Releases on Android and iOS on October 10

We’ve seen a lot of different types of videogame protagonists over the years. There have been countless humans, several aliens, some robots, and a few simple geometric shapes. Not often do you see a piece of punctuation take a leading role in a game, butType:Ridergoes there with its star colon riding through worlds of typography.

It almost looks like a cross betweenTrialsandLIMBO, with each dot of the colon acting as a wheel in a stark, silhouetted landscape. The plucky punctuation mark visits levels based on several different fonts, ranging from the dignified Times New Roman to the reviled Comic Sans.Type:Riderreleases on Android and iOS on October 10.

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Also, the colon reminds me of a much more demure version of the totally radical ’90s RC car,Tyco Rebound.

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