Celeste is PSPACE-hard
Abstract
We investigate the complexity of the platform video game Celeste. We prove that navigating Celeste is PSPACE-hard in five different ways, corresponding to different subsets of the game mechanics. In particular, we prove the game PSPACE-hard even without player input.
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