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  Steam Page Launch Trailer Soundtrack Peppino's Pizzeria Pizza Tower is a beautifully animated, lightning-fast platformer that puts you in the shoes of the perpetually distressed chef Peppino Spaghetti as he races to save his restaurant from the sinister Pizza Face. While clearly inspired by Wario Land, Pizza Tower puts its own spin on things, most apparent in how absurdly fast this game is. Peppino runs at such wild speeds he can climb walls, run across water, and bash through solid metal. And you'll need that speed during every levels' escape sequence that sees you running all the way back to the start while sick-rear end music plays. This game has been years in development and it shows - the game is jam packed with creativity, every level bringing new mechanics, new music, and new wonderfully animated pizza foes to piledrive. There's a level that introduces a slew of new mechanics, and then mid-level you switch to a different character that interacts with all those mechanics in completely different ways.     Will I enjoy this game if I love pizza? I dare say this game has the most pizza and pizza-adjacent-elements of any computer game currently on the market. The most common recurring elements are mushrooms, cheese, tomatoes, sausages, and pineapples (yes, this game takes the brave stance of treating pineapple as a normal pizza topping with no hint of derision, and I salute the devs for it) but there is a great variety of pizza representation here. Pepperoni, olives, sardines, peppers, even Swedish banana pizza is here. If you are any kind of pizza scholar you will be in hog heaven.      Will I enjoy this game if I hate pizza? Most of those aforementioned pizza elements are enemies that you will be destroying with terrible, horrible violence. You will delight in how Peppino running at top speed will make every enemy in his path drop their defenses in terror before getting blasted straight to pizza hell. The main antagonist is also a floating sentient pizza, so in a way this game is also the most anti-pizza game ever made. Just who are these pizza folks?  Peppino Spaghetti is our hero, the anxious Italian chef of his own restaurant: Peppino's Pizzeria. Despite being little more than the manager of a failing pizza place, everyone seems to inexplicably despise and/or obsess over him. He is not actually wearing an apron but a white tank top, as he cannot afford a real one.  Gustavo is Peppino's... I want to say partner but it is actually unclear if he works with Peppino. Either way, he is also a pizza chef of some variety who is assisting in conquering the Pizza Tower, and is occasionally playable. The Mario to Peppino's Wario, his famous catchphrase "I'm going to kill you!" has captured the heart of gamers worldwide.  Brick the Rat is one of the many rats infesting the Pizza Tower, only this one seems to have developed a particular animosity towards Gustavo. Will they remain locked in mortal combat for all time or will they develop a respect for one another?  Mr. Stick is Peppino's moneylender, who is likely most responsible for Peppino's financial woes. While he assists you inside the tower by renting out gates to boss arenas, one could argue he is the true villain of this story. Which would be wrong, but you could argue it.  It is written that for every pizzeria, there must be a noid. The Noise is Peppino's. The Noise's manic antics, giddy nature, and media empire make him a true foil to our hero. He is  Pizzaface is the villain of this story, a floating sentient pizza that has it out for Peppino for some unknown reason. By unraveling the mysteries of the pizza tower, perhaps you will also discover the dark and twisted motivations behind this cheesy fiend. Or perhaps this is a comedy game where that poo poo doesn't matter but the fans will obsess over the lore anyway.  Gerome is the janitor. Okay enough of the joke questions, how bout you write something actually useful? There are quite a few special movement techniques:
I don't like time limits, will the escape sequences be too much for me? The time limits are thankfully fairly generous for first time playthroughs and even if you do run out of time, rather than an instant failure Pizzaface will manifest and chase you down, giving you one last chance to get to the exit. Once you know a level inside and out, you actually have the option to run a second lap of the escape sequence in the remaining time for extra points. Note: the clocks during the escape sequence are just points, they don't actually modify the timer. How does the score/ranking system work? There are ranks from D to S, based solely on points. Defeating an enemy will begin a combo meter that can be replenished by defeating another enemy, collecting pickups, or doing certain significant actions. To get an S rank you will probably have to do everything - get all 5 toppins, all 3 secrets, the 1 hidden treasure, and the 2nd lap during the escape sequence. As this is a video game, you probably suspected that there's a ranking above S, and indeed there is. To get a fabled P rank you not only need to get everything in a level, but you also need to keep a single combo going the entire time, starting in the first room all the way to when you enter the exit. While this sounds imposing, the levels are designed extremely well for this task - there are almost always a handy line of pickups leading you on a proper path through the level, and I found P-ranking the whole game to be a ton of fun. P-ranking boss levels is much simpler to explain: take no damage. How can I dress Peppino up all pretty? Outfits are unlocked globally, which is good since a number of them will probably require starting a new save file.
I typed PIZZA but have not received my pizza yet, please help Have patience! Your pizza is in the mail. 
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Waffleopolis posted:I didn't back the kickstarter when it was live but it looked cool. Totally forgot about it then heard last month it was launching. I never played the Wario Land games other than the first and the gameplay looked fun. Enticed me enough to drop 20 bones on it. It was actually a Patreon development rather than Kickstarter for a change. Wish I was a backer cause then I could've added one of the pizza weirdos you rescue in the secrets. Waffleopolis posted:I want more. I want more Pizza. I want more Tower. I want Tour De Pizza to make more games. I really hope we get more stuff beyond just playable Noise. I think they were planning co op at one point but I believe it got downgraded to "if we can make it work".
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Feb 10, 2023 23:56
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All the level poster art is so good, especially for something you can only see for a few seconds at a time. Good luck on getting the John suit. It should be easier now that you can skip 9 toppins - Golf being the most obvious skip. widespread posted:Comedy options: Noisette and Snick Snick was actually playable in the SAGE demo. I'm sad he's mostly just an easter egg in the final game, his animations are hilarious. And all the pickups are changed into onion rings, lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D22Ej7Bjyzc
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The slew of Celeste + Pizza Tower fanart is both very fun and also fairly bizarre because it is honestly hard to imagine Peppino having a rational interaction with anyone. Madeline in PT style is my favorite: https://twitter.com/EllisBros/status/1623397752737763328 https://twitter.com/NooshsStuff/status/1624268810931798018 Pigbuster fucked around with this message at 07:18 on Feb 12, 2023 |
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widespread posted:I think the Celeste x Pizza Tower pic got folks to do other crossovers.   
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Waffleopolis posted:By the way, what do you all play the game with? I did my first run with a controller but thinking of using the keyboard for the next. Controller, with the control stick like a doofus, though the new control options they added last patch make that way more feasible.
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Feb 17, 2023 07:22
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So it turns out Sauceman found out everyone was mishearing "DOOR STUCK" in the peppibot factory song and blessed us accordingly months ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6ZUqNGcpro
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Feb 19, 2023 21:39
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  This was originally my John Suit speedrun file, but then I abandoned my first save for it because I had shamefully killed Snotty. Next up, the Holy poo poo judgement (95%+ in under 4 hours)
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Grapplejack posted:Should I be using a gamepad for this or continuing to use keyboard? I'm used to keyboard from my time playing other ancient old man platformers but I've heard peppino is a little more manageable using a controller The new controller options make it a lot more viable - I use left trigger for superjump and B for ground pounds, though I also still allow down to groundpound since it feels better for suplexes.
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oh my god https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uia0Gwm8rJc you have got to be kidding me
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Oxyclean posted:I thought they got a little annoying / can see people really not like getting screamed at. The most impactful one is that right before Freezerator’s lap two portal is a milk station that removes the Devil’s Choice powerup so you need to do lap 2 without it.
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President Ark posted:https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1068228014342684712/1079428682881441842/deer_is_late_for_school_1.mp4 lol
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Ryaomon posted:im permabanned poster pizzastomper58. i first started making pizza when i was about 12. by 14 i got really obsessed with the concept of "toppings" and tried to channel it constantly, until my thought process got really bizarre and i would repeat things like "it's pizza time" and "yeaow-ow-ow-owh!" in my head for hours, and i would get really paranoid, start seeing tv screens with me in them in the corners of my eyes etc, basically prodromal schizophrenia. im now on fun farm featuring special guest mort the chicken. i always wondered what the kind of "ironic" style of pizza the pizza tower was all about; i think it's the unconscious leaking in to the conscious, what jungian theory considered to be the cause of schizophrenic and schizotypal syptoms. i would advise all people who "get" pizza tower to be careful because that likely means you have a predisposition to a speedrunning. peace-a.
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The one thing I can agree crosses a line are the tribal cheese enemies, but I can't help but be kinda amused that their aggro animation was probably meant to be a war whoop but instead everyone sees it as a pogchamp face now
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Mar 5, 2023 06:45
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Dieting Hippo posted:I figured I'd take a crack at modding the two problematic enemies, tribal cheese and Mr. Pinch, into new ones that still fit in their level's themes. The latter I'm planning on making a sewer clown that grabs and throws Peppino, but that's going to take a lot of custom sprite work to replace. Good job coming up with an actually plausible alternative that handles all of the seemingly-too-specific mechanics. The walkie talkie is inspired.
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https://twitter.com/Poyozito/status/1642590565488287744 They even added the breakdancing 
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Hogama posted:It's really not this forum's favorite material or anything (it's My Little Pony) but the new Pizza Party mod is pretty impressive to me on the technical merits of how many assets have been replaced with hand-drawn art imitating the style. The entire Fake Peppino fight, even. 
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 quote:Happy Halloween from the Pizza Tower team! This is a small update that adds a secret level, some Halloween goodies, Steam Community items and other changes!
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https://twitter.com/PizzaTowergame/status/1750614028689326543 Noise is coming! Looks like he plays more like Peppino than I was expecting, but there's still some clear changes - a wall jump instead of a run, for one, and that nifty tornado move. And unique escape music!
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Doomykins posted:Mods are cool but seeing the fully animated with perfect frame transitions full dude with all his sound effects and music is so smooth. This is a great excuse to get back into the Tower and grab my last P ranks once the update hits. Hoping Gustavo is Noisette, as well. No idea who Brick could be switched out for.
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Fun pointless feature of the Noise is that he can kill people Peppino was unable to, like the horse in the saloon (after beating him) and Pepperman in the world hub
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I recommend re-fighting the Noise's level 3 boss immediately after beating him the first time
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lmao the level 4 boss False Peppino chase specifically uses the old, much harder rubberbanding, but when he catches up The Noise scares him off
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Warning: Snotty will NOT join your team as the noise in the final level, beware
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Oxyclean posted:Slightly disappointed the original cut character select didn't seem to get used. After beating the final boss as the Noise, go to the room right before the final boss, the one that's outside on the tower balcony. Something is there.
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Oxyclean posted:If it's at all significant, it'd be cool to see a hack that lets you swap characters between levels for that sort of level-to-level speedrun micromanagement. This was actually added to the game, it's a secret unlockable game mode. This video shows how to get it (after beating the final boss) and then shows it off a bit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei7-UkE_hpQ
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