{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Short Game","title":"12: Towerfall Ascension","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4500,"description":"Towerfall Ascension\nThis week we discuss Matt Thorson(@MattThorson) of Matt Makes Games multiplayer masterpiece, Towerfall Ascension.\nTowerfall is an arena multiplayer platform fighting game for two to four players. It draws on inspirations like SNES platformers, the Smash Bros series, and the fighting game genre to weave a simple, elegant, and ridiculously fun and hilarious party-fighting-game. You have absolutely got to play it.\n\nAvailable on Steam for Mac, Windows, and Linux – $15\nAvailable on the PS4, currently free as a part of the PlayStation Plus subscription (normally $15)\n\nIf you’d like to see what the game looks like in action (and you do) have a look at this great multiplayer gameplay footage from GameSpot.\n\nLinks for this episode:\n\nPapers, Please – A Dystopian Document Thriller\nSunset – a first-person video game thriller – Kickstarter\nGalatea – Interactive fiction by Emily Short\nSavoir-Faire – Interactive fiction by Emily Short\nFrotz – Play interactive fiction on your iPhone or iPad\nBlood & Laurels – new interactive fiction in the Versu engine by Emily Short\nAs you can probably tell, we huge admirers of Emily Short.\nCivilization Revolution 2 – Out Now for iOS\nAs it turns out this game doesn’t have multiplayer yet. So much for our plans.\nOUYA – $99 Android microconsole\nTowerfall Polygon Game of the Year 2013\nTeslagrad – a great game with slightly off jump physics\nBraid – another great game with slightly less than Towerfall level physics\nCastle Crashers\nPuyo Puyo\nPuyo Pop Fever\nDoctor Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine\nEurogamer on Towerfall\nCompetitive Towerfall at EVO 2014\nNidhogg – another fantastic indie fighting game\nStarwhal – Just The Tip – a third indie multiplayer fighting game","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/CxYZwjjs_4iLjyLDzLnaaznbL5170eSsi-gM7hls96Q/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iYzFm/ZGZmOGU2NDYxOTZl/YzAzNTU2NWM4MzJk/NzBmNy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}