X-OUT is a game of strategic action, but yet very simple.

You must dodge all the Xs thrown your way in a matter of seconds, and if you intend to survive the game, you must do this with great strategy, as those who don’t will be X-ED OUT and Game Over.

Climb your way up the pyramid, and learn to dodge the Xs with great talent as you will need it to make it through the game.

In X-OUT, they are three levels of gameplay to do this:
A Tutorial Level.
This level is designed in black and white, with colors out of the way of distraction, to get you used to the game by moving the character using the arrow keys.

This is to assist your build-up to the strategy needed to complete the game.

The 2nd Level. Full of Strategy.
The 2nd level of the game is also in black and white, and is also the last non-color level of the game.

This level will use the mouse or trackpad to dodge the X-like enemies, thus be careful where you move your character: one wrong move into an X and game over.

Level 3. Strategy Gone Mad.
The 3rd level of X-OUT is the first color level, and it's themed out in green.

With cross-obstacles and X-like enemies gone wild all over, this is the hardest level to survive, but when you've made it through, you've completed X-OUT and can do it all over again to beat your score every time around.