Stuttgart, Germany (June 04, 2024) - Studio Seufz, the indie studio
behind the critically acclaimed game The Longing, and publisher AMC
Games announced today that their slapstick roguelite adventure LuckyTower Ultimate will be launching into Early Access on Steam in August
2024.
The new Early Access trailer describes the inner workings of the tower from the perspective of its proud master, the aptly named villain Evelius. Behind each door is a randomly generated room featuring an array of traps, fancy hats, monsters, swarms of bees, potential companions, and more. As we zoom out to view a nightmarish field of towers, and the clumsy knight’s haircut shifts with every death, viewers may begin to glean the deeper scope of Evelius’s machinations.
"Thanks to its randomly generated nature, Lucky Tower Ultimate is a game that even surprises me, its developer, with the different absurd situations it throws my way each time I play," said Anselm Pyta, co-designer and lead artist of the Lucky Tower series. “This also makes it a perfect fit for Early Access, where input from the community helps us to add in even more content so it will continue to surprise forever.” Lucky Tower Ultimate is expected to remain in Early Access for a year or less.
Lucky Tower Ultimate is the first premium game in the Lucky Tower series, and it’s a true culmination of all the goofy jokes, quirky characters, and deadly perils enjoyed tens of millions of times over in the days of Flash gaming. Continuing its trademark design of presenting three mysterious doors on each floor, the tower beckons new and returning fans to experience the joys of getting all geared up... just to slip on a banana peel and die.
“We keep saying
the word ‘premium’ so everyone understands that you must buy this
one in order to play it,” explained Stefan Michel, producer on
Lucky Tower Ultimate. “The old games were free, because they were
made by children in Flash. We just want fans to stop doing Let’s
Plays of the Flash games, because this one is better. Wait, are you
recording?”
To stay up to date on Lucky Tower Ultimate ahead of the Early Access release in August, players can play the demo on Steam or join the conversation on the Studio Seufz Discord.
About Studio Seufz
Studio Seufz was founded in early 2017 by Stefan Michel, Anselm Pyta and Benedikt Hummel, and is based in Stuttgart, Germany. Benedikt and Anselm have known each other since school, which led to the creation of various web games like Lucky Tower or Murder. The studio is committed to creating animated films and indie games for young adults, focused on emotional and existential content with an accessible design.
The studio’s first commercial game release is Anselm Pyta’s The Longing, which was awarded the Long Feature Award at A MAZE. Berlin, a German Video Game Award for best debut and was a finalist for the Nuovo Award at the IGF in 2020. The game was released March 5th 2020 to critical acclaim and an enthusiastic community of players.
About AMC Games
AMC Games is the video game publishing arm of AMC Networks, providing developers with a home for their passion projects that guarantee players a unique gaming experience. Launched in 2020 with the IGF-nominated flight passenger simulator Airplane Mode, which meticulously recreates the experience of real-time commercial flight, AMC Games has produced titles including the meditative metal-detecting game The Magnificent Trufflepigs and the pulp-horror strategy game Fabulous Fear Machine.
Article by: Susan N.
