Tiki Towers

Tiki Towers (known as Tropical Towers in the United Kingdom)[5] is a game developed by Mock Science and published by RealNetworks division GameHouse released for WiiWare, BlackBerry, iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad), Android, Windows Phone and Symbian S60. The game has been likened to the similar puzzle game World of Goo.[6] A sequel titled Tiki Towers 2: Monkey Republic was released in January 2011.[7][8]

Tiki Towers
Developer(s)Mock Science[1]
Publisher(s)RealNetworks GameHouse
Platform(s)Wii (WiiWare), iOS, Windows Phone 7
Release
Genre(s)Puzzle
Mode(s)Single-player, multi-player

Conception

Tiki Towers was conceived by designer Frank Boosman from the Republic of Fun before the Wii's 2006 release. Excited by the promise of the Wii, he felt that the Wii's controller, the Wii Remote, would work great with games that required a lot of physical interactions. While listening to a talk by Will Wright, Wright said something to the effect of "Monkeys are funny", which gave Boosman the idea of representing building pieces as bamboo and coconuts in his new game and since a friend of his liked Tiki culture, it was used as the game's theme.[9]

Gameplay

Based around a tropical Tiki culture-theme, the game involves players directing a troupe of monkeys to retrieve bananas by building towers of bamboo scaffolding to reach the fruits, with the ultimate goal of collecting all bananas and having all monkeys reach the designated "exit". This adds conflict as the player usually is tasked with building towers on a limited bamboo budget and if a tower falls it may prevent the monkeys from completing the level.

On the Wii version of the game, while much remains the same (with regard to the mobile versions), one significant difference is that the player must also fend off "evil monkeys" trying to sabotage the player's towers while the "good monkeys" (player's 'troupe') are working toward their goal.

Reception

IGN called Tiki Towers a "fun and playable imitation" of World of Goo, giving it a 7.3/10.[6] WiiWare World gave Tiki Towers a 7/10, noting that as a solid game at a third of Goo's price, it is well worth a look.[10] AppSpy gave Tiki Towers a 4/5, saying that the game "is for those who enjoy physics based puzzle games involving monkeys".[11]

The mobile version (titled Tropical Towers in Europe) was named Casual Game of the Year for 2008 by the IMGA.[12]

References
  1. "Tiki Towers". Metacritic. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  2. "Updated: Real Networks launches its first cross-platform game for iPhone and other platforms". VentureBeat. 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  3. "Updated: Real Networks launches its first cross-platform game for iPhone and other platforms". VentureBeat. 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  4. "Tiki Towers at Nintendo :: Games". 2008-12-23. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  5. Langley, Ryan. "Interview: RealNetworks Talks Tiki Towers And Its Journey Into WiiWare". Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  6. Hatfield, Daemon (2009-01-07). "Tiki Towers Review". IGN. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
  7. "Bridge Building Physics Puzzler 'Tiki Towers 2' Now Available". TouchArcade. 2011-01-20. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  8. "Tiki Towers 2: Mobile Game". 2011-02-03. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  9. Langley, Ryan. "Interview: RealNetworks Talks Tiki Towers And Its Journey Into WiiWare". Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  10. "Tiki Towers (WiiWare) Review". 2008-12-25. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  11. "Tiki Towers Review". appspy.com. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  12. https://www.imgawards.com/winners-nominees/5th-imga/

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