Keybol honours some of our favourite classic games in its upcoming platformer Tower Fortress
Tower fortuitous
In visiting some classically designed games today, let's take a look at Tower Fortress by Keybol (Kill the Plumber, Pretentious Game), coming late 2016/early 2017 on iOS, PC, Mac, and Android devices.
Similar to Journey Below, and a lot of great games to come out of the late 80s/90s, Tower Fortress is an action platformer in which you have to climb a tower. Sounds simple – of course it isn't, don't be silly. This terrible tower is full of things just waiting to kill you.
What's really nice about the game is its arcade, bit-soundtrack mixed with some classic retro design. For me personally it screams nostalgia as you shoot, and bounce off of, your enemies, bringing the gameplay back to the days of the SNES/Mega Drive. The game pays unabashed homage to games such as Sonic, Metroid, Contra, Metal Slug, and Megaman, and it's clear to see its inspiration.
With four environments of the tower, 16 different enemies, nine gun upgrades, 25 character upgrades, permadeath, boss fights, pixel graphics, and randomised levels for each play-through, it's hard to find something not to like about Tower Fortress. Yes, everything in it has technically been done before but it's like TV or literature – most things have been done before so let's just move past that.
There's no absolute date set for it yet, however the developer says in their forum post that we can expect to see it around the end of the year – either this side of it, or slightly after. We'll keep you updated as things progress.
