Icy Tower

Icy Tower is a platformer game by Free Lunch Design (FLD ) for the PC and mobile systems. It is available for Microsoft Windows as freeware, as well as the Mac and iOS Appstore for payment. The game principle is to let the main character Harold the Homeboy climb through different high jumps a tower.

Gameplay

The player's task is to steer up the tower the player character. There are several broad levels that are to be skipped or can be skipped if possible. It is possible to achieve a so-called combo without interruption jumps, each jump several levels and thus to collect additional points.

The difficulty is increased, the screen catches up with the character, so it is not possible to remain indefinitely on one level. The speed is increased in steps of 100 stage. Up to 1000 and on.

As soon as the player character jumps next to the plains and falls or catches the game screen Harold, the round is over.

Reception and distribution

According to the manufacturer, the game was more than 20 million copies downloaded, converted for mobile phones, such as. Well as social networks like Facebook and the VZnet networks like StudiVZ and schülerVZ

Modifications

Through so-called mods ( modifications ) the graphical environment and sounds can be changed by the user community. Example, there are mods that adjust the colors of the stones, background, or the background music.

It is also possible to integrate your own pawns in the game.

History of development

Icy Tower was developed by the Swedish Free Lunch Design Studio in C and the Allegro library. Inspiration was the open source game xjump.

It was first published on December 22, 2001 as a freeware game for Windows, later followed porting to other systems.

With version 1.4 in 2009, the game expanded noticeably, while previous updates only offered little noticeable or internal changes. Thus the user to choose between Classic mode and the Custom mode can choose. While the first game as usual with known settings from starting even speed, width of the levels and the gravity of the game can be changed in the new mode from the player. Furthermore, individual profiles can be created and stored.

In November 2012, an official development called Icy Tower Icy Tower 2 was released. This is available for iOS and Android. Also, there are unofficial Icy Tower ports for the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable portable video game consoles of fans.

Meanwhile, Free Lunch Design has published more offshoots, which are based on the original ( Temple Jump, Jungle Jump ).

Revision history

The following table shows the revision history of the classic Icy Tower game.