Hello Tangle Tower fans!

We have some very exciting news to share with you: a new mystery adventure game starring Detective Grimoire and Sally is coming in 2024! There's a demo out now, and you can wishlist here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1696770/The_Mermaids_Tongue/

In "The Mermaid's Tongue", the detective duo have been called to investigate the murder of Magnus Mortuga, captain of the world's strangest submarine. Found alone in a locked room, with only an ancient stone cauldron to suggest how he might have died, it's up to Detective Grimoire and Sally to piece together what really happened. Was it a curse, released from the cauldron? One of the submarine's eccentric crew? Or does the bizarre truth run even deeper...

The Tangle Tower dev team is back, and we have a few additions too! As well as all of SFB Games (that's, uh, me and my brother Adam), we have Catherine Unger's amazing environment art, Jonathan Harris' fluid character animations, and Raphael B. Meyer's stunning orchestral score. And of course, Edwyn Tiong and Amber Lee Connors are back as Grimoire and Sally. The suspects are a secret for now, we'll have more to share soon.

Joining us this time, we also have Kindra Dantone, who has done incredible work to realise the clues in full 3D this time! And Kitt Byrne, who's been bringing her wonderful illustration style to the puzzles - Kitt worked with us on Snipperclips too, so it's great to have her back!

We were so very excited to be able to first announce this new game as part of Double Fine's and iam8bit's Day of the Devs festival (The Game Awards edition!) - Adam and I got to travel from chilly London to LA to show the game (and our other upcoming game, Crow Country) in person to press and the public. The response there, and in general, has been overwhelming, what a perfect end to the year! Here's the preview video that was shown in the Day of the Devs digital showcase stream:

That's it from us for now, we'll have lots more to share next year! So go play the demo, please wishlist, and I hope you have a lovely and restful end to 2023!

Tom & Adam

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1696770/The_Mermaids_Tongue/

To celebrate the mobile release of Tangle Tower on the App Store and Google Play, we’re putting the game on sale across our other stores! If you’ve not experienced the joy of this curious murder mystery game, now is your chance with an 80% Steam discount from 25th September to 2nd October.

Join the detective duo Grimoire and Sally as they unravel the thrilling tale of the death of Freya Fellow, solving dastardly puzzles and interrogating peculiar suspects to get at the truth. The big problem? The main suspect is a painting! Explore Tangle Tower, from the eerie gardens, to the cold and ominous crime scene. With a cast of fully-voiced, animated characters, to the epic soundtrack, this game brings a unique, colourful caper to your game library.

If you would rather experience the game in the palm of your hand, look for Tangle Tower in the App Store and on Google Play.

Buy the game on iOS: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/tangle-tower/id1645719151
Buy the game on Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sfbgames.TangleTower

And if you enjoyed the game, let us know what you think by leaving us a review!

At SFB Games, we're very proud of Tangle Tower's outstanding original score by Raphael Benjamin Meyer, and we know from the number of people who listen to it monthly that our players agree that it’s brilliant. With tracks ranging from the epic to the eerie, it brings to life the peculiar world of Tangle Tower. So, we have created a standalone player option in the game, so you can enjoy the soundtrack at your leisure. Curl up with a good book and wallow in the melancholic melody of ‘The Music Room’. Set yourself up to study to the symphonic sounds of ‘Penelope Pointer’ or chop carrots to the cheery strains of ‘Fifi Fellow’.

The new music player is available for free, from today, for all game owners and can be accessed from the title screen menu. Each track is linked to an area of the game, and you'll unlock them as you visit each area. Already have save data? Then the tracks will be unlocked already!

Will you be able to resist the soundtrack of Tangle Tower?

WHILE YOU’RE HERE…

We’ve also released Tangle Tower on mobile platforms so you can play your favourite colourful detective game on-the-go. The mobile versions come complete with the same music player as this update, as well as all the mystery solving goodness you could expect from a Detective Grimoire game.

Check out Tangle Tower on iOS[apps.apple.com]
Check out Tangle Tower on Android[play.google.com]

Hello!

Since Unity has removed the startup window from all Unity games now, where you could select resolution ad fullscreen/windowed, I've now added a resolution setting to the menu!

I've also added a button to the title screen to be able to close the game. Fancy!

And I've made the analogue stick controls better, if that's how you're playing. Much nice to move the cursor about now.

This is all getting ready for the Steam Deck, and for Big Picture Mode in general.

We do have an actual content update coming soon, more news to follow...

Hi everyone! I'll be streaming a playthrough of the Tangle Tower Demo all weekend for The Big Adventure Event!

Tangle Tower is taking part in The Big Adventure Event this week, and as part of that, I'll be livestreaming a little gameplay and maybe some other things! The game is also 35% off, so it's a great time to pick it up. And if you want to try it out first, there's a free demo to try!

Tangle Tower Stream:
Friday 22nd January
11pm GMT (3pm PDT)

See you there!

Hi everyone, I hope you're all staying safe out there.

First of all, thank you to everyone that's enjoyed Tangle Tower, and shared it with folks you know. It really has made all the difference, and helps so much, keep it up!

We've been quietly updating the game since launch, just small fixes and improvements so far. But today, we've released a bigger new feature as a free update:

The Tangle Tower Art Gallery


As you play, you'll unlock concept art, early designs and artists' notes for every character, location and clue in the game. Or, if you've finished the game already, you'll find everything unlocked for you - more details on that below if you're interested. Hope you enjoy the look at all the work that went into making Tangle Tower look the way it does!

Free Tangle Tower Demo

While I'm here, I should tell you about the free Tangle Tower Demo we've just released here on Steam too! So if you do want to share the game with someone, you can let them know they can try it first if they want:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1178040


Art Gallery unlocking

If you access the Art Gallery from the button on the title screen, it'll show content based on the progress of all three save slots combined. However, if you access it from the button in the case file menu while playing the game, it will only show content based on the progress in that save slot you have loaded. That means that if you already finished the game, you have the choice of either diving in and seeing everything from the title screen, or starting a new save slot and unlocking things as you go!

Hi everyone, hope you're all staying safe out there.

We put a demo version of Tangle Tower up for LudoNarraCon back in April, and folks enjoyed it so much that we're bringing it back! This time, we won't be taking it down for a long time, if ever, so more people can get the chance to play. It's out now, so give it a go:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1178040

And if you already bought the game, or decide to buy the full game after playing the demo, there's new content for you too! We've added a huge gallery of concept art and artists' notes, unlocked as you play (or fully unlocked if you already beat the game!). Check out the news post here for more info:

Out Now: New Art Gallery Update!

From now until May 1st, enjoy a free demo version of Tangle Tower!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1178040

Hello everyone! Adam and I are pleased to announce that we've released a free update to Tangle Tower that adds 9 Steam achievements to, uh, achieve! If you've already played through the game, please check the section at the bottom of this news post for info on getting achievements.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224100

We've also released the Tangle Tower Original Soundtrack here on Steam! It's been available on Bandcamp for a little while now, but since Steam recently improved the way it handles soundtracks, we wanted to release it here too. And since it's a new release, it'll be 20% off for the first week!

If you've already played through the game, you have two options when getting achievements. They're granted based on save data, so if you just want to have the game give you all the achievements you would have gotten in your old playthrough, you can just load up that save data and you'll get them!

Alternatively, if you want to unlock them one by one, or find any you've missed, just create a new save in an empty slot and load that up. You'll be granted achievements as they come.


We hope you have fun with the update, and enjoy listening to the soundtrack!