"Political platform puzzler" for XBLA

By Ellie Gibson Published 13 January, 2009

Clover to feature watercolour-style visuals.

UK developer Binary Tweed is working on a new game for XBLA that will feature platform gameplay, puzzles to solve and political themes.

It's titled Clover and will also feature watercolour-style visuals and a piano soundtrack. Apparently it embodies Binary Tweed's motto - "New games that are a bit like old games, but better" - and will be reminiscent of retro classics such as Fantastic Dizzy.

The game is set in a medieval world where a ruling monarchy co-exists with a welfare state. Recently orphaned hero Sam travels around collecting stuff, solving logic problems and chatting to other characters.

Binary Tweed is promising "value-for-money beyond other Xbox Live Community Games", plus "unique and forgiving alternatives to player 'health' and 'death'".

"Clover is a game about artwork and plot; so much so that we're struggling to fit everything within the size limit," said Binary Tweed boss Daniel Jones.

"We wanted to make a game that has the artistic charm to appeal to a broad audience, while exploring issues that communicate to adult gamers."

Clover will be released some time before the end of March, priced at 400 Microsoft Points (GBP 3.40 / EUR 4.80).

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About Ellie Gibson

Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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