Bobs Game WIP

***wraggster*** · September 22nd, 2008, 21:31

A coder named Bob has posted on his website about his game that he has invested over 5 years of work and 15000 hours of time, that is staggering, heres the info and video from his page;

Hello.
My name is Bob, age 25.

This is my game for Nintendo DS, a 20-hour-long retail-size,
retail-quality adventure title by a single human being-
the largest game ever made by one person.

"bob's game" is a simple 2D adventure game, with focus on
story, puzzles, item collection, and communication instead
of repetitive battles with palette-swapped enemies.

Many characters (over 200 completely unique characters!)
have deep personalities that evolve, and many things
depend on the in-game time, day and weather.

It's the game I wanted to play when I was younger,
a vision I've been following since then.

-

The game industry is evolving rapidly into a new era where
titles are made by teams of more than a hundred developers.

I saw a window of opportunity quickly closing- what may be the
last chance for making a console game to be possible by a single individual.

Even on a portable platform, singlehandedly creating something
generally made by large, well-funded teams was no small effort.

All concepts, story, code, sprites, tiles, music, samples,
fonts, etc. were created entirely from scratch by me-
and I had to teach myself the skills as I went along.

The code is straight C, the music is tracked, and the art is all
completely hand-clicked tiles and sprites- done the right way,
pixel by pixel, like the classics we all know and love.

-

"bob's game" is a sort of masterpiece for me.
I've invested well over 15,000 hours into
its development over 5 years of dedication-
That is no exaggeration, and it shows.

I hope this to become one of the last great old-school
2D retail console games- truly the vision of a single mind.

-bob

http://www.bobsgame.com/

**BastarB** · September 22nd, 2008, 21:47

OMG, Bob you ROCK!!!

**Sir_Voe** · September 22nd, 2008, 22:03

This looks really nice. Hopefully if it gets picked up, the publisher doesn't demand a bunch of changes. I know nothing about the story, but it seems the programmer has a created a realistic socially modern take on the genre, and some of it may not sit well with those who take things too seriously (going to church to "repent" for instance).

**oooooomonkeys** · September 22nd, 2008, 22:10

is there a download for this? if not whats the point of this? just to tease people or something.

edit: so this is going to be a retail game but only made by one person i get it now.

still i thought homebrew = free my bad