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Pizza Tower was the debut project of the indie developer Tour De Pizza, which developed it for around five years. The only stages where Peppino can be harmed are the boss fights. Colliding with an obstacle does not hurt the player, though it lowers their score. Finding secrets is optional and there are no lives and health. Pizza Tower does not feature traditional difficulty levels rather, the difficulty depends on what the player chooses to achieve. The highest grade, a P rank, can only be acquired if the player collects enough points for an S rank, finds the three secret rooms, collects the treasure, and completes a second lap while maintaining a single, uninterrupted combo. Īfter completing each level, the player is given a letter grade-D, C, B, A, S, and P-based on their score and performance. A portal allows the player to do an optional second lap in which they return to the end and must make their way back to the entrance again for bonus points. The player is forced to restart the level if they fail. This activates 'Pizza Time', a phase in which the player must return to the level's entrance within a time limit. At the end of most levels, the player finds a pillar they must destroy. Įach level contains various secrets: trapped pizza topping creatures that the player rescues to unlock boss fights a treasure locked behind a door that can only be opened by a janitor the player must find and three hidden rooms that provide points. Palette-swap outfits for Peppino can be acquired through obtaining achievements. Certain levels feature power-ups that alter Peppino's abilities, such as guns or knight armor, and Gustavo, an alternate player character who rides on the back of his giant pet rat. Defeating an enemy initiates a timed combo to maintain it, the player must defeat more enemies and collect items. If Peppino runs for long enough, he begins to dash, allowing him to run up walls and plow through enemies and objects. He can body slam, grab, and throw enemies and parry their attacks. Peppino, the primary player character, can walk, run, jump, roll, and slide. Each level has a distinct theme and unique game mechanics, such as a cemetery with surfable corpses and a Five Nights at Freddy's homage with jump scares. It has five floors, each containing four levels and a boss. The tower serves as the setting and hub world of the single-player game. Frightened and angered, Peppino sets out to ascend the tower and defeat Pizzaface to save his pizzeria. Pizzaface threatens to destroy Peppino's pizzeria with a nuclear laser atop a nearby tower. Its story begins when Peppino Spaghetti, a pizza chef and the owner of a struggling pizzeria, is approached by Pizzaface, a sentient floating pizza. Pizza Tower is a side-scrolling platform game.

Peppino, the player character, dashes towards the level's entrance during the 'Pizza Time' phase. They considered Pizza Tower a worthy substitute for Wario Land, and some called it a rare spiritual successor that is better than its inspiration. Critics favorably compared its art style to 1990s Nicktoons and the sense of speed to the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Pizza Tower received positive reviews, with praise for the gameplay, music, visuals, and humor.

#BREAKTIME PIZZA WINDOWS#

It was released for Windows on January 26, 2023. Pizza Tower developed a large fandom during its development through early access builds offered to Patreon backers and game demos. Wario Land 4 (2001) served as the basis for the gameplay and level design. It was developed with GameMaker and features a cartoonish, high-resolution pixel art style inspired by SpongeBob SquarePants and French comics. Pizza Tower began as a role-playing video game with survival horror elements before evolving into a platformer inspired by Nintendo's dormant Wario Land series, to which McPig wanted to provide a spiritual successor. The development began around 2018 and was led by the pseudonymous designer McPig and programmer Sertif. Pizza Tower does not feature health or lives, and its difficulty depends on what the player chooses to achieve. At the end of each level, they activate an escape sequence and must return to the beginning within a time limit.

Across 20 side-scrolling levels, the player increases their score by gathering collectibles and defeating enemies to build combos.

It follows a pizza chef, Peppino Spaghetti, who must scale a tower to prevent the destruction of his pizzeria. Pizza Tower is a 2023 platform game created by the indie developer Tour De Pizza.

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