The Times: Art Adventure - Ace Goes Sailing

The Times: Art Adventure - Ace Goes Sailing is a title in The Times Education Series.

This title is aimed at the very young, pre-schoolers aged two to five years old and it is a simple painting program. After signing in the player can select from three mini-games;* Ace Goes Sailing

• Ace Goes Underwater
• Ace In The Jungle

The background to all the stories is that the baddie - Sharpfang - has stolen colours from the world and by colouring in on-screen pictures the player fixes things and this enables the cartoon story to play.

The format of all three stories is the same, the player colours in three or four items using a digital paintbrush and ten colours arranged like a paintbox at the bottom of the screen. The first picture to colour is Ace Monkey where the player colours in his clothes. The last picture is always a friend who will be there to watch Ace Monkey during his adventure. The final picture is where the player can get creative as they have four drawing tools - pen, crayon, spray paint and rubber, together with heart and star stamps. Using these tools they can create their own character or, if inspiration fails, they can use a pre-drawn shape.

When all pictures have been coloured in the game pays a short animation.