Tower of Heaven

Tower of Heaven

Windows - World - Digital box.

Developer Askiisoft Publisher Askiisoft Published 2009-08-13 Platforms Browser, Windows Genres Action, Platformer Themes Cartoon, Religious fiction Distribution Freeware

Tower of Heaven is a platform action game developed and published by Askiisoft for Windows on 2009-08-13. The game was initially designed in GameMaker and released for free, but then ported as a browser game in 2010 written in Flash with a couple new features.

The game is based on the Tower of Babel myth as a mortal tries to climb the tower to speak to the gods, but they produce all sorts of arbitrary rules to make it harder.

Personal

Own?	No. This game was never sold.
Won?	Yes. All secrets (with hints).
Finished	2016‎-07-07.

I was made aware of the game after buying a Humble Bundle which included the game's soundtrack. I really liked the music, so I looked for the game and found the online Flash version. I became too frustrated constantly dying in my first attempt and gave up on the 6th level (the "thou shalt not walk left" level). A few months later, I showed the game to a friend, and he persisted past level 6, but gave up shortly after. This gave me the desire to try again, and, in my next attempt, I beat the game.

Review

5	7	5	9	4

Best Version: Browser

— This section contains spoilers! —

Good

• The premise is quite nice. I like the idea of climbing the tower to reach a god who smites you for not following his ridiculous rules. Seems like most forms of religion.
• I like the art style and dithering, and the fours shades of green-gray is pleasantly reminiscent of the Game Boy.
• The 8-bit music composed by Flashygoodness is phenomenal, the best part of the game, in my opinion.
• The controls responsive enough that even abiding by all the annoying rules isn't too difficult.
• I like the character design. The death animations are over-the-top funny and the foot-twiddling jumps are cute.
• I like the empty intermission rooms. They add ambiance and a good respite.
• The secrets are a nice addition, I just wish there were a couple more and that they were more interesting.
• The god at the end is an interesting twist.

Bad

• The game is too short. More could have been done with it before boredom or frustration would have set in.
• I would have liked to have seen even more obnoxious rules.
• There are a few tricky parts where you die so many times it become annoying.

Ugly

• Nothing

Media

Screenshots

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  Title and menu.

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  The first rule of many.

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  Intermission between levels.

Maps

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  Map.

Fan Art

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  Fan art by Caress∑詐欺師.

Videos

Longplay - All secrets.

Play Online

Browser

Representation

Strong female character?	Fail	There are no obvious women.
Bechdel test?	Fail	There are no obvious women.
Strong person of color character?	Fail	Although the main character is depicted in the darkest color, no clear race is described.
Queer character?	Fail	There are no queer characters.

Titles

Language	Native	Transliteration	Translation
English	Tower of Heaven
Japanese	天国の塔	Tengoku no To	Tower of Heaven

Links

       

• store.flashygoodness.com/album/tower-of-heaven-original-soundtrack - Soundtrack.