‘Climb To The Top of the Castle!’ Adopts Pay-What-You-Like Model

Richard Glenn — Fri, 04 May 2012 22:19:57 +0000

‘Climb To The Top of the Castle!’ Adopts Pay-What-You-Like Model

May 4th, 2012 | By Richard Glenn

Tagged in: Climb to the Top of the Castle | pay-what-you-like | PC Game | Platformer | Two Bros. Games

2D action/platformer Climb To The Top of the Castle! has officially switched to a pay-what-you-like sales model, developers Two Bros. Games have announced.

Ignoring the fantastic Monty Python-inspired artwork above, the game takes place over 15 levels as player attempt to rescue an unnamed princess from a similarly anonymous warlock, who’s disregard for sexual equality have compelled him to lock her in a tower guarded by an army of robots. Wow, what a jerk.

Climb To The Top of the Castle! claims to pose as a hallmark to the excruciatingly challenging platformers made famous during the NES-era, with devilish leaps and obstacles evoking the sense of keyboard-bashing frustration not recommended for the weak of heart or Buffalo Bills fans. Thankfully, though, there are several different difficulty levels available if you’re more inclined to value your anger management vows.

The game can be purchased through Indievania, with more information available on its official website.

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Castle Story is the Dwarf Fortress I Always Wanted

Geoff Gibson — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:16:36 +0000

Wow, I’m impressed. I just got finished watching a 12-ish minute long gameplay tour of Castle Story and it could, quite possibly, be an early contender for Indie Game of the Year in 2012. It has that perfect combinations of great looks with gameplay that, on initial inspection, looks to borrow some key ideas from mega-popular indie game Dwarf Fortress.

Now, at the moment, the comparisons might be a little unfair. I meant no disrespect to the Dwarf Fortress fans out there. It’s just that, after a while, those ASCII graphics wear you down. Castle Story, on the other hand, is very colorful, vivid, and all around just pretty. But where the comparisons do come in is, what seems to be the overlying gameplay aspect of both games: essentially you’re controlling a group of guys who will build and maintain your lands. Granted, we don’t yet know the exact extent to which you can control the Bricktrons in Castle Story.

In any case, the idea in Castle Story is similar. You start out with a few Bricktrons (dwarves) and it’s your job to stockpile resources and get the little buggers to build a castle to defend themselves from all manners of baddies.

Also of note is that the game is made entirely out of voxels, per the video, which means that mining and destructible environments are possible. This should also appease many Minecraft fans out there who love the feel of playing with blocks but are looking for something a little different.

We don’t know when Castle Story will be released, nor do we know if it will even cost money. The game’s site is still a little barren. Regardless, we’ll be keeping a close eye on this one as it matures.

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‘Climb To The Top of the Castle!’ Adopts Pay-What-You-Like Model

‘Climb To The Top of the Castle!’ Adopts Pay-What-You-Like Model

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