An Entire Game Inside of a Font
MrPlow writes in with a submission, via IRC, for TheMightyBuzzard.
An Entire Game Inside Of A Font:
Where's the last place you'd expect to be able to play a game on your computer? The word processing program? Image editor? How about your text editor? That's right - you can fight your Fontemons in any program that makes use of fonts, because mad genius [Michael Mulet] has created a game that exists entirely within a single Open Type font file.[Michael] has harnessed the power of ligatures to create a choose-your-own-adventure-style turn-based game that pokes fun at both Pokemon and various typeface names. You start by choosing between Papyromaniac, Verdanta, and Proggito and face off against enemies like Helvetikhan and Scourier.
The Verge provides the additional instructions:
The experience is not as smooth" as a modern Pokemon game or even the original Game Boy entries, but it is sort of reminiscent of typing on a typewriter, with user interface elements and half-font / half-monsters plopping down on the screen as if they were slammed there by a type bar. The Minnesota elements might feel out of place, but they're pretty funny overall. You'll battle your way through Ottowa, Lakeville, and a pair of Twin Cities" and be treated to instances of Minnesota Nice and hotdish.
[...] Playing Fontemon is as simple as typing - whether it's in the game's webpage or in your own word processor or image editor with a downloadable version of the font. The easiest way to progress through the story is by not trying to type coherently, though. The game will putter along through the usual Pokemon milestones of receiving a starter monster and heading out to your first gym battles with a string of nonsense characters. Just make sure to type the correct letters once you're in a battle. Of course, if you mess up or lose, you can also just hit backspace to undo your mistake.
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