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Tightrope Theatre, a new puzzle platformer from the developer of Duke Dashington, makes its way to mobile later this Summer

Tightrope Theatre, a new puzzle platformer from the developer of Duke Dashington, makes its way to mobile later this Summer

Indie developer Jussi Simpanen, otherwise known as Adventure Islands, has revealed their latest project; a puzzle platformer called Tightrope Theatre. Featuring plenty of challenging stages in which you take on the role of a clown in a circus navigating nightmarish obstacles like lava pools, cannon balls, and spike traps, your reflexes and your general skills will be challenged at nearly every stage.

With a pedigree of some really solid mobile indie releases including Tiny Dangerous Dungeons, Heart Star, and Duke Dashington, to see Adventure Islands up and about again with this new game is very exciting idea. After refining their skills with so many releases under their belt, it’s exciting to see exactly how tight Tightrope Theatre will control. And judging by the reveal trailer, if you’re a fan of the old-school one-room-based platformers, you’ll find a lot to love here.

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In Tightrope Theatre, you’ll be using a clown on a unicycle to navigate a ton of dangerous stages that feature hazards upon hazards as you clear stage after stage until you beat the game. It’s a fairly simple premise, mainly focused on timing your jumps and avoiding those obstacles, but simply does not mean easy in this case, as Tightrope Theatre looks to be intentionally rather difficult, also harkening back to those old-school puzzle platformers.

If you’ve enjoyed Adventure Islands’ other projects, you’ll very likely find yourself enamoured with this one as well. It features a lot of similar ideas, lots of platforming, challenging stages, and a wonderful pixel art style to go along with it. If you’re looking to get your hands on Tightrope Theatre, you won’t be waiting long, as it will drop on iOS and Android on August 11th.

Looking for more challenging reflex tests? Check out our Top 25 best platformers for iOS!
Connor Derrick
Connor Derrick
Connor is a diehard JRPG fan and an equally diehard fan of writing. When he isn’t putting 100+ hours into the latest Atlus release, he’s playing board games with his partner or blasting a mid-2000s punk record. Music, film, writing, and games are his biggest passions, and he hopes to one day unite all of those in some way or another.