I finished this yesterday. I used this video as a frame of reference for a couple of things that I had to look up (namely, flags 11 and 3), and out of curiosity, compared my solutions for things I didn't look up here. I can absolutely agree that the ending is absolutely worth it and if you are considering going through the process of getting to this point, it's an incredible journey. To say that this was an unforgettable experience is an absolute understatement. Less than a year ago, I finished Mango Mesa and didn't think I could possibly go any further. I'm so glad that I took the dip and proved myself wrong.
I was shocked because Google said there was a music group called 'Celeste Strawberry Jam'. I couldn't believe that there was a music group out there using that name. And then I saw the list of their songs and there was Celeste Strawberry Jam OST, and videos with this being one of them.
Literally burst into tears after finishing this map. Still crying 4 days later. Honest to goodness masterpiece of a map. Hell, masterpiece is an understatement. Everyone involved should feel immensely proud of what they've made, makes me wish I could donate to the team directly.
Absolute masterpiece and that can't be understated, 45 hours and 14k deaths savestateless , grueling but worth every minute. Experiencing the map, gameplay and music evolve from their modest underground beginnings, to a trek through the planet's surface, to a full blown hostile supernova was nothing short of amazing. The checkpoint names really sell it too, with them getting more and more destructive and combative the further you go. It's like fighting against the map at every turn but still coming out even, as you maintain your resolve, make work of all the obstacles, and shake off being thrown around by portals. Still thinking about this map months after finishing. love it love it love it
After 39 hours, I have finally beaten the heartside! 130 hours total for the expert lobby, and I loved (almost) every part of it! Incredible work on the whole lobby! Now onto GM...
36 hours here, I thought I sucked but I guess the level really was hard (tho I spent more time on the lobby, I did every berries). Sincere congratulations!!
This and the grandmaster heartside are phenomenal, especially the music and atmosphere. Think I prefer the vibe of this heartside, but the gm has great moments too. Wish I was skilled enough to reach this point though! Still can't beat much past intermediate.
I was just thinking about this. I’m pretty sure it’s because the first three heartsides have zero storytelling. Blueberry Bay is just “wow you did it! Enjoy this view.” Raspberry Roots just rewards you with the giant tree it’s been hinting at. Mango Mesa is just “congrats.” Or something. I honestly don’t remember this one at all. Storytelling goes a long way in games like these. Not to say that the other heartsides suck. They do their job and they are enjoyable
@@joshuahamilton7630 there's minimal storytelling, the first three just go "have a nice view" while the last two have more involved stories hidden blueberry bay: a leisurely stroll from the caves to the shrine. go watch the sunset with some cute companions raspberry roots: a casual midnight stroll to the ancient raspberry tree of life. mango mesa: climb your way to the top of the mesa and enjoy the view of space. (it's so tall that there's a zero gravity section near the end) starfruit supernova: go on an interstellar adventure to reach the supernova and uncover the mysteries of the planet's past, present, and future. (also, madeline probably dies) passionfruit pantheon: this is it, madeline. complete the trials of the gods, and ascend to godhood.
I forgor to breathe ;-; but wtf this is amazing everything about it is just top notch it feels like a separate game, and the ending is just... it teared me up a bit lol
Holy, after 80+ hours i finally finished this lobby, what a lobby it was, this was one of the most frustrating and hard things i've ever done in any video game ever, but god it was worth it for that ending screen
The last part of flag 7 is a really good warmup. After practicing it in another savefile, it quickly stopped feeling impossible and now I could do it every time
I beat this literally only about half an hour ago, thank you for making this video, it helped a lot with the routing for each room ^^ I started playing strawberry jam with no expectations after having done nothing else but the vanilla game, never thought I would get this far but I'm having a lot of fun. Playing through the collab has helped me improve at the game immensely, to the point where completing this map only took slightly more deaths than when I completed Farewell for the first time, which was extremely surprising to me. I'm looking forward to Grandmaster next, hoping I have the resolve to improve enough to finish this out.
This seems achievable- maybe not now, but someday! The advanced heartside already pushed me way further than I thought I could go- I gotta come back to this eventually
The ending was phenomenal! It actually really reminded me of a specific 3d indie game in space with a similar ending that i wont say here because spoilers, but if you know, you know
Sometimes I come back to this video and just think about how good this map was. Shoutouts to Vinculum room making me use mirror mode because my keyboard won't let me dash when pressing the grab button and right at the same time.
Let me guess, you dash with _X_ and grab with _Z_ ? If so I have the same problem. That's keyboard ghosting or something like that. I'd advise you to label a secondary key for jumping, grabbing and dashing just above the default ones (so grab being _A,_ dash being _S,_ and jump being _D_ ) so in certain, very specific cases when you need to do something like that you can do it easier. Now if the problem was something completely different and I just misunderstood then I'm sorry TwT
@@BUGFlower413 That was actually exactly the case. I tried to be stubborn and stick with it to the end, but ultimately I ended up shifting all my action buttons one key to the right. It was probably inevitable anyway. Solar Express, which functionally uses the same tech as this flag, might be straight up impossible to do without variants (which I needed to make my clear video of it for UA-cam).
@@gappy_galloween Oh that also sounds like a really effective way of fixing it tbf :33 Honestly I can't remember much of Solar Express (mostly bc I haven't touched anything from the GM lobby yet, my skills die at Expert, so Starfruit Supernova is as far as I'm going to get >w
finished this yesterday, probably my favourite map in the collab (though i'm only a couple maps into gm) i had so much fun with it i beat it in one sitting with a few tiny breaks
Ive been playing through sj as a break from the sc2020 ngmhs, its very facinating to see the evolution of mapping in the community between the two, and how while the expert hearside of sj is defonitely harder than the sc expert heartside, the rooms are much shorter, which makes them feel significantly more manageable
tfw you get to the part that says "this ending is best experienced blind" but you also know you'll never be able to reach the expert heartside anyways... unless? (i will go back to playing the beginner heartside and hoping i reach this level of skill someday lol)
If you want a serious answer: mushroom dash crystals that augment hyperdashes to have more speed, along with special dream blocks which preserve the momentum you enter with, allowing you to build momentum by jumping out of dream blocks again and again, each of which gives +40 speed. Chain that with ultras and the corner boost you go nyoom
@@cocoabutter5888mushroom crystals add a multiplier to the speed of the next dash in any direction, not just hypers. if you cancel it with a hyper, a super, a dream block, a cornerboost, or probably literally anything (e.g. gultra with jellyfish if cabob made psychokinetic a GM map), you go nyoom
It’s a shame that the music in all the other heartsides is not as catchy as here. I have one heart left to open the intermediate heartside, but I keep reviewing it and dreaming that I can reach this map what happens at 18:54 is very cool, I would like to see something equally cool in all heartsides before expert 😢
cool heart poem ideas (1 of 8) eye of the universe the edge of space edge of the universe galactic echo astronomer voyager stellar odyssey wish on a star ein sof final voyage kazoo chex Expert Heartside: The Resolutive Dance of Madeline and a Black Hole
![[Strawberry Jam] Grandmaster Heartside GOLDEN STRAWBERRY!](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/XHVXLqD1C2U/mqdefault.jpg)
![[Strawberry Jam] Grandmaster Heartside GOLDEN STRAWBERRY!](/img/tr.png)
I finished this yesterday. I used this video as a frame of reference for a couple of things that I had to look up (namely, flags 11 and 3), and out of curiosity, compared my solutions for things I didn't look up here. I can absolutely agree that the ending is absolutely worth it and if you are considering going through the process of getting to this point, it's an incredible journey. To say that this was an unforgettable experience is an absolute understatement.
Less than a year ago, I finished Mango Mesa and didn't think I could possibly go any further. I'm so glad that I took the dip and proved myself wrong.
I was shocked because Google said there was a music group called 'Celeste Strawberry Jam'. I couldn't believe that there was a music group out there using that name. And then I saw the list of their songs and there was Celeste Strawberry Jam OST, and videos with this being one of them.
let's go I'm officially a music video director now
@@Gamation108 HECK YEAH
Late, but I'm theorizing that its automatically done by google.
Ah yes, the only mod where Madeline dies and proceed to beat up heavenly beings
local trans girl dies in supernova, goes to heaven and fights god, wins
When exactly does she beat up god?
@@catandcomparatorin the grandmaster heartside
Who have I been praying to all this time
She also have a picnic at the bay and in a forest, then traverses the mesa to get to the supernova beforehand
@@volt5481 nyoom trans woman with anxiety.
Actually the best heartside, the song adds so much to it and each flag is so meaningful, as its the ending point for a lot of people
Literally burst into tears after finishing this map. Still crying 4 days later.
Honest to goodness masterpiece of a map. Hell, masterpiece is an understatement. Everyone involved should feel immensely proud of what they've made, makes me wish I could donate to the team directly.
Absolute masterpiece and that can't be understated, 45 hours and 14k deaths savestateless , grueling but worth every minute. Experiencing the map, gameplay and music evolve from their modest underground beginnings, to a trek through the planet's surface, to a full blown hostile supernova was nothing short of amazing.
The checkpoint names really sell it too, with them getting more and more destructive and combative the further you go. It's like fighting against the map at every turn but still coming out even, as you maintain your resolve, make work of all the obstacles, and shake off being thrown around by portals. Still thinking about this map months after finishing. love it love it love it
After 39 hours, I have finally beaten the heartside! 130 hours total for the expert lobby, and I loved (almost) every part of it! Incredible work on the whole lobby! Now onto GM...
36 hours here, I thought I sucked but I guess the level really was hard (tho I spent more time on the lobby, I did every berries). Sincere congratulations!!
the missing image file on the last few frames is hilarious given the otherwise insane polish on this thing
It was definitely on purpose as it's pixilated
@@todthesushimonster1256 nah, that's the missing file texture used by celeste's engine
This was recorded before release, presumably the image wasn't done yet. The version in the actual mod has a postcard there.
yeah Gama just didn’t have the updated asset pack lmao
This and the grandmaster heartside are phenomenal, especially the music and atmosphere. Think I prefer the vibe of this heartside, but the gm has great moments too.
Wish I was skilled enough to reach this point though! Still can't beat much past intermediate.
I was just thinking about this. I’m pretty sure it’s because the first three heartsides have zero storytelling.
Blueberry Bay is just “wow you did it! Enjoy this view.”
Raspberry Roots just rewards you with the giant tree it’s been hinting at.
Mango Mesa is just “congrats.” Or something. I honestly don’t remember this one at all.
Storytelling goes a long way in games like these. Not to say that the other heartsides suck. They do their job and they are enjoyable
@@joshuahamilton7630 there's minimal storytelling, the first three just go "have a nice view" while the last two have more involved stories hidden
blueberry bay: a leisurely stroll from the caves to the shrine. go watch the sunset with some cute companions
raspberry roots: a casual midnight stroll to the ancient raspberry tree of life.
mango mesa: climb your way to the top of the mesa and enjoy the view of space. (it's so tall that there's a zero gravity section near the end)
starfruit supernova: go on an interstellar adventure to reach the supernova and uncover the mysteries of the planet's past, present, and future. (also, madeline probably dies)
passionfruit pantheon: this is it, madeline. complete the trials of the gods, and ascend to godhood.
I forgor to breathe ;-;
but wtf this is amazing everything about it is just top notch
it feels like a separate game, and the ending is just... it teared me up a bit lol
oh so that's why it takes me multiple tries to beat these screens!
Holy, after 80+ hours i finally finished this lobby, what a lobby it was, this was one of the most frustrating and hard things i've ever done in any video game ever, but god it was worth it for that ending screen
The last part of flag 7 is a really good warmup. After practicing it in another savefile, it quickly stopped feeling impossible and now I could do it every time
I beat this literally only about half an hour ago, thank you for making this video, it helped a lot with the routing for each room ^^ I started playing strawberry jam with no expectations after having done nothing else but the vanilla game, never thought I would get this far but I'm having a lot of fun. Playing through the collab has helped me improve at the game immensely, to the point where completing this map only took slightly more deaths than when I completed Farewell for the first time, which was extremely surprising to me. I'm looking forward to Grandmaster next, hoping I have the resolve to improve enough to finish this out.
This seems achievable- maybe not now, but someday! The advanced heartside already pushed me way further than I thought I could go- I gotta come back to this eventually
The ending was phenomenal!
It actually really reminded me of a specific 3d indie game in space with a similar ending that i wont say here because spoilers, but if you know, you know
man, that 3d indie game was absolutely phenomenal, that ending
@@dumbnubwhat was the game if u remember im so curious
@@WeenieWalker outer wilds
@@dumbnub thanks
Sometimes I come back to this video and just think about how good this map was. Shoutouts to Vinculum room making me use mirror mode because my keyboard won't let me dash when pressing the grab button and right at the same time.
Thats actually very funny lmao
Let me guess, you dash with _X_ and grab with _Z_ ? If so I have the same problem. That's keyboard ghosting or something like that. I'd advise you to label a secondary key for jumping, grabbing and dashing just above the default ones (so grab being _A,_ dash being _S,_ and jump being _D_ ) so in certain, very specific cases when you need to do something like that you can do it easier.
Now if the problem was something completely different and I just misunderstood then I'm sorry TwT
@@BUGFlower413 That was actually exactly the case. I tried to be stubborn and stick with it to the end, but ultimately I ended up shifting all my action buttons one key to the right. It was probably inevitable anyway. Solar Express, which functionally uses the same tech as this flag, might be straight up impossible to do without variants (which I needed to make my clear video of it for UA-cam).
@@gappy_galloween Oh that also sounds like a really effective way of fixing it tbf :33 Honestly I can't remember much of Solar Express (mostly bc I haven't touched anything from the GM lobby yet, my skills die at Expert, so Starfruit Supernova is as far as I'm going to get >w
finished this yesterday, probably my favourite map in the collab (though i'm only a couple maps into gm)
i had so much fun with it i beat it in one sitting with a few tiny breaks
have you done solar express
no, currently on nelumbo and it’s kicking my ass haha
Ive been playing through sj as a break from the sc2020 ngmhs, its very facinating to see the evolution of mapping in the community between the two, and how while the expert hearside of sj is defonitely harder than the sc expert heartside, the rooms are much shorter, which makes them feel significantly more manageable
holy shit 11:04 this music transition is perfect lmao was it by intention
ayo she just broke and escaped the simulation
i would imagine… the song is built in parts so it would be feasible to just match up the different segments for the transition
I saw the ending with my first gameplay. It was absolutely stunning. Now I'm here again, and yet this still stuns me.
That spiral staircase is sick
fr, i like how out of all the incredible things in the this map the spiral staircase is somehow the thing that stands out tho lol
best room in the map fr fr
"Don't do it incorrectly or else you won't be able to do it correctly." Bars 🗣🔥🗣🔥
3 maps left
edit: on the heartside
edit 2: 3 maps left, but on gm this time
16:20 what is that setup? i can't replicate it
It's a neutral jump off of the Kevin block
@@hypenheimer well i already cleared the 2-or-so pixel gap setupless :p
tfw you get to the part that says "this ending is best experienced blind" but you also know you'll never be able to reach the expert heartside anyways... unless?
(i will go back to playing the beginner heartside and hoping i reach this level of skill someday lol)
I beat this today, genuinely sick as fuck, though I did have to do it over multiple months because I kinda stink at the video game
3:06 music sync
It might be intentional
@@yutubeguy007nah, it desyncs after a bit
ok fine i’ll try to go for expert lobby
I've only completed about half of expert lobby but every room in this video looks much harder than its original map, which makes me panic.
It's so prettyy
19:50 ok seriously what the fuck just happened here
NYOOOOOOOOM
Fast
If you want a serious answer: mushroom dash crystals that augment hyperdashes to have more speed, along with special dream blocks which preserve the momentum you enter with, allowing you to build momentum by jumping out of dream blocks again and again, each of which gives +40 speed. Chain that with ultras and the corner boost you go nyoom
@@cocoabutter5888actually it’s not a hyper dash it’s a super 🤓
@@cocoabutter5888mushroom crystals add a multiplier to the speed of the next dash in any direction, not just hypers. if you cancel it with a hyper, a super, a dream block, a cornerboost, or probably literally anything (e.g. gultra with jellyfish if cabob made psychokinetic a GM map), you go nyoom
alright maybe i will play this...
Love the vids
It’s a shame that the music in all the other heartsides is not as catchy as here. I have one heart left to open the intermediate heartside, but I keep reviewing it and dreaming that I can reach this map
what happens at 18:54 is very cool, I would like to see something equally cool in all heartsides before expert 😢
no expert heart poem debate? :despair:
i wasn't even gonna touch that one i think cabob would find my house
so true
real Astronomer hours
cool heart poem ideas (1 of 8)
eye of the universe
the edge of space
edge of the universe
galactic echo
astronomer
voyager
stellar odyssey
wish on a star
ein sof
final voyage
kazoo
chex
Expert Heartside: The Resolutive Dance of Madeline and a Black Hole
don’t forget Space Ruins
20:22 fuck now i have to go actually beat it myself
holy shit madeline is dead
at flag 15 right now, thanks for the video, it helps lol
edit: f13
edit2: f9 (f11 was the worst I actually cried so much)
edit3: I'm done!
do you all get paid to work on this mod?
lol I wish
@@Gamation108 how tf did you all even put a team together this big and talented full of volunteers
the leadership must be insanely good