Gameplay tools

Use Akron retry, reload, StartPos, room warp, hitboxes, freeze, frame advance, timescale, Auto Kill, and Auto Deafen for routing and practice.

Akron gameplay tools help with routing, learning, and map inspection. Using many of these tools marks the active attempt as Cheat because they change state, timing, position, or execution.

Common tools

Tool	Use it for	Classification
Retry	End the current attempt through Celeste’s retry flow.	Normal clear
Reload Room	Restart the current room outside normal play.	Cheat
Reload Chapter	Restart the current chapter through Celeste’s loader.	Normal clear
Room Warp	Teleport to a selected room.	Cheat
Click Teleport, Cursor Zoom, and Entity Inspector	Use the cursor for quick position, camera inspection, and object inspection tools. Cursor Tools can temporarily enable selected cursor-driven tools while held, with one left-click action selected at a time.	Cheat
Free Camera	Move the room camera independently with movement input or optional mouse control.	Cheat
Show Hitboxes	Draw collision and hazard hitboxes for timing and spatial review.	Cheat
Entity Inspector	Hold the inspector cursor bind to pin entities or triggers, highlight hovered and pinned targets, and inspect runtime and map-source details.	Cheat
StartPos tools	Capture and restore StartPos snapshots, including smart same-room respawn selection.	Cheat
Frame Stepper	Freeze gameplay updates and advance one frame at a time.	Cheat
Timescale	Change gameplay update speed between 0.1x and 2.0x.	Cheat
Auto Kill	Kill the player automatically after a configured map-time threshold or inside selected regions.	Cheat
Auto Deafen	Press the configured Discord deafen hotkey when entering a selected region. Stays active until death or reset.	Normal clear

Room-lab workflow

1. Use a non-submission setup

   Use a setup intended for state-changing tools before enabling room-lab features. This keeps the attempt indicator accurate.

2. Choose the right tool for the job

   Use StartPos for repeated room or state-specific routing. Use Room reload for quick reset loops. Use Chapter reload when a full chapter restart matches the intended clean workflow.

3. Watch the status indicator

   State-changing tools - StartPos restore, Room reload, frame tools, and timescale - mark the active attempt as Cheat. Check the status label before resuming a clean attempt.

4. Keep exports scoped

   Export the StartPos section when sharing map-specific StartPos setups. It includes every saved StartPos slot for the target map.

StartPos safety

StartPos is Akron’s built-in workflow for saving and restoring room positions. Each StartPos snapshot stores the player coordinates and runtime room state. Loading it restores room state but does not rewind cumulative time or death statistics.

If persistent StartPos Load is unavailable, wait for capture to finish and check the current map and save-file slot, snapshot presence and integrity, and runtime or mod-set compatibility. Current Map Compatibility broker and unsafe-native settings apply only to the separate Capture/Restore StartPos State savestate bindings. The saved room is the restore destination, so the current room can differ.

See StartPos recovery for recovery guidance.

Input shortcut caution

Shortcuts that synthesize or modify execution inputs are Cheat. This includes input-assist shortcuts such as Neutral Drop and Backboost.

Check Clean vs cheat classifications before binding a shortcut for submitted-run use.