Tricky Towers

Tricky Towers
Developer(s) WeirdBeard
Publisher(s) WeirdBeard
Engine Unity[1]
Platform(s) PlayStation 4, Windows, OS X, Linux, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Release
  • Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, OS X, Linux
  • 2 August 2016
  • Xbox One
  • 15 September 2017
  • Nintendo Switch
  • 11 October 2018
Genre(s) Puzzle
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Tricky Towers is a physics based tower building game puzzle video game that uses a form of block-stacking problem as the central game mechanic.[2] It was released on digital distribution service Steam for Windows, OS X, and Linux, and for the Playstation Plus service in August 2016, before being released on PlayStation 4 a month later. It was released on Xbox One on September 18 2017.[3][4] A release on the Nintendo Switch has been announced for October 11th.[5][6][7]

The game runs on the Unity engine and was created by independent studio WeirdBeard. The game received favourable reviews.[8][9][10]

Gameplay

Tricky Towers uses physics based tower building game mechanics. Although there is some visual similarity to Tetris, the gameplay is entirely different. It features falling blocks but the goal is to stack blocks onto a tower rather than clear rows. Random blocks drop from the top of the screen and rows do not disappear, but blocks may fall off the tower. During the game, events may cause changes to the block physics, such as doubling in size, becoming slippery, or dropping at faster rates. The player takes control of one of the available wizard avatars and must, depending on the game mode, compete against other wizards in building his wizard tower to be as tall and stable as possible, and as quickly as possible. The games are short and fast paced and are easy to pick up and play. Pieces move in half-square increments.[11]

Players can use magic spells to assist themselves or to hinder opponents. During a match, there are 17 spells which can become available to the player. Spells are divided into Light and Dark magic categories - Light magic focuses on augmenting your tower while Dark Magic revolves around interfering with your opponents, such as damaging or weakening their towers, or meddling with their engineering efforts in other devious ways.

The game has 3 distinct multiplayer game modes: Race, Survival and Puzzle. In the Race game mode, players must compete to be the first to build a tower tall enough to pass the finish line. Efficiency and construction speed are key to this game mode and it makes for a fast paced and frantic game experience. In Survival, the player must try and place a certain number of bricks on their tower without dropping too many and losing their health. They must focus on careful construction and smart application of spells to triumph. The Puzzle game mode is more slow paced compared to the other two. Players need to try and place as many bricks on their tower as possible below a certain cut-off point. This requires a more creative style of play, as the player has to try and overcome the physics and come up with various engineering solutions.

There are also a number of single-player challenges available, where the player has to try and achieve a certain set of conditions depending on the challenge to succeed. There are also single-player versions of the Survival and Puzzle game modes where players compete for a high score, and the Xbox version of the game has a single-player version of the Race game mode.

Development

Development started on Tricky Towers after WeirdBeardGames’ previous title 99 Bricks Wizard Academy was released in 2014. It is a continuation of a concept they’ve been developing and improving upon since 2009, starting with 99 Bricks Classic, which was released on the online game platform Kongregate.

After release new languages and block skins were added to the game.[12][13] A larger Indie Friends DLC adding a set of new wizard characters using characters from other Indie games was released on July 19 2017.[14]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
MetacriticPC: 80/100[8]
PS4: 72/100[9]
Review score
PublicationScore
PS Nation8.5/10[11]

Tricky Towers on PC received "generally favorable" reviews from critics according to review aggregation website Metacritic, while the PS4 version received "mixed or average" reviews.[8] A PS Nation review thought the game was fun but not easy.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Tricky Towers - Made with Unity". Made with Unity. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Tricky Towers". www.trickytowers.com. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Save 50% on Tricky Towers on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Tricky Towers and Rebel Galaxy are coming to PlayStation Plus in August (update)". 26 July 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Fan Persistence Pays Off As Block-Stacking Puzzler Tricky Towers Arrives On Switch". nintendolife.com. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Tricky Towers announced for Switch, out next month". nintendoeverything.com. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Tricky Towers coming to Switch on October 11". gematsu.com. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 "Tricky Towers". Metacritic. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Tricky Towers". Metacritic. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Tricky Towers Xbox One Release Announcement". news.xbox.com. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  11. 1 2 3 "Review: Tricky Towers (PS4)". PS Nation. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  12. ↑ "Chinese language added to Tricky Towers". steamcommunity.com. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  13. ↑ "Holographic Bricks Released". steamcommunity.com. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  14. ↑ "Tricky Towers – Indie Friends DLC released today!". 3rd-strike.com. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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