TowerFall PC version aiming for January release

TowerFall creator Matt Thorson is continuing work on the game's PC version and hopes to have it ready for January. In the meantime, he demonstrates some of the game's new content, including new arrows and new Orbs.

Ozzie Mejia

October 7, 2013 7:30 AM

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TowerFall's arrow-slinging tour de force continued at IndieCade this year, taking the inaugural Media Choice Award. Creator Matt Thorson noted at the event that he's targeting a January release for PC, and detailed some of the new content that will be included.

"There's two new archers and five new towers," Thorson told Shacknews. With each tower containing ten different layouts, he adds that this roughly equates to 50 new levels.

Some of the updated build's newer weapons were on display, with the latest addition being the Drill Arrow that penetrates walls to chase targets. This adds to a collection that already includes the explosive Bomb Arrow and the Bramble Arrow, which spreads spiky barbs across an area. Thorson also showed off some new stage-affecting Orbs, the newest of which scrolls the stage across the screen, like a VHS tracking effect.

Though Thorson hopes to have TowerFall ready for January, he's first looking to get a level editor in place and is ideally aiming for Steam Workshop support.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?