Hi,

Thanks so much to everyone who has played our demo so far - more than 1000 people have played the demo so far, which is way above and beyond what we had expected.

As with any release, players spotted a couple off issues after the launch, including this hilarious softlock which I cannot believe we did not spot:

More importantly, we pushed an update that fixes our dialogue parser for French, among other languages. This bug only occurred if a Windows PC was set to the given language and prevented the game from working properly. None of us have PCs with languages affected so this was quite a doozy to fix.

Nonetheless, it is fixed now, so you can climb the history of ideas regardless of which language your PC is set to.

Good luck on your climb!

-Reliable Plumbing Services

You can jump in and start climbing right away.

This demo contains the opening section of the game, beginning in the Classical Antiquity area and climbing upward into the early Medieval philosophy region.

It’s a chance to learn the fundamentals of the game and see how far you can push yourself before gravity wins.

It only takes two buttons to play.

Mastering them is the hard part.


The demo is the beginning of the climb.

You will start in the earliest reaches of the world, among ruins inspired by Classical Antiquity, and push upward toward the Medieval era. At first the flippers feel simple. Two buttons, a spark of motion, and a long way to go.

Then the movement starts to reveal itself.

A gentle rebound that carries farther than expected. A precise edge hit that changes everything. A quiet moment where the ball rests in control before the next ascent. Slowly you begin to understand what the flippers are capable of.

These are not abilities you unlock. They are things you learn.

And once you start to understand them, the climb begins to feel possible.

Until you fall.

Then the real learning begins.


We'd love to hear how far you manage to climb.

And how far you fall.

Good luck.

You’re going to need it.