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Go down, Moses: for the love of God, play Tower of Heaven photo

If you're in college (or a particularly rambunctious teen) you've probably played a drinking game called King's Cup. Well, substitute the Shlitz for a three-color platformer with an aboslutely killer soundtrack and you might have something resembling Askiisoft's Tower of Heaven.

Tower of Heaven looks like a typical platformer (except for the charming Game Boy visuals) about a Pikmin-inspired protagonist jumping and floating his way to the top of a tower. Here's the kicker -- an increasingly arbitrary and sadistic deity keeps dropping down Sinai-style commandments that the player must obey, lest he be struck by lightning or spontaneously explode. I've embedded a video of a short demo after the jump and, by the end of it, the player is forbidden from touching the orange blocks, touching any block from the side, or walking left. Protip: you'll die a lot.

To celebrate the freeware release of Tower of Heaven, Askiisoft are hosting a speedrun contest over at the TIG Forums. You have until the end of the month to complete Tower of Heaven as fast as possible. The fastest player will receive a custom piece of art featuring Tower's Game Boy color palette while second and third place contestants will receive a custom sketch.

Although the keyboard controls aren't ideal, the game is a blast, and it's worth a download if only to rip the music files. Check out a video demo after the break, and download Tower of Heaven here -- it's absolutely perfect for an end-of-summer weekend.

[Via GameSetWatch]


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Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 15:24
Jordan Devore
Such a neat idea.
falinter's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 15:29
falinter
That looks semi-torturous!

But I want to play it non the less. It looks crazy good.
CocoJambo's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 15:30
CocoJambo
Fuck yeah its available to download and not just some awesome concept!!! Downloading.
Cr0ssbow's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 15:33
Cr0ssbow
Remindes me less of Pikmin and more of Earthbound's Clumsy Robot

http://www.videogamesprites.net/Earthbound/Bosses/13%20-%20Clumsy%20Robot.gif
brimtastic's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 15:34
brimtastic
Wow I'm terrible at this game. Really, really bad. But the music is fantastic, and I can't bring myself to stop playing.
John B's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 15:35
John B
So downloaded!!
manasteel88's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 15:40
manasteel88
thats a pretty cool game
BrandonUndead's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 15:45
BrandonUndead
Anybody else having graphics issues with this game?
Maybe my video card isn't powerful enough.

No, seriously, first room is distorted, second room is all black. Can't see shit.
accidentprone88's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 15:52
accidentprone88
No Mac version. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.
dolson's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 15:56
dolson
This needs to be released on PSN, PSP, XBLA, WiiWare, etc. It is very unique.
CocoJambo's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 15:59
CocoJambo
Ha, I laughed so much one a level that after doing all the hard stuff I just had the stairs to the left... THE LEFT! I completely forgot the rule.
CocoJambo's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 16:11
CocoJambo
Finished, cool ending, awesome game.
kittwalker's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 16:11
kittwalker
couple of screens in; Can't touch the sides, can't touch the yellows, can't walk left. I suck at this game.
Koholint's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 16:14
Koholint
Yeah for some reason most of the screen is black in the 2 rooms I tried. The same thing happens to the floors in some rooms in Spelunky. It must be some kind of error with Game Maker, anyone know how to fix it?
LGDravere's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 16:17
LGDravere
why can't all games be this way? fuck you learning curve! straight in at the deep end!
I love it!
Ikey Heyman's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 16:25
Ikey Heyman
the music enough makes me want to play it. is there a soundtrack anywhere?
Kia's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 16:33
Kia
Fantastic. Great game and probably the best chiptune music I've heard in ages. Anyone know how to get hold of the music alone?
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 16:36
Dexter345
That soundtrack is the hotness, definitely.
phantomile's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 16:39
phantomile
Finished it. My god that was amazing. Just wish it had been longer. I could have played this for hours.
misanthr0pe's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 18:11
misanthr0pe
Best soundtrack since Mega Man.
wormguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 18:13
wormguy
Unplayable due to aforementioned graphics issues...I am so sad.
NihonTiger90's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 18:23
NihonTiger90
Looks incredibly, painfully hard. But I'm up for it. :)
donkeykong's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 19:05
donkeykong
Ok so I played it and it was hard! I'm not done yet so I saved and quitted.
EdgyDude's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 19:17
EdgyDude
Truly epic, even for such a simple game, wish it had more levels.
CocoJambo's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 19:41
CocoJambo
For everyone asking for the soundtrack, its in the folder of the game, all those *.ogg files.
Infinitys End's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 01:59
Infinitys End
it's the long lost GameBoy game that was never released!

Yeah hard as FUCK. Love it though. Soundtrack rocks SO hard.
Los255's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 02:52
Los255
Looks fucking awesome! Downloading now.
Aiorral's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 03:04
Aiorral
While playing, I setiously found myself wanting to go to the next floor to listen listen to the next track! What an awesome game!
And to add to what CocoJambo said, you have to be playing the game for the tracks to appear in the folder. I don't think the files are hidden, anyway.
Bilar's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 15:54
Bilar
I want this to actually play this on a game boy, that would be awesome.
lewness's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/16/2009 03:03
lewness
This... is good.
Mesoian's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/16/2009 10:15
Mesoian
Great game.

A punch in the dick definitely,

but a great game none the less
007's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/16/2009 18:18
007
God, this game is amazing. This is the first game that I've wanted to beat more than once in a while. Seriously everyone, check it out.
flamindeku-stick's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/17/2009 13:11
flamindeku-stick
Brilliant. The soundtrack rivals Mega Man 2's, the art-style is gorgeous, the game-play is fun and the rules are hilarious and pack a serious challenge.

Download it now. It's already one of my favorite platformers.

How cool would it be if this game found its way to DSiWare? You'd almost get the authentic Gameboy-experience. :P
Tino's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/17/2009 21:44
Tino
Ugh. Graphical glitches. Game sucks cannot play it.
ration's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2009 02:30
ration
I finsihed it and it was amazing.

Goes in my favorite games of all time list. Population 2 now.
slothbot's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2009 01:14
slothbot
I was having the Vista/Nvidia graphics rendering problems. I fixed it by taking the quality.txt that comes with a game and changing the 1 in that document to a 0. I was just kind of grabbing at straws, but it worked, so maybe it'll do the same for you.
Really cool concept for a game, it was a real fun play
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