The eccentric gameplay, visuals and story attack the senses. The Artful Escape is an absolute blast to play through. You “battle” them through simplistic rhythm based button pressing. Besides running and jumping, Francis has a guitar which he can play to create various effects, such as interacting with the scenery or facing boss characters. You control Francis in moving him across a musical-infused landscape. In The Artful Escape, the gameplay is simple.

This will be the only way Francis will be able to get back to Calypso in time for the concert. Once there, Lightman explains that to travel through the Cosmic Extraordinary, they need to put on a show for the Glamourgonn to gain clearance for the next station. Francis follows them and finds himself in the Cosmic Extraordinary as they head towards the Cosmic Lung, Lightman’s ship. He follows Zomm to find Lightman, a guitarist that says he needs Francis to play as his opening act. That night, Francis is visited by an alien Zomm who tells him he must meet Lightman. She tells Francis to look for Lightman’s before she heads off, despite Francis not knowing of any such place in Calypso. The day before the concert, he meets Violetta. However, Francis struggles with living in the shadow of his uncle and follow folk music when he really wants to play rock music. Johnson’s nephew, Francis Vendetti, is expected to play Johnson’s folk songs at a concert. On the 20th anniversary of his ground-breaking album during the 1970s, the town is holding a large festival. The fictional town of Calypso is the birthplace of the deceased folk-music legend, Johnson Vendetti.

You’re Francis Vendetti, a teenage guitar prodigy who sets out on a psychedelic journey to inspire his stage persona and confront the legacy of a dead folk legend. The Artful Escape is a rhythm/platformer video game that was developed by Beethoven & Dinosaur, releasing in 2021.

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