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I just spent half an hour playing a funny, choose-your-adventure adaptation of Pokémon that was built inside a font. It's not an easy concept to understand, so I'll try to explain. Normally, when you hit the 'a' key on your keyboard, it makes an 'a' appear on the screen. That 'a' is a glyph, and it looks different depending on the font you're using. In wingdings, for example, pressing 'a' types this: ♋︎. In Fontemon.otf, typing 'a' doesn't make a letter appear. It plays Pokémon (well, a short, very clever Pokémon parody, but close enough). "I imagine the average english speaker thinks a font is something like this: You type a key… [and] the letter appears on the screen," writes Michael Mulet, who created font/game Fontemon. "But fonts can do so much more. A lot more." In a post on Github , Mulet breaks down how Fontemon (and fonts themselves) work. The short version is that in open type, a popular font format, there are actually a lot of ways to draw the letters, … [Read more...] about This Pokémon fan game is very literally made out of a font

A new extended gameplay clip of Quantum Error has debuted as part of the Future Games Show . Developer TeamKill Media shared a 18-minute version of the trailer it debuted during the showcase, and we're excited to share it as a post-FGS exclusive. The gameplay is uncut and uncommented, leaving you alone with the desolation and horror of this futuristic Jupiter base where something has gone very wrong. OK, you're not really alone , but you probably won't like your company very much: while our hero is on a fire rescue mission and searching for survivors, it looks like there aren't many left that you'd still call human. Assuming they were ever human to begin with. The trailer shows off extra detailed looks at how enemies will keep coming even as they're increasingly deformed from all the bits you've blown off, and how it feels to fight one-on-one with experimental beam weapons versus, say, a fire axe. There's even a scene where our heroic future firefighter puts out a future … [Read more...] about Quantum Error extended gameplay serves up 18 minutes of sci-fi horror

What do you do when you want to mark good spots for jump scares in a work-in-progress, horror-adjacent mission? Bungie found an innovative solution to this problem during the development of Presage, the mission tied to the Dead Man's Tale Exotic: you say "boo" a lot. Bungie released the aptly named Presage boo compilation alongside an in-depth breakdown of the mission's development. See, the actual level was playable before the sound effects for it were finalized, so Bungie's audio team – namely senior audio designers Jennie LaBonte and Zach Thomas – needed a way to mark where they'd be adding jump scares. That's where the boos come in. "We both recorded 'Boos.' Like literal 'Boo. Boo!' Just slightly different versions," Labonte explained. "Then throughout the mission, it would be a really creepy moment and then you’d hear one of us say the word 'boo.' It stayed in for quite a while and I really wish we'd left some in as Easter eggs." Presage is another of Destiny's rare … [Read more...] about Destiny 2’s Presage mission had literal “Boo” sound effects during development

Zack Snyder's Justice League will be released worldwide on Thursday, March 18. HBO has confirmed that the DC movie will be available internationally on a variety on platforms as well as on HBO Max in the US. The company is yet to specify which distribution options will be available in each territory but did release a list of the intended platforms, which include premium video on demand, subscription video on demand, HBO linear, and HBO Go. The only countries that aren't covered by this are China, France, and Japan, where a release date for the movie hasn't been announced yet. The announcement that Zack Snyder's Justice League will be released worldwide on the same day that it hits HBO Max follows criticism by Snyder of HBO's release plans. In a recent interview with the SnyderCutBR YouTube channel , he said, "there has been not amazing work done with the distribution of the movie. I don't know why that is, I honestly couldn't put my finger on it." The movie is Snyder's four … [Read more...] about Zack Snyder’s Justice League Will Get Worldwide Release On March 18

Oscar-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg is known for his strict diet and exercise program, but he's throwing some of that out the window to prepare for his next movie role. He is playing Father Stuart Long, a boxer who became a priest. Wahlberg told Jimmy Kimmel that, once the boxing scenes are finished for the new movie, which is called Father Stu, he plans to gain 30 pounds in six weeks to portray Long. "After we do the boxing scenes, I get to put on as much weight as possible over the course of the film. I'm challenging myself to put on 30 pounds for the next six weeks," he said. Wahlberg, who earned an Academy Award nomination for The Departed, said he's working with a trainer to try to put on the weight in a healthy way. But the actor said his game plan is simple: eat everything in sight. "They want me to do it as healthy as possible. I'm like, 'Dude, I've been on such a regimen for so long. I just want to eat everything in sight,'" he said. "I want to go to bakeries. I want … [Read more...] about Mark Wahlberg Is Gaining 30 Pounds For Next Role, Will Eat Lots Of McDonald’s And Drink Beer