Unfortunately, the 2018 platformer "Celeste" probably won't be getting a full-fledged sequel anytime soon. But the free PICO-8 game that started it all, "Celeste Classic," got an equally valuable sequel this week in the form of "Celeste Classic 2" (aka "Celeste 2: Lani's Trek").

Released on Celeste's third anniversary, the sequel was created by developers Maddy Thorson, Noel Berry, and Lena Raine, who created the brutally simple platformer in just three days.

Celeste was an incredible evolution of Celeste Classic's simple mechanics, stretching Madeline's jumps and dashes to frightening extremes. Lani's Trek, on the other hand, introduces a new character who uses a grappling hook instead of an air dash. The hook can pull horizontally much farther than Madeline, but Lani cannot use the hook to climb up

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Still, it is bloody difficult. But if you've played through Celeste's mountain of B-sides and DLCs, Lani's Trek is a great choice to explore the same precision platforming challenges from a new angle. One wonders when someone will beat Celeste 2 on the dance mat.

Celeste Classic 2 is available for free on Itch. It can be downloaded from your browser or from PICO-8.