Towards the Sky
Towards the Sky is a relaxing and minimalistic 3D platformer that’s all about reaching the top of the level. You jump from platform to platform while collecting coloured orbs with different bonusses and effects. Yellow orbs give you a speedboost, green ones allow you to double jump, and red ones launch you into the air. It’s up to you as the player how you will get through the level, as there is no wrong way to do it.Now there are many platformers out there. What makes Towards the sky different?
- Random level generation ensures that no level will ever be the same. Our algorithms ensure that our players will constantly be given new, interesting levels, allowing for a nearly endless amount of gameplay.
- Minimalistic design was one of the things we were really focused on including during development. Many games these days focus on being as graphically perfect as possible, but in the end, it all comes down to cubes and spheres, of which we have plenty.
- Sound free experience. Towards the Sky does not feature any kind of audio, allowing players to select their own favourite music, shows, or audiobooks, in order to fully immerse themselves into the relaxing gameplay.
What can you expect to find in Towards the Sky?
- Fun gamemodes to suit every playstyle! Towards the Sky has 3 gamemodes, allowing players to choose from our relaxing "Launch" gamemode, where they peacefully bounce from platform to platform, or the "Random" gamemode for those who feel very lucky indeed. For those more interested in the vanilla experience, there is always the default gamemode for a fun mix of relaxation and challenging gameplay.
- Speedrun timers! Do you enjoy speedrunning, and shaving off those important seconds off your time? All levels feature a timer at the victory point, along with the option of displaying it on the ingame UI during play.
Not sure about the game? Here’s some quotes from our players, streamers, and viewers!
- "Towards the Sky is the perfect chat game. You can just have it up on the screen while you’re streaming and chatting to your viewers, or while you’re in a call with friends." – ItsPhenixx, Twitch Streamer.
- "This game looks like a fever dream, but in a good way" – Anonymous Twitch Viewer
- "There is really no game like it. There’s plenty of platform games, but none have really captured the zen-like feeling you get while playing Towards the Sky." – Anonymous player
If you’re still reading this, thank you for checking out Towards the Sky. Even if you aren’t planning on buying the game, I still appreciate you taking the time to read through this. If you are planning on buying the game, I hope you have as great a time playing it, as I have had developing it.
Game Discussion
Steam User 3
okay so you probably already have some of these in mind.
It's a great base.. it could just do with some. upgrades so to say.
What I'd like to see added as a player:
Skill tree - this will add more goals to the game rather than just get to the top, also get all the skills.
boost mechanic - so kinda like in rocket league.. you get a certain amount of boost and you can use it as like a jetpack, this would be a good substitute for the double jump because it would make gameplay way smoother imo.
Make it really difficult: maybe a platform you cannot stand on or you get teleported back to the start ( or like a checkpoint for in the future )
Stylize it! - give the game personality and style. right now it's plain solid colors and pretty well known fonts for the menu. make things move, use textures, animate things (I'm sure this is already a thought of yours because it's in early acces but still )
sounds - maybe some grunts from the player or some heavy breathing after a while
currency or xp - some sort of currency/xp to buy certain upgrades or any item.
unlockable backgrounds - have a theme for night, day and other kinds of backgrounds.. or have an option for a day and night cycle.
rewards - a difficult game should be rewarding as well, it should be balanced so that people actually enjoy it and get a sense of fulfillment from it. I'd suggest adding checkpoints and certain skins or bonusses when you reach those checkpoints.
there's probably alot more I could think of but I honestly think you already have alot of great ideas! I will be following this game with alot of excitement to see what the future has in hold for this game.
oh and lastly.. something that probably isn't on your mind and probably shouldn't be any time soon but this kind of game would work really great on a mobile device, so maybe later on in development?
Steam User 1
Lovely little game if you just want to do something to keep your fingers busy while watching a movie or chatting to friends.
Steam User 2
10/10 game, hours of fun.
Steam User 1
I jumped and then jumped some more!