We’ve already revealed the new Red Archer who was added for the Dark World Expansion, but she’s not the only new playable character. In fact, there’s 10 new archers total! We’re filling out the cast by adding an alternate for every single fighter. Some are different versions of the same archers from the past or future, or even an alternate timeline, and a few are entirely new characters.

Our first addition is the alternate Green Archer: Vigilante Mask, the original green archer’s fearless protégé. Even as a master archer, it can be difficult for a child to be taken seriously in battle. She created her masked alter ego to inspire fear in the hearts of her adversaries. Plus she thinks it looks super badass.

Next up is the alternate blue archer. If you keep up on gaming news she may seem familiar - her appearance is loosely based on feminist games critic Anita Sarkeesian. Anita’s work has been an inspiration to the TowerFall team. Her “Tropes vs Women in Games” video series gave us a valuable new lens through which to assess our character designs. TowerFall is about bringing people together, so it’s vitally important that the cast of playable characters makes everyone feel invited to join in. Simply put, this wouldn’t have occurred to me if not for Anita, and feedback from players has reinforced how important it really is. We’re very excited to immortalize Anita in a small way, as the alternate Last of the Order.

Fate has not been kind to our Assassin Prince. Much of his desert kingdom was obliterated by the plummeting Moonstone, and his royal father was soon overthrown in the ensuing uprising. The prince returned home to win back the throne, but suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the usurper. He was robbed of his eyesight and left to crawl away, humiliated. Alternate Pink is the Blind Prince.

When the portals linking TowerFall to its Dark World began appearing, the first thing to emerge was alternate orange, the Loyal Kingsguard. The original Orange Archer became a wanted man after his infamous betrayal of TowerFall’s king, but this shadow doppelgänger reflects the soldier’s darker side, that aspect of him that would remain loyal to the corrupted monarch. His design is inspired by Alucard from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

We still have five alternate archers left to reveal. We’ll post them as they’re ready in the coming weeks :)