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Horn Swaggle Islands (Xbox 360)
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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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: