the scrolling message bar in octopounce was intended to convey information about the rules and state of the game without interrupting the play. the message bar needed to have a dynamic typeface; the font i ended up making is the cartooniest font  i’ve drawn to date. i tried to make every character feel round: i’m normally stingy with roundness in pixel fonts because round corners in montone, static images are really noticably blocky. but i decided it added to the charm.

there are a few special characters: a handful of script letters, based off saelee oh’s signature, so her name could appear on the message scroll in an approximation of her own handwriting. and there are fish, to accompany victory messages of players who catch fish.

you can see some screenshots of the game and its message scroll in my portfolio.