#bobs game

[thezerolevel]

Slope's Game Room - Bob's Game: The Strangest Kickstarter

Slope’s Game Room – Bob’s Game: The Strangest Kickstarter was originally published on Channel Zero

[linuxgamenews]

bob's game the ultimate Free puzzle game

bob's game is a multiplayer puzzle game available on Steam Free for Linux, Mac and Windows PC. Not just any puzzle game, but EVERY puzzle game. This is a build-your-own puzzle game with a puzzle game creator where YOU define all the rules to your own custom game. More than that, care has been taken to ensure that bob's game is the best version of every puzzle game. Developer Robert Pelloni went through every puzzle game forum and wiki to make sure to implement every detail or feature required for those tournament level hardcore players. Coming complete with wall kicks, floor kicks, spin kicks, T-spins, adjustable timing and power-ups. All of these features apply to all the games how you want, making it the best version of every game. bob's game changes in real time as you play it, morphing from game to game and making every round completely unique. Or choose to play just your favorite game type against friends with fantastic controls, super tight timing, features and powerups from other games.

It will be a build-your-own puzzle game with a puzzle game creator where YOU define all the rules to your own custom game!

You will be able to create your own puzzle modes, invent custom rulesets or challenge your friends to a sequence of all your favourite games.

You will also be able to choose to just play your favorite game type against your friends or in a world tournament with fantastic controls, super tight timing, and features and powerups from other games.

bob's game will be completely customizable, allowing the player to create in-depth rulesets to mimic existing puzzle games or create entirely new ones to add to the online library.

bob's game will constantly evolve with new theme packs, new rules, and user-designed puzzle packs, able to be shared, voted on, and downloaded.

You will be able to compete in an online world championship and improve your skills to reach the top of the public leaderboard.

bob's game is under constant development with new builds being published daily. It is written in C++. It will be released for Linux, Mac, Windows PC, Android, iOS and the web browser. bob's game is free, but the servers do cost a little bit of money and developer Robert Pelloni would like to cover rent. So a Patreon was created to offset costs. If you would like to support the development of this game you can donate. Upcoming features:

Android, iOS, and Browser support

More multiplayer features

Better multiplayer lobby

Add friends by email or username

Stats and ranking

Game goals (score, time, outlast)

Tournament, regional and global

Matchmaking by region or rank

Custom game modes and game sequences

Many more game mode features and possibilities

Trade and rate game modes

Server verification

Spectator mode

Chatrooms

Replays

Challenge replay

Split keyboard

Themes

Eventually bob's game will be open sourced to become the gold standard for all puzzle games on every system. For more information, check out the bob's game main development blog and Bugs can be reported on the forum. bob's game is available on Steam Free for Linux, Mac and Windows PC.

[linuxgamenews]

Bob’s Game on Kickstarter for PC, Mac, Linux, and Android

If you were in gaming circles back in the early 2000s, you probably heard, at some point, about Bob’s Game. An independent game developed by Bob Pelloni for the DS, it quickly became less about the game and more about Pelloni’s “protest” of Nintendo, which rapidly got ugly. That said, there was a demo, but it’s unclear what happened to Bob and his game. Until now. Yes, Bob is back, and apparently he has let go of his dream of publishing his game on a Nintendo console. Now, Bob’s Game is coming to Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android, and things have changed. The infamous cult Action RPG by one person- The last great 16-bit game! A mix of "Zelda," "Pokemon," "Harvest Moon," and "Earthbound."

Now it’s somewhat more ambitious in scale: Bob describes it as being a cross between about a dozen Nintendo franchises and an MMO. If that weren’t enough, now you can build your own puzzle games inside the game, which Bob claims makes his game “objectively” better than Tetris. We assure you, that’s more or less a direct quote. In addition, the game is now about a game developer trying to make said puzzle game, and fighting against the evil game development corporation run by… uh, Bob himself. This is just the start of a rather elaborate plan about crossing over virtual and actual tournaments, the game developing in your game in real time, and, well, read the site for yourself. Bob is either having fun with us as performance art or something broke, back then, during the protests. It is a game within a game about the development of itself in realtime, paralleled with a real life tournament to coincide with the virtual.

"bob's game" is a Multiplayer Adventure RPG for PC, Mac, Linux, and Android (Phones, Tablets, OUYA, nVidia Shield, Kindle TV, and more!) "bob's game" blends the line between reality and simulation, and reality and extra-dimensional reality. "bob's game" breaks both the so-called "4th wall" and further yet- the "5th wall," unlocking the secrets of "the Matrix," or "the Womb" as it is referred to in some editions of the Bible. "bob's game" reveals the nature of the universe for what it really is to a generation that needs it the most.  "bob's game" is the most important thing to happen to mankind in hundreds, if not thousands of years. "bob's game" is the vehicle for a prophecy, written by a "self taught" "genius" "prophet."  It carries within it a message that will revolutionize society and change the world.  It is the beginning of a new era for mankind. "bob's game" actually alters reality itself for those who play it.  It is a key into another dimension.  It teaches the secrets of the heart, the secrets of mind control and psychic power to a generation that has has the wool pulled over their eyes by criminal syndicates. "bob's game" is the ultimate cult game.  It is a new religion for the modern world, inspired by and intended as a natural spiritual successor to previous disguised religion games such as Earthbound and Zelda and movie retellings of an ancient spellbook (The Old Testament) such as "The Matrix."

We’ll give Bob this; he’s honest. He wants $20 out of you and, in fact, that is the only “tier” on this Kickstarter. $20 pre-orders a copy of Bob’s Game. Whether Bob will actually be able to follow through on his… grandiose promises is anybody’s guess, but it’s a new and somewhat fascinating chapter in a very strange saga of a cult game.

[tinycartridge]

Talks are progressing rapidly -- there's something big in the works … It's very likely I'll be one of the first downloadable titles on the DSi!

Robert Pelloni, the sole programmer behind Bob's Game, an indie DS title five years in the making.

Though I admire that he has the motivation to create a game by himself, I very much doubt that Nintendo will choose Bob's Game as a marquee title to showcase its new content delivery platform with, especially considering the uncompelling trailers released so far.