Type:Rider (Game)

Type:Rider

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Type:Rider is a typographic platforming game by Bulkypix.

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Overview

Type:Rider is a game about the history of fonts and typography. As well as a 'standard' video game, a Facebook app was also produced (allowing people to create custom sentences) as well as a version specifically designed for educational and cultural facilities.

The player controls a colon (:) in the manner of a reversible motorbike, rolling and jumping around physics-based 2D levels. Each font has four chapters of either puzzle- or action-based platforming; action levels require the player to navigate various obstacles and themed on the font and relevant history, while puzzle levels require the player to get extra orbs (effectively just full stops, or small circles) to the level exit.

Each font's chapters have 37 collectibles: each letter of the alphabet, the ampersand (&), and six asterisks. The asterisks are not required and often harder to collect, but provide illustrated histories of the font.

Fonts & History Topics

"Origins" (Stevens Titling): Cave paintings, cuneiform writing, Egyptian hieroglyphics, Chinese characters, Greek alphabet, Latin alphabet
Gothic (Gutenberg Textura): Monk scribes, Carolingian miniscule, Johannes Gutenberg, movable type, letterpress, Gutenberg's bible
Garamond: Nicolas Jenson, italic, Geoffrey Tory, Rober Estienne, Grecs du roi, Claude Garamont
Didot: Romains du Roi, John Baskerville, Didot family, Bodoni's Manuale Tipografico, birth of print media, encyclopedia
Clarendon: Lithography, William Caslon, typewriter, Egyptian typeface, telegraph, linotype
Futura: Futurists, Dadaism, Cassandre, Russian Constructivism, Bauhaus, Futura
Times (Times New Roman): Thibaudeau's classification, Gill Sans, offset printing, Penguin Books, birth of cinema, Times New Roman
Helvetica (Helvetica Neue): Advertising, Helvetica, phototypesetting, transferable lettering, Free Press Movement, Vox classification
Pixel (04b03): GML, WYSIWYG, bitmap fonts, outline fonts, desktop publishing, opentype

A 'bonus' font is also included, based on Comic Sans, featuring only one level and one asterisk.

System Requirements

PC

Minimum	Recommended
OS: Windows XP	OS: Windows 7
Processor: Core 2 Duo	Processor: Core i5
Memory: 2 GB RAM	Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 3D accelerated	Graphics: 3D accelerated
DirectX: Version 9.0	DirectX: Version 9.0
Network: Broadband Internet connection	Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 500 MB available space	Hard Drive: 500 MB available space
Sound Card: Compatible SB16	Sound Card: Compatible SB16

Mac

Minimum	Recommended
OS: OSX 10.6	OS: OSX 10.8
Processor: Core 2 Duo	Processor: Core 2 Duo
Memory: 2 GB RAM	Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 3D accelerated	Graphics: 3D accelerated
Network: Broadband Internet connection	Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 500 MB available space	Hard Drive: 500 MB available space
Sound Card: Compatible SB16	Sound Card: Compatible SB16

Linux

Minimum	Recommended
OS: Ubuntu	OS: Ubuntu 12.04.3
Processor: Core 2 Duo	Processor: Core 2 Duo
Memory: 2 GB RAM	Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 3D accelerated	Graphics: 3D accelerated
Network: Broadband Internet connection	Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 500 MB available space	Hard Drive: 500 MB available space
Sound Card: Compatible SB16	Sound Card: Compatible SB16

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