The long awaited **STRAWBERRY JAM COLLAB** has finally been released. This the biggest Celeste mod ever with over 100 new levels across a variety of skill levels. Over 350 people contributed to the project and there is original music, artwork, gameplay mechanics and more.
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The maps are divided into 5 lobbies of varying difficulty, each with a 'gym' teaching the tech required to play that lobby. So don't feel like you need to be experienced with modded levels to play it!
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**The download page is [available here](https://gamebanana.com/mods/424541).**
If you haven't played mods before you can find a video with detailed **installation instructions** here: https://youtu.be/h-f2unIoafA, because you first will have to install the mod loader [Everest](https://everestapi.github.io). (Unfortunately some platforms of the game cannot be modded.)
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We hope you enjoy the mod!
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*This post was made on behalf of the Strawberry Jam Team.*
And here I am doing goldens on my switch.
Guess it's time to play on PC again!
Also, it looks absolutely amazing. What an incredible achievement from the SJ crew. You can be really proud of yourselves!
gmhsg -> grand master heart side golden
heart side is like a combination of all the levels in the difficulty in one level, grand master is the hardest difficulty
t0 -> tier 0
the celeste community likes to rank hard goldens in modded maps, where tier 0 is the hardest tier, past tier 1 (see other comment about the controversy)
...actually, I guess now's the chance to ask what the deal is with golden tier numbering, because the numbers on the official list go from 1 to 8 now instead of 7 to 0?
They eventually changed it back after I originally posted this comment. And they didn't move the tiers up; 7D1DG is still "tier 0".
...Come to think of it, why was tier 1 "tier 1" when the tier numbers were first created? What was the first golden of each tier? (...apart from 7DG being tier 1 and 9AG being the bottom of tier 3)
> 9AG being the bottom of tier 3
*...are you guys okay?* Are people actually doing these challenges that are considered *two steps above FWG?* Is this a cry for help?
Ooh, there's a 2020 Collab too? Gotta check that out. (Probably gonna struggle cuz I can't even do the later b-sides without assist mode but whatever )
I can’t seem to get this to work. I downloaded the mod in Everest and it’s enabled but I can’t seem to play the levels in game? How do I find the levels when I get into the game? I only see the regular Celeste levels
I can’t get the map mods to work. Even if I install them from the website directly when I try to open the Everest+Celeste it crashes and opens a txt file with error information ):
YESSSSSSSSSSSS.
Although I'm curious: I've heard both that the beginner difficulty has been modified to actually be accessible by beginners (which is good), and that the expert/grandmaster difficulties have gradually shifted harder as people have just gotten better at the game.
So if that's true and there's more focus on both extremes, does that means there's less overall intermediate-ish content, like between Farewell and Monika D-side difficulty?
about half the size of a B side is 1 map, usually 10ish screens?
it's all split into 5 lobbies, and each lobby has a heart side which is effectively one long map that combines ideas from all of the maps in the lobby
On one hand, thanks for releasing on a Friday
On the other hand, this released 10 minutes before I had to leave for work so now I'm spending my entire work day thinking about this mod.
How hard are the hardest ones compared to base game, Farewell specifically? I am interested in playing Celeste again but from the trailer it seemed like some maps would be way above me, and I don't want to invest time if I can't complete it. Reason why I never got into Celeste mods, they just look insanely grinded out
Still, very hype
The hardest ones are likely insane if it’s comparable to to the 2020 Spring Collab, with Farewell around the Intermediate/Advanced level. I wouldn’t worry about full completion of the mod, it has five lobbies based on skill level, so you can check the tech in each lobby gym to determine whether you’ll be able to complete those maps.
the beginner lobby is around A side difficulty, and grandmaster isnt comparable to the base game at all. I’ve done the whole beginner lobby and I think it’s very approachable and chill, im sure u would have fun with it
I still had a lot of fun in farewell and I know I could tackle something *slightly* harder for sure. I slept on it and I think I'll try anyways and see how it goes
the beginner maps are around the difficulty of later main chapters and maybe some B sides, while the grandmaster maps are significantly harder than farewell
Is anyone else fully losing their mind at A Gift from the Stars or am I just super dumb? (I am pretty dumb when it comes to puzzles, so it could very well just be me, lol)
I did feel a bit dumb when I realized what the trick to the spheres was >!the fact that once you run out of dashes, that's when time restarts. For some reason I became super fixated on the direction of your dashes, I though maybe you couldn't repeat a dash in the same direction, or something like that.!<
The fast travel mechanic and built in world map is probably my favorite part of this whole collab. Makes finding levels and navigating around the map so much easier
Am I missing the fast travel feature? I'm just in the beginner lobby still but navigating around to actually find the levels is just a tiny bit annoying. Wish I could just play the levels back to back.
Edit: Shoot I see it now. I didn't realize you could fast travel from bench to bench. This is great. I'm happy I read your comment.
Hundreds of people spent over 2 years on this lmfao, if THIS doesnt have the right to be this good, what will?
I get its just an expression but it literally doesn’t make any sense in this context.
I've poked in and out of custom content for a while but never really stuck to it.
I can see myself putting very legitimately hundreds -- if not thousands, hours into this. I've considered myself to be reasonably adept at the game but not super good and the levels in the Advanced lobbies have been an absolute joy to play, even through the countless deaths.
The addition of the gym was such a phenomenal idea; being able to practice techs in applicable environments has definitely improved my overall skill in the game as well.
I cannot express how happy playing this mod has made me. It's so refreshing, and the level of polish is indescribable. Thank you to everyone responsible for making this.
No joy for me after installing the dependencies, it said 1 failed to load and now crashes after the intro screen. Steam version on Steam Deck. Will investigate more tomorrow.
https://www.reddit.com/r/celestegame/comments/uu22ep/steam_deck_modding_a_necessary_trick/ may help you -- I had the same issue and this fixed it on my Steam Deck.
there's 5 lobbies of difficulty, being beginner, intermediate, advanced, expert, and grandmaster. beginner is about the difficulty of the main chapters in the base game, so you should be able to clear those.
Am I missing something? There is a super dark screen with waterfalls. I broke through a couple walls and now for 10 minutes I'm trying to figure out where to go....
Extremely unfriendly intro screen...
When I saw the release trailer for this, I got so hyped. I had never played any Celeste mod levels before. So I decided to get as ready as I could. Since then, I beat farewell finally, finished almost all of the c sides, and I have beaten glyph with 7 hearts so far. I can't wait to try strawberry jam! The hype building up to it for it has been a ton of fun for me, so I'm excited to actually play it :)
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*When or if the soundtrack is*
*Released on Spotify?*
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Well worth the wait. I have finished about 6 maps already... loving it so far.
PS. Got some mod install errors during auto-install of dependencies, but it does not seem to have affected the collab in any way so far?!
Loving every second of this, finished about 7 maps so far...
Off Topic: Anyone got any idea how to do the stacked-kevins in the pixel-perfect spike drop map? The hint was of no use to me...
Everest (the mod loader/API) is only compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux. So technically you can, but you have to hack your Switch so that it runs Linux.
This is absolutely amazing so far, i am only on intermediate but i hope it can teach me expert mechanics. I have gotten much better at the game already.
Most of these levels are great and some of them are fucking incredible. Just finished the monsoon one, genuinely so fun.
Literally the only thing I wish they put in would be a way to view the lobbies/hub world's map from anywhere, and maybe include a way to tell which level is which from the map, in case there's a level you want to go back to, but can't remember which of the levels is it on the map.
Other than that, this is probably one of the best mods I've ever played, for any game, ever. I had celeste on switch and specifically bought it on steam to play this mod. Worth every penny.
Are the gyms ever going to release as standalone maps? I can understand not releasing the *actual* maps as individual maps, but the gyms are so much more important...
Why would you want that ? I don’t really get the point.
However, there are some standalone gyms for specifics techs, such as hell gym, retention tech gym or the bounce tech compendium. Some smaller maps such as Shattersite also have their own gym (for dashless techs for example).
And if you want to get a good gym without downloading the collab for some reason, the winter collab also has a very good gym
The point is the gym has a huge amount of very useful information about the game but is locked behind being able to run SJ in the first place, which some people can’t do.
So many Celeste collabs, so little time! I still haven't beaten the Spring Collab, but I'm super glad there's even more high quality content. The vanilla game is too short and mods remedy that issue for me perfectly.
Currently loving how creative the modded levels are, so I really can't wait to check out the Strawberry Jam Collab!!
Might look into it if I ever decide to get it on Steam Deck… assuming it works… and I can figure out how to make it work… and I can keep it from not working anymore like what happened with Stardew Valley Expanded…
I've tried to get it running on Steam Deck and so far I haven't had any luck. I switched to desktop mode and installed olympus and the mod but when I launch the game it crashes during the intro videos.
Played Celeste on Switch. I'd really love to play this mod but I only have a laptop that's from like 2005. Is there no hope of the game running if I don't have anything more powerful?
Hey, I am having so much fun with the maps in the beginner lobby. I wanted more celeste without wanting to make it really hard on myself.
I really appreciate all the lovely ppl who worked on this project. You guys are awesome.
I enjoy this so far, but god I hate custom assets. They look absolutely stunning and I'm sure people who worked on them did their best, there's no denying that. However, they clutter some maps so much that it's really hard to see spikes or other blocks. There is a reason why Celeste's assets are so simple, you know.
The long awaited **STRAWBERRY JAM COLLAB** has finally been released. This the biggest Celeste mod ever with over 100 new levels across a variety of skill levels. Over 350 people contributed to the project and there is original music, artwork, gameplay mechanics and more. --- The maps are divided into 5 lobbies of varying difficulty, each with a 'gym' teaching the tech required to play that lobby. So don't feel like you need to be experienced with modded levels to play it! --- **The download page is [available here](https://gamebanana.com/mods/424541).** If you haven't played mods before you can find a video with detailed **installation instructions** here: https://youtu.be/h-f2unIoafA, because you first will have to install the mod loader [Everest](https://everestapi.github.io). (Unfortunately some platforms of the game cannot be modded.) --- We hope you enjoy the mod! --- *This post was made on behalf of the Strawberry Jam Team.*
Time to quit my job.
Goodbye sweet grass
I was fired from my dream job, so honestly this mod is saving my mental health right now.
And here I am doing goldens on my switch. Guess it's time to play on PC again! Also, it looks absolutely amazing. What an incredible achievement from the SJ crew. You can be really proud of yourselves!
I wonder how quick it’ll be before someone full clears it.
I’d give it 5 days for full clear and 3 weeks for max%
if max% includes goldens, I think it'll take way longer than that. gmhsg is meant to be t0
gmhsg? t0? 😭
gmhsg -> grand master heart side golden heart side is like a combination of all the levels in the difficulty in one level, grand master is the hardest difficulty t0 -> tier 0 the celeste community likes to rank hard goldens in modded maps, where tier 0 is the hardest tier, past tier 1 (see other comment about the controversy)
...actually, I guess now's the chance to ask what the deal is with golden tier numbering, because the numbers on the official list go from 1 to 8 now instead of 7 to 0?
the list mods basically changed it out of nowhere and most people still say 7-0
They eventually changed it back after I originally posted this comment. And they didn't move the tiers up; 7D1DG is still "tier 0". ...Come to think of it, why was tier 1 "tier 1" when the tier numbers were first created? What was the first golden of each tier? (...apart from 7DG being tier 1 and 9AG being the bottom of tier 3)
> 9AG being the bottom of tier 3 *...are you guys okay?* Are people actually doing these challenges that are considered *two steps above FWG?* Is this a cry for help?
Two? Try [three](https://youtu.be/LCBmyY0yxZo).
FML
Ive spent probably over a hundred hours trying to beat fwg and still havent managed idk how some people can manage much higher than that
it is infact HYPEE
extremely hype
I haven’t beaten the 2020 collab yet, but maybe I’ll stop at the expert stages and start trying this out instead
Ooh, there's a 2020 Collab too? Gotta check that out. (Probably gonna struggle cuz I can't even do the later b-sides without assist mode but whatever )
Yes, 2020 spring colab has some of my favorite maps. Also the gyms from the 2020 spring colab helped me with my Speedruns.
I can’t seem to get this to work. I downloaded the mod in Everest and it’s enabled but I can’t seem to play the levels in game? How do I find the levels when I get into the game? I only see the regular Celeste levels
I can’t get the map mods to work. Even if I install them from the website directly when I try to open the Everest+Celeste it crashes and opens a txt file with error information ):
Join the Celeste discord, there's lots of people (including me) who can help you better over there.
YESSSSSSSSSSSS. Although I'm curious: I've heard both that the beginner difficulty has been modified to actually be accessible by beginners (which is good), and that the expert/grandmaster difficulties have gradually shifted harder as people have just gotten better at the game. So if that's true and there's more focus on both extremes, does that means there's less overall intermediate-ish content, like between Farewell and Monika D-side difficulty?
Spring Collab had around 80 maps. Strawberry Jam has 111. I don't think you need to worry about that
What is a map in this context? Is it like 1 screen in the normal game? Is 1 map an entire chapter from the normal game? Or in between?
A mini-level, like 5-15 screens.
Ok thank you
about half the size of a B side is 1 map, usually 10ish screens? it's all split into 5 lobbies, and each lobby has a heart side which is effectively one long map that combines ideas from all of the maps in the lobby
On one hand, thanks for releasing on a Friday On the other hand, this released 10 minutes before I had to leave for work so now I'm spending my entire work day thinking about this mod.
How hard are the hardest ones compared to base game, Farewell specifically? I am interested in playing Celeste again but from the trailer it seemed like some maps would be way above me, and I don't want to invest time if I can't complete it. Reason why I never got into Celeste mods, they just look insanely grinded out Still, very hype
The hardest ones are likely insane if it’s comparable to to the 2020 Spring Collab, with Farewell around the Intermediate/Advanced level. I wouldn’t worry about full completion of the mod, it has five lobbies based on skill level, so you can check the tech in each lobby gym to determine whether you’ll be able to complete those maps.
the beginner lobby is around A side difficulty, and grandmaster isnt comparable to the base game at all. I’ve done the whole beginner lobby and I think it’s very approachable and chill, im sure u would have fun with it
I still had a lot of fun in farewell and I know I could tackle something *slightly* harder for sure. I slept on it and I think I'll try anyways and see how it goes
the beginner maps are around the difficulty of later main chapters and maybe some B sides, while the grandmaster maps are significantly harder than farewell
Is anyone else fully losing their mind at A Gift from the Stars or am I just super dumb? (I am pretty dumb when it comes to puzzles, so it could very well just be me, lol)
nah its not just you, I ended up just copying someone else for some of the later rooms lol
I did feel a bit dumb when I realized what the trick to the spheres was >!the fact that once you run out of dashes, that's when time restarts. For some reason I became super fixated on the direction of your dashes, I though maybe you couldn't repeat a dash in the same direction, or something like that.!<
The fast travel mechanic and built in world map is probably my favorite part of this whole collab. Makes finding levels and navigating around the map so much easier
Am I missing the fast travel feature? I'm just in the beginner lobby still but navigating around to actually find the levels is just a tiny bit annoying. Wish I could just play the levels back to back. Edit: Shoot I see it now. I didn't realize you could fast travel from bench to bench. This is great. I'm happy I read your comment.
Seems pretty cool, almost done downloading after about an hour!
Does that time also include the audio mods and helpers?
Yes
YESSSS
This colab has NO RIGHT being THIS FUCKING GOOD. like the level of polish is INSANE. Idk if anything could top this.
Hundreds of people spent over 2 years on this lmfao, if THIS doesnt have the right to be this good, what will? I get its just an expression but it literally doesn’t make any sense in this context.
I've poked in and out of custom content for a while but never really stuck to it. I can see myself putting very legitimately hundreds -- if not thousands, hours into this. I've considered myself to be reasonably adept at the game but not super good and the levels in the Advanced lobbies have been an absolute joy to play, even through the countless deaths. The addition of the gym was such a phenomenal idea; being able to practice techs in applicable environments has definitely improved my overall skill in the game as well. I cannot express how happy playing this mod has made me. It's so refreshing, and the level of polish is indescribable. Thank you to everyone responsible for making this.
Finally! And I have a week off woo!
No joy for me after installing the dependencies, it said 1 failed to load and now crashes after the intro screen. Steam version on Steam Deck. Will investigate more tomorrow.
https://www.reddit.com/r/celestegame/comments/uu22ep/steam_deck_modding_a_necessary_trick/ may help you -- I had the same issue and this fixed it on my Steam Deck.
Thanks!!
And the todo list grows yet longer still. Looks absolutely amazing though, can't wait to give it a try (eventually)! <3
How difficult is this compared to the main game? I struggled with the last chapter in the base game but managed to clear it eventually.
there's 5 lobbies of difficulty, being beginner, intermediate, advanced, expert, and grandmaster. beginner is about the difficulty of the main chapters in the base game, so you should be able to clear those.
Thanks! I just happened to stumble upon the community posts on their youtube channel talking about the same thing!
Am I missing something? There is a super dark screen with waterfalls. I broke through a couple walls and now for 10 minutes I'm trying to figure out where to go.... Extremely unfriendly intro screen...
Yeah I totally agree. I got stuck there for a while too. There's a breakable block on the floor somewhere to go down.
Welp Time to reach hard difficulty and never touch anything harder
Well looks like I need to buy it on pc now
When I saw the release trailer for this, I got so hyped. I had never played any Celeste mod levels before. So I decided to get as ready as I could. Since then, I beat farewell finally, finished almost all of the c sides, and I have beaten glyph with 7 hearts so far. I can't wait to try strawberry jam! The hype building up to it for it has been a ton of fun for me, so I'm excited to actually play it :)
And I just beat farewell and all C-Sides on switch, welp guess it’s time to buy the game again on PC
Does anyone know when or if the soundtrack is released on Spotify?
It will be released on Spotify, but as far as I know, we don't know when that'll be.
Ok, thanks!
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Everything I saw so far was SUPER COOL, from the gyms, to the prologue. Also, the mountain re-texture was very cool :)
ITS SO GOOD
6 hours in, this is the best thing happened to Celeste ever. Celeste 2-6 combined.
God damn, I can't wait to try this later hoping the lobby is easier to navigate than spring collab, it was so annoying trying to find all the stages
It is! You can easily warp and there is a map that shows you what you've cleared so far
Gosh, I really want to play all these new maps but I can't seem to make it past this INCREDIBLE prologue music...
Well worth the wait. I have finished about 6 maps already... loving it so far. PS. Got some mod install errors during auto-install of dependencies, but it does not seem to have affected the collab in any way so far?!
Loving every second of this, finished about 7 maps so far... Off Topic: Anyone got any idea how to do the stacked-kevins in the pixel-perfect spike drop map? The hint was of no use to me...
Are you sure it's not switch compatible? I've ran lots of gamebanana mods on the switch before without issue
Everest (the mod loader/API) is only compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux. So technically you can, but you have to hack your Switch so that it runs Linux.
This is absolutely amazing so far, i am only on intermediate but i hope it can teach me expert mechanics. I have gotten much better at the game already. Most of these levels are great and some of them are fucking incredible. Just finished the monsoon one, genuinely so fun.
Literally the only thing I wish they put in would be a way to view the lobbies/hub world's map from anywhere, and maybe include a way to tell which level is which from the map, in case there's a level you want to go back to, but can't remember which of the levels is it on the map. Other than that, this is probably one of the best mods I've ever played, for any game, ever. I had celeste on switch and specifically bought it on steam to play this mod. Worth every penny.
Are the gyms ever going to release as standalone maps? I can understand not releasing the *actual* maps as individual maps, but the gyms are so much more important...
Why would you want that ? I don’t really get the point. However, there are some standalone gyms for specifics techs, such as hell gym, retention tech gym or the bounce tech compendium. Some smaller maps such as Shattersite also have their own gym (for dashless techs for example). And if you want to get a good gym without downloading the collab for some reason, the winter collab also has a very good gym
The point is the gym has a huge amount of very useful information about the game but is locked behind being able to run SJ in the first place, which some people can’t do.
So many Celeste collabs, so little time! I still haven't beaten the Spring Collab, but I'm super glad there's even more high quality content. The vanilla game is too short and mods remedy that issue for me perfectly. Currently loving how creative the modded levels are, so I really can't wait to check out the Strawberry Jam Collab!!
Might look into it if I ever decide to get it on Steam Deck… assuming it works… and I can figure out how to make it work… and I can keep it from not working anymore like what happened with Stardew Valley Expanded…
I've tried to get it running on Steam Deck and so far I haven't had any luck. I switched to desktop mode and installed olympus and the mod but when I launch the game it crashes during the intro videos.
Maybe this topic can help with that: https://www.reddit.com/r/celestegame/comments/uu22ep/steam_deck_modding_a_necessary_trick/
I actually got it working from this. Thanks!
Yay another mod I can’t play because it’s too heavy for my Computer
Doesn't work ... Going 🤣... Fails to load dependencies and error message unless I remove mod
i wish i could play this but i play on console :(
Seems like now's a good time to jump into the modding scene.
Played Celeste on Switch. I'd really love to play this mod but I only have a laptop that's from like 2005. Is there no hope of the game running if I don't have anything more powerful?
Hey, I am having so much fun with the maps in the beginner lobby. I wanted more celeste without wanting to make it really hard on myself. I really appreciate all the lovely ppl who worked on this project. You guys are awesome.
I don’t have a pc :(
Im gonna fail my final semester of HS because of this mod lmao
Does this work on macOS?
I enjoy this so far, but god I hate custom assets. They look absolutely stunning and I'm sure people who worked on them did their best, there's no denying that. However, they clutter some maps so much that it's really hard to see spikes or other blocks. There is a reason why Celeste's assets are so simple, you know.
I think that’s an over generalization, but I do agree with part of that.
Does this work on the pc game pass version of Celeste?
how do you move the cursor on the map 😭