the context of it though. The berry took me quite a while. Silver was pretty easy and straightforward, I didn't mind the gameplay at all

An Artificer's Ascent:
Hardest of the silvers, took me 2 days. Really great map. I had to warm up to the elytra mechanic but once I did it was smooth sailing. Really enjoy the distinct zones, they all felt very unique and powerful in their own way. The gameplay overall was great! For being so long the silver was very balanced and fair.

Mt. Celeste Jazz Club:
Pretty fun, although I wouldn't say I super loved it because it just felt like playing GD to me LOL. A random part in the first song just seems to desync and I don't know why?? Anyway overall it's a charming map, I like the background decorations

History Lessons with Madeline!:
Really fun standard gameplay! With the craziness of this map, occasionally a simple map like this really hits the spot. Very fun!

Five Foot Forest:
I love this map. The gameplay reminds me much of Spring Collab 2020, in a good way, I'm not even really sure how to describe it. Love the green decoration

Sumpterranean Sewers:
Banger. I love the exploration elements, this has some of my favorite gameplay in the whole lobby. Extremely solid map with puzzles that felt very satisfying to figure out.