Path To The Sky Is A Lovely Title For A Tough Roguelike Platformer

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Path to the Sky is a “procedurally generated roguelike platformer” in which you must climb to the top of an island. That would be easy if it weren’t for the flocks of hostile birds that inhabit its reaches. Pesky, nasty birds.

 

Set in the 17th century, the game has you playing as the single surviving crewman of a spice trading vessel during the 17th century (via Destructoid). This island you’ve washed up on is thought to be somewhere around the Indian Ocean.

 

Your only hopes of rescue lies at the top of this imposing, vertically huge island. So you’ll be jumping a hell of a lot up randomly generated platforms, collecting items and weapons along the way, and probably dying a great many times with permadeath making you regret doing so. Plus, the higher you go up, the harder the challenges become.

 

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If you’re not a huge fan of jumping, then don’t turn away from Path to the Sky just yet, as it does have in-game physics to keep its combat frantic and unpredictable. Items that can be thrown of fired can ricochet off surfaces, bouncing over the top of and behind cover to hit an enemy.  Or you can shoot them through fire to set enemies on fire.

 

You’ll have to craft some items to use them in any meaningful way, such as combining feather and stick to create an arrow, but it seems that process won’t be too complicated. The idea is to keep things moving forward as much as possible, so it’s more about off the cuff moments of luck and skill, rather than careful planning.

 

Solo creator Dek has released an alpha teaser of Path to the Sky, which you can watch above. An Early Access key for Steam is now available to pre-order at $9.99 on the game’s website.


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