Arkedo Series

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Alright, ran a search and didn't see anything on these little 360 monthly indie games so figured I'd make one.

Arkedo Series is currently running on the xbox 360, 240 points for each one, current there are 3.

Arkedo Series - 001 JUMP!
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In this game you take the role of Jumpboy, a small pixelated adventurer out to stop a gigantic robot crab that's tossing bombs all over the damn place, 30 levels of platforming action, done in a heavy retro style, you even get a throwing knife! Each level you dart around nabbing bombs that each have a timer on them, if /any/ bomb reaches 0 you lose a life, though unless the level gimmick is "Short fuses" you never have to worry too much about it. Later on you'll find new enemies, falling platforms, and piggy banks that can only be opened when you have a set amount of coins. It features challange rooms and a somewhat harsh difficulty curve as if you lose all of your lives, game over and you have to start the entire thing over again. (It gives the excuse "Too bad retro games didn't have continues, huh?")

Video:
[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxlvAuJPtHI[/MEDIA]

Arkedo Series - 002 SWAP!
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In this game you play as King Kat, er, kinda. King Kat apparently gets drunk off of warm milk, and almost like Conkers Bad Fur Day he wakes up in the middle of nowhere with a hangover having no idea where the hell he is and starts wandering around trying to get back home. Gameplay is puzzle based, where you match 4 same colored blocks to get rid of them, you can swap or slide around to get them in any position you want and set up rockin' combos. Powerups are also featured, raining thunderstorms down to clear entire sections and stopwatches to give you more time to think, you can also gather coins and diamonds to add to your points and aid King Kat on his quest to get back home, also has different challange modes, difficulty levels and everything you'd expect in a game like this.

Video:
[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTTbgvF6kTw&feature=related[/MEDIA]

Arkedo Series - 003 PIXEL!
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This latest addition to the series is Pixel, in which you play as a small blue cat named, Pixel. It's a platforming game with several levels and different enemies for each one. The games gimmick however is diving into pixels to solve puzzles and clear paths and gain items. If you see a ! block for example you can hover your cursor over it and dive into it, navigating it's pixels to find a prize inside, featuring 3 POWERFUL RELICS in each level that take a explorer to find. You kill enemies by hopping on them jumping enemy to enemy and every time you kill 5 in a row without taking a bit of damage in return you can release a loud meow that knocks everything out in front of you (comically shown by shooting a giant MEOW.wav at enemies)

Video:
[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mdrag9lynQ[/MEDIA]

Two Finger Heroes
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They also had one that was recently canceled that looked like a complete acid trip, aliens invaded and said aliens didn't have time to scan all of a human body so they came out looking like... fingers. It was going to be a natel game where you walked your fingers around the screen throwing signs out for powerups, "rock on" would give you chainsaw legs, thumbs up would turn you into a handsome devil, all sorts of things (you'd even get penalized for flipping the game off) it was scrapped though as what could be a victory sign in America could be taken the wrong way elsewhere. Ah well.