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Type:Rider Wins The Odd Game Of The Year Award

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Type:Rider - The European cultural TV channel Arte innovates and launches its first video game ! 
Immerse yourself in this fascinating and unique experience to uncover the history and secrets of Fonts & Characters ! 

Play as 2 dots and travel through the ages of typographic styles and techniques. 
From the rock paintings of prehistoric times to Pixel art of the 2000’s, solve all the riddles by riding the most popular fonts and characters (Garamond, Helvetica, Times New Roman, Pixel, Comic Sans...) in a very captivating musical and visual environment. 

Type:Rider is an adventure puzzle game produced by AGAT – EX NIHILO and ARTE that brings gaming experience to a whole new daring level.

Features
  • 10 worlds echoing key periods of the typograhy’s history 
  • Breath-taking artworks and musical vibes 
  • Immersive and intriguing atmosphere 
  • Great historical archives and paintings


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3 comments

minj Nov 7, 2013
Does it have the Ubuntu font? ;)

Love it. Especially the mono version.
One of the few that distinguishes O0lI1 properly.

And Helvetica used here obviously doesn't :P
ferro Nov 8, 2013
Typography is one of my (side) interests so this seems interesting. Wonder if it actually educates about the periods and categories of type. The trailer at least had a picture of Bodoni. It probably concentrates some of the more famous 
Danny Nov 10, 2013
This looks very similar to Nightsky
Which means I'm already throwing money at the screen 
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