
Five different parts light up and Francis need to repeat them in the correct order Simon Says-style to create sounds, but with room for some experimentation in length and timing. Francis Vendetti struggles with the legacy of a dead folk legend and the cosmic wanderings of his own imagination. There are also no lives or a health system.Īt some points of the game a type of "boss fight" needs to be done through a musical jam with large creatures. On the eve of his first performance, Francis Vendetti struggles with the legacy of a dead folk legend and the cosmic wanderings of his own imagination. Francis is a folk musician, or at least that’s what the entire town wants.

When dropping down the game restarts right away. In The Artful Escape, the player controls Francis Vendetti, a teenager living in the small town of Calypso, Colorado. There are no enemies, but only some small obstacles such as gaps that need to be avoided. In the general platform levels Jason can (double) jump and play a cosmic guitar to interact with the environment and light it up. While trying to find his own voice, he is whisked away by a being called Lightman to several dimensions in space with psychedelic environments.Ī large part of the game consists of exploration, moving through the environment and talking to characters.

The player controls the character Francis Vendetti, a folk musician, who struggles with the legacy of his famous uncle Jason Vendetti. The Artful Escape is a journey of musical self-discovery presented as a 2D side-scrolling platformer with very forgiving mechanics.
