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—The game where you start at the final boss.

Tower of Shades is a short game in which you start at the end of the protagonist's journey, right at the final boss fight.
A game about a boss fight. Battle against a mysterious, arduous, and long rpg styled final boss fight. Failure as a mechanic. Every time you die, you learn a new skill. Why is there a saved file in my new game? Discover the story behind a mysterious saved file. The first self-help styled game. The goal of this game is to hopefully inspire you to improve yourself. Old school snes themed soundtrack. Even if you don't buy this game, you gotta check out the soundtrack.

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