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"Horn Swaggle Islands"
Pirate-Themed Defence Gaming 
 
Horn Swaggle Islands is the first Xbox game from Pencel Games, and is an engaging pirate-themed tower defence game with a puzzle twist.  You are in charge of a tropical archipelago and must make careful use of each island's resources to outwit the enemy pirates.  Unique puzzle island maps and features will push your defence skills as far as you care to take them. 
 
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Update October 2009 - Horn Swaggle Islands now 40% cheaper!
We're pleased to announce that Horn Swaggle Islands is now on sale at a new reduced price of only 240 MSP in the run up to the holiday season.  We hope those of you wanting to see what you're missing will give the game a try!
 
Update September 2009 - New Version Available
We've listened to all our feedback (thanks all) and have released a new patch containing all sorts of useability and presentation improvements. You now get a moveable camera that can zoom in and out of the display and clearer text for those with SD TVs.
 
Horn Swaggle Islands - Screenshots 

A busy morning on Pirate Island, note the spiral layout of weapons to slow pirates heading to their ships:
 
Cannons galore on Nine Keys:
 
Skull Island showing a good long route that can be built:
 
Skull Island showing the zoom in feature:
 
Even a bat could play at this zoom level, if it could hold a controller properly:
 
Horn Swaggle Islands - Some Tech Details
The shots below highlight use of the Mercury Particle Engine, a very good 2D particle engine for XNA:
 
   
 
Horn Swaggle Islands - Video 
This video is from the original release version, new video of current version is coming soon.