Today, on the 30th of October, 2019, Alec Holowka, the composer of “TowerFall Ascension,” could have turned 36. Rest in peace, dear Alec. You are mourned and remembered, and your creative genius is profoundly admired.

I’d like to share some links that concern Alec’s work. I’ve made similar posts in the community hubs of other games he either co-developed or contributed music to (“Aquaria,” “Night in the Woods,” “Offspring Fling,” and “Crayon Physics Deluxe”), in case anyone is interested (various interviews and articles are mainly linked in the respective posts about the first two games listed, which Alec co-designed).

1. A review of TA soundtrack: https://www.greatestgamemusic.com/soundtracks/towerfall-ascension-soundtrack/

2. Some history (an old article about the Indie House posted shortly before TA release): https://www.polygon.com/features/2014/7/2/5858032/towerfall-matt-thorson


3. On being an indie developer: http://weaskindies.beavl.com/2013/11/13/alec-holowka/

4. Alec plays piano, incl. music from TA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzN6KdQXvtM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zj6KM6Povk

5. Alec’s entire musical work: https://infiniteammo.bandcamp.com/

6. Alec’s YouTube channel. Contains a number of Unity Tutorial videos and a couple of short and funny videos about “TowerFall”: https://www.youtube.com/user/infiniteammoinc/videos

7. “Infinite Ammo” [Alec’s own company] podcast about game development. Sadly, it’s everything that is (still) available, all the older episodes got taken down for reasons unknown: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/infinite-ammo/id1466431810

8. Just an old and cute post I feel like sharing: https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ShaneNeville/20131007/201835/My_Invisible_Alec_Holowka.php