Another Game I Like

Cave Story, GIMP, June 2010

Cave Story is a freeware game, which I played and enjoyed tremendously. It is a side-scrolling platformer game, probably one of the best, presenting a perfect mix of action and exploration supported by excellent music, graphics and storyline.

I am quite pleased with this ambigram design. A crucial step in its creation was choosing the right typographic style. The v-o combination was probably the most important factor that made me select this cursive type. Since the v had to be rounded quite a bit to turn into an o, so a smoothly flowing cursive style seemed to fit best. Some other nice details include the proper capitalization, which is often difficult to achieve in ambigrams, and the baseline shift between the two words.