How to make a game like Tower of Hell on Roblox
Tower of Hell takes everything people know about an obby and makes it meaner: no checkpoints, a clock, and a tower that's different every round. Falling sends you back down, so reaching the top means something. It's also cheap to build, since you mostly make one short piece at a time.
Why it works
Players race up a randomly built tower against the clock, with no checkpoints, and start again from the bottom if they fall.
- Never the same twice. Pieces are stacked at random, so there's nothing to memorize.
- Falling really hurts. With no checkpoints, reaching the top feels like an achievement.
- Everyone's in it together. One tower and one clock for the whole server, and a new round in minutes.
1Start on a map
You don't need much of a map: the tower is the map. A lobby to wait in, and something good to look at on the way up, are enough. A finished map means your first weeks go into the game itself. Open it in Roblox Studio with File, then Open from File. Here's how, and there are free maps too.
Maps for a game like Tower of Hell
Ready to open in Roblox Studio.
2Build it in this order
Each step is something you can play. Stop when it's fun, and let people try it before you build the next one.
- 1A few sections. Short pieces of tower, all the same width, with the way in and out in the same places. Make ten that you've played yourself.
- 2The tower. At the start of a round, stack some sections at random. Most of what makes the game work is this one script.
- 3Falling. Lava at the bottom, or anything that sends them back to the start.
- 4The clock. One timer for everyone. When it runs out, a new tower is built and everyone starts again.
- 5A prize at the top. Coins for reaching the top, and more for a harder tower.
- 6A shop and rules that change. Items that help for one round, and rounds with a twist, like low gravity.
3Get the scripts
These are free to copy and paste, each with where it goes:
- Roblox kill brick scriptLava and traps. Put it on any part.
- Roblox round system scriptThe timer that starts each new tower.
- Roblox shop GUI scriptItems that help for one round.
- Roblox game pass scriptA speed coil or an extra jump, for those who want it.
For what's particular to this game, ask the script generator. Press one of these to start from it:
4Make it yours
- Give the tower a theme or a reason: a pyramid heist, a space elevator, or a building on fire.
- Change the rule that hurts: a rising flood instead of a clock, or a checkpoint you have to pay for.
- Let players make sections and vote on them. It's how you never run out of tower.
Don't copy it
Tower of Hell's name, art, music and code belong to its makers, and copying them can get your game taken down. Leaked copies and free kits are also a common place to hide backdoors, so check anything you pick up with the free backdoor scanner.
5Earn from it
Items that help for one round are what obbies like this sell, like more speed or an extra jump. They're something players can buy again, so a developer product works well for them.
The free game pass and developer product scripts get you started, and the tax calculator works out what to charge.
6Test it and publish
Try it with friends before anyone else. Then it's File, then Publish, and an age check to release it: here's how publishing works now. For the basics of this kind of game, read how to make a Roblox obby.
Once it's out, show it on Forja so people can find it and play it.
Questions
Can I copy Tower of Hell?
Make your own game in the same style, not a copy. Nobody owns a kind of game, generally, but Tower of Hell's name, art, music and code belong to its makers, and they can have a copy taken down. Your own names and art are safer, and they give players a reason to pick yours.
Is there a free Tower of Hell kit?
Be careful with free kits and leaked copies. They're a common place to hide backdoors, which can give a stranger control of your game. Run anything like that through Forja's free backdoor scanner before you open it, or build from free scripts you can read.
How many sections do I need?
Start with 10 to 20 you've played through yourself. Since they're stacked at random, even that many gives lots of different towers, and you can add more every week.
Other games to learn from
Maps
Low poly maps
You don't need much of a map: the tower is the map. A lobby to wait in, and something good to look at on the way up, are enough.
Browse mapsFree tool
Roblox script generator
Say what you need in plain words and get a working script, checked for backdoors.
Write a scriptForja isn't connected to Tower of Hell or the people who make it. This page explains how this kind of game works, so you can build your own.