Games based around fonts and typography are nothing new, and on mobile we’ve had some clever ones like the (sadly no longer available) vertical shooter Vetica which featured ships and enemies made up of the popular font, or Font Monsters ($1.99) which had you using a keyboard to shoot and destroy monsters made up of various letters and symbols. Developer Vince Hegedus is ready to bring us another typeface-based game with Majuscula, which is Romanian for “capital." This is a bouncy platformer that reminds me a bit of Bean’s Quest ($2.99), but here the levels themselves take place inside of giant letters.
As you might have guessed, being that there’s 26 letters in the alphabet, there are 26 levels to complete in Majuscula. Once you beat a level you’ll actually unlock some facts about that particular font, which is pretty cool if you’re interested in learning more about typefaces and where they came from. Learn as you play, I always say! Majuscula is coming to iOS June 9th so if you’re into typefaces, challenging platformers, or both, check it out when it hits next week.
