Tiki Towers

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Tiki Towers
Tiki Towers.jpg
Developer(s)[4]
Publisher(s)RealNetworks GameHouse
Platform(s)
Release
December 3, 2008[3]
  • IOS
    • WW: December 15, 2008
    [1]
  • Wii
    • NA: December 22, 2008
    [2]
Genre(s)Puzzle
Mode(s)Single-player, multi-player

Tiki Towers (known as Tropical Towers in the United Kingdom)[5] is a puzzle video game developed by and published by RealNetworks division GameHouse. It was released for WiiWare, BlackBerry, iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad), Android, Windows Phone and Symbian S60. The game has been likened to the similar puzzle game World of Goo.[6] A sequel titled Tiki Towers 2: Monkey Republic was released in January 2011.[7][8]

Conception[]

Tiki Towers was conceived by designer from the before the Wii's release in 2006. Excited by the promise of the Wii, he felt that the Wii's controller, the Wii Remote, would work well with games that required a lot of physical interactions. While listening to a talk by video game designer and entrepreneur Will Wright, Wright said something to the effect of "Monkeys are funny", which gave Boosman the idea of representing building pieces as bamboo and coconuts in his new game and since a friend of his liked Tiki culture, it was used as the game's theme.[9]

Gameplay[]

Based around a tropical Tiki culture-theme, the game involves players directing a troupe of monkeys to retrieve bananas by building towers of bamboo scaffolding to reach the fruits, with the ultimate goal of collecting all bananas and having all monkeys reach the designated "exit". This adds conflict as the player usually is tasked with building towers on a limited bamboo budget and if a tower falls it may prevent the monkeys from completing the level.

On the Wii version of the game, while much remains the same (with regard to the mobile versions), one significant difference is that the player must also fend off "evil monkeys" trying to sabotage the player's towers while the "good monkeys" (player's 'troupe') are working toward their goal.

Reception[]

IGN called Tiki Towers a "fun and playable imitation" of World of Goo, giving it a 7.3/10.[6] WiiWare World gave Tiki Towers a 7/10, noting that as a solid game at a third of Goo's price, it is well worth a look.[10] AppSpy gave Tiki Towers a 4/5, saying that the game "is for those who enjoy physics based puzzle games involving monkeys".[11]

The mobile version was named Casual Game of the Year for 2008 by the IMGA.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Updated: Real Networks launches its first cross-platform game for iPhone and other platforms". VentureBeat. 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  2. ^ "Tiki Towers at Nintendo :: Games". 2008-12-23. Archived from the original on 2008-12-23. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  3. ^ "Updated: Real Networks launches its first cross-platform game for iPhone and other platforms". VentureBeat. 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  4. ^ "Tiki Towers". Metacritic. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  5. ^ Langley, Ryan. "Interview: RealNetworks Talks Tiki Towers And Its Journey Into WiiWare". Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  6. ^ a b Hatfield, Daemon (2009-01-07). "Tiki Towers Review". IGN. Archived from the original on January 15, 2009. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
  7. ^ "Bridge Building Physics Puzzler 'Tiki Towers 2' Now Available". TouchArcade. 2011-01-20. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  8. ^ "Tiki Towers 2: Mobile Game". 2011-02-03. Archived from the original on 2011-02-03. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  9. ^ Langley, Ryan. "Interview: RealNetworks Talks Tiki Towers And Its Journey Into WiiWare". Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  10. ^ "Tiki Towers (WiiWare) Review". 2008-12-25. Archived from the original on 2008-12-25. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  11. ^ "Tiki Towers Review". appspy.com. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  12. ^ "5 th IMGA awarded games". International Mobile Gaming Awards. Retrieved 2021-08-21.

External links[]

Official website

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