tobyaaa

@tobyaaa.bsky.social

celeste mapper

I was going to set up a quick lowscope contest map, but realized that A. the deadline passed before I started, and B. I have other things to prioritize. But the level's basically done anyway so I'll probably release it soon regardless.

A screenshot of a Celeste custom map with no decals. The focus is an 8-by-2 grid of small Move Blocks pointing various directions, corralled out of reach.

forgot to post this here, me and @bosssauce.bsky.social made an Music Translation map! Since the contest requires submissions to have the same title as the relevant song, we naturally chose a song no one knows the name of. I think the map turned out really well! gamebanana.com/mods/592788

ABS Submersible Pump Installation and Operation [Celeste] [Mods]

We know how water works!... A Celeste (CELESTE) Mod in the Collab/Contest category, submitted by BossSauce

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As Autumn Colors Fall is a Celeste level I made for the easy-maps-only Breeze Contest. Inspired by ricky06’s reflections about his map, I wanted to delve into my design process for this level. Heads up, I’ll be spoiling the puzzles!

the level entrance to the map.

speaking of lava layer, here's one troll in that level that I've never seen anyone encounter! It was meant to be a "gotcha" for folks who wanted more time to align the dash up, but it turned out A. you don't really need more time for that and B. retrying would be simpler anyway.

Hi, I'm tobyaaa! I'm an aspiring game designer who's made a lot of modded content for 2018 indie platformer Celeste. I often try to aim for very unconventional levels, having made an SMW-themed map, countless kinds of puzzle, and I've even coded simple 3D graphics once!

Lava layer: a map made for the Strawberry jam collab. It's a Super Mario World themed castle setting, where the image shows madeline jumping from a block that's just moved out from under her.This is Misty Grotto, an early map I'm still fond of. The image shows madeline in a room of a ruined structure, reading a note from the ground (it reads, "There's a treasure chest against a wall. At about head height next to it, there's a passage.")an image doesn't do this map justice anyway. Here, madeline is seen inside of a oddly shaped room with four jutting-out closets leading out from the center, in each direction. There's some water and an open area outside where madeline can go. (this level is very similar to the classic Lost Woods formula, so perhaps imagine that)Madeline dashes upwards in a very abstract environment, with 3D shapes sometimes forming platforms when they meet the XY plane. This one was quite fun to code in!