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Announcing: The Mermaid's TongueDec 21, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello Tangle Tower fans! We have some very exciting news to share with you: a new mystery adventure game starring Detective Grimoire and Sally is coming in 2024! There's a demo out now, and you can wishlist here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1696770/The_Mermaids_Tongue/ In "The Mermaid's Tongue", the detective duo have been called to investigate the murder of Magnus Mortuga, captain of the world's strangest submarine. Found alone in a locked room, with only an ancient stone cauldron to suggest how he might have died, it's up to Detective Grimoire and Sally to piece together what really happened. Was it a curse, released from the cauldron? One of the submarine's eccentric crew? Or does the bizarre truth run even deeper... The Tangle Tower dev team is back, and we have a few additions too! As well as all of SFB Games (that's, uh, me and my brother Adam), we have Catherine Unger's amazing environment art, Jonathan Harris' fluid character animations, and Raphael B. Meyer's stunning orchestral score. And of course, Edwyn Tiong and Amber Lee Connors are back as Grimoire and Sally. The suspects are a secret for now, we'll have more to share soon. Joining us this time, we also have Kindra Dantone, who has done incredible work to realise the clues in full 3D this time! And Kitt Byrne, who's been bringing her wonderful illustration style to the puzzles - Kitt worked with us on Snipperclips too, so it's great to have her back! We were so very excited to be able to first announce this new game as part of Double Fine's and iam8bit's Day of the Devs festival (The Game Awards edition!) - Adam and I got to travel from chilly London to LA to show the game (and our other upcoming game, Crow Country) in person to press and the public. The response there, and in general, has been overwhelming, what a perfect end to the year! Here's the preview video that was shown in the Day of the Devs digital showcase stream: That's it from us for now, we'll have lots more to share next year! So go play the demo, please wishlist, and I hope you have a lovely and restful end to 2023! Tom & Adam https://store.steampowered.com/app/1696770/The_Mermaids_Tongue/Tangle Tower SALE to celebrate its mobile release!Sep 25, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsTo celebrate the mobile release of Tangle Tower on the App Store and Google Play, we’re putting the game on sale across our other stores! If you’ve not experienced the joy of this curious murder mystery game, now is your chance with an 80% Steam discount from 25th September to 2nd October. Join the detective duo Grimoire and Sally as they unravel the thrilling tale of the death of Freya Fellow, solving dastardly puzzles and interrogating peculiar suspects to get at the truth. The big problem? The main suspect is a painting! Explore Tangle Tower, from the eerie gardens, to the cold and ominous crime scene. With a cast of fully-voiced, animated characters, to the epic soundtrack, this game brings a unique, colourful caper to your game library. If you would rather experience the game in the palm of your hand, look for Tangle Tower in the App Store and on Google Play. Buy the game on iOS: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/tangle-tower/id1645719151 Buy the game on Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sfbgames.TangleTower And if you enjoyed the game, let us know what you think by leaving us a review!Relax to the sounds of Tangle Tower's new music player!Sep 25, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsAt SFB Games, we're very proud of Tangle Tower's outstanding original score by Raphael Benjamin Meyer, and we know from the number of people who listen to it monthly that our players agree that it’s brilliant. With tracks ranging from the epic to the eerie, it brings to life the peculiar world of Tangle Tower. So, we have created a standalone player option in the game, so you can enjoy the soundtrack at your leisure. Curl up with a good book and wallow in the melancholic melody of ‘The Music Room’. Set yourself up to study to the symphonic sounds of ‘Penelope Pointer’ or chop carrots to the cheery strains of ‘Fifi Fellow’. The new music player is available for free, from today, for all game owners and can be accessed from the title screen menu. Each track is linked to an area of the game, and you'll unlock them as you visit each area. Already have save data? Then the tracks will be unlocked already! Will you be able to resist the soundtrack of Tangle Tower? {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35857259/18e72da97c35cd6f2c3513923bbdba71d5ce8976.gif WHILE YOU’RE HERE… We’ve also released Tangle Tower on mobile platforms so you can play your favourite colourful detective game on-the-go. The mobile versions come complete with the same music player as this update, as well as all the mystery solving goodness you could expect from a Detective Grimoire game. Check out Tangle Tower on iOS Check out Tangle Tower on Android Patch notes for 8th OctoberOct 8, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHello! Since Unity has removed the startup window from all Unity games now, where you could select resolution ad fullscreen/windowed, I've now added a resolution setting to the menu! I've also added a button to the title screen to be able to close the game. Fancy! And I've made the analogue stick controls better, if that's how you're playing. Much nice to move the cursor about now. This is all getting ready for the Steam Deck, and for Big Picture Mode in general. We do have an actual content update coming soon, more news to follow...Tangle Tower Demo StreamJan 21, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsHi everyone! I'll be streaming a playthrough of the Tangle Tower Demo all weekend for The Big Adventure Event!THE BIG ADVENTURE EVENTJan 21, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsTangle Tower is taking part in The Big Adventure Event this week, and as part of that, I'll be livestreaming a little gameplay and maybe some other things! The game is also 35% off, so it's a great time to pick it up. And if you want to try it out first, there's a free demo to try! Tangle Tower Stream: Friday 22nd January 11pm GMT (3pm PDT) See you there! Out Now: New Art Gallery Update!Jun 11, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsHi everyone, I hope you're all staying safe out there. First of all, thank you to everyone that's enjoyed Tangle Tower, and shared it with folks you know. It really has made all the difference, and helps so much, keep it up! We've been quietly updating the game since launch, just small fixes and improvements so far. But today, we've released a bigger new feature as a free update: The Tangle Tower Art Gallery {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35857259/2314f6ef428ba08653b415fe9cb1e199f4081813.png As you play, you'll unlock concept art, early designs and artists' notes for every character, location and clue in the game. Or, if you've finished the game already, you'll find everything unlocked for you - more details on that below if you're interested. Hope you enjoy the look at all the work that went into making Tangle Tower look the way it does! Free Tangle Tower Demo While I'm here, I should tell you about the free Tangle Tower Demo we've just released here on Steam too! So if you do want to share the game with someone, you can let them know they can try it first if they want: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1178040 Art Gallery unlocking If you access the Art Gallery from the button on the title screen, it'll show content based on the progress of all three save slots combined. However, if you access it from the button in the case file menu while playing the game, it will only show content based on the progress in that save slot you have loaded. That means that if you already finished the game, you have the choice of either diving in and seeing everything from the title screen, or starting a new save slot and unlocking things as you go!Out now: Free Tangle Tower Demo!Jun 11, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsHi everyone, hope you're all staying safe out there. We put a demo version of Tangle Tower up for LudoNarraCon back in April, and folks enjoyed it so much that we're bringing it back! This time, we won't be taking it down for a long time, if ever, so more people can get the chance to play. It's out now, so give it a go: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1178040 And if you already bought the game, or decide to buy the full game after playing the demo, there's new content for you too! We've added a huge gallery of concept art and artists' notes, unlocked as you play (or fully unlocked if you already beat the game!). Check out the news post here for more info: Out Now: New Art Gallery Update! Tangle Tower Demo for LudoNarraCon!Apr 24, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsFrom now until May 1st, enjoy a free demo version of Tangle Tower! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1178040Out now: Achievements and Soundtrack!Feb 11, 2020 - Community AnnouncementsFree Update - Steam Achievements Hello everyone! Adam and I are pleased to announce that we've released a free update to Tangle Tower that adds 9 Steam achievements to, uh, achieve! If you've already played through the game, please check the section at the bottom of this news post for info on getting achievements. Tangle Tower Soundtrack - Out Now https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224100 We've also released the Tangle Tower Original Soundtrack here on Steam! It's been available on Bandcamp for a little while now, but since Steam recently improved the way it handles soundtracks, we wanted to release it here too. And since it's a new release, it'll be 20% off for the first week! Getting Achievements If you've already played through the game, you have two options when getting achievements. They're granted based on save data, so if you just want to have the game give you all the achievements you would have gotten in your old playthrough, you can just load up that save data and you'll get them! Alternatively, if you want to unlock them one by one, or find any you've missed, just create a new save in an empty slot and load that up. You'll be granted achievements as they come. We hope you have fun with the update, and enjoy listening to the soundtrack!Tangle Tower and The Steam Awards, plus new achievements!Nov 28, 2019 - Community AnnouncementsHello everyone, We've been so pleased to see so many people enjoying, sharing and recommending Tangle Tower so far! So, thank you! Nominate Tangle Tower! As you may have seen, the Steam Awards nominations are now open, and you can only nominate a game for a single category each. With that in mind, we'd like to ask: if you enjoyed Tangle Tower, please consider nominating it for the Outstanding Visual Style Award! You can just click the box at the top of this post, and you're all set! Leave a review! There's a Steam badge you can level up for nominating a game, and one of the tasks is to review a game that you've nominated (or update a review you've already written). Every review helps us and the game so, so much (Steam's visibility algorithms LOVE positive reviews), so if you do nominate Tangle Tower, make sure you leave or update a review too! Upcoming updates! We've been steadily releasing small updates to Tangle Tower, mostly quality of life improvements to make the game smoother and more enjoyable for you. But we have our first content update coming soon: we're adding Steam Achievements to the game! I'll share more information closer to the update date, but we're hoping to have them live before the end of the year! Thank you again for enjoying the game, and wish us luck with the awards! Tom & AdamThese games capture the humour and charm of hand-drawn animationNov 15, 2019 - PC GamerThere is something so visually pleasing about 2D animation. It has a fluidity and bounciness that take me back to the simple joys of watching Saturday morning cartoons. But great animation in games is more than just fun wrapping paper. When done well, it plays an integral part in teaching mechanics, communicating a game's overall atmosphere, and plays an important role in how we interact with the game's world. Being pretty certainly helps, though. When I see a game with a fun cartoony art style I know I'll be in for a treat and a recent handful of games have particularly captured this charm. SBF Games ' point and click detective game Tangle Tower is a great example. Detective games involve a lot of talking. You want to squeeze every last bit of information you can out of suspects, pick every dialogue option, and go over certain details just one more time to make sure you haven't missed anything. Having to chat with the same suspect over and over again can be frustrating, but Tangle Tower makes sure that speaking to its cast is a delight. Grimoire's bouncy bouffant, the flow of Felix's cape as he moves, and Penelope's graceful arm movements—all the characters have the little quirks that keep them interesting and fun to chat to. This is vital in a detective game where you're bouncing between suspects, often speaking to a character multiple times, waving new clues in their faces. Interacting with lively characters is also the charm of point-and-click comedy Later Alligator . In addition to its gator gang, there is a whole city to explore. Pillow Fight has teamed up with SmallBü Animation to make Later Alligator's hand-drawn metropolis bustle with activity. There are moving cars, NPCs walking on the sidewalk, shops open for business, alligators hanging out of windows, aeroplanes flying in the sky. It makes me want to explore and click on everything. Every gator is designed to be so bizarre that even after the 100th character you've spoken to —and there really are 100 alligators—I remember exactly who Nana Rue is because she's the fur-wearing, purple-haired alligator who owns the antique store and challenged me to a game of Old Maid. After you're done chatting with Alligator New York City peppy residents there are also goofy mini-games and cutscenes, which are also fully animated. Like Later Alligator, Slothwerk 's deck-building roguelike Meteorfall: Krumit’s Tale is a game with energetic animation. It's a deck-building dungeon crawler where you battle through a shopkeeper's box of magical cards and beat up a number of tongue-in-cheek fantasy creatures like bearbearians and snotwolves. Evgeny Viitlan 's lively animations make whacking enemies feel fun. You can play as two characters, the first is Bruno, a pouty, sassy knight, waving his sword in an enemy's face right before he whacks them. The s...Wot I Think: Tangle TowerOct 22, 2019 - Rock, Paper, Shotgun Developer: SFB Games Publisher: SFB Games Release: Out now On: Windows 10 From: Steam, Itch For: 15.49/$20/ 16.79 I love a good locked room mystery. The best ones aren’t so much about the ‘whodunnit’, but the ‘howdunnit’. The former’s still important for a satisfying ending, of course, but unravelling what appears to be the impossible (how did they get in? How did they leave?) is a much more brain-pleasing knot to unpick than figuring out which of the many shifty faces in front of you looks the most suspicious. Tangle Tower, the latest game from Snipperclips brothers SFB Games, goes one step further, though. Instead of a person being the prime murder suspect in this charming Phoenix Wright meets Professor Layton-style detective puzzler, it’s *checks notes*… …a portrait holding a blood-tipped knife? (more…)
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