Aug 25, 2014 6:30 AM

Gallery: A Gorgeous Videogame Where the Levels Are Made From Infographics

Illustration: Digital Dreams
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Metrico, a new game from Dutch game design studio Digital Dreams (for PS Vita), is replacing conventional videogame landscapes with infographics.
Illustration: Digital Dreams
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Instead of wandering through haunted castles or swimming around underwater lands, your avatar hops from bar graph to bar graph and slides down line graphs.

Illustration: Digital Dreams
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Rather than accumulate fuel or life points, in Metrico you see each action quantified.
Illustration: Digital Dreams
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It's a data-centric approach to gaming, through and through.

Illustration: Digital Dreams
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Metrico has six levels, each with its own set of problems to solve. The stripped-down infographics change in real time with your actions, something creative director Geert Nellen calls input-morphing.
Illustration: Digital Dreams
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There’s no onboarding, no traditional tutorial on game mechanics or how to advance. Players simply have to experiment and keep an eye out for how their actions affect the world around them.

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