Summary
- Two Point Museum: Arty-Facts is available now for Xbox Series X|S, with a limited 10% discount at launch.
• Build and curate Two Point’s very first art museum, and take on Expeditions to uncover Famous Works of art to display.
• Using the new Commissions feature, have your Art Experts create unique art in-house, inspired by their own emotions and traits.
In the world of Two Point Museum, moving from dusting fossils to commissioning works of art might seem like a pretty big change in scenery – but that’s exactly what the next adventure has in store for our curators. As one of the most eagerly awaited DLCs, finally bringing an art museum to Arty-Facts felt like the perfect next step for Two Point.
One of the highlights of our DLCs is the challenge – and the creativity involved – in adapting a new location and curating the best experience for your museum guests. In Undee Docks, a brand-new museum location set in an industrial port, you’ll build and curate the very first Art Museum in Two Point County, helping to turn a rundown port town into a genuine cultural hub.
Through the Expedition feature, you’ll send your staff off on adventure, dispatching a team of (partially) trained experts to discover Famous Works of art. We’ve given the concept a little twist this time around, as players will be following in the footsteps of a Two Point legend, revisiting cherished areas from the Two Point universe while exploring Zara Fitzpocket’s sketchbook. Instead of a traditional map, you’ll uncover pages from the book, each filled with delightful illustrations and doodles.
Now, Expeditions are a well-loved feature by this stage, so while you’ll discover Famous Works through these adventures, the real fun begins in the Studio Room with commissions. This is the true highlight of the expansion, as for the first time, players aren’t just uncovering pre-determined exhibits, they’re commissioning original art. By setting up your Art Experts in this new space, you’ll select the medium and Emotion for them to use in creating a brand-new artwork. Whether it’s 2D art like paintings and portraits, or 3D pieces such as sculptures and statues, the possibilities for your art collection are virtually endless.
A Blank Canvas
You’ll curate your talent on inspiring expeditions, as staff return with fresh emotions to spark in your original art in the Studio Room. Through these feelings, your newly created artwork will shape your guests’ experiences; they may suddenly develop a love of clowns, and donate generously in their presence, or be so overwhelmed with Rage that they ignore price tags, embarking on a spontaneous spending spree in your Gift Shop while disregarding the ridiculous prices.
By harnessing Emotions, you unlock a new level of the guest experience, as these powerful effects can be curated to create specialised areas, whether your aim is to max-out guest excitement with Buzz, or rake in the cash by manipulating guest emotions to have them flood you with donations.
A Work of Art
Commissioning a new piece uses a clever system to craft original art, it selects bespoke, created layers, alongside a colour palette, all influenced with which Expert it is taking on the commission. This all happens under the hood; leaving you in suspense for the result. The team put a lot of effort into creating these layers, so you’ll see a variety of pieces, ranging from abstract blobs and splats (that invite your own interpretation) to more grounded art containing still-lives – all in the Two Point-y art style, of course. Things get really interesting when your Art Experts traits come into play; as, for example, one member of staff may specialize in drawing nothing but stick people.
Managing your museum isn’t all business – there’s plenty of room for creativity! And it’s not just the Studio Room where this creativity shines. Arty-Facts introduces a huge array of new options for players, from industrial décor to fit the port’s vibe, to bright, colourful elements reminiscent of childhood dreams, like giant crayons and splashes of paint.
A lot of love and effort went into creating new customisation options, with over ten new wallpapers and ten new flooring options, which are always community favourites. The cozy creatives out there can now pair their art pieces with the perfect colourful backgrounds, as the new coverings range from traditional patterns to trippy designs.
What Players Can Expect
Arty-Facts takes everything we know our fans love – engaging yet easy-to-understand mechanics, charming humour – and brings it to a fresh set of curation challenges and creative opportunities. Whether you’re discovering Famous Works, inspired by real-life art, or experimenting with commissions in the Studio, you’ll be shaping an art-gallery-stroke-museum (a gallery-um, if you like), that’s genuinely yours. So, are you ready to splash some paint and build a world-class art museum?
Two Point Museum: Arty Facts is available on Xbox Series X|S now. Aspiring creative curators can try the DLC before they buy, playing the first act for free as part of the base game, or you can pick it up separately – with a 10% discount running for the first seven days.
Two Point Museum
SEGA
$29.99
$22.49
Design, manage and develop incredible museums
5 unique main museum locations to Two Point County:
– Prehistory – Memento Mile
– Aquarium – Passwater Cove
– Supernatural – Wailon Lodge
– Science – Bungle Wasteland
– Space – Pebberley Heights
3 Pop up museums with set tasks and challenges
Sandbox mode to build your very own MEGA MUSEUMS!
6 main exhibit types and 30+ sub categories of exhibits
You’ll adventure through 5 different expedition maps with 100+ unique points of interest
200+ unique exhibits to uncover and fill your sticker book
350+ decorative items to make your museum uniquely you
18 guest types to meet and cater for …. including those meddling kids
Unlock and manage all the museums in Two Point County!
As fledgling curators, you have the task of designing and refining your very own museums to create the ultimate guest experience. Coordinate Experts on far-flung expeditions to discover new Exhibits, generating Buzz to entice droves of knowledge-hungry guests who will expect top info-tainment if they’re to leave impressed. This is all while you keep your Exhibits safe, rooms clean, staff happy… and children off the dinosaur bones.
EXPLORING FOR EXHIBITS
As Curator, the design and management of your expanding museum is in your hands! Send your team of partially trained Experts on Expeditions in search of rare and mostly well-preserved artefacts. When (and hopefully not if) your Experts return from their adventure, proudly display their fantastic finds in your museum.
You’ll unlock new locations as you decide where the next adventure takes you, and complete a sticker book to document your journey as a souvenir of your discoveries.
Your work doesn’t end there; Exhibit maintenance is crucial. While some Experts are gallivanting across Two Point County and beyond, you’re in charge of managing staff back home to ensure Exhibits and the museum stay in tip-top condition. If taking care of the carnivorous Chomper isn’t enough, there are also meddling thieves to watch out for. Thieves, and more frequently, children, are known for touching and grubbing up the displays, so make sure enough security is guarding your prized collection!
DESIGN-OSAURS
Get creative to design your museum layout your way! You have decorative freedom, so design thematic areas to guide your guests’ visit. Splash paint and lay carpet as you lovingly arrange each prehistoric fern, potentially melting iceman, and dinosaur remains wherever you see fit.
Once you’ve created the perfect atmosphere, arrange guided tours with custom routes led by a charismatic Expert. Tours are a fantastic way to enrich your guests’ experience. To keep guests enthused, showcase Exhibits with the highest Buzz – those that are top quality, provide ample info and beautiful decorations are likely to attract the most donations!
GUEST-ERTAINMENT
Guests know best! The different types of guests who will frequent your museum may have different interests, but they do have some things in common… they expect the place to be kept clean, have plenty of refreshments, ample toilets, and a gift shop filled with goodies. And, of course, they need to be dazzled with knowledge of your Exhibits, which are kept well-maintained… or else you could make them sick.
Two Point County will bring a variety of guests to your museum, and they all hope to discover their new favourite Exhibit… From dino fanatics and botany buffs to haunted horror seekers, you’ll need to cater to their personal preferences to meet their needs. By exceeding their expectations, you can keep them engaged, leading to longer visits, increased donations, and glowing reviews!
Two Point Museum: Arty-Facts
SEGA
$10.99
$9.89
– A brand new museum location: Undee Docks
– New expert type: Art Experts
– An unexplored expedition map through Zara’s Sketchbook
– 27+ Art Exhibits including Famous Works
– New Gift Shop items
– New themed Cafe items
– Five new Interactive Art displays
– New themed items and decorations
– New Art Studio room to create original art pieces
Now hiring for Art Experts to re-establish and re-imagine ‘Art’ for Two Point County in a brand new museum location: Undee Docks!
As our new resident Art Expert, you won’t just be in charge of standing around looking pensive (although that is 70% of the role), you’ll also be responsible for establishing a brand new Art Studio in the museum, creating new works to invoke a broad range of emotions in guests to the museum gallery… a gallery-um as it were!
Not only will this new gallery(um) feature Famous Works from Two Point’s greats, as our resident expert you’ll immerse guests in interactive experiences, alongside creating your very own original pieces, made right in the museum Studio, from sculptures to paintings.
Experts will need an eye for detail to distinguish the genuine arty-facts from the geneuin-ish works you might find in the back of a Roach Burger car park. Your talent will be curated on inspiring expeditions, where you’ll (probably) bring back ideas and emotion ready to evoke in the medium of your choosing.
Perks to the role mostly include a free beret, and hazard pay for the inevitable however, rare, paint-related incidents, and the salary expectations are set to the competitive industry rate of “mostly exposure”.
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