Celestedle
A daily Wordle-inspired guessing game based on the video game Celeste.
Each day, a secret element or entity from Celeste is picked for all players. Your goal is to deduce what it is in as few attempts as possible. With each attempt, you receive clues based on its attributes (type, chapters, colour and shape) to guide you toward the correct answer.
Features
- Daily Challenges: a new secret Celeste entity every day at midnight (Europe/Paris timezone).
- Hard Mode: its own daily word, 1 hint, 8 tries, 5 minutes, no suggestions, and every guess must fit the clues you already found.
- Detailed Attributes: compare your guesses on Type, Chapter, Colour and Shape.
- Hints: Opposite, Secret Info and 1 Truth & 2 Lies.
- Profiles: name, avatar and colour, personal stats and streaks, and a recovery code to play on several devices.
- Leaderboards: a daily ranking per mode; weekly (points summed) and all-time (smoothed average) rankings combining every mode, each game scored 0–100 against that day's players.
- Custom Synonyms: create your own shortcuts for element names.
- Community Statistics: compare your scores with the other players of the day.
- Bug Reporting: report a mistake from the game, or vote for an existing report; reports are mirrored on Discord.
Development
Requires Node.js 22 or later.
npm install
npm start # http://localhost:3000
npm test # node:test suite
npm run lint
Useful environment variables (.env):
| Variable | Purpose |
|---|
PORT | HTTP port (default 3000) |
DATA_DIR | Folder for the SQLite database and v1 JSON files (default data/) |
RANDOM_SEED | Seed of the daily word draw |
ADMIN_PASSWORD or ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH | Used once to make a player profile the site owner (in clear or as a bcrypt hash) |
DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN | Enables the Discord bot for bug reports |
CORS_ORIGINS | Extra allowed origins, comma separated |
PERMANENT_OWNER_TOKEN | Beta only: recovery code of a profile recreated as owner at startup (16+ characters) |
PERMANENT_OWNER_NAME | Name of that profile (default Amélia) |
CONNECTIONS_ACCESS | Who can play Connections until the admin changes it: staff, playtest (default) or public. Set it to public on the beta |
Elements live in db.json (attributes), public/assets/entities/mapping.json (sprites) and aliases.json (official synonyms). They are copied into the database at startup, except elements edited from the admin page.
Community & Support
Join our official Discord server to share your daily scores, report bugs, discuss strategies, and stay updated with the latest features:
👉 Join the Celestedle Discord
Contributing
Celestedle is an open project built by and for Celeste fans! If you encounter any bugs, have suggestions for new attributes, or want to contribute (especially for entity visuals and artwork), feel free to join our Discord server or open an issue.
