Just bought the game for Linux, but can't get it to actually start. System Monitor says it's running, but the game doesn't even boot up. Not sure where to go from here. Running the latest ver. of POP! OS.
7 months late but maybe it can still help you or someone else who sees this:
I’ve had some issues on Linux too, which is sad, but I managed to run it by downloading the windows version and running it via wine.
If you’re not sure how to do that, here’s how I did it. I’m using Manjaro but I think the proccess is the same, but you’ll need to know how to use the terminal:
(Optional) Configure a wine prefix for Towertale, so the settings only apply to Towertale.
For this, create a folder at somewhere you like and we’ll use that before commands on the WINEPREFIX.
In this example, I’ll use ~/.local/share/wine_Towertale, but if you don’t want it you can change it or remove it altogether
Run the game
WINEPREFIX=~/.local/share/wine_Towertale wine ~/.config/itch/apps/towertale/Towertale_2020_v1.2_bindingsFix/Towertale.exe
(or if you don't want a prefix)
wine ~/.config/itch/apps/towertale/Towertale_2020_v1.2_bindingsFix/Towertale.exe
(remember the path to the game might be different, but since the last update was in 2020 I doubt that's the case)
Hopefully the game will have opened. Now, before actually playing the game, minimize it, open it again and check if it’s frozen.
For me it froze, and I’ve had this issue with some other games before. To solve this, you can create a virtual desktop:
Creating a virtual desktop
Open winecfg to configure wine:
WINEPREFIX=~/.local/share/wine_Towertale winecfg
A window should pop up. Go to the “Graphics” tab, then check “Emulate a virtual desktop”. Set the resolution to your monitor’s resolution (maybe a little bit less? you can change it later if it’s too big) and click OK.
Handy script
You can make a nice shell script for running the game - create a file like this (I’ll call it towertale.sh):
Fun to play in co-op, but not big on the singleplayer. The difficulty is kind of all over the place and there's not much of a consistent difficulty curve - for example, me and the other player found one of the bosses near the end of the game to not be that difficult.
No, I'm not talking about the game but about a configuration problem of your updates with the itch client. You set the demo as an update of the full game, which should not be.
Heya, thanks for letting me know. Although I just checked the settings of the new demo builds and they're properly marked as demos. It may just be an error. If the full game was replaced with the demo, please reinstall the game.
I refuse to install this fake update so no problem. Maybe the full game is also marked as demo? Or it's an itch bug? You can test if you install the full game then check for update.
Are there any plans to update the game to allow Assist Mode for the Campaign? I'm gonna be honest, I've played two characters, and I cannot get past the second level. It'd be nice to have a way to finish the game.
The game is great so far! did fain and lionel in nightmare.
Fain is super fun to play but there is an obnoxious bug where sometimes the roll is locked in place and doesn't make her move out of the way. A lot of time it's not too bad cause of I-frames but it killed me a few times. Especially relevant on the watcher and the golem because of their shockwaves and lasers.
I really love the boss design, they all feel very different, attack patterns are challenging but all feel fair, even those you go "bullshit" at first end up being pretty manageable once you know how to deal with them (except the random eye attack on the watcher, this one is still bullshit to me =p).
I played only two character so far but they also feel very different to play while still having enough similarity that what you learned from the previous character makes you better with the second.
Currently I'm redoing lionel story in novice to see what happens with other choices (especially wanting to abandon fain since I didn't do that the first time and seeing fain story it seems to be the canon choice), and I have two nitpicks. 1) Skipping a scene also skip choices apparently, I kinda wish it sent you to the next choice if there is one. 2) I think an icon in the scene selector for scenes where there are choices would be a nice QoL improvement if you want to try things out.
I also had a few issue where I softlocked the game when using the skip option which was obnoxious.
I realize how I can get other endings, I just think having a small icone in the scene selector for places where you have choices would make it a bit easier ^^ but it's a small thing.
And if you reference me replaying in novice it's because I don't want to replay boss in nightmare for those story bits =p (also it's fun to stomp bosses that I had trouble with ^^)
Soft lock happened when I was trying to skip a scene, got stuck on an empty dialogue box and couldn't progress further. I had this happen multiple time with lionel with scenes before and after the slime king boss. Only happened on nightmare
I'd describe this game as Castle Crashers meets Dark Souls. Fun little 2D scroller with nice graphics, but very hard to kill bosses (and the game is only bosses). You can choose between 4 different characters, each with their own backstory and goal! If you like a challenge, then this game is for you! If you're like me, it is not and will only frustrate you..
Here is a video with my experience playing the game:
just played the first 2 bosses and i'm really enjoying the game! the animation seems ok, there was a delay in the jump attacks when i was playing i'll put a video of it on wednesday but really great game.
Hello. The demo has around 2-4 hours of content overall. But most lets players only play with one character so that's around 20-45 mins per character playthrough.
Really enjoyed playing this! Combat felt great and the assist options are an awesome addition. I'm happy to see from the screenshots and bits at the end of the demo that there will be bosses of different styles and some full frame cut scenes. I don't know if it's possible at this point in development, but it might be cool for a boss's appearance to change in each stage of the fight instead of only changing their attack. Even if it's a minor change like their color, it would make the fight feel even more dynamic. Good job and good luck on release!
Hello! Thank you for playing our demo! We glad you liked the game! We're sorry about what happened on the last part. If possible, may we know what are the specs of the machine you are playing it with? Also we appreciate the feedback and we will see what we can do about it. :D
Heya, probably not. The game was only planned to have 4 main characters. But after this game we are making a new game with even more cooler characters. So stay tuned!
This game is really good, i like concept and story. But can the attacking mechanic be changed a little bit like speed attacking based on how fast you click ? I find it quite uncomfortable when the attack doesn't sync with my mouse click (or maybe upgradable atk speed (?) ). That's not a problem if it isn't possible.
Thank you for playing! The attack speeds are based off the animations, so changing them might be a bit complicated. Also we've balanced the bosses around the amount of damage the player can do so we will have to re-balance everything if that's the case. I hope that will not be too much of a problem.
Hello! The demo is free. You can download and play it right now.! The full game will be paid.
We are planning to do a free giveaway soon on twitter. Give us a follow so you will be updated. Or join our discord server, we may plan to do some beta testing that you guys could participate in.
You can totally cheese the slime boss with the archer girl by ducking and firing regular shots. Never got hit even once ( playing on nightmare, too ) \
\Oh, and the cutscenes are way too slow. An option to skip em entirely would be appreciated, even speeding them up was boring
Hello, thank you for trying out the demo! These guys on the demo are just the intro bosses of the game. The Slime King is designed to be cheesed as a subtle tutorial on how crouching restores your stamina faster. (rip slime king you will forever be cheesed)
The skip cutscenes, we will definitely add that to the final build. Thank you for your input!
No problem! While she has her range, she definitely has less hp than the others. The further bosses are harder to cheese since they are much faster and have more move sets. There will be 17 bosses on the final game! You should try out the other characters too! I suggest "Dark Echo"!
I really wasn't sure what to expect, but this is really impressive! While the storytelling definitely weighs down the overall pacing of the game, the artwork is gorgeous and the characters are really fun! Looking forward to testing out the other characters!
Heya thanks for trying out our game! Yup, you definitely need to test the other characters too! They all have different perspectives, backstories and reasons for coming to the tower. Though the demo only shows the intro of the characters, the full game will show a whole lot more. There are also 17 fightable bosses on the full game and it gets harder the more high you go!
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Just bought the game for Linux, but can't get it to actually start. System Monitor says it's running, but the game doesn't even boot up. Not sure where to go from here. Running the latest ver. of POP! OS.
7 months late but maybe it can still help you or someone else who sees this: I’ve had some issues on Linux too, which is sad, but I managed to run it by downloading the windows version and running it via wine. If you’re not sure how to do that, here’s how I did it. I’m using Manjaro but I think the proccess is the same, but you’ll need to know how to use the terminal:
Download the windows version
Install wine (using your package manager or somewhere at https://www.winehq.org/)
(Optional) Configure a wine prefix for Towertale, so the settings only apply to Towertale. For this, create a folder at somewhere you like and we’ll use that before commands on the
WINEPREFIX. In this example, I’ll use~/.local/share/wine_Towertale, but if you don’t want it you can change it or remove it altogetherRun the game
Hopefully the game will have opened. Now, before actually playing the game, minimize it, open it again and check if it’s frozen. For me it froze, and I’ve had this issue with some other games before. To solve this, you can create a virtual desktop:
Creating a virtual desktop
Open
winecfgto configure wine:A window should pop up. Go to the “Graphics” tab, then check “Emulate a virtual desktop”. Set the resolution to your monitor’s resolution (maybe a little bit less? you can change it later if it’s too big) and click OK.
Handy script
You can make a nice shell script for running the game - create a file like this (I’ll call it
towertale.sh):And then run
chmod +x towertale.shto make it executable. You can run it with./towertale.sh.Fun to play in co-op, but not big on the singleplayer. The difficulty is kind of all over the place and there's not much of a consistent difficulty curve - for example, me and the other player found one of the bosses near the end of the game to not be that difficult.
EDIT: I have changed my mind, this game is awful.
Already bought it on steam. And the game is just perfect! Love controls, combat system, art and story.
Spanish Review / Review en ESPAÑOL...
Buy it !!
Thanks for this great game!
Thank you for playing our game! If possible, please give it a review on steam too. It really helps us out a lot! :)
Spanish and hyper positive review already done in Steam ! :)
Omg just saw it! You rock! Thank you so much! :D
Hello, from the itch client on Windows the demo is proposed as an update for the v1.2_bindingsFix.
No, I'm not talking about the game but about a configuration problem of your updates with the itch client. You set the demo as an update of the full game, which should not be.
Heya, thanks for letting me know. Although I just checked the settings of the new demo builds and they're properly marked as demos. It may just be an error. If the full game was replaced with the demo, please reinstall the game.
I refuse to install this fake update so no problem. Maybe the full game is also marked as demo? Or it's an itch bug? You can test if you install the full game then check for update.
I tried to install the game on the itch client. It says that v1.2_bindingsFix is the latest. So it's probably a bug. Thank you for reporting.
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So funNeat! Glad you had fun! :D
Are there any plans to update the game to allow Assist Mode for the Campaign? I'm gonna be honest, I've played two characters, and I cannot get past the second level. It'd be nice to have a way to finish the game.
Hello. You can actually use the assist in story mode. It is only disabled in arcade and boss-rush modes. :D
Where Do I get My Steam Key I Bought The Game And Played As Far As The Demo Lets Me Please HELP!!
Hello. You can play the full game here on itch. The bundle of racial justice doesn't include the steam key as stated in their info page:
https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality
Hey mate, your "Status" still says "In development" on Itch. If the game is done, you may want to change that.
Sorry for the late reply! I honestly didn't know about that. Thank you for informing us!
The game is great so far! did fain and lionel in nightmare.
Fain is super fun to play but there is an obnoxious bug where sometimes the roll is locked in place and doesn't make her move out of the way. A lot of time it's not too bad cause of I-frames but it killed me a few times. Especially relevant on the watcher and the golem because of their shockwaves and lasers.
I really love the boss design, they all feel very different, attack patterns are challenging but all feel fair, even those you go "bullshit" at first end up being pretty manageable once you know how to deal with them (except the random eye attack on the watcher, this one is still bullshit to me =p).
I played only two character so far but they also feel very different to play while still having enough similarity that what you learned from the previous character makes you better with the second.
Currently I'm redoing lionel story in novice to see what happens with other choices (especially wanting to abandon fain since I didn't do that the first time and seeing fain story it seems to be the canon choice), and I have two nitpicks. 1) Skipping a scene also skip choices apparently, I kinda wish it sent you to the next choice if there is one. 2) I think an icon in the scene selector for scenes where there are choices would be a nice QoL improvement if you want to try things out.
I also had a few issue where I softlocked the game when using the skip option which was obnoxious.
Thank you for playing the game and letting us know what you think!
You can get the other endings by going through the scenario selector then changing the choice you made with that area.
Hope you are able to 100% all of their stories, we worked really hard on it!
Also, sorry about the soft lock. Can you tell us where it happened so we can fixed it in the next patch?
I realize how I can get other endings, I just think having a small icone in the scene selector for places where you have choices would make it a bit easier ^^ but it's a small thing.
And if you reference me replaying in novice it's because I don't want to replay boss in nightmare for those story bits =p (also it's fun to stomp bosses that I had trouble with ^^)
Soft lock happened when I was trying to skip a scene, got stuck on an empty dialogue box and couldn't progress further. I had this happen multiple time with lionel with scenes before and after the slime king boss. Only happened on nightmare
I'd describe this game as Castle Crashers meets Dark Souls.
Fun little 2D scroller with nice graphics, but very hard to kill bosses (and the game is only bosses). You can choose between 4 different characters, each with their own backstory and goal!
If you like a challenge, then this game is for you! If you're like me, it is not and will only frustrate you..
Here is a video with my experience playing the game:
Thank you for playing the game!
I like the eye catching graphics.
Thank you! :D
Snicklefritz main until I die.
Lord Snicklefritz is the best! :
just played the first 2 bosses and i'm really enjoying the game! the animation seems ok, there was a delay in the jump attacks when i was playing i'll put a video of it on wednesday but really great game.
Definitely getting the full game
Thank you for playing! Buying the game here on itch.io will also include a steam key. Hope you will enjoy the full game on release! :D
Where Do Can I Find The Steam Key? Please Help!
This game's pretty cool. Looking forward to the full game! Do you plan on releasing the full version here on itch? Or will it only be on Steam?
Thank you so much! We plan on releasing on both.
Hi, really interesting looking game. Was thinking of doing a stream of the demo sometime soon, how long is the demo roughly? Thanks
Hello. The demo has around 2-4 hours of content overall. But most lets players only play with one character so that's around 20-45 mins per character playthrough.
ok thanks for your reply
Really enjoyed playing this! Combat felt great and the assist options are an awesome addition. I'm happy to see from the screenshots and bits at the end of the demo that there will be bosses of different styles and some full frame cut scenes. I don't know if it's possible at this point in development, but it might be cool for a boss's appearance to change in each stage of the fight instead of only changing their attack. Even if it's a minor change like their color, it would make the fight feel even more dynamic. Good job and good luck on release!
Hello! Thank you for playing our demo! We glad you liked the game! We're sorry about what happened on the last part. If possible, may we know what are the specs of the machine you are playing it with? Also we appreciate the feedback and we will see what we can do about it. :D
do you plan to add more characters?
Heya, probably not. The game was only planned to have 4 main characters. But after this game we are making a new game with even more cooler characters. So stay tuned!
This game is really good, i like concept and story. But can the attacking mechanic be changed a little bit like speed attacking based on how fast you click ? I find it quite uncomfortable when the attack doesn't sync with my mouse click (or maybe upgradable atk speed (?) ). That's not a problem if it isn't possible.
Anyway, can't wait for the full release :D
Thank you for playing! The attack speeds are based off the animations, so changing them might be a bit complicated. Also we've balanced the bosses around the amount of damage the player can do so we will have to re-balance everything if that's the case. I hope that will not be too much of a problem.
Excuse me for asking, but will his game be free? Totally understandable if it isn't.
Hello! The demo is free. You can download and play it right now.! The full game will be paid.
We are planning to do a free giveaway soon on twitter. Give us a follow so you will be updated. Or join our discord server, we may plan to do some beta testing that you guys could participate in.
You can totally cheese the slime boss with the archer girl by ducking and firing regular shots. Never got hit even once ( playing on nightmare, too ) \
\Oh, and the cutscenes are way too slow. An option to skip em entirely would be appreciated, even speeding them up was boring
Hello, thank you for trying out the demo! These guys on the demo are just the intro bosses of the game. The Slime King is designed to be cheesed as a subtle tutorial on how crouching restores your stamina faster. (rip slime king you will forever be cheesed)
The skip cutscenes, we will definitely add that to the final build. Thank you for your input!
ah, I see. all in all,m you can cheese most fights with archer girl by ducking close, firing shots, and rolling to the other side of the enemy ^^
I kinda figured these were just entry level bosses, but wanted to let you know anyhow.
No problem! While she has her range, she definitely has less hp than the others. The further bosses are harder to cheese since they are much faster and have more move sets. There will be 17 bosses on the final game! You should try out the other characters too! I suggest "Dark Echo"!
he's too edgy for me x3
I usually stick with girl chars in games anyways, even if they're weaker.
I really wasn't sure what to expect, but this is really impressive! While the storytelling definitely weighs down the overall pacing of the game, the artwork is gorgeous and the characters are really fun! Looking forward to testing out the other characters!
Heya thanks for trying out our game! Yup, you definitely need to test the other characters too! They all have different perspectives, backstories and reasons for coming to the tower. Though the demo only shows the intro of the characters, the full game will show a whole lot more. There are also 17 fightable bosses on the full game and it gets harder the more high you go!
Hello, we just want you to know that we updated the demo for our game. Numerous bug fixes + Reworked Slime King Boss!