Artoon (XNA on Xbox Live)
Artoon is a game which can be tried and bought on Xbox Live under the community games section. The game is basically a platformer where you take control of Art (a bouncing ball) and guide it through to the finishing block. But as in most good games, here it’s the journey that counts.
I first unlocked all the levels by doing the bare minimum requested. Now i am going through each level to achieve the grade A+ because it’s here that i get the full enjoyment of the game.You get multipliers for not jumping on the same block twice and also by making the “style bounce”. When you try and do these the game experience changes dramatically and for the best.
There are also some variations to the way the game plays. For example certain levels require you to have the camera at a certain angle so that there is no static interference making it impossible to see where Art is bouncing.
Then it’s the fantastic beat music. It helps you get the proper rythm like crowds clapping to long jump athletes just before that big jump.I feel that the music is part of the gameplay.
To cap it off this is really a cheap game. At 400MS points (US$5) you really need to buy it or at least give the trial version a go.